The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-21
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Prayer by Rev. A. B. Rohrbough.

that by the leave granted Mr.. Koonce,
OF JEFFERSON, yesterday, to vote on the
resolution ratifying the Constitutional
Amendment, it appeared three votes
had been cast by Jefferson county on
that question, when that county was
entitled to but two members, Mr..
Yantis having voted on it before his
seat was given to Mr.. Koonce.
On motion of Gen. Harris, the action
OF the House, yesterday, granting Mr..
hoonce leave, was re-considered; and
Mr.. Koonce saying he had only desired
question of ratifying the amendment,
withdrew his application to be allowed
to vote.
Mr.. Ferguson, from the judiciary
Committee, reported bill defining in
what counties certain actions may be
brought. The bill provides that any
action at law or suit in equity, except
those specified in the third and fourth
subdivisions of section one, of chapter
one hundred and sixty-nine of the Code
of Virginia, may be brought and prose-
cuted in any county wherein the de-
fendant, or one of the defendants, re-
sides; or in any comfy where the cause
of action arose; and the summons in
any such action or suit may be directed
to and served by the Sheriff of any
county wherein any of the defendants
may reside or be found.
Read first time.
Mr.. Smith, from the Committee on
Counties, Towns, &c, reported bill
permanently locating the county seat
the county seat of Mcdowell.
Mr.. Caldwell, from the Committee on
Roads, &c, which was directed to in
Quire into the following subjects, re-
ported it inexpedient: 1st. To make
any appropriation for the construction
of turnpike from Meadow Bluffs, in
Greenbrier county, to ROane Court
House. 2ud. To repeal the law trans
ferring the turnpikes to the several
counties. 3rd. To make an appropria-
tion to build bridge across Proctor
creek in WetZel county. 4th. To de-
clare Spring creek in the counties OF
Roane and Writ, a navigable stream.
5th- To grant n charter and make an
appropriation for the construction of
graded road from Glenville to the Par
kersburg Branch Railroad and 9th. to
make an appropriation to rebuild a
bridge over Indian creek in Monroe
county.
He also, from the same committee,
reported that the compensation of sur
veyors of roads is already provided for
by law, and that legislation for the pur-
pose is unnecessary.
He also, from the same committee,
which was directed to inquire into the
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a certain portion of the Martins Bot
tom and Huttonville turnpike; of
changing the location of n certain por-
ton of the Staunton and Parkersburg
turnpike; and of establishing "A road
from Boone Court House to Barbours-
ville,-reported the action conIempla-
ted by the resolutions directing these
inquiries is within the jurisdiction of
the Boards of Supervisors OF the sew
eral counties in which the roads are or
are proposed to be located, and that it
is not expedient to legislate on the sub
jects named.
Mr.. Cunningham, from the Commit
tee on Printing, &c, reported the fol-
lowing joint resolution:
JOINT RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE DIS
TRIBUTIoN OF CERTAIN ACTS.
ResoLred by the Legislature of West
Vir0iItid, That the Secretary of the State
be directed to suspend action under the
I'd section ofjoint resolution No. I9, Acts
of 1866, and that the volumes printed
under the first section of that resolu-
tion, remaining in charge ofthat officer,
be by him disposed of, as follows:
One copy to each recorder, clerk of
the circuit court, prosecuting attorney,
clerk of the board OF supervisors, asses
sor, justice and judge, in the State, not
already furnished with one;
One copy TO each member of the pres
ent legislature
One copy to the Governor of each
State and Territory, for the library
thereof;
One copy to each Representative from
this State in the XLth Congress of the
United States and one to each Senator of
this State in the Senate of the United
States;
One copy to the West Virginia Hos
pital for the Insane, and one to the
board of directors of the Penitentiary;
One copy each to the judge, clerk, at
torney and marshal of the District Court
Of the United States for the District of
West Virginia;
Three copies to the librarian of Con-
gress, and three to the Secretary ofState
of the United States;
And one copy to each officer in this
State, if any there be, who is entitled
to receive the session acts, but has not
been furnished with the same, or with
lates.
The residue to be offered for sale at
price not below the actual cost, and
the proceeds of all sales paid into
the treasury.
Mr.. McWhorter, from the special
committee on rules, submitted a report,
which was ordered to be printed.
A message from the Senate announced
the passage of the joint resolution dis
tributing two copies of the Code report
to each member and ordering the resi-
due to remain in the library subject to
order of the legislature.
House bill No. 1, to amend the char
ter of the Marion and Monongalia Nav
igation Company, was read the second
time. The object of the bill is to change
the corporators named in the charter,
those named in it not having done any-
thing under the former act.
Mr.. Beeson moved 10 add to the bill
q provision that mo toll shall be
charged or collected ion any lumber
going down said river from any point
above the slack or any produced by
any dam Of said company, MOTTO return,
until all the locks are completed and
in running order to the town of Fair
mont"
Mr.. Beeson said this amendment was
very important to the interests of his
people. The Stacking of the river as
proposed would really be no advantage
TO the citizens on the upper part of the
river, but rather the opposite in his
quantities of lumber, the only outlet
for which was down that river. He
thought they were entitled to a free
passage through the dams until the
improvement is sufficiently extended
to give his people the benefit OF it.
Mr.. Hoffman said former propo-
sitiOns similar to this had always
been killed by taeking on some such
provision as that proposed by the
gentleman from Marion. If it was
the intention to improve the State,
it could not be done all at once !;
it must be done little by little; and they
must offer some inducements 10 capital.
No corporation was going to make an
improvement in our State unless they
could reap some benefit from 1t. Put
ting that provision to the end of this
bill was just like chartering a railroad
company and saving the Dassenuers