Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-16
House House, ,ofDeleentes.
e House met at ten a. N.

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The House met at ten A. N.
Mr.. H0oToS from the joint committee to
whom was referred so much of the Gov
ernor's Message as relates to the Stay
Law, reported it inexpedientHto legislate
further on the subject, and gave notice
that minority report would be made. 4
Mr. WEST offered u resolution which was
agreed to, withdrawing from the files Of the
House certain papers of the Sheriff of
Wetzel county asking relief in certain ca
SEES. t
Mr. HooToN offered one instructing the
Committee on Finance to consider the ex-
pedieucy Of requiring the county court of
Preston to re-Assess 1901 acres OF land be-
longing to Caleb Conn.
The Calender was taken up.
The following eugrossed bill was read
a third time and passed:
House bill No. 2, to amend the Charter
of the City of Wheeling. The bill pro-
Tides for amending and re.euacting the
Act of March, IL, 1896, so as to provide
that at all elections which shall be held by
voters of the said City for the corporate
authorities thereof, the following persons
shall be entitled to vote, viz: first, every
white male citizen of the State of the age
of twenty one years or upwards, who for
at least one year preceding the election
shall have been a h0usekeeper or the head
of n family in said city; second, every per-
son qualified to vote for members of the
General Assembly, of the State, who
shall have been resident of said
!. city for at least one year preceding the
4 election; and third every white male
citizen of the State of the age of twenty
one years or upwards, who at the time of
the election shall be the bona fde owner of
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value of 1--WE hundred dollars: Provided al
rays, That no person, although in other
/ respects duly qualified, shall be entitled to
vote at any such election il be shall have
failed to pay any tax, lawfully assessed or
levied upon him for the benefit of said city
during the year preceding the election, ex :
ceptiug only taxes upon real estate, le.is
The remainder of the engrossed bills ma
king appropriations, were laid on the table.
The bill for the relief of sufferers in the
Ranawha Valley, was read a FIRST time,
and passed by for the present.
The bill to authorize Upshur county to
issue Treasury Notes to pay its volunteers
was taken up, read a second time, amended
so as to apply to Preston also, and ordered
to be engrossed. .s.t. a5y
House bill repeating the act Iucorpora-
ting the tewn of Buckhaunon was taken up.
MIR. FARSsWoRTH offered Substitute
extending the boundaries Of the corpora
ton, which was read second time and
ordered TO be engrossed.
House bill incorporating the franklin
Insurance Company OF Wheeling was read
a second time and ordered TO be eugrossed
The bill for thereliet of sufferers in tho
kanawha Valley was taken up and read a
second time. 21'1i
Mr.. RoLLYsoN moved to strike out ''the
/ KnnaWha .VullevN
Virginia" 7'i
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. RuTFaER (the patron of the measure)
said he considered this expression on the
part of the House as hostile to the bill and
would not press it further, bnt moved its
indefinite postponement. - ll5! giI
Mr.. RorLYsoN said it was not his object
defeat the bill, but there we're others out
side of the Kanawha Valley who were
equally the subject of legislation for relief
Mr, RUPPSEk said his bill contemplated
Recommendations made in the message of
the Governor. II gentlemen contem-
plated general relief the bill would not be
suited tier purposes, and he desired to
/ get it out of their way saLg6' 7f
] Several gentlemen expressed wish that
the bill might only lie upon the table to
afford time for consideration. "ps stia
1 Mr. RuPFNER alluded feeliugIy to the
suffering of the peopleiin Kauawha Valley,
many OF whom were without food aud
lclothing, having been robbed by the rebels
of everything. He withdrew the motion
for M iudefntte postponement, and MOT
On motion of Mr.. SNIrH the bill was laid
upon the table. ~ 10 s1o4795 1910
Mr.. BoRENAN offered resolution in.
structiug the COMMITTEES on Courts Of Jus
ttee 10 consider the eXpediency Of altering
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