The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-02-15
West Virginia Legislature
Senate,
WEDNESDAY, Feb. il, 1856

fEayeT Dy peYi MI. OdIullG'
The bill and joint resolution passed
yesterday in the House, were received
read the first time and referred.
The following bills were reported back
from the various standing committees.
To.protect literary societies and Other
meetings convened tor social amuse
| ment
To change the number of Adelpht
Lodge of the ]. o. Q. F. in the town OF
| Clarksburg.
To amend the 26th section of chapter
I3l, of the Acts of 1858.
To authorize the council of Parkers
burg to change the location OF one OF It's
streets, and
10 amend and re-enact section ! ol
chapter 81, of the Acts of 1854.
The latter was tabled and the other
four were read the second time, and or
dered to third reading
Mr., Maxwell, from the committee on
the Judiciary, reported bill IL relation
TO actions OF detinue Read the first
time,
Mr., Burdett, from the Finance Com
mlttee, reported adversely upon the
claims of PembeTton Cook and Benjamin
Wright, with leave to the applicants. .tC
withdraw their papers, Adopted.
Mr., Kitchen introduced bill to legal
ize the poor tax levied by the county
Court of Berkeley County, in the yeal
1859. and bill for the protection OF the
loyal citizens Uf tho State, and to repeal
certain acts therein named The uiii'
were referred
Mr.. Burley reported back the bill! to
extend the charter Of the White Sulphur
and Sweet Springs Turnpike road, rec
ommending its passage with amend
ments, which were adopted, and the bill
ordered to its third reading
The following bills were passed
House bill No 81, establishing ths
county OF Grant out Of part OF Hardy
Senate bill 10 40, to authorize Adam
Kuhn and others to stuE coal shat IL
Wellsburg
Senate bill 40 ~. better ~ provide
for the distribution OF the Acts
Senate bill No IA. making an appro
priatiou Of 5l652,44 for the Antietam
National Cemetery
Senate bill No. AZ, ~ amend the tiL
section OF chapter lie. Of tho Act oi
1863
Senate D.ll No A.: permanently To-
eating the County seat Of Jefferson al
shepherdstown.
Senate bill No :. ty prevent aat pun
ish the forCible oI unlawful obstruction
Of public justice
All said bills were passed unanimously
except that Mr.. Raymond voted agalns'
No 55, and Messrs Burdett and Hay
mOnd voted against Nos AZ and ? Mr.
Burdett stated in voting against No. :
that he thought the existing laws were
sufficient
The Senate bill constituting the bank
OF certain streams in Morgan County 6
| law ful fence was ordered to be engrossed
A message from the House of Dele
gates, by Mr. Koonce, announced ths
BODY had passed Senate bill No. !, il
relation to the oaths Of attorneys, will
two amendments, which the Senate sub
seouently coucurred in The law, a.
passed, is as follows
Be il enacted by Tie Legislature Of Wea
Viyoiria No attorney at Jaw shall b.
allowed to practice in any court, or be
fore anv Justice or board of supervisor
of this State, after the passage of thi
act. until he shall take, in the court il
which he proposes to practice, in addition
70 the oaths now required by law. th'
following oath;
I. "a. b do soiemnly swear that
have not, s.nce the Goth day of June
1863. borne arms against the UniteC
states, nor against the State of Wes
Virginia. that have voluntarily giyel
no aid or comfort to persons engaged II
armed hostility thereto, by countenaHC
ing. counseliDg OF encouraging them Il
the same that | have not sought, &C
cepted or attempted to exercise the funC
tions of any onice whatever under an,
authority in hostility to the Unite,
states, or the State of West Virginia
that I have not yielded a voluntary suI
port to any pretended government, az
thority, power or constitution withi
the United States, hostile or inimica
thereto; and that take this obligatio
freely, without any mental reservatio
or purpose of evasion"
Mr.. Chsplinc introduced a bill I
amend the license law. Read the frs
, time and referred to the Judiciary
On motion Of Mr.. Burley, tho Hous
hill TO provide Penitiary for the Stat
was taken up on its second reading
The amendment of the committee I
make the appropriation fifty thousan
dollars instead Of fifteen thousand Es