Clermont, Brown and Clinton-Griffith Foos, jr. Gallia, Lawrence and Scioto-Simeon Nash. Richland-Thomas W. Bartley. Hocking, Ross, Pike and Jackson-Allen Latham. Lucas, Williams, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Vanwert, Allen and Hardin-Jacob Clark. Ashtabula and Lake-Benjamin Wade, jr. A quorum of the members being present, they proceeded to elect a Speaker, pro tempore, and upon counting the ballots, there appeared to be for James J. Faran, having received a majority of all the votes given, was declared duly elected Speaker of the Senate, pro tempore, and being conducted to the chair, returned his thanks to the Senators for their partiality in selecting him as their presiding officer. The Senate then proceeded to the election of a Clerk, pro tempore, which resulted as follows: Thomas J. Morgan, having received a majority of all the votes given' was declared to be duly elected Clerk, pro tempore, and thereupon took the oath of office. The Senate next entered into an election of Sergeant-at-arms, pro tempore, whereupon George Knupp received 19 votes. ..17. 66 George Knupp, having received a majority of the whole number of votes given, was declared duly elected Doorkeeper and Sergeant-atarms, pro tempore, of the Senate, and was accordingly qualified. On motion of Mr. Spangler, it was Resolved, That the standing rules of the last session be adopted for the government of the Senate, until others be prepared and adopted. On motion of Mr. Bartley, it was Resolved, That Charles B. Flood, Esq., be admitted within the bar of the Senate, as reporter for the Ohio Statesman. On motion of Mr. Henderson, it was Resolved, That a message be sent to the House of Representatives, informing them that the Senate have organized by the election, pro tempore, of James J. Faran, Esq., Speaker; Thomas J. Morgan, Clerk; and George Knupp, Doorkeeper and Sergeant-at-arms, and are now ready to proceed to business. The Speaker announced the following gentlemen as members of the standing committee on Privileges and Elections: Messrs. Spangler, Hazeltine and Root. On motion of Mr. Spangler, The credentials of the members elect of the present Senate, were referred to the standing committee on Privileges and Elections. On motion of Mr. Ford, it was Resolved, That the Sergeant at-arms be directed to call on the Secretary of State for one copy of the Collated Laws, for the use of each member of the Senate, during the present session; also one copy of the Journal of last session, of the Senate, for each member; also three copies of Chase's statutes. On motion of Mr. Nash, it was Resolved, That James Gillet be admitted to a seat within the bar of the Senate, as reporter for the Ohio State Journal. On motion of Mr. Bartley, it was Resolved, That a committee of three members be appointed to examine the Journals of the last session, and report the unfinished business of the same. Whereupon, Messrs. Bartley, Henderson and Ream, were appointed said committee. On motion of Mr. Carpenter, it was Resolved, That John Duffey be admitted to a seat within the bar of this Senate, as reporter for the Columbus Freeman. On motion of Mr. Hazeltine, it was Resolved, That when the Senate adjourn it shall be to meet at ten o'clock, A. M., and when it take a recess, it shall be to meet at three o'clock, P. M., until otherwise provided. Mr. Thomas offered for adoption the following resolution: Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-arms be authorized to appoint a messenger for the Senate, whose compensation shall be And, on motion of Mr. Spangler, The blank was filled by "one dollar." per day. Mr. Leonard demanded the yeas and nays on the passage of the resolution, and they were ordered, and were, yeas 29, nays 6, as follows, to wit: Yeas-Messrs. Aten, Bartley, Carpenter, Clark, Crowell, Ford, Goodin, Harris, Hazeltine, Holmes, Hostetter, Latham, Mitchell, McConnell, Nash, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Root, Sill, Spangler, Stanton, Taylor, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade, Waddle, Walton and Speaker-29. Nays-Messrs, Barnett, Dewey, Foos, Henderson, Leonard and Perkins-6. So the resolution was agreed to. Mr. Thomas offered for adoption the following resolution: Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-arms of the Senate be authorized to appoint an assistant, whose compensation shall be day he shall serve as such assistant. for each Mr. Taylor moved to lay the resolution on the table; on which motion, Mr. Thomas demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and were, yeas 18, nays 18, as follows, to wit: Yeas-Messrs. Aten, Bartley, Clark, Goodin, Harris, Hazeltine, Holmes, Hostetter, Latham, Mitchell, McConnell, Ream, Ritchey, Robbins, Spangler, Taylor, Walton and Speaker-18. Nays-Messrs. Barnett, Carpenter, Crowell, Dewey, Ford, Foos, Godman, Henderson, Leonard, Nash, Perkins, Root, Sill, Stanton, Thomas, Van Vorhes, Wade and Waddle-18. So the motion was lost. On motion of Mr. Thomas, The resolution was postponed till to-morrow. Message from the House of Representatives. Mr. Speaker: The House has organized by the election of Rufus P. Spalding, Speaker; Gid. M. Ayres, Clerk; and James French, Sergeant-at-arms -each pro tempore-and is now ready to proceed to business. GID. M. AYRES, Clerk. Attest: On