The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-02-15
West Virginia Legislature.
WHEELING Feb. IA, 1866.
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vesterday in the House, were received,
read the first time, and referred.
The following bills were reported
back from the various standing COM
To protect literary societies and other
meetings convened for social amuse-
ii To change the number of AdeIphi
Lodge of the /. o. o. F. in the town of
Clarksburg.
To amend the 21st section of chapter
l3l, of the acts of 1868.
To authorize the counciIof Parkers-
burg to change the location of one of
its streets, and
To amend and re.ennct section 1,sof
chapter 81, of The acts of 1864.
The latter was tabled, and tho other
four were read the second time and or
dered to third reading.
Mr.. Maxwell, from the Committee on
judiciary, reported a bill in relation to
actions OF detinue. Read the first time.
Mr.. Burdett, from the Finance Com
mittee, reported adversely upon the
claims of PembeTton Cook and BenJa-
min Wright, with leave to the appli-
cants TO withdraw their papers.
Mr.. Kitchen introduced n bill TO legal
ize the poor tax levied by the county
Court OF Berkeley county in the year
1868, and n bill for the protection OF the
loyal citizens fthe State, and to repeal
certain acts therein named. The bills
were,referred.
Mr.. Burnley reported back the bill to
extend tho charter of the White Sui
phur and Sweet Springs Turnpike
road, recommending its passage with
amendments, which were adopted, and
the bill ordered to its third reading.
The following bills were passed:
House Bill No. 30, establishing the
county of Grant out of n part of Hardy.
Senate Bill No. 40, to authorize Adam
Kuhn and others to sink coal shaft in
senate Bill No. 43, better to provide
for the distribution of-the acts.
Senate Bill No. "A, making nm apPro-
priation OF 81 ,6T2 A for the Antietam
National Cemetery.
Senate Bill No. 40, to amend the 9th
section of chapter lis of the acts OF
1868.
senate Bill No. As, permanently Local
ting the county seat of Jefferson Mt
| Shepherdstown.
Senate Bill No. 2, to prevent and pun
ish the forcible or unlawful obstruc-
ton of public Justice.
All said bills were passed unanimous
| ly, except that Mr.. Raymond voted
against No. SIS, md Messrs. Burdetta and
Raymond voted against No. 4S and
| No. .. Mr.. Burdett stated In voting
against No. 2, that he thought the ex-
isting laws were sufficient.
The Senate bill constituting the bank
l of certain streams in Morgan county "a
lawful fence, was ordered to be en-
crossed.
gates by Mr.. Koonce, announced that
| that body had passed Senate Bill No. l,
in relation to the oaths of attorneys
L with two amendments, which the Sen
ate subsequently concurred in. The
law as passed is as follows:
BE Il enacted by the Legislature o
West Virginia, No attorney at law shal
be allowed to practice in any court Oh
. before any Justice or board of supervi
sors OF this State, after the passage o
this act, until he shall take, in the cour
in which no proposes to practice, in ad
dition to the oaths now required by
law, the following oath:
al, "a. b. do solemnly swear that
have not, since the 10th day OF June
1868, borne arms against the UniteC
: States, nor against the State of Yves
Virginia; that hive voluntarily giver
no aid or comfort to persons engaged II
armed hostility thereto, by counto
! nancing, counseling or encouraging
them in the same; that / have no
sought, nor attempted to exercise the
functions of any office whatever under
any authority in hostility to the United
States, or TO the State of West Virginia
=
support to any pretended government
authority, power or constitution within
the United States, hostile or inimica
thereto; and that take this obligation
freely, without any mental reservation
or purpose of evasion
Mr.. Chapline introduced bill Il
: amend the license law. Read the first
time and referred to tho Judiciary Com
On motion of Mr.. Burley the House
Bill TO provide Penitentiary for the
State, was taken up on its second read
ing, The amondmenL ofthe committee
to make the appropriation hfty thous-
was adopted, as was also an amend
lnent providing for a board of direc-
tors.
Mr.. Peck then moved to amend the
bill so as to strike out Moundsville
Marshall county, and insert Wheeling
Ohio county; pending which the Senate
took u recess.