[House Joint Resolution No. 13.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to Christopher Froneberger. WHEREAS, Christopher Froneberger of Muskingum county, Ohio, is insane; and WHEREAS, He is confined in the county infirmary of Muskingum county, Ohio, where proper care and attention can not be given suitable to his condition; and WHEREAS, Under the statutes now in force in the state of Ohio, the said Christopher Froneberger is ineligible to admission to any insane asylum in this state, for the reason that he is not a legal resident of this state; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the superintendent of the Columbus asylum for the insane be and he is authorized and required to receive said Christopher Froneberger as an inmate of said asylum. LEWIS C. LAYLIN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted February 24, 1892. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 18.] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the secretary of state and the attorney-general to act with the committee appointed under H. J. R. No. 15. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secretary of state and the attorney-general be and they are hereby authorized and instructed to act in an advisory capacity with the joint committee appointed under house joint resolution No. 15, to prepare such amendments to the Australian ballot law as may be necessary and embody the same in a bill to be presented to the general assembly at as early a date as possible. LEWIS C. LAYLIN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted February 24, 1892. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 23.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the time of adjournment Friday, Feb. 19, 1892. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That when the senate and house adjourns at noon Friday, Feb. 19. it be until 4 o'clock Tuesday, Feb. 23, on account of Washington's birthday. LEWIS C. LAYLIN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Adopted February 24, 1892. [House Joint Resolution No. 25.] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing a joint committee to hire a stenographer. WHEREAS, By joint resolution of the 70 h general assembly, a committee of three on the part of the senate and five on the part of the house have been appointed to investigate oil and gas land leases made by the board of public works and the canal commission, it has been found nec essary by said joint committee, for the proper performance of its work, to employ a stenographer; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That said joint committee is authorized to employ a competent stenographer, and that compensation for such services be paid from the legislative fund heretofore appropriated. WHEREAS, It is reported and generally known that a large portion of the lands known as 66 swamp and overflowed lands," granted to the state of Ohio by an act of congress September 28, 1850, has been sold to persons through fraudulent representations; and WHEREAS, Said lands are now held and possessed by said persons or their heirs and assignees without warrant of law; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That a committee of three from the senate, appointed by the president of the senate, and five from the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker, to invesugate and report to the senate and house the number of acres sold by the general government, amount received for the same, and nature of entries, also to investigate by what authority persons are now holding said lands not sold by the general government, and advise in said report what action should be taken by the general assembly to recover said lands to the state. LEWIS C. LAYLIN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted March 8, 1892. [House Joint Resolution No. 27.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to distribution of state geological reports. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secretary of state is hereby directed to distribute to each member of the 70th general assembly ten copies of the first annual report of the geological survey of Ohio, and that in addition thereto ten copies shall be delivered to the state geologist. LEWIS C. LAYLIN Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted March 10, 1892. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 12.] JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting the commissioners in charge to close the world's Columbian exposition on the Sabbath day. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners having in charge the world's Columbian exposition be and they are hereby earnestly requested to exercise the authority vested in them in closing the gates of said exposition on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, in accordance with the law of God, the rights of man, and the precedents of our American history. That the governor be requested to transmit to the proper officers of said commission a copy of this resolution. LEWIS C. LAYLIN. Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Adopted March 22, 1892. Iouse Joint Resolution No. 16.] JOINT RESOLUTION For printing seven thousand five hundred copies of W. A. Taylor's "hundredyear book." Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be printed for the use of the general assembly and the secretary of state seven thousand five hundred (7,500) copies of W. A. Taylor's "Ohio statesmen and hundred-year book," which shall be bound in substantial library cloth and distributed as follows: To each senator and represent ative in the seventieth general assembly, thirty (30) copies; to each state officer, five (5) copies; to each officer of the seventieth general assembly, one (1) copy; to the state library, one hundred (100) copies; two hundred and fifty (250) copies to be sent by the author at his own expense to each of the daily and weekly newspapers of the state; the residue to be placed in the custody of the secretary of state, to be sold by him at a price in his discretion, not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) by the single copy, with discretionary but uniform discount when sold in lots, the proceeds arising therefrom to be covered into the treasury of the state and credited to the general revenue fund; and that the author, as compensation for furnishing the matter for said publication and supervising the proof-reading and printing of the same, according to the discretion of the supervisor of public printing, be allowed the sum of twenty cents per copy for the number of copies so published. LEWIS C. LAYLIN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted March 22, 1892. [House Joint Resolution No. 29.] JOINT RESOLUTION For printing extra copies of amended H. B. 14 and amended H. B. 189. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the soc retary of state be instructed to print 10,000 copies each of amended H. B. 14 and amended H. B. 188, and that 50 copies of each be forwarded by him to the address of each member of the general assembly, and that the remaining number be delivered to the state commissioner of common schools. LEWIS C. LAYLIN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted March 29, 1892. President of the Senate. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 18.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to printing election laws. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secretary of state be and is hereby directed to have printed in the earliest po-sible time ten thousand copies of the acts passed by the general assembly applicable to the April elections in townships and certain municipalities for immediate distribution to the clerks of the said townships and municipalities. Adopted March 31, 1892. LEWIS C. LAYLIN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 16.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to urging Ohio congressmen to vote for an appropriation for the world's fair, WHEREAS, The world's Columbian exposition authorized by the act of congress, approved April 25th, 1890, is by the terms of said act, made national and international, and its promotion is for and in the interest of all the people of the United States and to afford an opportunity to foreign governments and their people to join with the citizens of the United States in celebrating the four hundreth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, by an exhibition of the evidence of the progress made in civilization throughout the world; and WHEREAS, Said exhibition should be in all respects, scope and plan of such magnitude as the obvious spirit and intent of an act of congress demands and so as to decently comport with the dignity and honor of the United States; and WHEREAS, Careful estimates of the cost and expense of making. the necessary preparation for holding said exposition showed ten millions of dollars ($10,000,000) would be fully adequate and the said act of congress authorizing said exposition as aforesaid, provided that it should be located at the city of Chicago in the state of Illinois, on condition that the citizens of said city would furnish a suitable site and provide said sum of ten million ($10,000,000) dollars for the purpose of completing the preparation of holding the said exposition; and WHEREAS, The citizens of the city of Chicago accepted the terms of said act and have in a patriotic, just and liberal spirit, complied with the conditions thereof, having furnished an exceptionally eligible site and provided more than ten million ($10,000,000) dollars and made most commendable progress with the work of preparation in accordance with a plan and scope adjudged by the national commission, appointed by the government of the United States to act in that behalf, to be commensurate with the requirements of the act herein before mentioned; and WHEREAS, The marvelous development in the useful arts and sciences, and the progress made in every department of human endeavor, and the great interest felt and taken by the governments of other nations |