S. No. 159; A bill to divorce Hannah J. Herrick, from her husband, George W. Herrick.

Laid on the table.

S. No. 160; A bill to incorporate the First Free Will Baptist Church of Marion township, Marion county.

Recommitted to the standing committee on Corporations.

S. No. 161; A bill to incorporate the Bethany Regular Baptist Church of the county of Scioto.

Recommitted to the standing committee on Corporations.

S. No. 162; A bill to amend an act to incorporate the Philozetian Society of the Western Reserve College.

Recommitted to the standing committee on Corporations.

S. No. 163; A bill to incorporate the Macedonian Christian Church of Harrison, in the county of Gallia.

Ordered to be engrossed for its third reading on Monday next. H. No. 205; A bill to incorporate the Lafayette University at New Carlisle, Clark county.

Recommitted to the standing committee on Corporations.

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

Recommitted to the standing committee on Corporations.

On motion of Mr. Godman,

The Senate took up House bill No. 70, to incorporate the First Presbyterian Church of Liberty township, in Delaware county. Recommitted to the standing committee on Corporations.

Mr. Aten, from the joint standing committee on Enrolment, made the following report; which was agreed to:

The joint standing committee on Enrolment have examined, com pared, and found correctly enroled, the following acts and resolutions, viz:

S. No. 40-An act to amend the act entitled, "an act to establish a Court in Bank, and to regulate its practice," passed March 10, 1831.

S. No. 113-An act to suspend the sixth section of the act to establish a free turnpike road from the south boundary of Champaign county to Upper Sandusky, in Crawford county, passed March 17, 1838, and the third section of an act amendatory thereto, passed March 9, 1839, so far as said sections affect the township of Monroe, in the county of Logan.

S. No. 114-An act to amend the act entitled, "an act granting licenses to pedlers."

S. No. 99-An act to incorporate the First Regular Baptist Church of Twinsburg, in Summit county.

S. No. 94; An act to extend the provisions of the act entitled, "an act providing for the appointment of commissioners of sewers, in certain counties in this state, passed March 26, A. D., 1841, to the counties of Logan and Miami.

S. No. 107-An act to amend the act entitled, "an act to incorporate

the Protestant Methodist Academy in the village of Brighton, in the county of Cuyahoga," passed March 17, 1840.

S. No. 95-An act to incorporate the First Free Will Baptist Society in the township of Liberty, in the county of Licking.

S. No. 103-An act to incorporate the Kaal a Kadesh Beni Jeshurun (Holy Congregation of Children of Jeshurun) of the city of Cincinnati.

S. No. 93-An act to incorporate the trustees of the Wesley Chapel, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Chagrin Falls, in the county of Cuyahoga.

S. No. 63-An act to amend the act entitled, "an act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Stark county Mutual Insurance Company," passed March 27, 1841.

S. No. 100-An act to incorporate the town of Albany, in the county of Athens.

S. No. 78-An act to incorporate the First Regular Baptist Church in Berlin, Erie county, Ohio.

S. No. 69-An act to incorporate the Newark St. John's German Evangelical Protestant Church of Licking county.

S. No. 86---An act to incorporate the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Alexander, in the county of Athens.

S. No. 82-An act to incorporate the Wardens and Vestry of Trinity Church, in Toledo, in the county of Lucas.

S. No. 65-An act to amend "an act to provide for the election and resignation of justices of the peace," passed January 31, 1831.

S. No. 51-An act to confer the authority of changing the names of persons, towns and villages, upon the court of common pleas.

H. No. 105-An act to amend an act entitled, "an act for the inspec tion of certain articles therein enumerated."

H. No. 121-An act to lay out and establish a graded state road in the counties of Harrison and Belmont.

H. No. 139-An act to incorporate the German Methodist Episcopal Church of Marietta, in Washington county.

H. No. 140-An act to incorporate the First Regular Baptist Church of Green township, Richland county.

H. No. 151-An act to incorporate the First Old School Presbyterian Church of Bethel, in Wayne township, Columbiana county.

H. No. 154-An act to incorporate the First Baptist Society of Strongsville, in the county of Cuyahoga.

H. No. 161-An act to incorporate the Symmes' Creek Baptist Church, in Lawrence county.

H. No. 166-An act to incorporate the Fifth street Baptist Church of Cincinnati, Hamilton county.

H. No. 170-An act to incorporate the First Regular Church and Society of Henrietta, in Lorain county.

H. No. 173--An act to review and locate so much of the state road leading from Mount Pleasant, in the county of Jefferson, to Martinsville, in the county of Belmont, as lies between the Little Fork of Short Creek and Glenn's Run.

H. No. 176-An act to incorporate the Second Presbyterian Church of Oxford in the county of Butler.

H. No. 178-An act to incorporate the First Baptist Society of Huntingdon, Lorain county, Ohio.

H. No. 136--An act to incorporate the Wardens, Vestrymen and Associate Members of the Parish of St. Paul's Church of the town of Lower Sandusky.

H. No. 189--An act to provide for the renumbering the lots in the city of Dayton.

H. No. 198--An act to incorporate the Hook and Ladder Fire Company of Leesburg, in the county of Carroll.

H. No. 200--An act to incorporate the town of Lima, in the county of Allen.

H. No. 202-An act to incorporate the town of Benton, in Holmes county.

Resolution in relation to the compensating William Domigan, for attendance, &c., on the supreme court in bank.

