the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) as compensation for services rendered the city of Cincinnati in investigation of the affairs of said trustees, and report upon the same.

THOS. A. COWGILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

R. G. RICHARDS, President pro tem. of the Senate.

Adopted April 15, 1881.

[Senate Joint Resolution No. 83.]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Directing secretary of state to box and ship certain public documents to the address of the members of the general assembly.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secretary of state be and he is hereby directed to have boxed up the statistical reports of the secretary of state and such other public documents and reports to which the members of the general assembly are entitled, and ship the same to the address of the several members, respectively, and the secretary of state is hereby directed to prepay the charges for shipping the same out of the amount appropriated for the distribution of public documents, and take vouchers for the same.

THOS, A. COWGILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. R. G. RICHARDS, President pro tem. of the Senate.

Adopted April 15, 1881.

[Senate Joint Resolution No. 85.]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Relative to binding copies of the catalogue of the law library.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the supervisor of public printing be and he is hereby directed to have bound in cloth the three hundred copies of the catalogue of the law library, heretofore ordered by the general assembly, and deliver the same to the law librarian, who is ordered to distribute the same as the judges of the supreme court shall direct.

THOS. A. COWGILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. R. G. RICHARDS, President pro tem. of the Senate.

Adopted April 18, 1881.

[Senate Joint Resolution No. 87.]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Authorizing adjutant-general to loan the flags and relics of the late war to the loan exhibition at Bellaire, Ohio.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the adjutantgeneral be and he is hereby authorized to loan to the managers of the loan exhibition at Bellaire, Belmont county, Ohio, for the benefit of the soldiers' monumental association of said county, under such reasonable regulation as he may prescribe, the flags and other relics of the late war, now in his custody, and which can safely be removed, first taking proper security for their safe

return.

THOS. A. COWGILL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
R. G. RICHARDS,
President pro tem. of the Senate.

Adopted April 18, 1881.

[Senate Joint Resolution No. 86.]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Relative to the admission of Sarah M. Curran into the Cleveland asylum for the insane.

WHEREAS, Mrs. Sarah M. Curran, now living in Marlborough, Stark county, Ohio, who has temporarily resided for some years in San Francisco, California, is in a condition of insanity, which threatens to become incurable unless speedily treated; therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the superintendent and trustees of the Cleveland asylum for the insane are hereby authorized and required to receive the said Mrs. Sarah M. Curran as a patient into the said asylum, upon the same terms as other patients of said county.

THOS. A. COWGILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. R. G. RICHARDS, President pro tem. of the Senate.

Adopted April 18, 1881.

[House Joint Resolution No. 119.]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Authorizing the governor to appoint a commissioner to act on the part of the state in the adjustment and settlement of claims against the general government.

WHEREAS, There has not been a final adjustment of the claims of the state against the general government, arising out of the original swamp land grant of

September 28, A. D. 1850, and the indemnity acts of March 2, A. D. 1855, and March 3, A. D. 1857; therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the governor be and hereby is authorized to appoint a commissioner to act on the part of the state in the adjustment and settlement of those claims. That it shall be the duty of said commissioner to obtain for the state, patents to all such lands as have not heretofore been patented, to make a record of the swamp land sections of the state, to settle, adjust, and obtain for the state all cash or land indemnities, due and belonging to the state from the general government, and to perform such other duties in regard to the claims of the state against the general government as the governor may direct. That said commissioner shall receive for his services a percentage of moneys recovered in the prosecution of said claims and percentage, to be fixed by the governor, not exceeding that allowed the agents of other states.

THOS. A. COWGILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. R. G. RICHARDS, President pro tem. of the Senate.

Passed April 20, 1881.

[House Joint Resolution No. 123.]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Relative to the loan of guns and accouterments of the O. N. G.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the officers of the 8th regiment, O. N. G., be and they are hereby authorized to allow the arms and accouterments of the state now in their hands, to be used at a celebration by the citizens, to be held at Canton, Ohio, July 4, 1881, under the auspices of Canton post No. 25, G. A. R.; provided that such authorization shall not be construed to release said officers from responsibility under their bonds.

