The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-02-26
Senate then adjourned;
House OF Delegates,

road interests of the State, setting fortl
that it was the true policy Of the Legis
lature to adopt early and earnest meas
ures to foster, aid and encourage any en-
terprise that may secure the develop
ment of the vast resources of the State
and to protect each and all from iarrinE
or infringing upon the rights and fran
chises OF others. The report was adopt
ed, and ordered to be printed for distri
Lution
Senate Bill No. 50, constituting tn,
south bank Of the Potomac river ia the
county of Morgan from the mouth o.
Cherry run to the Mouth of Sleepy creek
and also the east bank of Sleepy creek
from'its mouth to the south side of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad, in the limits o
said county, a lawful fence, was passed
Senate Bill No 54 for the relief of the
Overseers Of the poor of Brooke county
was passed
House Bill No lUg, appropriating
Sl45, 1893 SO for the payment of certain
military claims, was passed
House Bill No l42, amending the Law
in relation TO the taxation on railroad
companies was taken up 1t provides
that whenever the proper officers shall
fail TO make the proper returns, it shall
| be the duty of the assessors of the sever
al counties through which said railroad
| passes to proceed TO ascertain the Valua-
tiOn of the eproperty of said company with.
in his county, and the aggregate number
OF miles travelled by them within this
State during the year. And requiring
SAID company To pay tax OF one mill
for every mile Of transportation of each
of the passengers, said tax to be in lieu
of all other taxation levied, or to be lev.
led, to which the said company might in
anywise be subject Aud if the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad company, with.
in sixty days after the passage of this
act, accept the provisions hereof and
pay into the treasury of this State
twenty-five thousand dollars they are
hereby released from all liability tor the
payment Of all State, local and county
taxes heretofore assessed or claimed
against the said company in this State,
or that has accrued against it up to the
first day of February, 1866.
Nj. Trainer, of Marshall. moved TO
amend by inserting, after the words
S25,000, the following And shall also
pay to the several counties in which as
sessments were made on the property of
said Railroad Company for county pur.
Po"0e, for the years lSG4-5, or either of
the SAID years, the taxes so assessed for
county purposes.
MIR. Trainer, of Marshall, spoke "a
support Of the amendment Messrs
Davis, of Hampshire, Kellar, of Barbour,
and Con, OF Harrison, opposed it, Messrs.
MWhorter, Of Kanawha, aud Pinnell, of
Upshur, opposed the amendment, and
said they would oppose the bill
Mr Davis offered the following as 4
substitute for Mr.. Trainers amendment.
and paying judgements which the
counties or municipalities may obtain
against such railroad for taxes levied in
the years l364-5" Lost;-yeas 90 nays
% The Ohio county members voted es
a unit against the substitute
Messrs, MWhoIter OF RauawIa. apd
Bel! OF Ohio, spoke in support Of the
amendment
Mr. Davis ot Hampshire. opposed II,
as he said it would kill the bill
On motion OF Mr. Cot OF Harrison, the
amendment of Mr.. Trainer was amended
by adding the words "all such claims as
are adjusted b5 the legal tribunals OF
the State
The question being Oh the amendment
it was adopted by the following vote:
Tea..-Messrs Pinnell, (Speaker), Bal
lard, Bee, Beeson, Bell, Bennett. BristoT,
Brown, Camden, Carroll Cassidy Cook
Cunningham, Curtis, Darnel, Dolly
Dyche, Fleming, Gof, IIagans Higgins,
Hlnchmau, Iiinkle Hooker, Hornbrook
Little Lockhart, Mairs, Maxwell, MCoy,
MWhorter, RAIDER, Riddle, Smith Cot
Hancock) Trainer, Williamson Witcher.
Workman and Zinn-39
NAYS -Messrs Combs, Cooper Davis,
Johnson, Kellar, Koouce, McQuilkiu and
Smith (of Berkely)-5
The question being on ordering the
Bill to engrossment, Mr.. Riddle, of Ritch-
lie. opposed it; Mr. Bee of Doddridge,
favored it; Mr.. Kellar, of Barbour, was
opposed to counties taxing railroads; Mr..
Bell, Of Ohio, moved to refer the Bill to
the committee on Roads; Messrs. Pinnell.
of Upshur and Hagans, Of Preston, favor
ed the motion.
The Bill was referred: ayes 2l; noes
IS
The bill relating TO Normal Schools
was taken up 1t provides for the To-.
cation of a school at West Liberty, one
at Fairmont, one at Martinsburg and
one at Charleston
Mr.. Darnel, Of Mason, said The State
Agricultural College had been located at
Charleston, and he therefore moved to
insert in the bill the words Point
Pleasant" instead of Charleston.
Mr. Bee, of Doddridge, wished TO
know if &" Pint Pleasant was iu West
"Yirginny'
Mr Daruel said be would refer the
gentleman from Doddridge 10 the map
OF the State,
Mr. Bee SAID ne sometime since sd"
an account of murder being commit
ted in Pint Pleasant, and that a jury
in Mason county had acquitted the nur-
dsreT.
MI. Dame! saId he was Lot Isspolsi
bls for the acts OF the citizens Of his
comfy but be would hold himself re.
spousible for all be said or did
The bill was laid on the table sEJ OF
dsred to be printed
The Bill Chsrteuug tie Wheeling
Skating PARK vas taken up, on its sec
ondIreadIng
Mr. HorubToOk, OF OHIO presented the
petition Of citizens Of Wheeling Island