4. After a bill or joint resolution has passed both Houses, and amendments made by either House may be pending, it shall not be in order for either House to postpone such bill or resolution beyond the session; but all differences between the two Houses relative to amendments, may be submitted to committees of conference.

5. In all cases of difference between the two Houses relative to amendments, the order shall be to insist, in the first instance, before adhering; and the first adherence by either House shall preclude a committee of conference.

6. Committees of Conferencehall be appointed when any disagreement of opinion shall exist between the two Houses; which committee shall report the result of their deliberations to their respective Houses,

7. When the committees of conference of the two Houses shall disagree, other committees may be appointed; and if either of the Houses shall disagree to any report of a committee of conference, such House shall forthwith notify the other of such disagreement, and request another committee of conference, and thereupon other committees shall be appointed.

8. When a bill or joint resolution shall have passed either House, notice thereof shall be forthwith communicated to the other House. 9. When a bill shall be reported to either House, advice thereof shall be given to the other House; but no notice of the presentation or reference of petitions, memorials, or remonstrances, or of the appointment of committees shall be given.

10. When a bill or joint resolution, which shall have been passed in one House, is rejected in the other, or postponed beyond the session, notice thereof shall be given to the other House, in which the same may have passed..

11. The Clerk of either House shall, unless otherwise directed by the House, deliver a copy of every bill, resolution or report, after its first reading, to the public printer, who shall print copies thereof for the use of the members.

12. After a bill shall have passed both Houses, it shall be enroled by the Clerk of the House in which it originated.

13. When bills or joint resolutions are enroled, they shall be examined by a joint committee of two members from each House, to be appointed a standing committee for that purpose, whose duty it shall be to compare the enroled with the engrossed bills and resolutions, passed by the two Houses, correct any clerical errors which may be discovered, and report forthwith to their respective Houses.、

14. After examination and report, each bill and joint resolution shall be signed in their respective Houses; first, by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and then by the Speaker of the Senate, ..who shall affix the date thereto.

15. Each bill and resolution, when signed by the Speaker of the Senate, shall be by the clerk delivered to a member of the committee of enrolment on the part of the Senate, who shall deposit the same in the

office of the Secretary of State, and take his receipt therefor, which receipt shall be filed with the papers of the Senate.

16. When the two Houses shall meet to proceed by joint ballot to any election, the Speaker of the Senate shall preside, so far as to declare the officers to be elected, the result of each balloting, and the name of the person elected.

17. Each House, in joint meeting, shall be governed by the same rules of order that govern them in their separate Houses, and be attended by their respective Sergeant at-arms.

18. No person shall be declared ected to any office, who shall not have received a majority of all the votes of the members present and voting, and each paper put in the ballot box shall be counted a vote, unless the number of papers shall exceed the number of members voting, in which case it shall be declared there is no election.

19. It shall be the duty of the Speaker of the Senate, in all elections by joint ballot, or otherwise, after the votes have been collected, to call on the members present, whether they have voted-if not, to come forward and vote, and charge the members accordingly.

20. When two or more persons are to be elected to the same office, and ballotted for at the same time, the number of persons to be elected, who may have a majority of all the votes of the members, and are highest on the list of votes, shall be declared elected.

21. The doorkeepers of the respective Houses shall discharge the ordinary duties of Sergeant at arms, until otherwise directed.

22. The usual number of copies of each message, report, or other document, and no more, shall be printed, unless an additional number shall be ordered by joint resolution of both Houses.

23. When a bill shall have passed in either House, and be sent to the other for concurrence, the accompanying documents shall be transmitted with such bill.、

On motion of Mr. Spangler,

The Senate took up the report of the Zanesville and Maysville Turnpike Road Company; and, on his motion,

The report was referred to the standing committee on Railroads and Turnpikes.

Message from the House of Representatives. Mr. Speaker:

The House has passed the following bill, to which the concurrence of the Senate is requested:

H. No. 14; An act to amend the act entitled, "an act providing for the punishment of certain crimes," passed March 7, 1835.

The House has passed the following resolutions, to which the concurrence of the Senate is requested:

A resolution requiring the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Portage county, to make certain dispositions of the extra number of Swan's Collated Statutes, that are in his possession;

A resolution appointing a joint select committee in relation to

amending the constitution, so far as relates to the organization of the judiciary department.

Attest:

GID. M. AYERS, Clerk.

The bill of the House was read the first time.

The resolution of the House, requiring the Clerk of Common Pleas of Portage county, to make certain dispositions of the extra nuinber of Swan's Collated Statutes, was,

On motion of Mr. Carpenter,

Laid on the table.

The consideration of the resolution of the House, appointing a joint select committee in relation to amending the constitution so far as relates to the organization of the judiciary department, was,

On motion of Mr. Spangler,

Postponed until Wednesday next.

Mr. Holmes, agreeably to previous notice, introduced a bill (S. No. 28,) to revive the 3d section of an act entitled, "an act to amend the act entitled, 'an act to regulate the fees of officers in civil and criminal cases;"" which was read the first time.

Mr. Stanton, from the select committee on that subject, reported a bill (S. No. 29.) to establish the Lewistown Feeder and Reservoir of the Miami canal; which was read the first time.

On motion of Mr. Nash,

The Senate adjourned.

Attest:

THOMAS J. MORGAN, Clerk.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1841.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.

