The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-11

ferred, on motion of Mr.. Fleming, to the
Committee on Humane and Criminal
Institutions.
The bill to provide for a State Nor
NAL School was taken up, land on motion
of Mr.. Harris was referred to special
committee of three, to be appointed.
The bill for the division of Upshur
county into two assessment districts
was considered. Mr.. Ferguson said as
this bill read it would put out of office
the present assessor who had recently
been elected for two years; and as this
was evidently not intended, he moved
its commitment to the judiciary COM
mittee. Agreed to.
The bill transferring the States in
tereSt in the James River and Kama
wha turnpike in Cabell county, to that
county, and the bill repeating the act of
the General Assembly of Virginia in
cooperating the Charleston and Win
chester Railroad Company were ordered
to engros5ment.
A large number of other bills of a
local or private. nature, and of little
general interest, were considered on sec
ond reading.
The bill to amend the charter of the
Covington and Ohio Railroad Company
was taken up on second reading. 1t
re-enacts the eth section OF the act of
March 1, 1866, appoints James Burley
n. j. Samuels, Burton Despard, Joel
Mcpherson and --, commits
sioners on the part of this State, to act
either separately or in CONJUNCTION with
the Virginia commissioners, and makes
it their duty to offer the benefits of the
charter to those who will assure the
speediest and best construction and
equipment of the road. 1t empowers
them to make contract with any par
ties who will give the best terms and
most satisfactory assurances ofcapacity
I i
| that if the West Virginia Central Rail-
way Company shall offer to contract
said road on as good terms, and
shall give as satisfactory assurances of
| capacity and responsibility as any
other persons or company, then the
| commissioners are to contract with
that company. But no act OF the COM
missioners, whether acting by them
selves or in conjunction with the COM
missioners appointed by Virginia, is to
be valid or etfectual unless approved
| of or voted for by at least three of the
commissioners appointed by this act.
Mr.. Gibson moved to strike out the
name of Burton Despard and insert that
of Harrison Hagans, but withdrew it
at the request of Mr.. Lightburn, who
moved to insert the name of Harrison
| Hagans in the blank. Mr.. Lightburn,
however, subsequently, withdrew his
| motion, and Mr.. Gibson renewed his.
| MI reISuSOu LuONeu 10 III the Dirk
with the name of John S. Cunningham
of Kanawha.
A discussion ensued between Mr..
Ferguson and Mr.. Pinnell, the former
claiming that the southwest must have
three of the five commissioners, and
that Mr.. Hagans was unfriendly to the
CovinGton and Ohio Road, and the lat
ter claiming that two of the COMMITS
| sioners should be in the southwest, two
in the northeast, and one to represent
the central part of the State (whose in
terests would be represented by Mr..
Hagans), and that Mr.. Hagans was not
unfriendly 10 the Covington and Ohio
Railroad.
Mr.. Gibson's motion was rejected,
and that of Mr.. Ferguson adopted.
The House adjourned.
[NorE.-In our report of the proceed
ings of the House on Thursday, we in
advertedly stated that the motion to
indefinitely postpone the capital bill
was made by Mr.. Carroll. The motion
was made by General Lightburn, OF
Lewis