Journal - Softcover

Ohio. General Assembly. Senate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461618591 ISBN 13: 9780461618594

Publisher: HardPress

Synopsis

"Journal". This volume assembles connected records from early Ohio governance: Part 1, the 1827 Ohio General Assembly proceedings in Columbus, detailing Senate and House sessions, numerous bills, amendments, committee reports, enrollments, and the adjournment; and Part 2, the 1802 Northwest Territory/Ohio Convention in Chillicothe that drafted Ohio’s first state constitution. The 1827 section emphasizes the machinery of government, with active committee work (Claims, Finance, Canals, Roads, Schools, Enrolment) and frequent cross-chamber action on public works, education policy, taxation, and municipal incorporation. It preserves the record of a joint session that elected a U.S. Senator and documents fiscal presentations by the State Auditor, as well as debates over common schools, a Deaf and Dumb asylum, and canal funding. The 1802 convention section outlines officers, credentials, standing committees, and procedural rules as delegates from counties organize to create a constitutional framework. Together, the volumes illustrate state-building in post-Revolution Ohio: infrastructure networks, finance and administration, education and public institutions, and the tensions shaping constitutional governance and federal relations in the early republic.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461618591
• ISBN 13: 9780461618594
• Binding: Paperback