Mr. Hostetter moved the Senate adjourn until Wednesday morning, 10 o'clock.

Mr. Thomas demanded the yeas and nays, and they were ordered, when the question was taken and lost, yeas 9, nays 23, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Bartley, Harris, Hazeltine, Holmes, Hostetter, Ream, Ritchey, Spangler and Wade-9.

Nays-Messrs. Aten, Barnett, Carpenter, Clark, Crowell, Ford, Foos, Godman, Goodin, Mitchell, McConnell, Nash, Perkins, Rob 'bins, Root, Sill, Stanton, Taylor, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Waddle, Walton and Speaker-23.

The question then turned upon ordering the bill to be engrossed.

Mr. Hazeltine moved to amend the bill by striking out all after the word payable, in the fourth line of the first section, to the end of the section, and inserting the following:

The secretary of said University, shall cause written notice to be served on the person having charge of such lots or tract of land, either as owner of, or agent for the same; which notice shall set forth the amount, and the time the same become due, and if the rent or interest, as aforesaid, shall remain unpaid for the term of thirty days from the date of service of such notice, such lot or tract of land shall revert to said corporation, and the costs of said notice shall be taxed against the owner of such land, and collected or paid as in other cases: provided, always, that before any such forfeiture shall occur, execution shall have issued against the goods and chattels of the owaer of such land, and shall have been returned unsatisfied.

Mr. Thomas moved to amend the amendment by striking out the proviso; upon which question, he called for the yeas and nays, and they were ordered, when the question was taken and lost, yeas 15, nays 17, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Barnett, Carpenter, Crowell, Ford, Foos, Godman, Nash, Perkins, Root, Sill, Stanton, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade and Waddle-15.

Nays-Messrs. Aten, Bartley, Clark, Goodin, Harris, Hazeltine, Holmes, Hostetter, Mitchell, McConnell, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Spangler, Taylor, Walton and Speaker-17.

The question then turned upon agreeing to the amendment, upon which,

Mr. Thomas called for the yeas and nays, and they were ordered, when the same was taken and lost, yeas 16, nays 16, as follows,

to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Aten, Bartley, Goodin, Harris, Hazeltine, Holmes, Hostetter, Mitchell, McConnell, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Spangler, Taylor, Walton and Speaker-16.

29-S. J.

Nays-Messrs. Barnett, Carpenter, Clark, Crowell, Ford, Foos, Godman, Nash, Perkins, Root, Sill, Stanton, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade, and Waddle-16.

So the amendment was not agreed to.

Mr. Hazeltine then offered sundry amendments, which were agreed to; when the bill was,

Ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Clark,

The Senate adjourned to Wednesday morning, 10 o'clock.

Attest:

THOMAS J. MORGAN, Clerk.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1842.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.

Mr. Root presented a petition from citizens of Huron county, for such amendments as will save bill holders from loss by failing banks; which was

Referred to the standing committee on the Currency.

Mr. Bartley presented a petition from sundry citizens formerly of Richland county, and state of Ohio, but at this time citizens of the state of Arkansas, in relation to a pauper; which was

Referred to the standing committee on Public Institutions.

Mr. Foos presented a petition from 124 citizens praying the Legislature to reduce the salaries of all the officers of State, and that the Legislature adjourn forthwith; which was

Referred to the standing committee on Finance.

Mr. Bartley presented a petition from sundry citizens of Richland county, praying for an alteration of the penitentiary system of the state so that convict labor may not operate to the injury of Mechanics; which was

Referred to the standing committee on the Penitentiary,

Mr. Nash presented a petition from 50 citizens of Jackson, for the passage of relief laws against the collection of debts; which was Referred to the standing committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Sill presented the petition of Homer Gordin and others, praying an amendment to the charter of the Philozetian Society of the Western Reserve College; which was

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

Mr. Spangler presented a communication from Leander Ransom,

a member of the Board of Public Works, in relation to the Milan Canal Company; which was

Referred to the standing committee on Finance.

Mr. Bartley, from the standing committee on the Judiciary, to which the subject had been referred, reported a bill (S. No. 159) to divorce Hannah J. Herrick from her husband George W. Herrick; which was read the first time.

The Speaker presented the report of the Auditor of State, in rela- * tion to the finances of the state; which was laid on the table.

(See Vol. Pub. Doc., No. 74.)

The following bills were severally 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. 154-A bill to amend an act to incorporate and establish the city of Cincinnati, and for revising all laws and parts of laws heretofore enacted on that subject, passed March 1, 1834, and, also, an act amendatory thereto, passed March 19, 1840;

S. No. 155-A bill to lay out and establish a graded State road in the counties of Meigs and Athens;

S. No. 156-A bill for the sale of school section 16, Jefferson township, Williams county;

S. No. 157-A bill to repeal the act incorporating the town of Medina, and the act amendatory thereto;

S. No. 158-A bill to incorporate the First Methodist Episcopal Church, of Fitchville, in Huron county.

The following bills were read the third time and passed, to wit: S. No. 149-An act to incorporate the Findlay Literary Lyceum, in the county of Hancock;

H. No. 84-An act to provide for the revaluation of section twenty nine, in Union township, Butler county;

H. No. 149-An act to legalize and confirm the action of the commissioners of Montgoinery county, in relation to certain township taxes;

H. No. 184-An act to authorize the commissioners of Henry county to borrow money.

On motion of Mr. Clark,

The Senate took up House bill No. 39, and the amendments thereto, to provide for the valuation and sale of the canal lands belonging to the state of Ohio, and, also, to amend the acts now in force in relation thereto.

