Referred to the standing committe on Schools and School Laws.

Mr. Spangler presented a petition from citizens, of the town of Amanda, in the county of Fairfield, for an act amendatory to the act incorporating the Circleville and Washington Turnpike Road Company; which was

Referred to the standing committee on Railroads and Turnpikes. Mr. Dewey presented a memorial of the Friends' Yearly Meeting, of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, asking for the repeal of the act to regulate black and mulatto persons; which was

Referred to the standing committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Spangler presented a petition from citizens, of the county of Pickaway, for the passage of a law in relation to black and mulatto persons giving bonds according to law; which was

Referred to the standing committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. McConnell presented a petition from citizens, of York township, in the county of Morgan, praying for the restoration of Leonard L. Bush to the rights of a citizen, lost by his conviction of crime; which was

Referred to a select committee of one, and Mr. McConnell appointed that committee.

Mr. Crowell presented a petition from the President, Directors, and Company of the Western Reserve Bank, praying for the renewal of the charter of said bank; which was

Referred to the standing committee on the Currency.

Mr. Crowell, also, presented a petition from citizens, of the county of Trumbull, praying for the passage of a law to punish thefts committed on orchards, and for other purposes; which was

Referred to the standing committee on the Judiciary.

The Speaker presented a communication from the Adjutant General in reply to a resolution of the Senate; which was laid on the table.

(See Vol. of Public Documents, No. 29.)

The Speaker, also, presented the Annual Report of the Directors and Superintendent of the Ohio Asylum for the Blind; which was laid on the table.

(See Vol. of Public Documents, No. 41.)

Mr. Taylor presented the proceedings of a public meeting, held in Newark, in relation to any further contraction of debt by the State. Mr. Walton moved that the proceedings be laid on the table, and the printing of them dispensed with.

Mr. Taylor called for a division of the question, and it turning on laying the proceedings on the table,

Mr. Bartley called for the yeas and nays; which were ordered, and were-yeas 19, nays 15, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Aten, Bartley, Clark Goodin, Harris, Hazeltine, Holmes, Hostetter, Latham, Leonard, Mitchell, McConnell, Ream, Richey, Spangler, Stanton, Taylor, Walton, and Speaker-19.

Nays-Messrs. Barnett, Crowell, Dewey, Ford, Foos, Godman, Nash, Perkins, Robbins, Root, Sill, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade, and Waddle-15.

So the Senate decided that the proceedings should be laid on the table; and the question recurring on dispensing with the printing of them.

Mr. Taylor demanded the yeas and nays; which were ordered, and were-yeas 8, nays 25, as follows, to wit.

Yeas Messrs. Aten, Harris, Hazeltine, Holmes, Hostetter, Mitchell, Ream, and Taylor-8.

Nays-Messrs. Barnett, Bartley, Clark, Crowell, Dewey, Ford, Foos, Godman, Goodin, Latham, Leonard, McConnell, Nash, Perkins, Ritchey, Robbins, Sill, Spangler, Stanton, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade, Waddle, Walton, and Speaker-25.

So the Senate ordered the printing to be dispensed with.

Mr. Thomas presented the proceedings of a public meeting, of the citizens of the county of Shelby, in relation to the extension of the Miami Canal.

Mr. Taylor moved that the proceedings of the meeting be laid on the table, and the printing dispensed with; on which motion, he demanded the yeas and nays.

Mr. Taylor called for a division of the question, and it turning on laying the proceedings on the table, was decided in the negative, yeas 8, nays 26, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Harris, Hazeltine, Holmes, Hostetter, Mitchell, Ream, Taylor, and Speaker-8.

Nays-Messrs. Aten, Barnett, Bartley, Clark, Crowell, Dewey, Ford, Foos, Godman, Goodin, Latham, Leonard, McConnell, Nash, Perkins, Ritchey, Robbins, Root, Sill, Spangler, Stanton, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade, Waddle, and Walton-26.

The proceedings of the meeting were then referred to the standing committee on Canals.

Mr. Crowell presented the Fifth Annual Report of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal Company; which was laid on the table.

(See Vol. of Pub. Doc. No. 38.)

Mr. Latham presented a petition from citizens of Bourneville, praying for an act to incorporate said town; which was

Referred to a select committee of one, and Mr. Latham appointed that committee.

Mr. Goodin, from the select committee on that subject, reported a bill (S. No. 52) authorizing the commissioners of Hancock county to assess an additional tax for bridge purposes; which was read the first time.

The following bills were read the second time, committed to a committee of the whole Senate, and made the order of the day for this day, to wit:

S. No. 50; A bill further to amend the act entitled "an act to incorporate the town of Milan," passed February 23, 1833;

S. No. 51; A bill to change the name of Theodore Oliver;

H. No. 46; A bill to incorporate the Mechanics' Institute of Urbana;

H. No. 49; A bill to incorporate the First Christian Church, in the town of Greenville, in the county of Darke.

Mr. Latham gave notice that on to-morrow, or some other day of the session, he would ask leave to introduce a bill to amend "an act to incorporate the Portsmouth Dry Dock and Steam Basin Company," passed March 9, 1839.

