The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-30

captured ana dleO III Eepel PrlSOuS,
asking TO be relieved from taxation and
to have the taxes heretofore paid by
them refunded. Referred to Committee
ON Humane and Criminal Institutions.
The following resolutions of inquiry
were adopted ~
By Mr.. Armstrong; Instructing the
Committee on Education to inquire
into the expediency OF providing for
uniting the three school districts within
the limits OF the town OF Moundsville.
By Mr.. Koonce: Instructing the
Committee on Roads, &c, to inquire
into the expectancy of appropriatiDg
IS 900 for the purpose of building
graded road in Jefferson county, from
Shepherdstown to Halltown, connect
ing the Harper's Ferry and Charlestown
Turnpike.
By Mr.. Heermans
WHEREAS. BY the act OF the General AS
senbIy OF Virginia, passed March II, 1881,
entitled ian act prescribing general resula-
lAtIons for the Incorporation OF railroad COM
and Directors shall be entitled TO demand and
receive for the wharfage, weighing storage
and delivery of articles at their depotS and
warehouses rates not exceeding the ordinary
warehouse rates charged in the towns where
in or nearest to which their depots and ware
other act passed by said Assembly on the
S0th day OF March, 1860, entitled IAN act to
prohibit railroad agents from charging more
than regular transportation rates on railroad
freIghts," 1t Is provided that railroad COM
panles, their agent or agents shall not charge
the regular transportation fees, storage and
other charges authorized by law and where
as, the provisions OF said acts are plainly IN
sufficient and are not sufficiently explicit TO
accomplish the manifest purpose of their en-
actment; therefore,
Resolved That the Committee on the Judi
ciary examine the several acts and regula-
tons prescribing the charges allowed 10 be
made by railroad companies, their agent or
delivery of articles. and that they report
what legislation Gf any IS necessary to es-
tablish uniform rates for wharfage, storage,
weighing and delivering articles, goods, msr-
chandise, &c
Mr.. Koonce, asked leave to introduce
bill 'to regulate the rate of interest"
providing the maximum rate on con-
tract should be ten per cent and the
legal rate in absence of contract six
per cent, and providing it should not
go into operation for one year after
passage.
The House refused to grant the leave
asked, by vote of % to %.
Mr.. Hiser offered the following joint
resolution, which was rejected:
WHEREAS, The citizens of Pendleton, Har-
DIV and Grant counties were nearly Invested
OF their perishable property by contending
armies during the late rebellion, and not
having received any portion OF the State
ReSotCed, &C., That the citizens OF said coun-
ties be relieved from the payment OF taxes
due the State for the year 1866.
bill to amend the chan ter OF the Logan
Tribe I. o. F. NJ, of the city of Wheel
ing.
Mr.. Lockhart, by leave, introduced a
bill to amend and re-enact the charter
of the town of Elizabeth, in the county
of Writ.
Mr.. Hoffman introduced a Joint reso-
luton, providing that the message and
reports to be printed each year in adj
vance of the meeting of the Legislature,
be bound together. Referred to Com
mittee on Printing, &c.
Mr.. Cooper presented petition of
the citizens of Hampshire county, pro-
testing against the change of boundary
between that county and Mineral, as
proposed in the Senate bill No. 3.
Mr.. Fleming offered the following
joint resolutions:
WHEREAS, 1t appears from the returns OF
the commissioners appointed under the act
entitled IAN act to provide for the re-asseSss-
ment of the value of the real estate within
this State that there is a great inequality in
said reValuntton and to take 1t as Il basis toI
the assessment of taxes would be manifest
injustice TO certain counties; therefore,
ReSOiCeG(, &c. That the Auditor is hereby
authorized and required to instruct the asses
SorS OF the several counties of the State to
make the assessment OF taxes on real estate
for theyear 1867 upon the valuation as 1t eS-
listed prior to the rev1luation made under the
act Aforesaid.
Mr.. Ferguson, with view of having
II report from the Auditor showing the
old valuation in order that they might
institute n comparison between il and
the new, moved that the resolution for
the present lie on the table. Agreed to.
MIR. Lightburn moved to suspend the
rules in order to take from the table
the motion to reconsider the vote by
which the House refused to order to
second reading the Senate bill promo
sing to alter the boundary between the
counties OF Hampshire and Mineral.
Refused.
The unfinished business, being the
bill to locate the Agricultural College,
was taken up. The bill before the
House was the substitute offered by
Mr.. Mann, and adopted in lieu of the
Morgantown bill. In this substitute
the name of the place was blank. and
the question occurred on filling this
blank.
Mr.. Hoffman moved to fill with Nor
gantown.
Mr.. Mann moved that the House go
into Committee fthe Whole.
The chair ruled that the lattermotion
had precedence, and it was agreed to,
and the House went into Committee,
MIR. McWhOrter in the chair.
General Harris moved that the con-
sidelation OF the subject be postponed
until Thursday to enable him to pre-
sent substitute for the bill now
before the House. He proceeded
propose; viz, that n board of Agricul-
ture for the State should be appointed
by the Governor to consist of one from
each Senatorial District and that this
board select n site for the college. 1t
would be part of his plan to secure
such donations as can be obtained by
competition and would have the col
lege located under instructions given
by the Legislature, and among other
that if two or more COM
peting points present equal advan-
tageS in other respects, the one Offering
the best Inducements in land, buildings
or money should be selected. 1t would
be found he thought that the endow-
ment fund for this college would be
wholly inadequate to any satisfactory
results, and it was important by some
su CHI plan as this TO secure the largest
possible donations. He chopped it would
be the pleasure of the House
to give him till Thursday to prepare
his substitute.
Mr.. Hoffman thought to carry out the
plan, ii the Governor
could appoint eleven men who would |
know better how to make this selection |
than the Legislature, it might be well !
10 have the members at the two Houses !
appointed by the Governor instead OF |
elected by the people. He thought the |
people We're the proper parties to Sc
Iect their delegates, and those dele |
gates were the proper parties to locate |
the public buildings.
Mr.: Ferguson said the motion of Gen.
darrls to postpone, was not in order, |
Inc committee had NO power to post
pone. They cosld only act on the sub
10 be relieved from further considera.
ion of it, or report progress and ask |