The committee appointed, to ascertain whether the territorial laws, journals of the convention and the journals and laws of the state government, were in the public offices or state library, and if not the best method of supplying the deficiencies, and also to examine the clerk's papers, and to report whether any, and if so, what measures ought to be taken to preserve them from fur ther injury and decay, beg leave to report: There is no copy of the laws adopted or enacted by the Governor and judges under the Territorial government in either of the public offices or public library. There is in the office of the secretary of state, the enrolled bills of all the laws and resolutions passed by the legislature of the territorial government. The committee have not been able to find the journal of the convention either in manuscript or print. There are no printed volumes of of the laws of either the territorial or state government, within our research of an earlier date than the session of 1806-7, nor have we found any journals of an earlier date than the session of 1807-8 regular sets of the laws and journals, subsequent to those periods are in the library. The committee are of opinion that the deficiencies in the journals and laws ought to be supplied and recommend the adoption of the following resolution : Resolved by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, that the governor of this state be, and he hereby is authorised to procure such laws as were adopted by the governor and judges under the territorial government; the laws passed by the territorial government, a journal of the convention, the laws of the state government passed prior to the session of 1806-7 and the journals of the assembly prior to the session of 1807-'8; and that the same or such parts thereof as he may obtain be placed in the state library, and the expense thereof be paid out of the contingent fund. The committee further report that there is no law that requires of the clerks of either house of the legislature to keep and preserve any papers after the rising of the legislature, nor are they furnished or provided with any conveniences for that purpose. The papers are principally loose in two trunks, and from their exposure to the dust and smoke are much soiled and injured. The committee recommend the adoption of the following resolution-: Resolved by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, that the chief clerk in the Auditor's office be authorised and required to procure a plain case of suitable dimensions, and the same placed in the Secretaries office and to arrange in suitable files the papers before mentioned, and to put them up labelling each file on the end, and that he be paid therefor a reasonable compensation, to be allowed by the governor and paid out of the contingent fund, and that it be the duty of the clerks of each house of this legislature to arrange at the end of each session the papers in their respective offices and place them in the said case, for which services the Clerks shall receive twelve dollars each to be paid out of the con tingent fund of the governor. JOSEPH RICHARDSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN TRIMBLE, February 3d, 1821. Speaker of the Senate. Secretary of State's Office, COLUMBUS, OHIO, MARCH, 12, 1821. I certify the foregoing acts and resolutions to be correct copies of the original rolls remaining on file in this office. JER. M'LENE, Secretary of State. INDEX. PAGE. An act in addition to the act, entitled an act to provide for the 3 ib, An act to amend an act, making further appropriation of the An act to confirm and legalise the judicial and ministerial An act granting certain privileges to Philip Baker of Tusca- An act to authorise the commissioners of Morgan county, to An act to authorise and empower the court of common pleas An act making a temporary appropriation of money for cer- 8 9 10 11 ( 13 ib. 16 18 An act respecting a canal at the falls of the river Ohio An act for the relief of Christian Myers An act regulating the practice of physic and surgery within. An act supplementary to an act, entitled an act appointing 26 28 An act providing for the permanent leasing of certain sections 35 An act supplementary to the act regulating enclosures An act to establish a permanent seat of justice in the county An act for the relief of Nathaniel Crookshank. An act to establish a state road from Fort Loramies to Fort An act to establish certain state roads 37 38 ib: 40 ib. 41 42 An act to establish and lay out a state road from Wooster in Wayne county, to Croghansville, upon the river Sandusky 44 An act regulating the license to be paid by travelling merchants An act to confirm the official acts of certain road commissioners 45 47 An act authorising the Auditor of state to make deeds for lands heretofore sold for taxes 48 49 An act concerning the state road from Neville in the county of Clermont, to Hillsborough in the county of Highland An act to repeal the letters of incorporation granted to the town of West Union An act to provide for the regulation and support of common schools. An act for the relief of Sylvanus B. Day, collector of Richland county, Daniel Radcliff, collector of Clinton county, Jesse Loring, collector of Washington county, William A. Green, collector, of Fairfield county and William Hunter, collector of Maskingum county An act establishing a Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum for the state of Ohio An act for the relief of David S. Waters An act for the relief of the agent of the Ohio Penitentiary An act to remunerate the county of Huron for expenses incurred in prosecuting two Indian murderers An act making provisions for locating a state road leading An act to incorporate the trustees of the bishop's fun of the An act to amend the act, entitled an act to incorporate the An act to change the application of certain appropriations of the three per cent. fund therein named An act for the relief of certain lessees of section sixteen in An act for the relief of the three idiot children of Charles D. An act relating to section No. 29, in the original surveyed An act for the relief of John Kerr An act to enable the trustees of the fractional school section, An act supplementary to the act, entitled an act appointing An act to amend the act, entitled an act to prevent the sale 74 75 76 77 78 ib: 80 81 An act for the relief of Israel Harington and Alexander 82 An act making provision for carrying into effect the act for the punishment of crimes. 84 An act to amend the act, entitled an act for the prevention of certain immoral practices 101 An act relative to permanent leases 102 An act to change the place of holding the courts in the county of Meigs An act supplementary to the act to authorise Timothy Buell An act authorising and empowering Samuel Quimby, admin- 103 ib. 104 106 An act to withdraw from the Bank of the United States the protection and aid of the laws of this state, in certain cases 108 An act to amend the act, entitled an act levying a tax on land. 111 An act regulating the times of holding judicial courts An act authorising collectors to distrain for taxes in certain 118 cases 126 An act for the relief of Daniel Voorhees 127 An act for the relief of occupying claimants of land 128 130 |