The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-02
w. VA. LEGISLATuRE.
WEDNESDAY, March /, 1865.

WEDNESDAY, Mafcn i, 100.
SENATE.-Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Ball.
The bill in relation to judge for TIN
10th Circuit; the bill legalizing the re
cord of certain deeds and other writings
the bill to provide for recording in Ka
nawha county writings which might b.
recorded in certain unorganized counties
the bill to prevent unauthorized person
frem recruiting in this State for othe
States; the bill making an appropriation
of S., 900 to the West Virginia Hospita
for the insane; the bill relating to thu
statute of limitations; the bill allowin.
further time for the collection of taxes
i'm Randolph, were passed.
The Senate also adopted the report o
the Conference committee on the bill II
render more available timber, coal, ore
and mineral lands in the State.
Mr.. Phelps offered resolution looking
to the appointment of a committee tt
report plan for and the cost of monu
ment in memory of the West Virginia
soldiers killed in this war, but it was moi
agreed to.
The Senate then took recess.
"a O'CLOCK.
Mr.. Ferguson, from the House, an
nounced that that body had rejected the
report of the conference committee Oh
the proposed Constitutional amendment
had appointed new committee consist
ing of Messrs. Ferguson, Lamb and Rid
die, and asked concurrence.
The Senate concurred, and appointed
Messrs. Maxwell and FarnswOrth.
The bill for the safety of passengers OIL
railroads was reported back from thu
Judiciary committee and passed.
The amendment to the Constitution o.
this State was agreed upon by the con
ference committee and adopted as fol
lows:
YEAs-Messrs. Atkinson, BechtOl, Bow
Ell, Burnley, Corley, Dunbar, Farnsworth
Hawkins, Kitchen, Mahon, Maxwell
Peck, Phelps, Price, Slack, Wright, and
Stevenson (President)-l7.
NAYs-Messrs. Brown. Chambers and
Haymond-3.
The amendment is as follows:
mo person who, since the LIST of June,
1861, has given or shall give voluntary
aid or assistance to the rebellion against
the United States, shall be citizen OF
this State, or be allowed to vote at any
election held therein. unless he has vol
unteered into the military or naval SER
vice of the United States, and has been
or shall be honorahly discharged there
from"
The Senate having an idle moment
and it being "a laying around loose
waiting for the House to turn something
up, Mr.. Farnsworth offered Il resolution
mstructing the Sergeant alarms to pur
chase some work on Legislative oourte
sy at cost not eXceedi ny fifty cents, and
present the same to the junior members
in the House of Delegates, from the
county Of Wood.
Various members discussed the resolu
ton, indulging lin a good degree" OF
humor.
Further action upon the resolution was
superseded by message from the House
announcing the passage of resolution
authorizing the public printer to con,
tract for the publication Of the constitu.
tional amendment i'll the newspapers OF
of the State as required by the Constitu.
ton; that it had passed bill relating to
the Coal River Navigation Company; and
a bill making an appropriation to pay
the clerk of the military board.
The first named bill was taken up and
considered until late hour, when the
Senate took recess until seven and Il
half o'clock.
NIGHT SESSION.
The Senate continued the consideration
of said bill.
House OF DELEGATES. MIR. M'Grcw
from the committee on Taxation and
Finance, reported adversely to the pas
sage of the bill for the relief of Cape
hart, Smith Il Co, of Mason county.
Mr.. Ferguson, from the committee to
whom was referred the disagreeing votes
between the two Houses on the COnsti.
tutional amendment, reported favorably
to the House receding from its amend.
ment to the resolution, the effect of which
action would be to disfranchise all per-
SONS who voted for the ordinance of seces-
sion.
Mr. Patrick opposed the adoption OF
the report, as it would diSfranchise per
sons who were restored to every privilege
by the proclamation of President Lincoln
and proclamations issued by Gov. Bore.
man. If the report was adopted, the
people of the border counties would be
disfranchised almost TO unit, as there
was not one hundred persons in those
counties who did not vote for the ordi-
nance of secession.
Mr.. Kellar quoted to show who were
citizens entitled to vote. We were not
here to try persons for treason, and we
could not disfranchise any man until he
was convicted of treason, felony, &c, by
the courts. The monstrous proposition
was a direct violation of the COnstitu-
ton, and only calculated to destroy free
government
MIR. Ferguson said the Constitution
gave the Legislature the power to
amend the Constitution, and we were
merely doing our Constitutional duty-
The gentleman from Kanawha county
(Mr. Patrick said the adoption of the re-.
port would disfranchise all persons who
had voted for the ordinance of secession,
and would thereby disfranchise the whole
border counties. ! frankly admit that
this will be the effect of the passage of
the report, and that is just what We de.