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Those voting in favor of this order were: Messrs. Buell, Barton, Hough, Kir ker, McArthur, Sargent, Sharp, Smith, Snider, Wood and Pritchard (Spewker)-
Those voting in the negative were. Messrs. Bigger, Hemplated, Kerr and Tod-4.
The Senate Journal records the name of the respondent uniformly as We Irvin or Win. W. Irvin.
The House Journal records his name as Win. Irwin or Win W. Irwin.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SLOANE, Joux, Speaker.
DICKINSON, WAL R., Clerk.
BETZ, ADAM, Doorkeeper.
The House of Representatives met at Chillicothe at to A. M., Monday, Delen. ber 2, 1805, and was constituted as follows :
Beecher, Philemon Fair.
McClure, James
Burr, Peter. War.
McConnell, John Col
Clarke, James Musk.
Mclaughlin, John Jet.
Cloud, Robert
Fair.
l'helps, James 1. Was, etc.
Collier, Daniel
Ad., Sci
Price, Hezekiah Ham
Corwin, Matthias
War.
Richardson, Matthew But
Dunlap, James
R.s.
Robinson, W'm Mont.
Elliott, Thomas
Jeff.
Shelby. David
Hegeman, Adrian llam.
Shepherd, Abraham Ad., etc.
Hatch, Elijah.
Was., Gal., Ath.
Smith, 'ames
Bel
Hine, llomer Trum.
Sloane. John Jet !.
Jones, john
Ham
Sterritt, John
Kingsbury, James
Trum.
Stewart, John Bel
Langham, Elias
Rs., Frk.
Taylor, Jonathan Cler.
Lewis, Philip Ad., etc.
Willams, Abraham ]
Following was the pro tempore organization of the House, immediately effected Speaker, John Sloane, of Jefferson; Clerk, Joseph Darlington ; Doorkeeper, AAdam Betz.
Wm. James, of Fairfield, filed a contest against Robert Cloud On the fourth December the Committee on Privileges and Elections reported the same back, and at the same time stating that the returns showed James had an actual majority of four votes in the county, but that only two Judges from Clear Creek and Amanda town- ships had signed the return, the first of which gave Cloud four and the second give James ten majority, and Cloud's majority in the remaining four townships being but two, and the Clerk of the county omitted Clear Creek and Amanda from the count. thus giving the certificate to Cloud. The committee disagreed as to what report to make. The House in Committee of the Whole disagreed, and then the House of the question of disagreement declared in the affirmative, thu, seating Cloud and there the matter rested.
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On the fourth Gov. Tiffin appeared in person before the two Houses in joint session and read his annual message.
On the same day, John Sloane, of Jefferson, was elected Speaker. W'm. R. Dick- inson was elected Clerk, and Adam Betz, Doorkeeper.
On December 14, Gov. Tiffin sent a special message to the Legislature, calling attention to the fact that Associate Judge John Grier, of Butler, had been absent in the State of Louisiana for eight months, and suggesting that this should be construed as an abandonment of the office.
On the twentieth of January the two Houses met in joint convention and elected the following officers :
Secretary of State, Wm. Creighton, Jr., who received twenty-five votes to seven- teen for Thomas Scott.
Treasurer of State, William McFarland, who had no opposition.
Auditor of State, Thomas Gibson, who received thirty to twelve for Peter Burr. And also elected Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, as follows :
For Geauga county, Aaron Wheeler, Jesse Phelps and John Walworth.
For Trumbull county, John Kinsman and Turkand Kirtland.
For Fairfield county, Henry Abrams and Jacob Burton.
For Greene county, Joshua Grover and David Huston.
For Butler county, Celedon Symmes.
For Athens county, Abel Miller and Alexander Stedman.
On the twenty-fifth the two Houses again met and elected the following collectors of taxes from non-resident property owners :
First District, Aaron Goforth; Second, Thomas Scott; Third, Wm Skinner ; Fourth, James Herron ; Fifth, Charles Maxwell ; Sixth, James Hillman.
The House also concurred in the Senate Joint Resolution relative to a constitui- tional amendment whereby Federal Judges might be removed by a majority of both Houses of Congress in joint session.
Geauga county was erected from Trumbull county by the act of December 31, 1505.
The principal legislative features of the session was the amendment of former statutes as well as entering upon a general system of public highway construction and the systemization of the militia laws, as well as the passage of such acts as facili- tated the administration of justice.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY, 1506-1807.
