JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to certain notes and indexes to the Constitution of 1802 and to the present Constitution. WHEREAS, George B. Okey and John H. Morten, of Cincinnati, Ohio, have prepared notes and indexes to the Constitutions of the State adopted in the years 1802 and 1851, respectively; and, WHEREAS, The members of the approaching Constitutional Convention will need, in the prosecution of their work, a convenient reference to said Constitutions, and such assistance as said notes and indexes will furnish; therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to purchase of said George B. Okey and John H. Morton their manuscript of said Constitutions, and their said notes and indexes thereto, at a cost not to exceed ten cents for each copy thereof required by resolution to be published. Resolved, That said Secretary be and he is hereby directed to have forthwith published, at the expense of the State, one thousand pamphlets containing said Constitutions, notes and indexes; that seven hundred and fifty of said pamphlets be furnished to the members of the present General Assembly, and two hundred and fifty be furnished the members of the coming Constitutional Convention. Resolved, That said Constitutions, with said notes and indexes, be published in the volume of the laws of the present session. Resolved, That it shall be the duty of said Okey and Morton to carefully read and correct the proof of said matter, and that no payment shall be made to them for said work until they produce to the Secretary of State the certificate of the Attorney General or a Judge of the Supreme Court that said work has been done according to the intent of this resolution. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB MUELLER, Adopted May 3, 1873. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the trustees of the Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum to sell certain land, and to re-invest the proceeds of such sale. WHEREAS, The State of Ohio purchased, and on the 18th day of June, 1872, received a conveyance for, nine acres and two perches of land in the north-east quarter of section 32, town 2, range 7, between the Miami rivers, in Van Buren township, Montgomery county, Ohio, described as beginning at the north-west corner of the tract of land conveyed by Thomas Brown to A. M. Peasley, at a planted stone; thence south east 46.1 poles, to a stone; thence east 31.3 poles to a stone; thence north 1° west 46.1 poles, to a stone; thence west 31.3 poles, to the place of beginning. Deed recorded Book T, No. 4, page 361, in the records of said county. The object of said purchase being the benefit and use of the stream thereon; and WHEREAS, The reservation of the water, and the sale of the land, to be again invested in land more convenient and useful to the purposes of the Southern Lunatic Asylum of this State, for the benefit of which institution said purchase was solely made, is desirable, and advantageous to the interest of said institution; therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of said Southern Lunatic Asylum be and they are hereby authorized to sell said land, reserving, under full and proper covenants, the water thereon, rights of way thereof, use, and right to enter and protect said use, etc., upon and in said nine acres, etc., to the State; said sale not to be made for a sum less than the original purchase money of said land. Upon the approval thereof by the Governor, he is hereby authorized to convey the same to the purchaser, in the name of and behalf of the State; and said trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to receive and invest the said purchase money in other land, more convenient, in their judgment, for the use of said asylum, and to receive a conveyance therefor to the State. CHARLES H. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Adopted May 5, 1873. JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to re-districting the State for lunatic purposes. WHEREAS, In consequence of the burning of the Northern Ohio and Central Ohio Lunatic Asylums, and in anticipation of the early completion of Athens Lunatic Asylum, public good and convenience demands that there be a temporary re-districting of the State for lunatic purposes; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That, until otherwise ordered, the patients to be committed to the several insane asylums in the State shall be assigned as follows: From the counties of Lucas, Fulton, Williams, Ottawa, Wood, Henry and Defiance, to the Lucas County Insane Asylum, as provided by contract with the commissioners of Lucas county for the support and maintenance of a portion of the insane of the State. From the counties of Cuyahoga, Lake, Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull, Portage, Summit, Medina, Mahoning, Columbiana, Huron, Sandusky, Erie and Lorain, to the Northern Asylum at Newburgh. From the counties of Montgomery, Preble, Butler, Warren, Greene, Clarke, Miami, Darke, Champaign, Logan, Shelby, Mercer, Auglaize, Allen, Van Wert, Paulding, Hancock, Putnam, Hardin, Wyandot, Seneca, Crawford, Marion, Union, Morrow, Richland, Ashland, Wayne, Delaware. Madison, Fayette, Clinton, Clermont and Brown, to the Southern Asylum at Dayton. From the counties of Athens, Ross, Meigs, Gallia, Lawrence, Jackson, Vinton, Hocking, Scioto, Pike, Highland, Adams, Pickaway, Fairfield, Perry, Licking, Muskingum, Morgan, Noble, Guernsey, Belmont, Monroe, Washington, Harrison, Carroll, Jefferson, Coshocton, Franklin, Knox, Holmes, Tuscarawas and Stark, to the Athens Lunatic Asylum. The patients now in the several asylums to be assigned and removed, under the direction of the several boards of trustees of said asylums, according to the terms of this resolution, as soon as the asylum at Athens is ready for the reception of patients and the same can be done with due regard to the health and comfort of the patients. Resolved, That Joint Resolution passed March 29, 1872, page 309, O. L., Vol. 69, be and the same is hereby rescinded; said rescinding not to affect the district provided for in said resolution until the Athens Lunatic Asylum is ready for the reception of patients. CHARLES H. BABCOCK, President pro tem. of the Senate. Adopted May 6, 1873. JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to compensation of Members of Congress. