Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-20
v1Re1r1A LEe1sLATuRE.
hlDAr, July Is, 1851.

hour.
PRAYER bv Rev. WESLEY Smith.
A comm auicatiou from the Senate an
nouneed the passage Of House bill No. 10,
TO regulate the salaries OF the o115eEs Oh
the Exchange Bank at Weston, amending
by increasing the salary from fifteen Kun
dred 10 eighteen hundred dollars, and dis
pensing with serond clerk. The bill WAS
laid on the table for the present.
Also the passage Of Honse biii No. .',, :,
to regulate the volunteer forces OF tbe
S,ste moi mustered into the service of the
United States, with amendments, IN some
of which the House refused to concur.
Mr.: ZtsS. from the speciaI committee on
a division Of the State, reported bill en-
q. titled An Act TO Provide for q Division oil
the State, which was read by us title and
ordered To be printed.
Mr.. RuFFNER, from the same committee,
submitted the following as a majority re-
Rssolred. That while we consider the
division OF the State inevitable, We believe
il inexpedient TO legislate at present on
Nessrs. Farnsworth and Hooton offered
substitutes for the minority report, which
were read b. title and ordered TO be
printed.
Mr. Wilson. from the Conference Com
uitiee 20 consider The bilrauthoriEing the
issue Of small notes, reported that the com
ntttee had agreed upon an amendment, TO
limit the issue To 10 per cent. on the caPi-
tal stock Of the Bank issuing, which re-
port was adopted.
a message was received from the Gov
ernoF. recommending the appointment oil
Yaceinating agent.
Mr. oaorHERs offered the following,whict
were adopted. e ~
Rssolvtd, That the Governor be, and is
hereby requested 10 apply TO the President
ofthe US. for authority to contract with
some individual orindividuals, on behalf OF
the General Government, for necessary
clothing for snch of the volunteers OF
Northwestern Virginia as have been, or
NAV be. mustered into the service OF the
Unired States for three years.
Rssolvtd, That copy of the foregoing
resolutions be forwarded to our Senators
and Representatives in Congress, with
request that they unite with the Governor
in his efforts 10 obtain the authority indi-
Gated in the foregoing.
Mr. LoGAN offered the following which
was adopted:
Resotutd, By the General Assembly of
Virginia. that the election of clerks in the
various Departments of the State Govern
ment shall be made by joint Tote ~ tae
Senate and House of Delegates
Mr.. CaoTHERs offered the following:
Pesolved. By the General Assembly, that
the Lieutenant Governor, when acting as
member of the Board of Public Works,
except during the session of the Legisla-
( ture shall be allowed and paid the same
per diem as members of the Executive
! Council receive.
Referred TO the Committee on Roads and
Internal Navigation.
Nr. LOGAN offered the following:
R.,oLred. That the Committee on FL
nance consider the expediency OF reporting
a bill refundiug to the Sheriff of Ohio
county sums oVerpaid by him into the Au-
differs Office for the year 1860.
Adopted.
Mr.. CRoTHERs WAS appointed TO notify
the Senate of the adoption OF the resolu-
tions requesting authority TO contract for
clothing, Ge., and a message from the
Senate announced the concurrence of that
body in their adoption. 81
! Bills on their passage were taken up.
House bill No. 5, entitled an act TO pre-
vent offences against the Commonwealth,
7 and providing for the Organization OF
patrols during the WAT, was read third
4 time and after some discussion was passed
by yeas 10, nays II.
! The bill provides that persons opposing
or melting others to oppose tue execution
of the laws of the State Government as
( reorganized Mt Wheeling, by violence or
intimidation OF officers in the discharge of
J their lawful duties shall be subject to a
I fius OF not less than fifty or more than one
+! thousand dollars, and imprisonment of not
LESS than one month nor more than one
year.
| ize patrols whose duty it shall be TO appre-
! bend all persons guilty of disturbing the
/; peace. or whom there may be just cause to
suspect Of being guilty of any offence mem
! toned in the act, take them before JUS
tiee TO be dealt with according TO Law, and
&c perform such other duties in the execu-
zion Of the laws as the Governor may re-
No company is to consist of more than
/ 100 men Each patrol is to have cap
tain, and n sergeant TO every IS men.
1 The captain is to receive $50 month, the
| sergeants $40. and the PriTates SIS.
I The patrols are 90 be dispensed with
| whenever in the opinion of the Governor it
can be safely done.
| House bill No. IL, fixing the compeusa-
ton of members of the Executive Council,
was read a third time, and passed.
/ House bill No. u, TO amend an ordin-
. aace relating 70 the collection of the rev
euue, WAS also read third time, aud
| passed.
/. House bill No. IL, to amend the second
and ninth sections Of chapter AZ of the
code Of 1860, was $40 read = third time,
and passed. s
House bill No IL, to regulate the sale of
munitions of war, yvas taken np Il was
/ opposed By Messrs, Vance and Arnold, aud
supported by Mr.. Smith.
Mr. Sx1TH moved that the vote ordering
the bill TO its engrossment, be recons;dered,
and the bill recommitted Adopted.
Ert,a u,11a than toulr =. FecAss-