JOINT RESOLUTION,

Relative to printing, binding and distributing the reports of the state board of agriculture. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secretary of state be authorized and required by law, under and in accordance with the law passed March 24th, 1860, "to provide for the execution and supervision of the state printing and binding," under the joint supervision of the supervisor of state printing and the secretary of the state board of agriculture, to have printed and bound twenty thousand copies of the report of the state board of agriculture for the year 1861, and twenty thousand copies of the report for the year 1862, of which ten per cent. shall be printed in German; and the size of the type and mechanical execution to conform to the report of said board for the year 1860: Provided, that nothing shall be published in said report except such matter as is authorized by law, not to exceed in size the report of 1860. Two thousand copies of the report for the year 1861, and two thousand copies of the report for the year 1862, to be subject to the order of the state board of agriculture, for exchange and foreign distribution. Eighteen thousand copies of the report for each of said years 1861 and 1862, the secretary of state shall apportion equally among the present members of the general assembly; the number of German copies for each member to be determined by a list to be furnished said secretary of state by the committee on agriculture in each house, on which list shall be stated the number of German copies desired by the several members. Said reports shall be boxed up and directed to the care of the county auditor in the counties in which they respectively reside; and it shall be the duty of the said county auditors to notify the respective members within ten days after the receipt of said reports, and if not removed by the person to whom they are directed, or upon his written order, within thirty days, then the reports are to be by the auditor delivered to the president of the county agricultural society, for distribution. The charges of the transportation of said reports, as well as the charges for lumber and making boxes, shall be paid for in the same manner as is or may be provided by law for the distribution of the laws and journals.

JAMES R HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. STANTON,

April 29, 1862.

President of the Senate.

JOINT RESOLUTION,

Relative to appropriati: g certain rooms in the state house to cfficers therein named.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That room No. 20 in the state-house be and the same is hereby set apart and appropriated as the office of the adjutant general of the state of Ohio. That room No. 14 of the state-house be and the same is hereby set apart and appropriated as the office of the quartermaster-general of the state of Ohio. Said rooms to continue and remain as the offices aforesaid until otherwise directed by the general assembly of Ohio.

JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

B. STANTON,

April 30, 1862.

President of the Senate.

JOINT RESOLUTION,

Relative to authorizing the committees of the two branches of the general assembly, on reform farm, to visit the reform farm during the recess of the assembly.

WHEREAS, The committees of the two houses of this general assembly, on reform school, &c., have been unable to visit the reform farm, and as their presence at this time cannot well be dispensed with; and

WHEREAS, An intelligible and accurate report of the condition and prospects of that institution can best be made from an inspection of the farm in the summer season, when the grains and fruits grown thereon are in a state of perfection; therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That said committees be authorized to visit the reform farm, near Lancaster, at such time, in August or September next, as they may agree upon, and report to the next session of the general assembly.

JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. STANTON,

April 30, 1862.

President of the Senate.

JOINT RESOLUTION,

Relative to Hamilton Cummings' contract for painting and glazing in state house.

WHEREAS, Hamilton Cummings, under his written contract with the state-house commissioners, for painting and glazing the said state-house, has performed painting and glazing therein amounting, according to the terms thereof, and correct admeasurement, only to the sum of $16,228 95; and

WHEREAS, The said Hamilton Cummings has drawn from the treasury of the state, on account of said contract and work, the sum of $25,024 91. the same being a sum over and above the correct amount due to him thereon of $8,795 96; and

WHEREAS, By reason of the premises, the said Hamilton Cummings is now indebted justly to the state of Ohio in the said sum of $8,795 96 ;

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the attorney.general of the state be and he is hereby instructed to inquire into and investigate said contracts, amount of work performed under the same, and the amount of money received by said Cummings thereon; what the probabilities are of collecting the same from the said Cummings. And the said attorney-general is hereby instructed to institute and prosecute to final judgment proceedings against said Hamilton Cummings, if in his opinion the solvency of said Cummings will justify the same; and that the said attorney-general report his action in the premises at the next session of the general assembly.

JAMES R. HUBBELL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

B. STANTON,

April 30, 1862.

11-LAWS.

President of the Senate.

JOINT RESOLUTION,'

Relative to the duties of chief clerks after adjournment.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the chief clerks of the senate and house of representatives shall each receive at the rate of four dollars per day for the time actually employed, after the adjournment of the general assembly, for making out indexes to the printed and recorded journals of the present session, for reading proof-sheets of the same, and for such other necessary work as they are by law and the duties of their offices required to perform; to be paid out of any money appropriated to defray the expenses of the general assembly, on the order of the auditor of state.

JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. STANTON,

May 1, 1862.

President of the Senate.