Mr. Godman gave notice that on to-morrow, or some subsequent day of the present session, he would ask leave to introduce a bill to incorporate the First Presbyterian Church, of Grand, Marion county.

Mr. Holmes, agreebly to previous notice, introduced a bill (S. No. 53,) declaring the forfeiture of charters for nonuser, and their subjection to the will of the Legislature; which was read the first time. On motion of Mr. Spangler,

The Senate took up the report of the Warden and Directors of the Ohio Penitentiary.

On motion of Mr. Spangler,

So much thereof as relates to the murder of Sells, by one of the prisoners, and so much as relates to the transportation of prisoners, was Referred to the standing committee on the Judiciary;

And the balance thereof was

Referred to the standing committee on the Penitentiary.

On motion of Mr. Taylor,

The Senate took up the report of the select committee on Unfinished Business.

On motion of Mr. Taylor,

So much of said report as refers to the petition of Thomas White, praying for a remuneration of losses sustained on sections 22 and 23 of the Ohio canal, on the Portage Summit, together with the accompanying papers, was

Referred to the committee on Claims,

On motion,

The Senate took up the resolution providing for the election of Associate Judges in various counties.

On motion of Mr. Crowell,

The resolution and pending amendments were again laid upon the table.

On motion of Mr. Stanton,

The Senate resolved itself into committee of the whole, Mr. McConnell in the chair, on Senate bill No. 47, to incorporate the Toledo Commercial Company, at Toledo, in the county of Lucas, and after some time spent in the consideration thereof, the committee rose, and reported the same back without amendment.

On motion of Mr. Clark,

The bill was recommitted to the standing committee on Corporations.

Mr. Ritchey, on leave, presented the memorial of Owen Martin; which,

On motion,

Was laid upon the table.

Mr. Bartley offered for adoption the following resolution; which was agreed to:

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the two Houses of the General Assembly meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives, at the hour of three o'clock, P. M., on Tuesday the 11th day of January, instant, for the purpose of electing one Supreme Judge to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of the term of the Hon. Peter Hitchcock.

On motion of Mr. Perkins,

The Senate again resolved itself into committee of the whole, Mr. Perkins in the chair, on the orders of the day, and after some time spent in the consideration thereof, the committee rose, and reported back the following bills without amendment.

S. No. 48; A bill for the relief of John McCoy;

Recommitted to the standing committee on the Judiciary.

S. No. 49; A bill to amend the act entitled "an act to incorporate the Zanesville and Maysville Turnpike Road Company," passed March 7, 1836.

Ordered to be engrossed for its third reading on to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Perkins,

The Senate again resolved itself into committee of the whole, Mr. Nash in the chair, on the orders of the day, and after some time spent in the consideration thereof, the committee rose, and reported back the following bills, and asked leave to sit again on House bill No. 11. H. No. 42; A bill to incorporate the First Congregation of Disciples, in Norton, Summit county, without amendment;

Recommitted to the standing committee on Corporations.

H. No. 43; A bill to change the name of Joseph Crow, Charlotte Crow, Solomon Crow, Caroline P. Crow, Julianna Crow, Joseph L. Crow, John S. Crow, Rufus M. Crow, and Josiah B. Crow, without amendment;

Recommitted to the standing committee on Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures.

H. No. 45; A bill to incorporate the Evangelical Christian Church of Arnheim, without amendment;

Recommitted to the standing committee on Corporations.

H. No. 46; A bill to incorporate the Mechanics' Institute of Urbana, without amendment;

Recommitted to the standing committee on Corporations.

H. No. 49; A bill to incorporate the First Christian Church, in the town of Greenville, in the county of Darke, without amendment; Recommitted to the standing committee on Corporations.

H. No. 11; A bill to establish, permanently, the seat of justice for Summit county.

On motion of Mr. Crowell, The Senate adjourned.

Attest:

THOMAS J. MORGAN, Clerk.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1842.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.

Mr. Mitchell presented a petition from citizens of the county of Jefferson, asking for the passage of a General Banking Law; which

was

Referred to the standing committee on the Currency.

Mr. Clark presented a petition from citizens of the county of Lucas, for the sale of section 16, in township 7, north, range 8, east, in said county; which was

Referred to a select committee of one, and Mr. Clark appointed that committee.

Mr. Van Vorhes presented a petition from Thomas Davis, praying for a divorce from his wife; which was

Referred to the standing committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Van Vorhes, also, presented a petition from the Auditor of the county of Athens, for authority to transcribe certain records, and to make the same, evidence in all cases wherein the originals would have been proper evidence; which was

Referred to a select committee of one, and Mr. Van Vorhes appointed that committee.

Mr. Perkins presented a memorial from a portion of the Indiana yearly meeting of Friends, praying for the repeal of certain laws relating to the disabilities of colored people; which was

Referred to the standing committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Holmes presented a remonstrance from citizens of Columbus township, in the county of Hamilton, against the erection of a new township out of parts of the townships of Columbus and Symmes, in said county; which was

Referred to the standing committee on the Judiciary.