The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-09
West Virginia Legislature.
FRIDAY, Feb. 8.

praying tuat II. L II. ceauo o0 "ho"Se
to practise ss an attorney without tax
ing the test oath. The report wa
adopted.
Mr.. HOKE, from the judiciary com
mittee, reported back Senate Bill No. 8
"To establish permanent seat of gov
ernment for West Virginia." with vari
GUS amendments filling the blanks. Tht
bill was not acted on.
Mr.. BURLEY, by leave. introduced
Senate Bill No. SO, "To provide fol
winding up the North Western Bank
of Virginia" Read first time.
Mr.. CHAPLINE, by leave, introduced
Senate Bill No. So, ITO appropriate mon
ey to build mud pike from Charleston
to FlatwOods,n which was read the hrs
time, and, on motion of Mr.. RAYMOND
tabled. ..E
Mr.. DIX, by leave, introduced Senate
Bill No. 81, "To incorporate the town OF
Buffalo, in Putnam county" Read the
first time. ........-
Mr.. OBRIEN, by leave, introduced
Senate Bill No. IS, Staying the collec-
ton of certain debts"
A message from the House, by Mr..
WILLIAMSON, announced the passage
of House Bill No. 50, "To change the
time of holding the Courts in the Sixth
circuit, which (the rule being suspend.
ed) was read three times to-day, and
passed by q unanimous vote.
Messrs. CHAPLINE, HOKE and
CARSKADON obtained leave Of absence,
after to-day, until Tuesday next.
A communication from the House by
Mr.. STEVENSON announced the pas
sage of House Bill No. 81, "For the re-
lief of the sureties of James +. Scott,
late Sheriff of Jackson county.
At 10{ o'clock, the B. g. O.. Z. K. bill
came up, as the special order. :,
Various amendments were offered,
and ELECTED considerable discussion,
participated in Messrs. Burley, Martin,
Carskadon, Chapline, Hoke, Burdett,
Farnsworth and others, but was finally
referred to the committee on Finance
and Claims, without any of the amend
ments being adopted.
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The following bills were reported: A
bill to prohibit the sale of Intoxicating
LIQUORS as beverage; bill suspending
the payment of taxes in Greenbrler
county for 1865; an act to incorporate
the town of Glenville, Gilmer county.
House Bill No. 5, Providing in what
counties suits may be brought" was
passed. The bill provides that actions
at law or suit in equity may be brought
in any county: First, where the defend
ant, or one of the defendants resides;
or. where the cause of action arose; and;
that suits for libel against newspapers
NAV be brought in any county where the
paper circulates.
The vote on the bill was as follows:
YEAs-1: Messrs. Armstrong, Ballard
Bee, Beeson, Billmyer, Bowyer, Cald'
we'll, Carroll, Cracraft, Cunningham,
Ferguson, Goff, Grose, Harris, Heer'
mans, Hibbets, Hiser, Hoffman, John
son, Kiucaid, Koonce, Lightburn, Lit
tie, Lockhart, Mann, Marshman, Nc
Carty, McQuilkin, Neel, Payne, Smith
of Brooke, Smith of Berkeley, Spencer
Vaughan, Welton, Williamson and
Workman.
NAYs-l4: Mcssrs. Pinnell, (Speaker)
Bickel, Boreman, Brown of Ohio, Burke,
Davisson, Fleming, Gibson, Kellar,
Lame, McWhorter, Snider, Taylor and
Wheat.
The House Bill locating the county
seat of Boone county Cat Madison) was
passed.
The House Bill authorizing the coun-
ell of the town of Wellsburg to close a
certain alley in said town, was passed.
The House Bill to change the number
of Logan Tribe of the Improved Order
of Red Men," in the city of Wheeling,
was passed.
Mr.. BROWN (of Ohio) presented the
petition of near two hundred citizens OF
said county, asking the establishment
of House OF Refuge.
The following joint resolution, offered
| by Mr.. KOONCE, was passed:
RESOLVED, by the Legislature Of Vest |T-
oinia, That our Senator'S and Represen-
tatives in Congress be, and are hereby
instructed to procure the passage OF
| bill for the sale of the public grounds
where the National Armory was To-
Gated at Harper's Ferry in this State.
A number of bills on their first and
second reading were "put through"
| The Senate Bill transferring the IN
terest of the State in the Maryland and
Virginia Bridge Company. at Shep-
herdstown, to the stockholders of the
same. (prorided o bridge shall be placed
across the river from said town to
Bridgeport, Md, before Nov. l, 1862
was passed.
The House Bill for the relief of the
sureties of James +. Scott, late Sheriff
of Jackson county, was passed.
Mr.. HEERMANS presented resolu'
ton declaring Senate Bill No. %, (rela'
\ ting to a compromise with the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company to be un'
constitutional and discriminating
measure; and that said bill meets the
! disapprobatiOn of the House.
Mr.. FERGUSON said that was a
novel way to kill bill, and upon his
objecting to the resolution, it was laid
over.
The Auditor, in response to resolu-
ton, communicated list of the insur-
ance companies doing business in the
State who had and had not complied
with the law of 1864. Laid on the ia.
BILE.
On motion of Mr.. FURGUSON the SEN
ate bill regulating appeals and contin-
Saturday for want Of Constitutional
; vote, but which was subsequently ia
bled, was taken up.
After near an hours discussion, the
bill was rejected by the following vote
Yeas.-27: Messrs. Armstrong Ballard
Billmyer, BOggess, Brown, (of Monon'
gala Caldwell, Carroll, Cooper, Cra'
craft, Davisson, Ferguson, Grose, Har-
man, Hibbetts, Johnson, Koonce, Lamb
Lightburn, Marshman, MCarty,
M'QuiIkin, Neel, Payne, Smith, 4 (Gf Berke.
levy Welton. Wheat, and d3Workman.
Nays.-29: Messrs. Pinnell, (Speaker)
Bee, Beeson, Bickel, Boreman, Bowyer,
Brown, of (Ohio), Burke, Cunningham
Fleming, Gibson, Goff, Harris, Heer'
mans, Hiser, Hoffman, Kellar, Kincaid
Lane, Little, Lockhart Mann, MWhor'
ter, Smith, (of .Brooke), Snider, Spsn
Ger. Taylor, Vaughan, and Williamson
House adjourned.
3 The theatrical critic Of q Macon pa
per has the following gush of rhetoric
. concerning an actress named Price
. Shakespeare, who knew some thing
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