JOINT RESOLUTION,

Relative to the secretary of state forwarding copies of laws to members after the adjournment. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secretary of state be and he is hereby directed to forward by mail (as fast as published), to the address of the members of the senate and house of representatives, such number of "forms" of the fifteen hundred copies of laws and joint resolutions, authorized by joint resolution of March 28th, as remain undistributed after the adjournment of the general assembly, apportioning the same equally among the members, and that the postage thereon be paid out of said secretary's contingent fund.

JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. STANTON,

May 1, 1862.

JOINT RESOLUTION,

President of the Senate.

Relative to the pay of N, A. Gray and J. K. Rukenbrod, assistant clerks of the senate. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That N. A. Gray and J. K. Rukenbrod, assistant clerks of the senate, be paid their per diem compensation from the commencement of their services.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the governor be and he is hereby requested, in the course of the current year, to issue his proclamation

designating a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to Almighty God, for his blessings vouchsafed to the people of Ohio.

JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. STANTON,

President of the Senate.

May 1, 1862.

JOINT RESOLUTION,

Relative to the overflow of land by water in the vicinity of the Licking Summit leservoir, near Kirkersville, Licking county, Ohio.

WHEREAS, There has been a bill presented to the general assembly, asking for the transfer of money appropriated by an act making appropriations for the year A. D 1858 and for the first quarter of the year 1859, passed April 12, 1858, to remedy grievances claimed to be sustained by parties owning land near the "Licking Summit reservoir, near Kirkersville, in Licking county," to the construction of a ditch from the waste wier of the feeder near to and south of the village of Kirkersville, Licking county, of sufficient capacity to discharge and carry off the surplus water which may flow from said feeder to the nearest practicable point on the south fork of Licking creek; and that

WHEREAS, The senate are desirous to procure further information in relation to the overflow of lands lying contiguous to the "waste wier" near Kirkersville, in Licking county; therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of public works is hereby authorized and requested, at its earliest convenience, to make such a survey and examination as may be necessary to determine whether the overflow of land by water in the vicinity of the Licking Summit reservoir, near Kirkersville, in Licking county, is attributable to the damming of Licking creek, thereby allowing the filling up of the natural channel of the creek below such dam, and also by the overplus water from the waste wier upon the feeder below, or whether the increased overflow of land by water, referred to above, results from the natural increase of water by the drainage of lands upon the said Licking creek above the dam mentioned, and that the said board report the result of such survey and examination, with the opinion of the board of the cause of the ove.flow referred to, at the next session of the general assembly.

JAMES R. HUBBELL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
B. STANTON,

May 1, 1862.

President of the Senate.

[JOINT] RESOLUTION,

Relative to requiring the superintendents of the several benevolent institutions, and of the reform farm, to furnish certain information to the General Assembly at its adjourned session.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the superintendents of the several benevolent institutions of this state, and the reform farm, be and they are hereby required to report to the adjourned session of this General Assembly the names and salaries of each of the officers, teachers and employees of their respective institutions, and an account of the financial condition of the

same; in which account they shall credit the said institutions with the net balance, only, remaining from former appropriations, after paying all debts due and owing, or created, in the fiscal year ending on the 15th day of November, 1861. They shall also debit the said institutions with the several amounts of appropriations and dates of each, made for the current fiscal year, commencing Nov. 15, 1861, the amount of all moneys which shall be received in said fiscal year, from pay patients, work, or otherwise belonging to the state as connected with said institutions; against which they shall credit their expenditures during said year. They shall also furnish a detailed statement of the amount of indebtedness of said institutions for said year, if any such remain unpaid at the close of said year, and if any amount due and uncollected on account of the institutions as aforesaid; and that all future reports of such institutions, as required by law, shall contain such a statement of its financial affairs for the preceding fiscal year or years embraced in said report, containing a statement of the amount paid to officers, teachers, and employees, in a separate table from the other expenses in said institution. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. STANTON,

May 1, 1862.

President of the Senate.

JOINT RESOLUTION,

Requiring the chief clerks of the two branches to prepare a list of bills pending at the adjournment, and their disposition and condition.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the chief clerks of the two houses be and they are hereby authorized and instructed, as soon as practicable after the close of the present session, to prepare a list of the bills introduced into each house, showing the condition and disposition of the bills, and that the secretary of state cause the same to be printed, and two copies thereof to be transmitted by mail to each member of the general assembly, and the president

of the senate.

JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. STANTON,

May 1st, 1862.

JOINT RESOLUTION,

President of the Senate.

Instructing the state librarian to have two copies of the bills introduced in the senate and house bound, for future reference.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the state librarian be and he is hereby instructed and required to have bound, and preserved in the library, for future reference, two copies of the printed bills introduced in the senate and house during the present session.

JAMES R. HUBBELL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

B. STANTON,

President of the Senate.

May 1st, 1862.