Governor-EDWARD TI PIS.
Se retary of State-WM. CREIGHTON, JR.
Treasurer of State-Ww. MCFARLAND.
Auditor of State - THOMAS Gilsos.
Supreme Judges-SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, DANIEL. SYMMES, W'M. SPRIGG.
Adjutant General-SAMUEL FINDLAY, DAVID 211GLER.
HIPTH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, 1806-1807.
Met December 1, 150. Adjourned February 4. 1807. SENATI. ScorT, THOMAS, Clerk.
KIRKER, THOMAS, Speaker.
SHERLOCK, EDWARD, Doorkeeper.
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Convened in Chillicothe at ten A. M., Monday, December 1, 1506. All the Sen- tors present as follows :
Claypool. Abraham. Rs., Frk., High.
Cone, Calvin. . . Trum., Gen.
Hempsted, Hallem Was., Gal., Musk., Ath.
Hough, Benj Jeff., Col.
Jewett, Leonard. Was., etc.
Kirker, Thomas Ad., Sci.
Mc Arthur, Duncan. Rs., etc.
Mc Farland, W'm Ham.
Sargent, James Cler
Scofield, Elnathan 1 alr
Sharpe, Joseph Bel
Smith, Jacob War., But, Mont. Grr.
Chem.
Taggart, John Jeil, et =.
Thomas, Richard S. War., etc.
Wood, Stephen Ham.
A pro tempore organization was made as follows: Speaker, Thos, Kirker, Adams; Clerk, Thomas Scott; Doorkeeper, Edward Sherlock. Subsequently this organiza- tion was continued, a ballot for clerk resulting : Thomas Scott, S; Jeskup N. Couch, 7. No opposition is recorded at to the other officers.
The regular message of the Governor was presented and read on the first day of the session, and on the next day a confidential message from the Governor was re. ceived, which was considered for several days in secret sessions of the two Houses. When the seal of secrecy was removed it was found to relate to the Burr-Blanner. hasset conspiracy, and the measures taken and necessary to be taken to thwart its execution.
As a result of the revelations both Houses adopted a concurrent resolution demanding the resignation of United States Senator John Smith.
On the sixth of December the Senate adopted a House Joint Resolution ex- pressing confidence in the patriotism and fidelity of the National Administration.
A Senate Joint Resolution declaring against the further importation of slaves from the West Indies or the Coast of Africa was favorably acted on by the House and forwarded to the President and Congress.
On the eighth of January, ISo7, Messrs. Cass, Beecher, Stone, Irwin and Scott. as managers on the part of the House, appeared at the bar of the Senate and pre- sented formal articles of impeachment against Robert F. Slaughter, President Judge of the Second Circuit, charging him with misdemeanor, because of his failure and neglect to attend the Courts of Common Pleas in the different counties constituting the Second Circuit.
The trial began January 9, and continued from day to day until the twenty- eighth. The issue was joined on the answer and explanation of the respondent and the reply of the managers. On the last day named the Senate found Slaughter guilty of " misdemeanor " and removed him by the following vote : Yeas-Clarpool, Cone. Ilempsted, Hough, Jewett, McArthur, McFarland, Sargent, Smith, Wood and Kirker (Speaker )-11. Nay-Scofield.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SHEPHERD, ABRAHAM, Speaker.
DICKINSON, WM. R, Clerk.
BETZ, ADAM, Duorkeeper.
The House of Representatives met contemporaneously with the Senate and was constituted as follows :
Barber, Levi ..... Was., Gal., Musk . Ath. Bryan. David C. Cler.
Beecher, Philemon. . Fair. Burr. Peter
War.
Bissell, John P Trum., Gea. Cass. Lewis Was, etc.
Boyd, Samuel. Jeff. Corwin, Matthias War
4 H. Y. B.
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Cler.
Dillon, Josiah Bel.
Price, Hezekiah.
Ilam.
Dunlap, James
Rs, Frk., High.
Puthoff, Wm. H. Wash., etc.
Gunckel, Philip
Mont.
Scott, James .. Ad., etc.
Irwin, Wm.' W
Fair.
Shelby, David. . Rs., etc.
Jones, John.
Ham.
Shepherd, Abraham Ad., etc.
Kingsbury, James
Trum., Gea.
