The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-15
Ie indefinite postponement of

the resolution.
Mr.. Fleming asked that the gentle
man would Withdraw the motion, to
allow him to offer an amendment with
a view OF perfecting the resolution.
Mr.. Lightburn withdrew il and Mr..
tlemlng offered the following as an ad-
dition to the resolution:
~ That the Governor cause a medal
of equal quality and cost with that pro-
vided in the foregoing resolution, to be
struck and presented to the Grand
Llama of the order of E Clamps Vitus,
as testimonial of the value of his en-
terprise and eXertions, and his unceas-
ing efforts in developing that ancient,
venerable and celestial ORDER in this
State; and that the device and inscrip-
ton thereon be the mystic SCROLL and
the motto of the order"
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. Roonce moved to refer to a spe-
cial committee of five.
Mr.. Cunningham moved to refer to
the COMMITTEE on Arts, Sciences and
General Improvements"
The motion to commit taking prece-
dence, the House refused to commit.
Mr.. Marshman then moved the in
definite postponemeut of the resolution,
and it was agreed to.
The following petitions were present.
ed:-
By Mr.. Kellar: A petition of citi-
Lloyd Davis, of that county, be releas-
ed from taxation.
By Mr.. BOggess: A petition of citi-
zens of Roane county praying the i'm
Provement of the navigation of Spring
Creek in that county.
by MIR. Snider: A petition of citi-
zens OF Gilmer county asking legisla-
ton for the protection of deer.
BY Mr.. Armstrong: A petition of SO
citizens OF Ohio county protesting
against the release from taxation of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad COM
pany.
By Mr.. Vaughan: A petition of cit
liens OF New Haven, Mason county,
asking to have the town incorporated.
By Mr.. kincaid; a petition of citi-
zens of Fayette county asking extern
sion of the term of township officers.
By Mr.. Lightburn: A petition of cit
liens of Harrison county praying a
change in the southwestern boundary.
By Mr.. Goff: a petition of James
Lynch and others, citizens of Harrison
county, asking relief for the Board of
Education of Grant township in that
county.
Bills were introduced, on leave, as
By Mr.. Hibbets: A bill to amend
1853.
By Mr.. Cooper: a bill to appoint a
Vaccine Agent at Lewisburg.
BY Mr.. Payne: A bill amending
sec. II, Acts of 1864.
By Mr.. Golf: a bill to permit the
Elk Hill Gas Coal Company to borrow
money.
Resolutions were offered and adopted
as follows:
By Mr.. Heermans: Directing the FL
nance Committee to inquire into the
expediency of reporting a bill author
lTlnU the Rnn F6G n
cept lists of insolvent militia fines
made by Sheriffs in counties where no
TTegimental courts for that purpose Lave
been held.
BY the same: Directing the Special
committee on Temperance to inquire
into the expediency of reporting n bill
amending the license law, SO as to re-
qulre persons obtaining a license to sell
native wine, ale, porter and beer, to
give bond that they will not sell to
minors, or on Sunday and also of in
creasing the amount to be recovered
fora breach of the bond, from $40 to
SZO SO that the circuit courts may nave
Jurisdiction.
MIR. Fleming called up the joint reso-
luton proposing that the assessment on
real estate for 1867, shall be made on
the old valuation, on account of the in
CAPABILITIES of the new valuation.
on the table.
Mr.. Fleming said the assessors were
required to begin work on the first of
this month. This matter of determin-
ing how the next assessment should be
made had been been before the House
Tor some ten days. 1t was now the mid
die of the month, and if ANYTHING was
TO be done, there was no time to lose,
lie was informed by the Auditor. that
he was daily receiving letters on the
subject; that the Assessors in most of
the counties, understanding something
might be done, were DELAYING in con-
sequence of the uncertainty. Besides
there were several counties from which
no return of the new valuation had
been made. He would just as lief the
House should vote down the resolution
as to table it.
Mr.. Bee said the books from Dod-
dridge county had arrived. Under the
old valuation, many large tracts were
valued at from p to so cents per acre,
Under the new none were valued at less
than 81 90 per acre. He thought the
valuation in that county was fair one.
and that it would be impolitic to 90
back to the old valuation. He was sure
IL would do great injustice to the citi-
zens ofhis county.
Mr.. Harris said, in his county the re-
cent valuation had increased nearly
Tour hundred per cent. above the for
mer valuation. In Lewis, it was one
hundred per cent; and every one ia
miliar with that section of tie State
knew land in Lewis was wo nth twice
as much as in Richie.
MIR. Heermans didn't think there was
any mora inequality in the new yalua- |
ton than in the old. BE saw no step
being taken to equalize it.
MIR. Foreman said the proposition was |
S SIM 70 let the matter stand one
year longer on the old assessment, he
was struck with the remarks of the
gentleman from Doddridge that no land
In that county was assessed below one
dollar per acre. Doddridge county had
a railroad through the middle of it. In
I tyLeT teere was no land assessed at
less than three dollars an acre, and II
was no better than Doddridge. He
thought the next assessment should be
on the old valuation, and meanwhile
some provision could be made for
the new valuation all over
Mr.. Harris said if the resolution nra-
vailed, he would tomorrow Introduce
4 bill looking to that object.
MIR. Bee said in reply to the compari.
'on OF MIR. Boreman between Doddridre
and Tyler, that parts of Doddridge
we're twenty miles from the railroad. II
vas al rough and some Of it very mac
Mr.. Wheat thought there was less
in the last assessment than
n the old. When the capital question
vas up, certain gentlemen were lavish
n praise of the capacities and riches
u thelr counties; but now that it was
question of taxation. their lands wsre
lot worth anything.
Mr.. kellar said in one of the districts i
u his county the lands were valued at
n average of over Sl4 per acre; in the
Their at something over SIS; and the (
ands IN one district were worth Just as |
Mr.. workman was opposed to going t
ack TO the old assessment. He sniS {