tion of the laws and journals, and that the balance of said reports be subject to the order of the state board of agriculture; Provided that all agricultural reports of previous years now remaining in the hands of the secretary of state shall be distributed at the same time and in the same manner as are the reports for the years 1855 and 1856, as contempmated in this resolution. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. March 29, 1856. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the duties of the auditor of state in settling with the banks for moneys set off for the use of the state. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the auditor of state be and is hereby directed to collect, as fast as the demands on the treasury may require, the several sums set apart as taxes, or in lieu of taxes, and placed to his credit by the several banks chartered by or claiming their powers and privileges under the act to incorporate the State Bank of Ohio and other banking companies, and that he be and hereby is authorized to settle with and adjust the balance due to the state from such of said banks as may not have paid the full amount of taxes which by the above recited act, or any other act levying a tax on said banks, and which act such banks may have accepted, they were liable to pay or to set apart in lieu of taxes, and to collect the sums or balances found due from such banks. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LESTER TAYLOR, President pro tem. of the Senate. April 11, 1856. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to furnishing the resident clergymen with laws and documents Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the Secretary of State is hereby instructed to furnish each of the resident clergymen of the city of Columbus, who have favored us by their services in opening the morning sessions by prayer, with a copy of "Swan's Revised Statutes of Ohio," together with a copy of the public documents and journals, of [if] such clergymen desire them. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LESTER TAYLOR, President of the Senate, pro tem. April 11, 1856. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS In relation to an appropriation by congress to improve the harbors on the northern lakes. WHEREAS, The commerce and navigation of the northern lakes are of national importance, and ought to receive the fostering care and protection of the national government; therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the congress of the United States is hereby requested to make reasonable and sufficient appropriations for the necessary improvement of harbors on said lakes, and for the improvement of navigation over the St. Clair flats, so that all vessels navigating the lakes may safely, and without obstruction, pass over the same. Resolved, That the senators and representatives from this state are requested to submit these resolutions to their respective branches of the national legislature. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS H. FORD, March 17, 1856. President of the Senate. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to giving the use of the state library to the clergymen of Columbus. Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives, That the free use of the state library be tendered to the resident clergymen of the city of Columbus for one year, passed January 16th, 1856. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS H. FORD, President of the Senate. January 28, 1856. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting our senators and representatives in congress to aid in the passage of a law granting pensions to the soldiers of the war of 1812. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the senators and representatives from this state, in the congress of the United States, are hereby requested to endeavor to procure the passage of an act by congress, granting to the soldiers of the war of 1812, and the soldiers who served under Gens. Wayne, Hamar, St. Clair and others in the intermediate Indian wars, their widows and orphans, the same pensions as are granted to the soldiers of the revolutionary war, their widows and orphans. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS H. FORD, President of the Senate. March 17, 1856. JOINT RESOLUTION Providing an office for the attorney general in the new state house. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the state house commissioners be instructed to finish off the north-east corner room in the north wing of the new state house, for an office for the attorney general, and the same be done under and in accordance with the provisions of the "act to provide for the prosecution of the work on the new state house, prescribing the order in which it shall be done, and making appropriations therefor," passed at the present session. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS H. FORD, President of the Senate. April 9, 1856. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION Directing the commissioners of the sinking fund to suspend action in certain cases therein stated. Resolved, That the commissioners of the sinking fund be and hereby are directed to suspend all further action in relation to the selection of some suitable office or place in the city of New York, at which transfers of the stock of the state may be made, and the principal and interest of the foreign debt of the state may be paid, and in relation to the appointment of an agent to make such transfers and payments until the general assembly shall prescribe, or by resolution permit further action in the premises. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS H. FORD, January 31, 1856. President of the Senate. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION In relation to a joint committee to report amendments to the state constitution. Resolved, That a joint committee of five on the part of the senate, and seven on the part of the house, be appointed to inquire what amendments (if any) are required in the constitution of Ohio, and report said amendments at as early a day as is practicable. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LESTER TAYLOR, President of the Senate, pro tem. February 20, 1856. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to granting a new lease to John Stewart. WHEREAS, The register of the Virginia military school land on or about the year 1822, officially executed and delivered to Mordecai Bartley, a lease for the term of ninety-nine years, of the south-east quarter of section 3, township 20, range 18, in the county of Richland; and whereas, the said lease was afterwards assigned by said Mordecai Bartley to Wm. Bull, and was afterwards, by said Wm. Bull, assigned to John Stewart, who entered upon said land and made valuable im provements thereon; and whereas, it appears that after said assignment last mentioned, and on the 17th day of September, 1833, said lease was burned and destroyed by the burning of the house of said John Stewart, now, therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the register of said school lands be and is hereby authorized, empowered and instructed, in his official capacity, to make, execute and deliver to said John Stewart, a lease of the land originally demised to said Mordecai Bartley, as aforesaid, for the remainder of the original term yet unexpired. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LESTER TAYLOR, President of the Senate, pro tem. April 11, 1856. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the claim of Harman Kent. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of public works be instructed to examine and adjust the claim of Harman Kent, assignee of Kent & Brother, for compensation due him as a contractor on section No. 57 and 58, on the Miami canal extension, and report their conclusions to the general assembly at its present session. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 20, 1856. SENATE RESOLUTION In relation to visiting Cincinnati on the 22d inst. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That when the senate and house of representatives adjourn on Thursday next, they |