Shields, James.
. But.
Lewis, Philip.
Ad, Sci.
Stewart, Jolın
Bel.
Line, Solomon.
Col.
Stone, Ethan.
Ham.
Massie, Nathaniel
Rs., etc.
Tatman, Joseph.
Gre.
McConnell, John.
Col.
Williams, Abraham J
Rs., etc.
Mclaughlin, John
Jeff.
The pro tempore organization of the House was : Speaker, Abraham Shepherd, Adams; Clerk, Wm. R. Dickinson; Doorkeeper, Adam Betz. Subsequently this organization was made permanent.
Gov. Tiffin's annual message was received on the first of December and on the second a confidential message on the Burr-Blannerhasset conspiracy.
Thomas Morris contested the seat of David C. Bryan from Clermont county on the ground of irregularities in the election. On the fifth the House seated Morris by a vote of fifteen to fourteen.
On the first of January the two Houses-met in joint assembly, to elect a United State- Senator, Supreme Judge and two Associate Judges.
The following vote was cast for United States Senator : Edward Tiffin, 25; Philemon Beecher, 12; John Bigger, 2; Return J. Meigs, Jr .. 2; Tom Tuff, I; Tom Konkey, I.
Supreme Judge, two ballots: 1. George Tod, 20; Richard S. Thomas, 15; Levin Belt, 6; Philemon Beecher, 1 ; Stephen Wood, 1. 2. George Tod, 22; Richard S. Thomas, 21.
Associate Judges : Joseph Buell, Washington ; Peter Burr, Warren.
On the' thirty-first of January the two Houses again met jointly and chose the following officers :
President Judge, Second Circuit, Levin Belt vice Robert F. Slaughter removed. Associate Judges, Hallem Hempsted, vice Giles Hempsted resigned, Washington. Miami county, David Hoover, John Garrard and John II. Crawford.
Tax collectors, non resident property owners : ist District, Aaron Goforth. 2nd. Abraham J. Williams. 3rd. Wm. Skinner. 4th. W'm. Wells. 5th. - 6th. James Hillman.
During this session, as well as at the sessions preceding and subsequent, laws were enacted authorizing lotteries for the improvement of sundry rivers and other similar purposes.
Miami county was erected out of Montgomery county, by the act of January 16, 1807. Troy is the county seat.
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A part of the original seventh range of townships west of the western boundary of Jefferson county was attached to that county by the act of January 31, 1807.
The boundary line between Athens and Gallia counties was altered by the act of January 30, 1807. Beginning nt the northwest corner of section three, range twelve ; thence south on the sectional line of number twenty - four, to the southwest corner of sald section; thence east between the fifth and sixth tier of sections to the Ohio river.
Portage county was erected from Trumbull by the act of February 10, 1807. Raveunu is the county seat.
Morris, Thomas
Elliott, Thomas Jeff.
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That wolves and panthers were dangerous to and destructive tolife and sinnparty, is evidenced by an act of the Legislature to encourage their kuling. The law required the county authorities to offer a reward for wolf and panther calys taken withle iss boundaries. For these animals less than six months oll a busty af nut mir tha three dollars nor less than fifty cents was to be pald, anil for the scalps of animals more than six months old not more than four dollars nor less than one dollar
Perhaps no law was ever more zealously enfortel ani in a few years these destructive animals were either killed or driven into rentete att alveitie ! dhlrieti where there were no county organizations, and from which they imeashanelly rables the flocks and barnyards of the settlers.
Acts were passed regulating weights and measures, promoting the constructie of public highways, ferries and bridges; improving the clertien laws, organising counties, levying State taxes and perfecting the mullitla laws.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY, 150; 10
Acting Governor-THOMAS KIRKER.
Secretary of State-WM. CREIGHTON, JR.
Treasurer of State-W'M. MCFARLAND.
Auditor of State-BENJAMIN Hotel.
Supreme Judges-RETURN JONATHAN MEIGS JR., WAL SPRING, GEORGE FOR SAMUEL HUNTINGTON.
Adjutant General-THOMAS WORTHINGTON.
SIXTH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, 1507-1505 Met December 2, 1807. Adjourned February 22. 18. SENATF. SCOTT. THOMAS, Cleri
KIRKER, THOMAS, Speaker.
SHERLOCK. EDWARD, Doorkeeper.
