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OHIO BATTLE FLAGS

OHIO BATTLE FLAGS.

 

REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO PROVIDE FOR PLACING THE

FLAGS IN THE ROTUNDA OF THE STATE CAPITOL.

 

(House Bill No. 247.)

AN ACT

To provide for the display of the battle flags now in the possession of

the state in the rotunda of the state house.

WHEREAS, There are now in the relic room of the state,

the battle flags carried by the sons of Ohio from 1861 to 1865,

which flags are the most precious possessions of the state, and

WHEREAS, Their present location is inconvenient and they

are poorly displayed and they are not well protected from the

ravages of time, and

WHEREAS, They should be placed in a more public place

where their lessons of patriotism may be better impressed on

the people of Ohio, therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:

SECTION I. There is hereby appropriated from any funds

now in the state treasury and not otherwise appropriated, a sum

not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars to be used for purchasing

and installing hermetically sealed wall cases with glass fronts,

around the rotunda and corridors of the state house, in which

all the battle flags carried by Ohio soldiers during the Civil and

Spanish American wars shall be displayed. Said cases shall be

of architectural design to harmonize with the design of that part

of the building in which the cases are to be located. Said cases

shall be purchased and installed by a committee consisting of

the governor, the auditor of state and the adjutant general. The

flags shall be placed under the direction of the foregoing com-

mittee acting in conjunction with a committee of two veterans

of the Civil War and one veteran of the Spanish American war

to be appointed by the governor. Said funds shall be paid out

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