The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-03
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

"WEDNESDAY, March z
Senate Bill No. 50, to authorize the Gov
srnor to apprehend and secure certain per
Sons or compel them to depart from this
Stats was read the first and second time
and referred to the Judiciary committee.
This bill provides that "the Governor
may cause to be apprehsnded and secured,
or may compel to depart from this State,
all persons claiming to owe allegiance or
fidelity to the 50 called Confederate States
of America; all persons disloyal to the
Government of the United States, all per-
sons refusing to recognize the government
of the State of West Virginia, and all per-
sons who expatriate themselves as citizens
of this State ano that the powers vested
in the Governor by the act shall be exer.
cised only upon satisfactory evidence OF the
necessity of such action, based upon oath
or affirmation, and upon the petition of at
least twelve respectable citizens of the
county in which the party proceeded
against last resided"
House Bill No. 81, for the encouragement
of foreign emigration to this State was pass
ed.
House Bill No. Sc, for the reorganization
of the military forces Of this State was
passed. cas- q; nays Is.
House Bill No. 60, to amend the act, en-
titled can Act relating to townships and
township officers" was passed.
House Bill No: 81, amending and re-
enacting the charter of the town of Man.
nington, Marion county, was passed.
House Bill No. GO, to regulate the tolls
of ferries authorizing the supervisors of
the different counties to establish, increase,
diminish and generally regulate the rates of
toll) was passed.
House Bill No. 81, to allow corporations
to issue preferred stock, was passed.
House Bill No. 60, to regulate allowances
to Recorders, was passed.
The Senate Bill for the support of the
poor, was passed.
The Senate Bill declaring who are and
who are not citizens of this State was re-
jected.
House took q recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Senate resolutions endorsing Lin
coins administration, and fsvoring his re
election as President, were taken up.
Mr.. Lamb offered the following as sub
stitute:
"Resolued, by The Legislature of West
Virginia, that the members of the House
of Delegates, or any Of them who see fit
to do so, have fulliright when not engaged
in the discharge of their Legislative duties,
to meet together as citizens, and express
their wishes and opinions respecting the
management of Federal affairs; but when
assembled as a Legislature, and acting off,
cially in that capacity, their time and atten-
tien ought to be devoted to the discharge
of the Legislative duties for which they
were elected by the people.
Resolusd, further, That it will greatly
advance the interests Of our new State, if
the Senate and House of Delegates thereof
will attend to their own proper business
and let Federal politics alone; and, on the
other hand, if we follow in the footsteps of
our predecessors (the General Assembly of
Virginia) by neglecting the interests of
our constituents in order to assume what
the people never intended to commit to our
charge, the care and direction of the Gen.
eral Government, we need never expect to
be Aourishing and prospe GUS commons
wealth"
Rather DIN animated discussion followed
the offering Of the amendment, when the
substitute was rejected. The original res
clutions were then adopted by the follow
ing vote:
YEAs.-Boggs, Bumgarner, Cassidy, Ca.
Their, Cook, Copley, Crawford, Crooks, Gun
ningham, Dawson, Debar, Dolly, Dunn,
Fleming, Gof, Hagar, Hinchman, Holman,
Keeney, King, Tough, Mcdonald, M'Grew,
Montague, Newton, Peterson, Baler, Ross,
Scott, Stump, Teter, Wheat, Kramer,
(Speaker)-33.
NAYs.-Messrs. Barrick, Burke, Foster,
Lamb, Ruffner, Sheets, Soper, Sutton.-8.