The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-26

proposing a reunion o. tHS wv otatSs'
- any9intinp, Commissioners to treat |
mon The propositions. The Commits
si6ners appointed on the part of Vir-
1inia are VIM. Martin, John Janney,
and A. Fl. II. Stuart.
on motion of Mr.. Ferguson, the doc
uments were laid on the table and or
dered to be printed.
Mr.. Smith, from the Committee on
Counties, Townships, &c, reported a
bill to divide the county of Mcdowell
into townships.
He also, from the same committee re-
ported back the Senate bill proposing
to alter a part of the division line be-
tween Hampshire and Grant counties,
with recommendation that it do not
pass. The report was subsequently
adopted.
Mr.. Caldwell, from the Committee on
Roads, &C., reported the following
bills:
A bill to appropriate 81 200 to repair
the wire suspension bridge at Sutton.
A bill to appropriate $1,000 to repair
the bridge over the South Branch of the
Potomac on the road from Green Spring
Station to Romney.
| A bill so amending the road law as to
make the township taxes levied for road
purposes collectable by the Sheritfs in
stead of the surveyors of roads.
1
reported adversely on the proposition
to appropriate $1,000 for the construc-
ton OF a road from jasper Workman's
| house in Boone county, to the mouth OF
| Mates creek in Logan.
Among other bills considered on their
intermediate stages, was that creating
| u school law for the city of Wheeling,
which was passed to engrossment, with
but single amendment, Ton motion of
Mr.. Wheat) requiring applicants.fort the
position of teachers, to furnish, in adj
dition to evidence of good moral char
acter, evidence satisfactory to the
School Committee, of "loyalty to the
to the State of West Virginia;
The report on rules being the order
of the day, was taken up, and adopted.
The only change which possesses any
public interest, was that proposing that
no vote on any question before the
House should be by ballot. The test
vote on this change was in favor of the
open vote, 81; in favor of the ballot, IL.
So that the House determined that
hereafter all votes in that body should
be UiUG UOce.
Mr.. Burke, by leave, introduced n
bill to incorporate the Horse Shoe and
Backbone Turnpike Company, in Tuck
] er county.
Mr.. Pinnell, (Mr. Fleming in the
Chair,) by leave introduced a bill to in
corporate the Kanawha and Shenan-
doah Railroad Company.
The following resolutions of inquiry
were offered and adopted
BY Mr.. Bee: 1nstructing the Com
mittee on Roads, &c., to inquire into
the expediency of Incorporating COM
pany to construct turnpike from the
Salem and Huntsville turnpike. be-
tween the mouth of Sugar Camp Run
and Spring Run, to the Northwestern
turnpike, at or near Greenwood, all in
the county of DOddridge.
By Mr.. Lightburn: Instructing the
Committee on Counties, &C., to inquire
into the eXpediency of reporting bill
legaliZing the election of trustees in the
town of South Wheeling.
BY Mr.. Workman: Instructing the
Committee on Counties, &c, to inquire
into the propriety of reporting bill
permanently locating the county seat of
Boone, and empowering the board of
supervisors of that county to sell and
convey title to certain lands purchased
for the use and benefit of said county.
BY MIR. Smith, of Brooke: Directing
! the Committee on Roads, &C., to in
quire into the expediency of author
iZing the supervisors of Brooke county
to appropriate such sums of money as
in their judgment will be required to
macadamiZe the Wellsburg and Beth
any Turnpike on the two 1ifths princi-
| pie, but requiring that n majority of
the voters of the county vote in favor
of 1t before any appropriation shall be
made.
BY Mr.. Caldwell: Instructing the
| Committee on Roads, &c, to inquire
into the eXpediency of taxing bachelors
in order to raise fund to facilitate I'M
migration to this State.
The following petitions were present.
ed and referred:
| By Mr.. Cunningham: Petition of Jas.
G. West, of Wetzel, asking relief.
By Mr.. Coli: Petition of citizens of
Harrison county, praying relief for An
| gus NJ. Roger.
By Mr.. Smith, of Brooke: Petition of
crease in the legal late of interest.
Mr.. Pinnell (Mr. Fleming in the
chair, offered resolution that the rules
| of the House, as amended, be suspend
ed until the sixth day of February
next.
on motion of Mr.. Ferguson, the reso-
luton was laid on the table by vote
| of 80 to 81
Mr.. Heermans presented "a resolution
adopted by the town council of Graf
ton, rendering to the Legislature and
the State officers the Inequalities of the
town, in order that they might inspect
the sites for the State capitol offered by
that town and neig hborhood.
| Mr.. Hoffman moved that when the
House adjourn, it be till Monday, and
tnat the mouse go out ana partake of
the Inequalities of Grafton tomorrow,
| Mr.. Cracraft moved that the invita-
ton be accepted, and that the House
| proceed to Grafton on the 4th of July
| next.
Mr.. DAVIDSON said that the invitation
had been accepted by the Senate for
Saturday week.
At suggestion of Mr.. Ferguson, it was
ordered that the resolution of invita-
ton be received and laid OIL the table
for consideration.
Mr.. Cooper offered a resolution in
STRUGGLING the Finance Committee to in
quire into The expediency of reducing
the present rates of taxation on Ii
cense permitting bowling alleys and
billiard tables, but it was not adopted,
Mr.. Taylor, by leave, introduced a
bill TO refund to the county, through its
| board of Supervisors, n certain sum of
money collected as taxes, without pre-
vious assessment, and paid into the
| treasury.
Mr.. Beeson presented petition of
citizens of Marion county, praying n
change in the mode of collecting axes.
The House adjourned.
INDIANA.