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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on a voucher issued by the auditor of
state and approved by the
governor.
CHARLES D. CONOVER,
Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
JOIN H. ARNOLD,
President of the Senate.
FRANK B. WILLIS,
Governor.
Passed May 15, 1915.
Approved May 18, 1915.
Filed in the office of the Secretary of
the State at Columbus,
Ohio, on the 19th day of May,
A. D. 1915.
REPORT OF COMMISSION
STATE OF OHIO,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.
COLUMBUS, JANUARY 1, 1917.
To the Members of the Senate and
House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith the report of the
Committee appointed
under Section 15291-1 G. C. to
provide for placing the Ohio
Battle-Flags in the rotunda of the State
Capitol.
The work this Committee has done in
conjunction with the
state officials designated by statute to
cooperate with it, speaks
for itself. It can not be otherwise than
a matter of solemn pride
to know that in Ohio these sacred
emblems of the nation's life
are better protected and more fittingly
displayed than in any other
state of the Union.
These battle-stained banners hallowed by
the heroic sacrifice
of Ohio's sons and consecrated in the
tears of her daughters,
utter in voiceless eloquence the message
of patriotism and in-
spiration which every passer-by should
hear in reverence with
uncovered head.