Resolution in relation to Evans Bentley.

Mr. Bartley, from the standing committee on the Judiciary, to which was recommitted House bill No. 56, reported the same back with sundry amendments.

The bill and pending amendments were laid upon the table, and the amendments ordered to be printed.

Mr. Nash moved that the Senate adjourn; on which motion,

The yeas and nays were demanded; and, being ordered, were, yeas 8, nays 21, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Bartley, Clark, Dewey, Foos, Nash, Ream, Spang-' ler and Speaker--8.

Nays-Messrs. Aten, Barnett, Carpenter, Ford, Godman, Goodin, Hazeltine, Holmes, Hostetter, Latham, Mitchell, McConnell, Perkins, Ritchey, Root, Sill, Stanton, Taylor, Van Vorhes, Waddle and Walton-21.

So the Senate refused to adjourn.

Mr. Nash moved a call of the Senate; which, being ordered, Messrs. Crowell, Henderson, Leonard, Robbins, Thomas and Wade, were found absent.

On motion,

The Senate adjourned.

Attest:

THOMAS J. MORGAN, Clerk.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1842.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.

Mr. Taylor presented a petition from Benjamin Briggs, Esq., of Newark, Ohio, praying the legislature to abolish all laws for the colection of debts after the first of June next, and to refuse to charter any more banks in any form; which was referrel to the standing com. mittee on the Judiciary. ·

Mr. Godman presented a petition from citizens of Union township, Licking county, praying the legislature to adjourn forthwith, and that no extra session may be held; which was referred to the standing committee on Finance.

Mr. Waddle, from the standing committee on Roads and Highways, to which was recommitted Senate bill, No. 155, to lay out and establish a graded state road in the counties of Meigs and Athens, reported the same back with sundry amendments; which were agreed to, and, the bill,

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

Mr. Spangler, from the standing committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read the first time:

S. No. 170; A bill further to amend the act entitled, "an act to abolish the Board of Canal Commissioners, and to revive the Board of Public Works," passed March 5, 1839.

Mr. Spangler moved that the constitutional rule be dispensed with, in order that the bill may be read the second time this day; on which motion,

Mr. Leonard demanded the yeas and nays; which being ordered, were, yeas 20, nays 10, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Aten, Barnett, Dewey, Foos, Goodin, Harris, Hazeltine, Holmes, Hostetter, Mitchell, McConnell, Perkins, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Spangler, Stanton, Taylor, Walton and Speaker

.-20.

Nays-Messrs. Bartley, Ford, Godman, Leonard, Nash, Root, Sill, Van Vorhes, Wade, and Waddle-10.

So the Senate refused to dispense with the constitutional rule.

Mr. Bartley, from the standing committee on the Judiciary, to which was recommitted House bill, No. 21, to amend the act entitled, "an act to regulate judicial proceedings where banks and bankers are parties, and to prohibit issuing bank bills of certain descriptions," passed January 28, 1824, and the Senate amendmenis thereto, reported the same back without further amendment.

The question occuring on agreeing to the amendments of the Senate,

Mr. Thomas moved a call of the Senate; which being ordered Messrs. Carpenter, Henderson and Sill were found absent.

Mr. Taylor moved that further proceedings under the call be dispensed with,

And on his motion, demanded the yeas and nays; which being ordered, were, yeas 17, nays 17, as follows, to wit:

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

Nays-Messrs. Barnett, Crowell, Dewey, Ford, Foos, Godman, Latham, Nash, Perkins, Root, Sill, Stanton, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade, Waddle and Walton-17.

So the Senate refused to dispense with further proceedings under the call.

On motion of Mr. Perkins,

Mr. Henderson was excused.

On motion of Mr. Hazeltine,

Further proceedings under the call were dispensed with.

The question recurring on agreeing to the second amendment of the Senate to House bill, No. 21.

On motion of Mr. Bartley,

The amendment was amended.

The question recurring on agreeing to the second amendment of the Senate as amended.

Mr. Nash called for a division of the question..

It turned on striking out all of the first section, after the enacting clause.

The Senate agreed to strike out.

Mr. Latham moved that the amendments be recommitted to a select committee of one, with instructions to strike out in the first line of the second amendment, the words, "now pending, or;" and on this mo tion,

Mr. Holmes called for a division of the question.

And it turning on recommitting,

Mr. Stanton demanded the yeas and nays; which being ordered, were, yeas 17, nays 19, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Barnett, Carpenter, Dewey, Ford, Foos, Godman, Harris, Henderson, Latham, Nash, Perkins, Root, Sill, Stanton, Thomas, Van Vorhes and Waddle-17.

Nays--Messrs. Aten, Bartley, Clark, Crowell, Goodin, Hazeltine, Holmes, Hostetter, Leonard, Mitchell, McConnell, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Spangler, Taylor, Wade, Walton, and Speaker -19.

So the Senate refused to recommit.

The question then occurring on inserting the following: "That in all suits or actions now pending, or that shall hereafter be brought or prosecuted in any of the courts of this state, by any bank or banker, or under them in any way, for their use or benefit, in any