The Senate constituted as follows : met at Chillicothe, Monday Dec, ner ;. Bigger, John . . . War .. But., Mont., Gre ..
Mc.Arthur, Duncan Ra. cte
McConnell. John . Jeff. Cut
Me Laughlin. John Je5., Col
Price, Hezekiah
Scofield, Elnathan Fair
Dillon, Josiah
. . Bel.
Sharp, John Wach, wc
Jewett, Leonard. . Wash., Musk., Gal., Ath.
Thomas Richard > War . cto
Kirker, Thomas . Ad., Sci.
Wood, Stephen
The Senate met at Chillicothe, Monday December ;, 150;, at ten & M. a5: formed the following pro tempore organization :
Speaker, Thomas Kirker, Adams; Clerk, Thomas Scott ; Doorkeeper. Edward Sherlock. On the fourteenth this organization was made permanent Owing to the resignation of Gov. Tiffin to become United States Senator, Speiker Kirker beomme Acting Governor, and there being a failure to elect Tillin's successor, he continued ao Acting Governor until the subsequent election of Samuel Huntington. John Miger was chosen Speaker pro tempore of the Senate.
The two Houses met December S to canvass the vote for Governor. The return indicated that 6,050 votes had been cast ostensibly for Return Jonathan Meiga, Jr. and 4,757 ostensibly for Nathaniel Massic.
Many of them were concededly irregular. One deduction of the irregular vics gave Meigs 4.531 and Massie 4,361. Another reduced Meigs vite tu ;. : , and Mas. sie's to 2 317, giving Meigs a majority of 952. No formal declaration of the vite was
Bryan, David C. . Cham., Mi.
Cler.
Claypool, Abraham. Rs., Frk., High. Cone, Calvin . Trum., Gea.
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made, and an act to contest the election was passed. Massie contested it on the ground of Meigs' ineligibility. A failure to elect was declared.
The enumeration of the white male inhabitants of the State of the age of twenty- one and over, showed an aggregate of 31,30S.
On the thirtieth of January the Senate passed a House Joint Resolution to con- tinue the seat of Government at Chillicothe during the present session of the Legis- lature.
Also a House Joint Resolution declaring it necessary to elect an additional Judge of the Supreme Court.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
BEECHER, PHILEMON, Speaker.
HINDE, THOMAS S., Clerk.
BETZ, ADAM, Doorkeeper.
Beecher, Philemon.
Fair.
Lewis, William
Rs. etc.
Bureau, John P. R. Wash., Musk.,
Gal., Ath.
Matthews, John
Wash., etc.
Campbell, Alexander
Ad .. Sci.
McClure, James . But.
Cooper, Daniel C
Mont.
Corry, William.
But.
McLene, Jeremiah
Rs., etc.
Corwin. Matthias
War.
Montgomery, James Trum., Gea.
Elliott, Thomas Jeff.
Ad .. etc.
Patterson, John
Bel.
Foster. Zebulon
Ham.
Pollock, John
Bel.
Harlan. George
War.
Seeley, John W Trum., etc.
Hongh, Benj Jeff.
Sloane, John. . Col.
Irwin, Wm. W
Fair.
Tatman, Joseph Gre., Cham.
Jonės, John.
llam.
Vance, William Bel.
Langham, Elias
Rs., Frk., High.
Worthington, Thomas. Rs., etc.
Lewis. Philip, Jr
Ad., etc.
The House met at ten A. M., December 7, and organized pro tempore by electing Thomas Worthington, Speaker; Thomas S. Hinde, Clerk, and Adam Betz, Door- keeper.
()n the tenth the House effected a permanent organization by electing Philemon Beecher, of Fairfield, Speaker, and confirming the previous election of Ilinde and Betz. as Clerk and Doorkeeper.
Five ballots were necessary to a choice of Speaker, as follows: First ballot- Philemon Beecher, Fairfield, 10 votes; Thomas Worthington, Ross, 9; John Sloane, Columbiana, 5; Wm. Lewis, Ross, 1; Wmn. W. Irwin, Fairfield, I ; Elias Langham, Ross, 1. Second ballot-Beecher, 12; Worthington, 11; Sloane, 4: Irwin, 1. Third ballot -- Beecher, 14: Worthington, 11; Sloane, 3. Fourth ballot -- Beecher, 14; Worthington, 11 ; Sloane, 1. Fifth ballot -- Beecher, 17; Worthington, S.