motion of Mr. Waddle, mem The following resolution was agreed to on part of the Senate: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That a joint committee of two members on the part of the Senate, and bers on the part of the House, be appointed to wait on the Governor, and inform him that both branches of the General Assembly have met and organized, and are now ready to receive any communication which he may be pleased to make. Mr. Ford gave notice, that on to-morrow, or some subsequent day of the present session, he should ask leave to introduce a bill to repeal an act entitled "an act to amend an act for the regulation of Turnpike companies," passed February 8, 1826. Message from the House of Representatives. Mr. Speaker: The House have adopted a resolution appointing a joint committee to wait on the Governor, in which they request the Senate to concur. Attest: GID. M. AYRES, Clerk, pro tem. The resolution was then taken up, amended and agreed to; Whereupon, the Speaker appointed Messrs. Waddle and Spangler committee on the part of the Senate. Ordered, That the Ilouse of Representatives be informed thereof. Mr. Nash offered a resolution in relation to the payment of the postage of members, which, together with the amendments, was, on motion, laid upon the table. On motion of Mr. Taylor, The Senate adjourned. Attest: THOMAS J. MORGAN, Clerk, pro tem. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1841. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Waddle presented the petition of James Galloway and Amos G. Thompson, praying the passage of a law authorizing the collection of the unsatisfied balance of a judgment in favor of the state, against the Lebanon Miami Banking Company; which, On motion of Mr. Waddle, Was referred to a select committee of two. Messrs. Waddle and Perkins, were appointed said committee. Mr. Henderson presented a petition from the trustees, elders, and wardens of St. John's church, of Zanesville, asking for an act incorporating said church, and moved that said petition be referred to a select committee of one; which motion being withdrawn, the petition was laid upon the table. Mr. Hazeltine presented the petition of citizens of the county of Preble, and state of Ohio, for the incorporation of the Eaton Medical society. Which was referred to Mr. Hazeltine. Mr. Barnett presented the annual report of the president of the Dayton, Centreville, and Lebanon turnpike road company; which was laid on the table. (See Vol. Pub. Doc., No. 11.) Mr. Carpenter presented the petition of citizens of the county of Medina, for the incorporation of the Methodist Protestant church and society, of the township of York, in said county. Which was laid on the table. Mr. Waddle, from the joint committee, appointed to wait upon the Governor, reported as follows: The joint committee appointed to wait upon the Governor and inform him of the organization of the General Assembly, and their readiness to receive any communication he may be pleased to make to them, report that they have performed that duty, and have been authorized by the Governor, to inform their respective houses that he would make a communication, in writing, to them, this day, at 11 o'clock, P. M. Mr. Stanton offered the following resolution; which was agreed to. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Ohio, That a select committee of five members on the part of the Senate, and members on the part of the House of Representatives, be appointed to report a bill fixing the times of holding the judicial courts. Ordered to the House for concurrence. Mr. Aten offered the following resolution; which was agreed to. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That our Senators, in congress, be instructed, and our Representatives requested, to use their exertions to have the law passed, at as early a day as possible, apportioning the representation in congress among the several states. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives in congress. Ordered to the House for concurrence. On motion of Mr. Holmes, it was Resolved, That Henry Rhoedter, be admitted to a seat within the bar of this Senate, as reporter for the Volks Blat, of Cincinnati. On motion of Mr. Taylor, it was Resolved, That the Senate will proceed, at three o'clock, P. M., on this day, Dec. 7th, 1841, to the permanent election of officers for the present session.. Message from the House of Representatives. Mr. Speaker: The House have agreed to the resolution of the Senate, in relation to fixing the times of holding judicial courts, with one amendment, to which they ask the Senate to concur. Attest: GID. M. AYRES, Clerk, pro tem. The resolution was then taken up, the amendment agreed to, and the House informed thereof. Messrs. Stanton, Wade, Clark, Aten and Foos, were appointed members of the committee on the part of the Senate. The annual message from his Excellency, the Governor, was received by the hand of his Private Secretary, and read. (See Vol. Pub. Doc., No. 1.) On motion of Mr. Walton, The message was laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the House of Representatives. Mr. Speaker: The House have agreed to the amendment of the Senate to the resolution of the House, appointing a joint committee to wait upon the Governor. Attest: GID. M. AYRES, Clerk, pro tem. |