The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-01-18
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Report of the Committee of the House
OF REPRESENTATIVES at Washington.

Report OF the Committee OF the House
OF Representatives at Washington.
We redaved fam 8asiinsbOn yes
terday the f9lIlIowing EegpFt Of the Com af
mittee on the Judiniaryato the House of
Representatives in reference to counties
of Berkeley and Jefferson:
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The Committee on the JttdiciqIy, f2 tVhom
4DdS referred House teS6Lhtto7P NO. IL,
'!.4AriofHfreaoE tf9,a Gtgi4gg1 the consent
.atseSl61 BerkeEEs u iad JeB BerSon from the
State of Kix0ifliG to- the State Of West
ViT1inid," " noL0 report:
THAT ifnhiediats1y after the passage
Of the ord linauch lof secession OEAthe
Virpinia Convention and the announce
ment of its ratification, the people of
the northern and western portion OF the
Stater assembled inN nNeopTepti9nS SatIthe
city Of aVheelfnE, and 6rganized a:9oS GOV.
eintBtplitsr allegiance to the Golstitu;;
tionl and Gove efhmene lof the fUhited
States.
Tins restored 'governtnentIwasI for
time, at least, and until recently, recog-
nized by all the departmepts OF fths fed frt
efall nenB ~ the LAWFUL ana con-
stitutiona1 government of the State of
Virginia. Senators, elected by its legis-
lature, and representatives, whose cleo
tionIwas oertihed,by is governor, have
been received and coghiHed- by Con-
press as the senators and representa-
lives of the. State Gof 1hgihih> in the
Congress of thesUnited States9 ZIlIlG
Francis ReirpointS who was elect
ed temporary and Provisional governor
by the convention Which assembled on
the 18th day of JnneG A.sD. 1851, and
was safterward5electedIg governor by the
people under, the restored government,
still holds his otfiee under that election,
has been fecoghized by all the depart
nefIts of this government as Governor
of the State of Virginia, and is now so
recognized by the people of Virginia.
On the Goth day of August, A. d. 1861,
the Wheeling convention passed an or
dinandentopfovidefo for the formation of
anew State out of 9, port ion rofI the ter
iitofy OF ths State OIL Ydfginia1L UUi /
The first SECTION of The ordinance
compose the etconntiesio the new State,
and the second section provided that the
convention -ttfaay-e change ge-the-bounda-
rfeS described in the first, section, so as
to ificltfde Within the proposed State the
counties of Greenbrier and Pocahontas,
or etther of 5thenlS and also the copnties
ley and Jerson, or either OF them, and
also such other counties, as lie contiguf
Gus to said boundaries, or to the count
ties named in this section" DC.
-7The convention provided for in the
ordinance was elected, and assembled
In pursnapqe Of 7, and agreed upon 2
ber, A. d. 1861, which was submitted to
the people and rati fed by them on the
9d day of Nav, "A. d. 1862. This consti-
tuition includes within the new State the
counties mentioned in the ordinance.
and also GreehbffeF,r Pocah ontas,
HappshtEe HsEaX RnS SiGR IGFFRan. Is.s and and
iacent 40 The county of Hardy.
The second section of the first article
of the constitution after naming the
counties absolutely made part of the
State5 proYides:s "Andi difJ "a majority Of
the votes cast at the election or elections
held as asprpyided in the sehedule hereof,
in the district composed of the counties
of Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire and
Morgan; shal1 be i'm favor or the adop-
ton of thissconstitution, the said four
counties shall also be included in and
form Dpart of the State of West SEir-
pinia; and If the same shall be SO inclu
ded, and majority of the votes cast at
the said election or elections in the dis
ffict conipbs bsed Of the Counties of Berke-
lev. Jefferson and Frederick, shall be in
favor OF Tie adoption Of this constitu-
tion. then the three last-named counties
shall also be included in and form part
Of the State Of West Virginia, "A = oZ
In pursuance' OF this provision vote
wassf faken1inthetco counties of 'Rendleto
Hardy, Hampshiresa and Morgan, at the
election provided for In the schedule,
and ANS ajoFity of the votes eastoa the
election we're in feyQr Of, the adoption OF
the Constitution, and they thereby be-
came AND hgy9geEssy yfgfs s1gRss' been recog=
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