secure the payment of said money, and the proceedings had on said bond tending to the collection of said money, be and the same are hereby ratified and adopted by the state. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS H. FORD, April 8, 1856. President of the Senate. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the adjournment of the legislature. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That this general assembly will adjourn on the 11th day of April, instant, and meet again on the first Monday of January next, and that the joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives heretofore adopted, to adjourn on the 9th day of April, 1856, and to meet again on the first Monday of January, 1857, be and the same is hereby rescinded. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. April 9, 1856. President of the Senate. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to preparing a transcript of the bill book and forwarding to members. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the chief clerks of the two branches of the general assembly are hereby authorized and instructed to prepare, as soon as possible after the close of the present session, a list of the bills pending at the time of adjournment, which shall show the condition of the bills, and that the secretary of state cause the same to be printed, and a copy to be transmitted by mail to each member of the two houses. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. April 11, 1856. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the suspension of contracts and labor on the new state house. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the state house commissioners be and the same are hereby requested to discharge all persons employed upon the construction of the new state house, so far as the same is practicable, and that said commissioners be and the same are hereby instructed and required to make no contracts, and incur no expenditures, either for materials or labor, for the further construction and completion of said building until the further action of the general assembly. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS H. FORD, March 29, 1856. President of the Senate. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to binding bills. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the state librarian shall have bound up for future reference, two copies of the printed bills of the house and senate of the present session. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LESTER TAYLOR, President pro tem. of the Senate. April 11, 1856. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to supplying ten copies of the statutes to Ashland county. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secretary of state be and he is hereby instructed to furnish to the clerk of the court of common pleas of Ashland county ten copies of Swan's revised statutes for the use of persons entitled thereto in said county. N. H VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS H. FORD, March 17, 1856. President of the Senate. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION For the relief of James G. Culbertson. WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the State of Ohio did on the 27th day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, as appears by the journals of the two Houses, pass a joint resolution authorizing the board of public works to examine and adjust the claim of James G. Culbertson, which resolution was by some mistake or oversight not enrolled or signed by the Speakers of the two Houses so as to become binding on said board; therefore Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of public works be and they are hereby authorized to examine and adjust the claim of said James G. Culbertson against the state in the same manner, and to the same extent, that the same might have been done by them had said resolution legally taken effect. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS H. FORD, March 5, 1856. President of the Senate. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to survey and examination of the National Road by the board o public works. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of public works works be and are hereby instructed to proceed, without delay, along the entire line of the National Road, and examine the present condition of the same, and also to examine the semi-annual reports of the commissioners of the counties through which said road passes, and if, from such examination, the said board of public works shall find that said road is not now and has not been kept in as good repair by the present lessees as they were required to do by the "act authorizing the board of public works to lease the National Road to the highest responsible bidder," passed May 1st, 1854, then the said board of public works shall give written notice to said lessees, requiring them, within six months, to have the said road put in the good repair contemplated by said act, and if, at the expiration of said time, the said board of public works shall, upon like examination as herein contemplated, find that said road has not been placed in such repair, then they shall immediately take legal measures for the recovery of the possession of said road, and upon obtaining such possession, they shall manage and conduct the same in all respects as though said lease had never been made, and shall institute the necessary legal proceedings for the recovery from such lessees of any damage which may have accrued in consequence of any violation of the contract of such lessees while such road was in their possession. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS H. FORD, President of the Senate. April 10, 1856. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the fugitive slave law. WHEREAS, in the judgment of this General Assembly the act of Congress usually called the fugitive slave act, approved September 18, 1850, is inconsistent with and unwarranted by the constitution of the United States, and is repugnant to the plainest principles of justice and humanity; therefore Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That our representatives in Congress be requested, and our Senators be instructed, to use their best exertions to procure the repeal of said act at the earliest practicable time. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LESTER TAYLOR, President pro tem. of the Senate. April 11, 1856. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to printing and distributing extra copies of the bank bill. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That there be printed fifteen thousand copies of the act entitled an act to incorporate the Bank of Ohio and other banks, and that one thousand copies thereof be delivered to the state librarian for the use of the state officers, and that the residue be by law equally distributed to the members of the general assembly at the same time and in the same manner that the laws and journals are required to be distributed, and that all reports made to the general assembly at the present session, which have not ye printed, shall be boxed up and distributed by the secretary of s the same time and in the same manner. ee en N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LESTER TAYLOR, President pro tem. of the Senate. at April 11, 1856. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to printing extra number of senate bill No. 139. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be printed 1,000 extra copies of senate bill No. 139, entitled "a bill to incorporate the bank of Ohio, and other banks," and that the printer be and is hereby instructed to have the same printed forthwith, and in advance of any other bills ordered to be printed. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOS. H. FORD, March 29, 1856. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to printing agricultural reports. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secretary of state be and is hereby authorized and required to have printed 15,000 copies of the annual report of the state board of agriculture, and 1800 copies of the report of the president of said board for the years 1855 and 1856 each, and that he box up in equal quantities, and forward to the county seats of the members of the present legislature, or to their order, at the option of each member, his proportion of 14,000 copies of the report of said board; and his proportion of 800 copies of the report of the president thereof, to be distributed by them among the people, and that the charges of the transportation of the same be paid in the same manner as is or may be provided by law for the distribu |