THOS. A. COWGILL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
R. G. RICHARDS,
President pro tem. of the Senate.

Adopted April 19, 1881.

[House Joint Resolution No. 112.]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Empowering the board of public works to lease certain lots or pieces of land,

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of public works of the state may, in their discretion, lease certain lots or pieces of land owned by the state in connection with the public works, which are not now necessary for the purpose for which they were acquired, as follows:

Lot No. 49, Longworth's addition to Lockland; a triangular lot containing about one-twentieth of an acre, near the Miami stock yards, in the city of Cincinnati; a small piece of ground in the city of Dayton; a piece of ground in the city of Cleveland, not exceeding one quarter of an acre; a small triangular piece in the city of Chillicothe, not exceeding the fifth of an acre; numbers or description of which lots, or pieces of land, shall be obtained and inserted in the leases of the same, and said leases to run for the term, and to be upon the same general conditions as leases are now authorized by law to be made for lands leased in connection with water powers, except as to the rent to be paid, which shall be fixed by the board.

THOS. A. COWGILL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
R. G. RICHARDS,
President pro tem. of the Senate.

Passed April 19, 1881.

[Senate Joint Resolution No. 88.]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Fixing the time for sine die adjournment of the 64th general assembly.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That this general assembly will adjourn sine die on Wednesday, April 20, at 12 o'clock M.

THOS. A. COWGILL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
R. G. RICHARDS,
President pro tem. of the Senate.

Passed April 19, 1881.

[House Joint Resolution No. 128.]

JOINT RESOLTUION

Relative to printing for Ohio state board of agriculture.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the necessary printing for the Ohio state board of agriculture, such as envelopes and letterheads, circulars and pamphlets, including the monthly or quarterly crop reports shall be executed under the direction of the supervisor of public printing, and paid for out of the appropriation for state printing. The monthly or quarterly crop reports to be printed in advance of all other matter.

THOS. A. COWGILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives, R. G. RICHARDS,

President pro tem. of the Senate.

Adopted April 19, 1881.

[House Joint Resolution No. 131.]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Relating to the transfer of Longview asylum to the state.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, The supreme court is hereby directed to appoint a committee of three citizens of the state, one of whom shall be from Hamilton county, whose duty it shall be and [to] examine into and report to the governor before the next regular session of the legislature, of the facts as to the building of Longview asylum, and as to the support of the inmates thereof, the amounts which the state and the county respectively have paid to such building, and to the lands, betterments, and improvements connected therewith, the amounts which the state and county respectively have paid for the support of the inmates, the amounts which the state and county respectively would have paid to such building, lands, and betterments, improvements, and to such support, if the state had continued to support the insane of Hamilton county, in the same manner and on the same plan as the insane of the rest of the state have been supported, and such other facts as they, the said committee, may deem necessary to an intelligent, fair, and equitable transfer of said asylum to the state. It shall be the further duty of such committee to report upon what terms the said asylum may fairly, equitably and justly be transferred to the state, and what recommendation such committee would make for the adjustment of the differences concerning said asylum between the state and the county, and the disposition of said asylum.

Be it further resolved, That the state and the said county shall bear the expenses of such commission in equal shares.

THOS. A. COWGILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. R. G. RICHARDS, President pro tem. of the Senate.

Adopted April 20, 1881.

[House Joint Resolution No. 129 ]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Relative to the care of the senate chamber and house of representatives.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the adjutant-general be and he is hereby authorized and directed to employ Mr. Fred. Blankner to take charge of the senate chamber and hall of the house and committee rooms thereto attached at the close of this session, and prepare the same for the meeting of the next general assembly, and pay him a reasonable compensation for said services out of the appropriation for the care of the state house.

THOS. A. COWGILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. R. G. RICHARDS, President pro tem. of the Senate.

Adopted April 20, 1881.