The question occurring on agreeing to the amendments of the Finance committee of the Senate

On agreeing to the second amendment of the Finance committee, Mr. Walton called for a division of the question, and it turning on striking out the second section of the Senate amendments,

Mr. Walton demanded the yeas and nays, which, being ordered, were, yeas 25, nays 9, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Aten, Barnett, Bartley, Carpenter, Crowell, Ford, Foos, Godman, Hostetter, Leonard, McConnell, Nash, Perkins, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Root, Sill, Spangler, Taylor, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade, Waddle and Speaker-25.

Nays-Messrs. Clark, Dewey, Goodin, Harris, Hazeltine, Holmes, Mitchell, Stanton and Walton-9.

So the amendment to the amendment was agreed to.

The question then recurring on agreeing to the second division of the second amendment of the Finance committee, which provides for striking out the third section of the Senate amendments,

Mr. Walton demanded the yeas and nays, which, being ordered, were, yeas 28, nays 6, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Aten, Barnett, Bartley, Carpenter, Clark, Crowell, Ford, Foos, Godman, Goodin, Hazeltine, Hostetter, Leonard, McConnell, Nash, Perkins, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Root, Sill, Spangler, Taylor, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade, Waddle and Speaker-28. Nays-Messrs. Dewey, Harris, Holmes, Mitchell, Stanton and Walton-6.

So the amendment to the amendment was agreed to.

The question occurring on agreeing to the 8th amendment of the Finance committee, which is as follows:

"After the word banks, insert the words 'or bonds of the state which may be issued for that purpose.”

Mr. Walton demanded the yeas and nays, which, being ordered, were yeas 24, nays 10, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Aten, Barnett, Carpenter, Clark, Crowell, Dewey, Ford, Foos, Godman, Harris, Hostetter, McConnell, Nash, Perkins, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Root, Sill, Spangler, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade and Waddle-24.

Nays-Messrs. Bartley, Goodin, Hazeltine, Holmes, Leonard, Mitchell, Stanton, Taylor, Walton and Speaker-10.

So the amendment to the amendment was agreed to.

The question then occurring on agreeing to the ninth amendment of the Finance committee, which is as follows:

"After the word dollars strike out the words 'and fifty cents.”” Mr. Walton demanded the yeas and nays, which, being ordered, were, yeas 24, nays 10, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Barnett, Carpenter, Clark, Crowell, Ford, Foos, Godman, Goodin, Hostetter, Leonard, McConnell, Nash, Perkius, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Root, Sill, Spangler, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade, Waddle and Speaker-24.

Nays-Messrs. Aten, Bartley, Dewey, Harris, Hazeltine, Holmes, Mitchell, Stanton, Taylor and Walton-10.

So the amendment to the amendment was agreed to.

On agreeing to the sixteenth amendment of the Finance committee, which is as follows:

"Sec. 13, line 3, strike out the words 'nor shall any person or persons who shall have acted as appraisers.""

Mr. Stanton demanded the yeas and nays, which, being ordered, were, yeas 27, nays 6, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Aten, Barnett, Clark, Crowell, Ford, Foos, Godman, Goodin, Harris, Hazeltine, Holmes, Hostetter, Leonard, Mitchell, McConnell, Nash, Perkins, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Root, Spangler, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade, Waddle and Speaker-27.

Nays--Messrs. Bartley, Dewey, Sill, Stanton, Taylor and Wal

ton-6.

So the amendment to the amendment was agreed to.

The other amendments of the Finance committee were severally considered and agreed to.

Mr Thomas offered for adoption the following amendment to the

amendment of the Senate:

Sec. 5, line 4, strike out the word "Lima" where it occurs the second time, and after the word "office" insert, "at the town of St. Marys, in the county of Mercer, to which place the state land office at Lima shall be removed.

On agreeing to this amendment,

Mr. Spangler demanded the yeas and nays, which, being ordered, were, yeas 12, nays 16, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Barnett, Bartley, Ford, Godman, Nash, Perkins, Root, Sill, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade and Waddle-12.

Nays--Messrs. Aten, Clark, Goodin, Harris, Hazeltine, Holmes, Hostetter, Leonard, Mitchell, McConnell, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Spangler, Walton and Speaker-16.

So the amendment to the amendment was disagreed to.

The question then occurring on agreeing to the amendment of the committee on Public Lands, as amended,

Mr. Spangler demanded the yeas and nays, which, being ordered, were, yeas 28, nays 3, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Aten, Barnett, Bartley, Clark, Dewey, Ford, Foos, Godman, Harris, Hazeltine, Holmes, Hostetter, Leonard, McConnell, Nash. Perkins, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Root, Sill, Spangler, Taylor, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade, Waddle and Speaker-28.

Nays Messrs. Goodin, Mitchell and Walton-3.

The question then recurring on ordering the bill to its third read ̧ ing,

Mr. Walton demanded the yeas and nays, which, being ordered, were, yeas 27, nays 4, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Aten, Barnett, Clark, Dewey, Ford, Foos, Godman, Goodin, Harris, Hazeltine, Hostetter, Leonard, McConnell, Nash, Perkins, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Root, Sill, Spangler, Taylor, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade, Waddle and Speaker-27.

Nays-Messrs. Bartley, Holmes, Mitchell and Walton-4.