Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-06
VIRGINIA LBGIsLATURF.
House of Deleeatea.
WEDEEsDAT, Feb. s. IL

muse OH extending the Jurisdiction of
Justices Of the Peace, with an immateriaI
amendment, in which the House concur
Mr.. KRAnEH, from the Committee on.
Military Affairs, reported back Senate bill
Mr.. HooTES, from the Committee on
Courts of Justice, reported several bills
an act to incorporate the Potomac I'm
proTement Company. Also, bills for
changing the places of holding courts In
Wayne and Hampshire counties. The
bills were read by their titles aud ordered
to be printed.
Mt. HooTES, from the COMMITTEES on
Privileges and Elections, reported back
the bill apPortiouing the members to
which the State is entitled In the National
House of Representatives.
Mr.. RuHRSER offered substitute for the
had reference 70 the constitutional re-
quirement Of eompactuess, and a fair dis
tribution of the population.
In reference to the eth district Mr..
HAwIhurst aud Mr.. Miner do not agree.
Sir. ID. said the county he represented
(FatrfaG) aud other counties had been mis-
represented by the old apportionment.
They had been associated heretofore with
counties with which they had no interests
or feelings in common. The arrangement
of the counties in the Committees report
meets his appreciation, bat Mr. Miner pro-
posed amendments, BY the action of which
his own people would be misrepresented.
Dir. Miner seeks to have the district COM
Paet Wlthout any reference to homo
! geniety.l
The substitute for the report was laid ON
the table and ordered to be printed.
Tue DILL authorizing the opening of polls
IN the camps OF Virginia volunteers, that
the soldiers may vote at elections, was
reported.
Mr.. Miner opposed the bill upon the
| ground that it was in violation of the con-
stitutiou. He read from the constitution.
which provides that no soldier in the SER
vice of the United States shall have the
right to vote. He said that the Constiru-
tional Convention could by schedule pre-
scribe who should vote upon the adoption
oil the constitution, but the Legislature
was not empowered, under the constitu.
ton, to pass such bill as this.
Mr.. kRANER said the Constitution refer
red TO regular soldiers, residents of other
states, stationed in Virginia. II does not
refer to citizens of Virginia in the voIun-
teer service.
Ar. MINER sold the provisions to which
ne referred was capable of but one con-
struetion. 1t was wisely put in the Con.
stituttoni that our liberties might not be
endangered BY aspiring military men, who
might wish to become dictators.
Upon the passage ofthe bill Mr.. Hooton
demanded the ayes and noes with the fol-
lowing result:
ATEs-Messrs. Davidson, Farnswortb,
aooton, Kramer, Logan, Michael, Myers,
Snlder, West, Williamson of Pleasauts.
Williamson of Writ, linn and Dir. Speaker
| %. Frost)-l3.
NoEs-Aessrs. Foreman, Bowyer, Gro
theirs, Downey, Fast, Hawxhurst, Hender-
son, Miner, Porter, Powell, Patrick, Rat
cline, Rollyson, Ru6ner, Swan, Trout,
Vance, Wilson and Wetzel-I9.
So the bill was lost.
The bill changing the place of holding
courts IN Calhoun county was reported.
Mr. WILLIAMSON said the Calhoun conn
y court had been sort of an itinerant
institution for some time and he desired to
have the matter settled.
Bit. HooTES gave history of Calhoun
county affairs, in which he demonstrated
that the people had been tricked by one
feEFygreen hays now notorious guerrilla,
and that 1t was right and proper thatthese
people should have the opportunity to vote
upon the place of holding their courts.
hr.NAHcE Was under the impression that
the code already provided that the Cover
ernor In cases like the one under consider.
alton shall change the place of holding the
courts by proclamation.
Mr. PORTER read the section of the code
referred to by Mr. Vance, which provides
that when the regular place of holding q
court Is In the possession of public enc
my, or infected with disease, the Cover
nor shall change the place by proclama-
Mr.. PORTER moved to lay the whole sub
ment Of Mr. Patrick.
Mr.. WILLIAMSON said that the place
where the court is now held-ArnoIds-
onrg-was the last place in America where
the war would be settled, and the people
would not hear of it for ten years after Il
was settled. There were other loyal sec
tons in the country where courts could be
organized.
Mr.. FARNswoRrH said he knew that
these Calhoun people were aggrieved, and
he thought they ought to be relieved.
SIR. WILLlANsoS, in answer to Mr.. linn,
said that the present county seat of CAL
noun was about forty miles from every
place except Arnoldsburg.
Messrs. Davidson, linn. and Others
spoke upon the subject.
| Upon the question to lay upou the table
the ayes and noes were demanded, with
the following result Ayes Z, noes az.
The previous question was then demand
ed upon Mr.. Patrick's motion to strike ont
sections 3, 4, 5, and 6. The vote resulted J:
Ayes IL, noes 10.
AIR. FARSsWoRTH then offered a substi-
tute for the bill which provides for the
taking of the sense of the people of Call
noun noun county upon the county seat ques-
The hour of IL having arrived, the
lSpeaker vacated the chair.
AFrERSooS sEssIox.
Mr.. v! WILLIAMSON of Writ the patron