Mr. Holmes presented a petition from sundry citizens of Hamilton county, praying the appropriation of money, for the extension and enlargement of the Ohio Lunatic Asylam; which was

Referred to the standing committee on Public Institutions.

Mr. Ford presented a petition from the commissioners of Geauga county, for the repeal of the act for the relief of certain persons therein named; which was

Referred to a select committee of one, and Mr. Ford was appointed said committee.

Mr. Sill presented a petition from citizens of the counties of Summit and Stark, in relation to State roads from the Ohio canal to the Pennsylvania line; which was

Referred to the standing committee on Roads and Highways.

Mr. Holmes, from the standing committee on Corporations, to which was recommitted Senate bill No. 23, reported the same back without amendment, and the bill was

to

Ordered to be engrossed for its third reading on to-morrow. Mr. Holmes, from the standing committee on Corporations, which had been recommitted Senate bill No. 24, reported the same back with one amendment; which was agreed to.

Mr. Taylor moved further to amend the bill by striking out the words, "other than licensed tavern keepers," in the fifth line, and on his motion, demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and were, yeas 2, nays 32, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Latham and Taylor-2.

Nays-Messrs. Aten, Barnett, Carpenter, Clark, Crowell, Dewey, Ford, Foos, Godman, Goodin, Harris, Hazeltine, Henderson, Holmes, Hostetter, Leonard, Mitchell, McConnell, Nash, Perkins, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Root, Sill, Spangler, Stanton, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade, Waddle and Speaker-32.

So the amendment was disagreed to, and the bill was
Ordered to be engrossed for its third reading on to-morrow.

Mr. Nash, from the standing committee on Schools and School Lands, to which was referred the petition of the school directors of school district No. 5, in Steubenville township, in the county of Jefferson, made the following report:

The committee on Schools and School Lands, to which was recommitted the petition of the directors of school district No. 5, in Steubenville township, in Jefferson county, report:

It appears from the petition, that at the last annual election of school directors for said district, a resolution was passed by the electors, that application should be made, on behalf of that district, to the General Assembly for authority to the directors to limit the admission of pupils into the schools of that district to such as were of the age of five years and over.

There are two objections against granting the authority here asked for, and which, to the committee, appear insuperable. In the first place, it proposes to legislate for a single district, in a case provided for by the general law. The general law, applicable to all districts, fixes the age of admission. Now, ought - the legislature to enter upon a course of legislation which will ..make a different law for every district? We think not. It

needs only to state the case to demonstrate the impolicy of such a course. Besides being interminable, such a course must introduce utter confusion into our whole common school sys

tem.

Should the age of admission to our common schools be fixed at five, instead of four years; if so, we might proceed to meet the wishes of the petitioners by general legislation. This is a question of some nicety; one about which opinions may differ. Our law has fixed it at four years. We have heard no complaint against this provision, until the present application. Now, we are not disposed, upon slight grounds, to recommend a change in the law in this respect. Changes should seldom be

ntroduced into our common school system, and those in such cases only as experience proves to be clearly necessary. The committee do not discover any such evidence in this case. This is the age fixed for admission in other states, and common custom and common consent have decided that at that age children ought to enjoy the benefits of instruction, if it can be secured. Upon both grounds, the committee are decidedly of opinion that the prayer of the petitioners should not be granted..

The committee, therefore, ask that they be discharged from the further consideration of the same, and recommend that the petitioners have leave to withdraw their petitions.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell, the report was Laid upon the table.

Mr. Ford, from the standing committee on Railroads and Turnpikes, to which had been recommitted Senate bill No. 25, reported the same back without amendment, and recommended its passage.

Mr. Bartley moved that the further consideration of the bill be indefinitely postponed.

Mr. Taylor spoke in favor of the motion to postpone, and, in the course of his remarks, was called to order by the Speaker for arraigning the conduct of the judges of the supreme court.

Mr. Taylor appealed from the decision of the Speaker, and demanded the yeas and nays on his appeal, which were ordered, and were, yeas 33, nay 1, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Aten, Barnett, Bartley, Carpenter, Clark, Crowell, Dewey, Ford, Foos, Godman, Goodin, Harris, Hazeltine, Henderson, Holmes, Hostetter, Latham, Leonard, Mitchell, McConnell, Nash, Perkins, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Root, Sill, Spangler, Stanton, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Waddle and Walton-33.

Nay-Mr. Taylor-1.

So the decision of the Speaker was sustained.

The question then recurred on the indefinite postponement of the bill; upon which motion, Mr. Taylor had demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and were, yeas 20, nays 15, as follows, to wit:

Yeas-Messrs. Aten, Bartley, Clark, Goodin, Harris, Hazeltine, Holmes, Hostetter, Latham, Leonard, Mitchell, McConnell, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Root, Spangler, Taylor, Walton and Speaker-20. Nays-Messrs. Barnett, Carpenter, Crowell, Dewey, Ford, Foos, Godman, Henderson, Nash, Perkins, Sill, Stanton, Thomas, Van Vorhes and Waddle-15.

So the consideration of the bill was indefinitely postponed.

Mr. Root, from the standing committee on Public Institutions, to which had been referred House resolution relating to the admission of Hanson Young into the Ohio asylum for the blind, reported the same back with one amendment, which was agreed to, and the resolu tion, as amended, was adopted.