John Cleves Symmes, of Hamilton, had been returned as one of the Representa- tives from that county. llis seat was contested by John Jones who was given the seat, Symmes not having been seated on the face of the returns.
The contest to decide the eligibility of Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr., to the office of Governor occupied several days, the two Houses sitting in joint convention in the hall of Representatives. The contest was tried pursuant to an act of the same Legis- lature.
Nathaniel Mussle entered formal contest and set up the following reasons why Meigs was ineligible :
1. That Melgs did not possess the qualifications necessary to hold the office of Covernor, inasmuch as he had not been a resident of this State for four years next preceding the day of election.
McClure, Thomas Jeff.
l'almer, James Wash., etc.
Ellison. Andrew
Looker, Cthniel Ilam.
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2. That within four years preceding the election he had bech a resident of the Territory of Lousiana, and there exercised the affice and powers of . Une d Brs ... Judge.
3. That he now holds an office under the Government of the United Bises
4. That on the second of April last past he was appointed a Teerpuzial Judge for Michigan.
Mr. Meigs submitted a statement which was accepted as agreed Jacto as hilares
1. That he went to Louisiana and Missouri in December, plus, and remained until August, 1So6, when he returned to Ohio, and again returned to Laublasswhere he remained a few months, his entire residence in Lonisiamo being right swaths and in Missouri three and one-half months During all this time he was en culmal fast- ness for the U. S. Government and for the State of Chio, and regartel thi Aume where his family resided, to-wit, at Marietta, as his place of residente
2. That during the preceding session he had been commissioned by the Giver- nor of Ohio to an important office in connection with the Burr Blanterhusst s- spiracy, thus recognizing his citizenship, as well as reposing other State fruits in him
3. That he had been appointed Territorial Judge for Michigan, but had Never assumed the duties of the office in consequence of being summoned te Richttodt appear in the Burr trial.
4. That he is and has been a resident of Ohio for thirteen years last past
Upon these statements, given in fuller detail, the case rested. After argument by Henry Brush, counsel for Massie, and Jos. Hammond, counsel for Mella, the questDm was submitted and Meigs was declared ineligible by a vote of twenty four vese tu twenty nays. The vote was as follows: Yeas, Senators Bigger, Bryan, Claypl. McArthur and Thomas -- 5. Representatives Campbell, Corwin, Corry, Ellisse, ET- liot, Harlan, Hough, Irwin, Jones, Philip Lewis, Wmn. Lewis, Langham, M. Claire McLene, Patterson, Pollock, Tatman, Vance and Worthington-19; total. 24
Nays, Senators Cone, Dillon, Jewett, Mclaughlin, Price, Scofield. Sharp, Was! -9. Representives Bureau, Cooper, Foster, Looker, Matthews, McConc. Must- gomery, Palmer, Sloane, Seeley, Beecher ( President)-11 ; total, 20
Every member voted except Speaker Kirker of the Senate, who because the bene- ficiary of the verdict, inasmuch as he became Acting Governer, since there had been a failure to elect.
The two Houses met in joint convention the thirteenth day of February, 190% for the purpose of electing State officers, judges and other official .
The following were elected : Supreme Judge-William Sprigg. First ballet Sprigg, 14; Richard S. Thomas, 13; Ethan A. Brown, 9. Secan !. Spring, ::. Brown, 14.
Additional Supreme Judge, Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr., Auditor of State, Herija min Hough, Jefferson. President Judge of the Fourth Circuit, Wilham Wlist Associate Judges, Hamilton, John Master, vice Nimmo, resigned, Franklin Wis Thompson, vice Dill, resigned ; Ross, Thomas Hick-, vice Reuben Atirania, decessi Miami, Wm. Barbee ; Athens, Elijah Hatch ; Preble, John Moroney, James J. Nistel, John C. Irvin; Delaware, Moses Bixby, Thomas Brown, Josiah Kinney, Licking, Timothy Rose, William Taylor, Alexander Holines ; Knox, John Mills, Wol Faungen har, Wm. Gass; Tuscarawas,'John Hackenwaller, - James!Clark. Christos Deardor !; Portage, Aaron Norton, Amzi Alwater, Wm. Whitmore.