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That, in the opinion of this general assembly, the exercise of the authority to enact laws providing for the increase of the compensation of congressmen having a retroactive operation, and inuring to the benefit of the congress passing the same, is vicious and corrupting in the tendering; and that such legislation, in the light of experience, should be prohibited by amendment to the constitution. Resolved, That those members of congress who voted for an increase of their own salaries retroactive in effect, and those who voted against such increase, but still accepted this increase, are deserving of the censure of the people of Ohio. Resolved, That the governor be and he is hereby requested to forward a copy of these resolutions to each of our senators and representatives in congress. N. H. VAN VORHES, President pro tem. of the Senate. Adopted May 6, 1873. JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the Longview Asylum. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That it be and is hereby made the duty of the governor, auditor of state, and attorney general, to confer with the proper authorities of Hamilton county and Longview asylum, as to the price and equitable terms upon which said asylum and the government thereof can be transferred to the state, and report to the next session of the general assembly. HES, N. H. VAN VORHES, President pro tem. of the Senate. Adopted May 6, 1873. JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for an adjournment of the General Assembly sine dic. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That this sixtieth general assembly adjourn sine die, at 9 o'clock A. M., Tuesday, May 6th, 1873. N. H. VAN VORHES, President pro tem. of the Senate. Adopted May 6, 1873. JOINT RESOLUTIONS Relative to printing the School Law in pamphlet form. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the Supervisor of Public Printing be instructed, while the new school law is being printed in the volume of General Laws, to have twenty thousand extra copies printed, to be bound in brochure; two thousand copies for the use of the State Commissioner of Common Schools, and eighteen thousand copies to be distributed by him to the auditors of the several counties of the State, and by said auditors distributed to such school offices as may be designated by said State Commissioner as entitled to receive them. Resolved, further, That the said Supervisor shall have fifteen hundred copies of the school law printed in the German language, in pamphlet form, bound in brochure; two hundred copies for the use of the Commis. sioner, and thirteen hundred copies to be distributed by him to the auditors of the several counties, in proportion to their German population, as near as can be, and that the translation of the said school law into the German language shall be under the supervision of the Lieutenant Gov ernor. CHARLES H. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN T. BRINSMADE, President pro tem. of the Senate. Adopted May 6, 1873. JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the printing of fifteen hundred copies of the report of the State Commissioner of Common Schools in the German language. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be printed fifteen hundred copies of the report of the State Commissioner of Common Schools, for the year 1872, in the German language, to be distributed by the school commissioners among the counties with English copies in proportion to their German population, as near as can be. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Adopted May 6, 1873. JOINT RESOLUTION Ratifying, on behalf of the State of Ohio, the second article of the twelve amendments to the Constitution of the United States, submitted by the first Congress. WHEREAS, by the fifth article of the Constitution of the United States of America, it is provided that the Congress, whenever two-thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to the said constitution, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of said constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by Congress; and, WHEREAS, In the session of the congress of the United States of America, begun and held at the city of New York, on the 4th of March, 1789, it was resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following article (being the second article of twelve) be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as an amendment to the constitution of the United States, which article, when ratified by three-fourths of said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of said constitution, viz: "Article the Second: No law varying the compensation for the services of the senators and representatives shall take effect until an election of representatives shall have intervened;" and, WHEREAS, The said article the second not having received the assent of the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several States is still pending for ratification; therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That we hereby ratify, on behalf of the State of Ohio, the above recited proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Resolved, That certified copies of the foregoing preamble and resolution be forwarded by the Governor of Ohio to the President of the United States, to the presiding officer of the United States Senate, the Speaker |