JOINT RESOLUTION

Relating to forwarding Clerk of Common Pleas Warren county, certain laws.

Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secretary of state forward, along with the laws and journals, to the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Warren, twenty copies of the school laws, for the use of said county; and also, to the clerk of the court of common pleas of Champaign county, twenty copies of said laws, for the use of said county of Champaign.

WILLIAM P. CUTLER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. EDSON B. OLDS,

February 8, 1847.

Speaker of the Senate.

RESOLUTIONS

Relative to James Russell.

Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That with just pride we recommend that the Regents of the Smithsonian Institute employ James Russell, the inventor of "Russell's Planetarium," to construct a Planetarium for that institute, to be a national monument to the great mind of the inventor, and of the munificence of its founder.

[Resolved] That the Governor transmit to the regents of that institute a copy of these resolutions, and request their favorable consideration.

WILLIAM P. CUTLER,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
EDSON B. OLDS,

February 8, 1847.

Speaker of the Senate.

JOINT RESOLUTIONS

In relation to the claim of J. W. Jones and others.

Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be paid to the following persons, the several sums annexed to their names, and that the same be provided for in the general appropriation bill: To J. W. Jones, the sum of four dollars fifty cents; to W. H. Brodrick, four dollars and twenty-nine cents; to W. H. Protsman, seven dollars seventyfive cents; to I. N. Whiting & Co. six dollars twenty-five cents; to L. Donaldson, two dollars forty-three cents; to Thomas F. Jones, one dollar thirty-seven and a half cents.

Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be allowed and paid to the following persons the several sums of money affixed to their names, to wit: to S. Clark & Co. two dollars and forty-four cents; to John Westwater & Son, one dollar and eighteen cents, and that the same be provided for in the general appropriation bill.

WILLIAM P. CUTLER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
EDSON B. OLDS,

February 8, 1847.

Speaker of the Senate.

SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE

COLUMBUS, March 20, 1847.

I hereby certify that the foregoing acts and resolutions are true copies of the original rolls on file in this office.

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SAMUEL GALLOWAY,
Secretary of State.

INDEX.

ACADEMIES AND COLLEGES.

An act to incorporate the Mansfield Academical Institute, and also to
amend the act entitled an act to incorporate the Ohio Mechanics'
Institute, passed February 9, 1829-.

To amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Baldwin Institute
in Middleburg, Cuyahoga county, passed December 20, 1845----
To dispose of two escheated lots in the town of Mansfield, Richland
County --

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99

89

192

To incorporate the Marietta Female College- - -

To authorize the establishment of professorships in the Farmers' Col-
lege, Hamilton county --

67

140

BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.

To amend the act to authorize the city council of Cincinnati to erect
a house of correction--

112

To incorporate the Hebrew Benevolent Society of Cincinnati ---
To amend the act entitled "an act to incorporate the trustees and sub-
scribers of the New Orphan's Asylum of colored children in the
city of Cincinnati”-

73

32

BRIDGES.

To authorize the construction of a toll bridge over the Little Miami
at or near Symmestown, in Hamilton county-

136

To incorporate the East Fork Road and Bridge Company ---

To authorize the town council of the town of Defiance to lay a tax
for bridge purposes-

To incorporate the New Baltimore and New Haven Turnpike and
Bridge Company--

156

190

90

CEMETERIES.

To amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the directors of the
Wesleyan Cemetery of Cincinnati," passed February 9, 1843---
To incorporate the Urbana Cemetery Association---

42

CHURCHES.

To incorporate the Ridge Union Meeting House of Clinton and Plea-
sant townships, Seneca county, Ohio---

152

To amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Holy Congregation
of the Children of Israel, passed January 8, 1830--

130

To change the name of the St. John's Church of Lancaster, to the
First German Reformed Church of Lancaster -

83

To change the name of the Presbyterian Church and Congregation
of Delhi

32

CITIES AND TOWNS.

To incorporate the town of Marion in the county of Marion--
To amend the charter of the city of Cleveland -

To amend the act entitled "an act to incorporate the town of Perrys-
burg, in the county of Wood," and the several acts amendatory
thereto --

To incorporate certain towns therein named-

Page.

161

135

151

111

Further to amend the act entitled "an act to incorporate the city of
Chillicothe," passed March 14, 1838-

114

--

To authorize the mayor and common council of the town of Minster
in the county of Mercer, to levy a tax for making side walks and
other improvements in said town-
To enable the constituted authorities of the town of Cumberland, in
Guernsey county, to make certain improvements ---
Supplementary to the act authorizing the city of Dayton to borrow
money for certain purposes, passed January 22, 1847--
To authorize the mayor and trustees of the town of Harmar, and the
town council of the town of Marietta, to convey land to the State
of Ohio for hydraulic purposes

To amend an act to incorporate the town of Newark, in the county
of Licking, and the several acts amendatory thereto --
To authorize a loan of two hundred thousand dollars by the city of
Cincinnati, for the use of the water works--

138

17

To authorize the city council of Dayton to borrow money for certain
purposes--

To authorize the town of Hamilton to borrow money, and for other pur-
poses,-

To provide for a better management of the water works of the city
of Cincinnati

52

To enable the town of Bellville to convey a lot of land---
Further to amend the act entitled "an act to incorporate the town
of Painesville," ---

To amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the town of Mount
Vernon, in Knox county," passed February 26, 1845----
Authorizing the town council of the town of Miamisburg to renumber
the lots in said town

159

177

To amend the act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Steuben-
ville, and also to provide better for the safety, peace, order and
good government of said town-

168

To amend the "act to incorporate the town of Barnesville, in Belmont
county," passed March 7, 1835-

34

To incorporate certain towns therein named---

51

Further to amend the act entitled "an act to incorporate the borough
of Ashtabula,"

49

To authorize the city of Cincinnati to fund the floating debt of said
city

To amend the seventh section of "an act to incorporate certain towns
therein named," passed February 28, 1846---

To amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate Maumee City," 87
To amend the act incorporating the city of Cincinnati, passed March
1, 1834, and the several acts amendatory thereto --

To amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the town of Urbana,
Champaign county, passed December 29, 1814,"-

103

To amend the act entitled "an act to incorporate the town of Mansfield,
in the county of Richland,'

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