The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-21
West Virginia Legislature.
WEDNESDAY, February 20.
SENATE.

A message from the House, By MI
FERGUSON, announced the passage o
House Joint Resolution No. IA, "Eeiat
ing to the preparation of the Code 0
West Virginia" Nothing was don'
with the resolution. 80 n.S
i The President laid before the Senate
letter from Mfr. Josiah Creasey, Princi
nal of the Wheeling Commercial Col
fepe, inviting the members to visit sait
College this evening at eight o'clock
which, on motion of Mr.. BURDETT
was accepted.
Mr.. MAHON, from the committee OF
Townships, Sc, reported billto ament
and re-enact secs. and 2, chap. AZ, Cod'
of 1860, in regard to notices for new
counties. Read first time.
A message from the House, by Mr.
NEIL, announced the passage OF tht
House Bill, prescribing how the general
school fund shall be apportiona to Ger
tain counties in 1867. Read first time
Mr.. HOKE, from the committee or
the Judiciary, reported adversely upor
the resolution proposing TO strike out
section %, article A, Of the Constitu
tion. Report adopted.
Mr.. HOKE presented the petition OF
S. II. Martin and one hundred and sew
enty-three others, citizens of Berkeley
county, in favor of the passage ofthe
railroad bill. Tabled.
Mr.. HOKE, on yesterday presented
the petition of Hon. E. B. Hall and
thirty-three others, demonstrating
against the passage of said bill, which
was also tabled.
A message from the House by MI
BURKE announced the passage of the
bill to amend the law respecting the as.
sessment of real estate. Read first
time. - ~ te1
Mr.. HORE moved to suspend the reg
ular order so as to reconsider the vote
by which the railroad bill was inden-
nitely postponed. Disagreed to.
Mr.. ZINN, from the committee on
Finance, reported o bill for the relief OF
Edith Martin, executrix of James Mar
tin, deceased. Read first time.
The special order for 10f o'clock (the
Capital billy was postponed until to,
morrow at IL o'clock.
Mr.. HOKE introduced a bill in rela-
tion to the recognizance of witnesses
in certain cases, and bill in relation
to presentments and indictments fol
statutory misdemeanOrs. Read first
time, and, under o suspension OF the
rvles, ordered engrossed.
A message from the House, by Mr.
MANN, announced the passage of bill
suspending the payment OF taxes In
Greenbrier county. Read first time.
Several other messages were received
from the House, announcing the pas
sage of various bills.
The following Senate Bills were pass
ed: Incorporating the w. Va. Transpor'
tation Company, and refunding the
msney paid by Jefferson and Berkley
counties as direct tax.
On motion of Mr.. HAGAR, the vote
| by which the bill locating the county
seat of Wayne county at Ceredo, was
ordered engrossed, was reconsidered
and the bill referred to the committed
on Townships, &c.
The following House bills were
passed:
Authorizing the council of the towI
of Wellsburg to close certain alley IL
said town; permanently locating the
county seat of Boone county, and pro
yiding for the erection of public build
inps: in relation to the assessment and
collection of the taxes in Monroe coun
ty for the years 1866; authorizing the
trustees of the town of Maiden, to con
vey the same; repeating the act to In
corporate the Charleston and Winches
ter Railroad Company; and authorizing
| l.. ID. Pifer to raise his mill dam.
The following bills were tabled:
For the relief of Braxton county; fol
the relief of the heirs of Edward
Mcclure; transferring to the county ol
Cabell that portion of the James fiVel
and Kanawha Turnpike, lying within
said county; and the bill to protect
birds and other game in this State.
Mr.. BURDETT moved that the reg
ular order be suspended so as to recon,
slider the vote by which the railroad
bill was indefinitely postponed. Agreed
to. 20
Mr.. BURDETT then moved that the
said vote be reconsidered.
But the PRESIDENT decided the
motion ont of order, as parliamentary
law prescribed that where q bill had
been indefinitely postponed, it could
not he again considered the same ses'
sion.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The following bills were reported:
A bill appropriating $1,000 to secure
immigration; a bill appropriating Sal, ;
GO IL for THE payment of certain mill
tary claims; bill to release the militia
from duty in time of peace.
Mr.. HARRIS, from the special COM
mittee on the question of privilege IN
the case of Uames H. FurgusOn, mem
Der of the House from Cabell county
made the following report:
The question of privilege raised by
Mr.. Furguson, called the attention OF
the House to an article published in the
WHEELING DAILY REGISTER of the 2eth
of January last, rs editorial matter
where he (the said Furguson) was char
acterized as "pardoned thief" and the
privilege of the Honse invaded by the
charge that its members were asso.
ciated with and led by "pardoned
thief --.-..
Your committee is free to express the
opiuion that the House would have
! considered the matter wholly unworthy J
of its notice, coming from as it did from
paper that has heretofore, on more
than one occasion, published slanderou'
articles against members of both branch
es of the Legislature, and reiterated
them, after they had been retuted II
the satisfaction of all candid men
showing that it is conducted on thu
principal or maxim, that "a lie vel
stuck TO is "a good as the TRUTH" but
for the fact that, in this case, document
ary evidence was produced, showing
that said Furguson stood indicted fo1
the crime of grand larceny in the Cir
cult Court Of Boyd county, Ky, IL
which Indictment it was alleged thai
he did wilfully and feloniously take
steal and carry off carpet-bag and con
tents. and an overcoat, the persona
nroperty of John NJ Burns; and that al
fbe April. term of said Court, in tn,
wear 1866, he did procure the dismissa
of said case then pending in said Court
by the production of pardon from tht
Governor of the Commonwealth o
Your committee felt it to be its duty
to investigate, IS far as 1t was able t.
do so, the question of fact alleged II
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