The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-15
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
EXTRA SESSION.
TUESDAY, July IA. 1865.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Prayer by Rev. +. c. H. Lampe, of
the First Lutheran Church.
Chapter III, of the Code, relating 10
Elections by the people, was returned
from the House with n portion of the
Senate's amendments concurred in
and portion disagreed to.
On motion Of Mr.. Boreman the chap
ter was laid on the table TO give time
for examination.
Chapter XT, OF the Code. relating 10
the compensation of persons In the
service OF the State, &C., returned from
the House at the request of the Senate
was amended on motion of Mr.. Farms
worth by fixing the salary of the vac
cine agent at $3.50, per annum, instead
of SIOO. The chapter was again passed.
A message from the House, by Mr..
Pinnell, announced the passage OF a
bill to provide for the employment oI a
record clerk in the Adjutant Generals
office, and also the adoption of the re-
nort of the Conference Con- mittee, hx-
ing the nay of the Committee which
investigated the affairs of the Hospital
for the insane at So per day and mile
age. Said bill was read the first time,
aud said report was adopted.
Mr.. Zinn, from the Committee on FL
nance and Claims, reported back the
House bill to remit fine of $50 against
William Lucas, OF Brooke county, for
playing cards with u trained hog. re-
commencing its passage. Ordered to
its third reading.
Mr.. Zinn reported adversely on the
petition of Thomas j. Cogan asking
$3.50 for assessing Webster county In
1861. Report adopted.
Mr., Bnrley, from the Committee on
Humane and Criminal Institutions, re-
ported bill TO pay for keeping the
deaf, dumb and blind of this State at
I 09T- "a Rpn1 the frat
time.
Mr.. Hoke, from the Judiciary, re-
ported back the Senate bill legalizlng
| The conveyance of Calvary n. p.
Church, Barbour county, to The Meth
odist Church. Ordered engrossed
Mr., Hoke also reported bill to
amend theact concerning cases trans
ferred from the Supreme Court of APP
peals and District Courts OF Virginia
to the Supreme Court of this State.
Read the first time.
Mr.. Farnsworth from the Committee
| on Internal Improvements 6c., report
ed back the bill to incorporate the
Davis Creek Railroad Company; the
bill to incorporate the Great Kama
wha and Coal River Railroad and I'm
provement Company; and the Dill to
appropriate $1,000 for certain turnpike
| in Pocahontas and Webster. ALI order
ed to their third reading.
House Bill No. Ss, "a Dill to exempt
| the school bonds of Wellsburg, Buffalo
and Cross Creek townships In the
| county OF Brooke, from county and
township taxation, was read the third
time, when
Mr.. Wilson said he could see no good
reason why this bill should not be pass
ed, He thought it ought to pass. II
was matter that affected only the
people of the townships named. 1fthe
bill proposed to exempt the bonds from
State taxation he should certainly op-
| pose 1t, but 1t did not, and he thought II
was no more than fair and just that
those townships should have the right
to do this, SO as the better to enable
them to sell their bonds to advantage,
as the State lost nothing by 1t.
Mr.. FarnsWorth said:
Mr., President-I am surprised that
| the Senator from Ohio should advocate
the passage of a bill exempting bonds
from taxationi I, sir, am in favor ol
taxing bonds of all kinds. where there
is not an express provision OF law tC
the contrary. 1 am opposed to the
passage OF the bill because it would be
establishing q bad precedent. Tho
law should be general. The capitalist
who purchased these bonds at less than
their full value should be required tc
pay tax on them as he pays on Other
| personally. 1 can see no good reason
taxed :at It's full value, whilst another
species should be exempt from all ta1
Whatever. Bonds are personal proper.
ty and should be taxed at their full
| value, where there is not an express
l provision, made by law, to the contrary
I hope the bill will not pass.
Mr.. Applegate took the same position
as Mr.. Wilson, and explained particu'
larly why the bill was needed. The
bill then passed, yeas 20, nay, Mr.
Farnsworth.
Adjourned till O'Clock tomorrow.