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Collectors of non-resident taxes, District 1, Aaron Goforth; 2, Abraham J. Wil- liams; 3, W'm. Skinner; 4, Wm. Wells; 5, Robert Carroll ; 6, Reuben S. Clark.
Hamilton and Butler counties. Boundary line between established by the act of January 20, ISOS.
Knox. Erected from territory hitherto included in Fairfield county by act of January 30, 1SoS. County seat is Mt. Vernon.
Delaware. Erected from Franklin by act of February 10, 1SoS. County seat is Delaware.
Washington and Athens. Line between altered by act of February IS, IS07. Certain sections detached from Athens and attached to Washington.
Stark. Erected from unorganized territory south of the boundary line of the Connecticut Reserve, and east of boundary line of the United States Military Dis- trict, and the Indian boundary line. Became an organized county January 1. 1So9. County seat is Canton.
Wayne. All the tract lying west of the tenth range and east of the sixteenth range, in the new purchase, south of the Connecticut Reserve and north of the United States Military District was erected into a separate county, by the name of Wayne, but to re- main attached to Stark till otherwise ordered. County seat is Wooster.
Tuscarawas. Erected from Muskingum by the act of February 13, 1SoS. County seat is New Philadelphia.
Preble. Erected from Montgomery and Butler, by the act of February 15, 1SoS. As the bill passed the Ilouse, the name given the county was Bellona. The Senate amended it to Preble. County seat is Eaton.
Numerous amendments and additions were made to the acts relating to the or- ganization of the judiciary and inferior courts ; public highways, ferries and bridges, and the laws relating to marriages, encouraging and regulating the same.
At the time of the settlement of the State the forests were the homes of count- less myriads of squirrels, gray, black and red, with an occasional white specimen. They invaded the wheat, rye and corn fields of the settlers and destroyed the ripening crop.
The Legislature hit upon an ingenious method of securing their destruction, or at least thinning them out so as to reduce their ravages to a minimum. An act was passed requiring that every male person of the military age should annually turn into the Clerk of the township in which he resided, at least 100 squirrel scalps, for which a receipt was given. If he turned in less than that number, or none at all, he was re- quired to pay three cents each upon the deficiency. If he turned in in excess of the 100, he was given a receipt for the excess, and they were credited on his next year's quota. The money realized from those failing to turn in the required number of scalps, was divided pro rata at three cents per scalp among those who turned in an excess, and the remaining excess, if any, was carried forward to their respective credits.
The laws "regulating black and mulatto persons," afterward known as the "Black Laws," were amended and amplified. In addition to the provisions hitherto cited, no black or mulatto person was permitted to migrate into or be domiciled in any county, without executing n bond with the Clerk of the Court, signed by two or more free- holders of the county, in the sum of $500, conditioned for the good behavior and sup- port of such person. If such person entered a county, not having executed such bond, he or she was placed In custody of the overseer of the poor, and his or hier ser- vlees, for support, sold to the highest bidder annually. Any person harboring or con-
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cealing a black or mulatto, were subject to a forfeiture for isch offener of finns one- half to go to the informer. No black or mulatto was permitted to teufly in app inte where one of the parties was white, nor esulji su h jarsaw maintain an acilen of law against a white person. In short he was dentel almaist evers right processed by a white person. Subsequently these restrictions were extended to any german berlines visible admixture of African blood, and it was toaile a proas office los amb period to intermarry with whites. None of the benefits of the ichunt fund anni tu'ssk per- sons, except under special statutory provision .
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY, 5-10.
Acting Governor-THOMAS KIRKER, to December 12 186
Governor-SAMUEL HUNTINGTON.
Secretary of State -- JEREMIAH MCLEVE.
Treasurer af State-WM. MCFARLAND.
Auditor of State-BENj. Hovon.
Supreme Judges -GEORGE TOD, WE. SPRIGG, THOMAS SHEET, THOMAS MORAN Adjutant General-THOMAS WORTHINGTON.
SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, 1805-1209
Met December 5. 180%, Adjourned February21, 1800.
SEVATI.
KIRKER, THOMAS, Speaker.
SHERLOCK, EDWARD, Doorkeeper.
The Senate met at Chillicothe Monday, December 5, [Sos, an I was Const| tures! . follows :
Abbott, David.
Gea., Port. Irwin, Thomas
BLL
Barrere, George W
High.
Kinney. Lewis, Jr
Bigger, Jolın.
War.
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