The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-24

| with an amenuHent PANFNH6 " 81
/ into the election to-oay.
Mr. smith. of Brooke, moved to post
nona m rther consideration of the reso-
| fntion until tomorrow, but the motion
was, not agreed to, and the amendment
Of the Senate was concurred in.
A number OF bills were considered in
their intermediate stages, and the fol-
lowing House bills were passed:
The bill amending the charter of the
Marion and Monongalia Navigation
Company.
The bill regulating disappointment
of the school fund to Kanawha county
in the year 1867.
The bill locating the county seat of
Mcdowell county.
Among other bills considered was
that proposing to refund taxes paid for
bounties in 1866 by those who had
served in the Union army.
Gen. Harris offered a substitute pro-
posing to refund all such taxes paid by
soldiers during the rebellion and since.
The substitute was adopted and ordered
to eugrossment.
The hour having arrived for counting
the vote for State officers, the Senate
were notified OF the readiness of the
House to IFOceed.
Subsequently the Senate in a body
visited the chamber of the House, and
the returns of the vote for Governor,
Auditor, Secretary of the State, and
Treasurer, were formally opened and
counted, and it was declared that Ar
Their I. Foreman, for Governor, John S.
Witcher, for Secretary of the State,
Joseph NJ. McWhorter, for Auditor, and
| jacob Bristor, for Treasurer, having re-
ceived the highest vote for the Offices
| named, were elected for the term of two
years from the 4th of March next. The
entire vote having been heretofore pub
liShed in our columns, we omit it here
EDS
After the Senate had retired the
House took recess till o'clock p. NJ
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House re-assembled, and at once
proceeded to the election of State SUI
perintendeut of Schools.
Mr.. Ferguson nominated DIR. d. L.
Dorsey of Fairmont.
Mr. McWhorter nominated Prof. w.
X. White, the present incumbent.
The claims of DIR. Dorsey were advO-
Gated by Messrs. Ferguson, Harris and
Lightburn, those of Prof White by
Messrs. McWhorter and Cunningham.
Mr.. Ferguson moved that the vote be
taken ViUG Uoce, and it was agreed TO by
IL vote OF 30 TO q. t1f
A message announced that the Sem
ate had nominated Dr. Dorsey, Prof.
White and Col. Milton Wells of Brooke.
The House proceeded to vote, and the
first call of the roll resulted: Dorsey
n; White "a.
The first vote in the Senate was as
certained to be: Dorsey 10; White 8
and Wells .. The joint committee to
count the vote therefore ascertained
| that the whole vote cast was II; of
which Dorsey received 81. White Sc,
and Wells ). 1t requiring 81, IA Inajori-
ty OF the whole vote cast, to elect, there
| was no choice.
MIR. Smith, of Brooke, nominated Col.
Milton Wells in the House.
The roll was called again with the
! following result: Dorsey n, White 20,
| Wells ,. 1t was ascertained that the
second vote in the Senate stood: Dor
sey 49, White 9. So the Joint Commit
| tee reported the whole vote rs, of which
Prof White received IS, DR.. Dorsey 81,
and Col. Wells 5. Prof. White having
received "a majority of the whole, was
therefore declared elected State Super
intendent of Free Schools for the term
of two years, from the 4th of March
next.
Mr.. Taylor, by leave. introduced a
bill to regulate the apportionment ofthe
school fund next April in the counties
of BraXton and Hampshire, 1t appears
merations, the distribution to those
counties for 1865 was less than it would
| have been ifthe enumerationS had been
completed according to law. The OBJ
ject OF the bill is to add to the next dis
tribution the amounts which these
counties are thus deficient.
Mr.. Golf offered resolution to add
Mr.. Taylor and Mr.. Lockhart to the
| Special Committee on Temperance.
Agreed to.
The following resolutions of inquiry
were adopted:
By Mr.. Koonce: Instructing the FL
nance Committee to inquire into the ex-
| pedienGy of so amending the school
law as to allow each county 10 retain
its school taxes for the support of the
free schools in that county.
By Mr.. McQuilkin: Instructing the
Judiciary Committee to inquire into the
] expediency of so amending the law as
to prevent rebels from serving on ju-
ries.
On motion of Mr.. Fleming, the joint
resolution reported by the committee
on Printing, &c, some days ago, to.
provide for distribution OF the re-
printed acts was taken up and adopted.
Mr.. Armstrong presented n petition
signed by 135 citizens of the State pray
ing the enactment OF a prohibitory
liquor law. Referred.
Mr.. Hoffman, by leave, introduced u
ton of the West Va. Agricultural Col
lege. The bill proposed to locate the
institution at Morgantown.
Mr.. Carroll, by leave, introduced n
bill to amend the charter of the town of
Ceredo, in Wayne county.
Mr. Ferguson, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported bill authorizing
the trustees of the NJ. L. Church in
Buckhannon to convey their Church
property.
Adjourned.