OHIO STATEHOOD DAY--A brass spitoon sits on the floor of the Ross County Courthouse during a Joint Session of the 125th General Assembly, in celebration of the Bicentennial, on Ohio Statehood Day, at the state's first capital of Chillicothe, on Saturday, March 1, 2003. Legislators seen from right to left are: Sen. Dan Brady, D-Cleveland; Sen. C. J. Prentiss, D-Cleveland; Sen. Mark Mallory, D-Cincinnati; Senate Minority Leader Greg DiDonato, D-New Philadelipha, and Sen. Jay Hottinger, R-Newark. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)