The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-03-02

ship Clerk, Supervisor, and township
Treasurer to act ss the Township Board
of Education.
Mr.. SMITH, county Suprrintend'
ent, gave notice that if this law passed
allowing him but S3 per day, he wonid
be compelled to resign and vacate hl'
position as Superintendent.
Mr.. HERVEY thought there were
many, imporiaAt changes suggested 10
this new school law, but hoped uhai
MIR. FERGUS0N'S amendment would
not prevail for it would complicate the
school law until no one could under
stand il.
Mr. STEERE was not surprised to
see Mr.. FERGUSON going for altel ing
this law, for it was only u natural deter
niration for him to have his own way
in this matter and thus substituting his
arrogant will for that of the able CON-
mittee reporting this bill.
Mr.. BOGGESS opposed the amend
ment and said it would increase the ex-
peuses instead of diminishing them:
Mr.. FERGUSON, of Cabell, doubted
the expediency of eternally tiBkering
with the school law; said he had not
read the new bill; that it contained
some eighteen pages; hence he moved
to table the entire bill, which pre-
vailed.
A bill for the collection of taxes in
Berkeley county was read the second
time, amended and eBgrOssed.
A bill for dividing Berkeley county
into assessur's districts was read aud
engrOssed.
A bill authorizing the Board of Su'
pervisors of Wayne county to declare
streams public highway was read and
engrOssed.
A bill in regard to the West Fork
Baptist Church was read and engrOssed.
Senate bill 81, providing for. the tpr-
feiture of certain lands for school pnr-
poses. Eugrossed.
Senate bill 6, in regard to sheriffs COL
lecting taxes, was read the third time.
Rules suspended and the bill passed.
:. Mr.. FER ,US0N moved to take re-
cess till half-past two o'clock. Carried.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Senate bill 81, amending and re-e9act'
ing tlie charter Of the town of Mar
tinsburg was read the third time and
passed.
A bill to release certain taxes iI Beth
any College was taken up under sus-
pension of the rules, and read upon It's
first and second reading. The same bill
was read the third time under suspen-
sion of the rules, and passed.
hill 10 in IN 4ha Ma Nrpnk
and Mechanicsburg Turnpike Company
passed.
A bill to amend an act providing for
the construction of road in the coun-
| ties of Boone and Cabell passed.
Mr.. JACOBS moved 10 reconsider the
vote or the above bill, upon the ground
that it appropriates a considerable
amount of the delinquent taxes in those
counties. .-. . ~.
Mr.. FERGUSON, of CabeIl, explained
that the appropriation wohld Only
amount to about $1,000 or S4OOU, and lie
thought these two counties needed and
deserved this little appropriation, and
hoped the House wonld not reconsider
the passage of this bill. ....r.
Mr. JACOBS looked upon this as set
ting n bad example, and could see moth
ing more nor less than an appropria.
tion in this bill and he objected to this
indirect manner of taking money from
the Treasury. .. --
The motion to reconsider was lost.
Senate Bill No. Si-cstablishinga n per
manent seat of government for this
State-came up on its final passage.
Mr.. CHAMBERS thought that
Charleston was entirely too fur South
to be convenient for the majority OF
the people of this State.
Mr.. NEWLIN proposed to explain
something in regard to his past vote for
BuckhannOn. He said it was done with
view Of IT'S being the only available
place. But as that place failed, he now
hoped to see all the original friends
Of Charleston vote with him fol-
| Charleston.
Mr.. FERGUSON, of Cabell, read from
the Constitution to shoN that the loca-
ting of the CAPITAL would not neces,
sarily remove the Legislature this ses-
sion. The vote was then taken, which
stood ~ for Charleston and % against
Mr.. HOWES meved to reconsider the
vote locating tine Capitol at ChariestOn
This motion prevailed and the bill was
tabled. .. 80
Mr.. FERGUSON, of Cabell, then
moved to take up the bill locating the
Capitol at Bridgeport. Agreed to by a
vote of - to22.
Mr.. FERGUSON, of Cabell, then
moved to strike out Bridgeport and in,
sert Buckhannon, this bill to take effect
on the lst day of June next.
An objection was raised against Buck.
haunon upen rule of order. The
Chair overruled the objection.
Mr.. BLAIR moved to table the amend.
ment.
! This motion was lost.
Mr.. ARMSTRONG moved to adjourn.
Rejected.
Mr.. SMITH moved the previous ones.
ton and the vote stood, for Buckhan.
non, %; against, %.
Mr.. BLAIR moved to adjourn. Car
ried.