The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-06-05
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.


called to order.
Prayer by Mr.. ROBERT HAGAR. Del
egate.
Mr.. J. II. FERGUSON, Chairman of
the Judiciary committee, reported bills
allowing L. c. Ricketts, and Joseph H..
PendletOn toRracticc law without TAX
ing the test-oath.
Mr.. BLAIR offered u resolution ia
quiring into the expedieucy of a wharf
opposite Parkershurg, on Little Kama
wha river.
Mr.. WEIGH offered q resolution ask.
ing the Judiciary committee to report
bill for the immediate location of the
Capital.
Mr.. J. II. FERGUSON moved to ia
BILE the resolution. Carried.
Mr.. TOMLINSON offered a resolution
in regard to juries.
Mr.. MAHON introduced petition for
the relief of Adam Harpsld.
Mr.. JACOBS offered resolution in
regard to apprOpriating certain road
tax.
Mr.. CHAMBERS moved to take from
the table the resolution in regard to ap-
prOpriating mail carrier. He thought
there was some unfairuess about this
matter.
Mr.. WEIGH thought Mr.. CHAMBERS
was rejecting upon the honor OF the
House, and asked for an apology. No
apology was given.
Mr.. j. II. FERGUSON hoped the Ser
geant-at-Arms would have this matter
entirely entrusted to him.
Mr.. TOMLINSON was satisfied with
the present arrangement, and thought
We needed no more pages nor mail car
riers.
Mr.. HERVEY thought the House
should not make any positions for the
sake of giving situations to the sons of
the various members.
Mr.. EVANS introduced a resolutions
in regard to the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad vote as taken in the county of
Mercer.
Upon motion of Mr.. j. II. FERGU-
son, the resolution was tabled.
The Clerk announced the joint revis-
ing committee for the House: J. ii.
Ferguson, VIM. Ii. Tomlinson, Nathan
Goff, VIM. NJ. Welch, James Hervey, j.
w. Allison, S. l.. Armstrong, John l..
Cole, Francis Heermans, A. w. Mann,
Thomas Boggess, j. Il. Smith.
On motion of Mr.. j. II. FERGUSON, the
rules were suspended and the bill to al.
low l.. G.. 'Rickets to practice law with
out taking the test oath, was put upon
its first and;second reading.
Mr.. CHAMBERS could not see why
lawyers should be gagged with test
oath while doctors practiced without
license.
Mr.. ARMSTRONG demanded the pre-
vious question and the bill was read the
second time.
Mr.. FERGUSON, of Cabell, moved to
suspend the rules and put the bill upon
its passage.
Mr.. ARMSTRONG opposed the sus.
pension of the rules.
Mr.. FLEMING, of Harrison, thought
the House should not embark in such
general legislation unless they intended
to go into a general relief bill and allow
all to practice, repeating the law en-
tirely. This he wouid go for but would
oppose this special legislation for indi-
viduals.
Mr.. BLAIR thought we had nothing
else to do and might as well put this
through.
Mr.. TOMILSON favored the bill, said
he knew the applicants name in the
bill and hoped it would pass-motiOn to
suspend passed, all the Democrats voting
aye.
Mr.. HERVEY moved to suspend the
rules in order to have House bill No.
read the second time.
Mr.. ARMSTRONG demanded the ayes
and noes. The motion to suspend was
lost.
Mr.. ZINN reported joint resolution
from the Senate, asking the House to
concur therein for an adjournment OF
that body until Monday night.
Several Intellectual efforts were made
to adjourn to meet at various times.
On motion of Mr.. JACOB the Senate
joint resolution adjourning that body
was taken up and amended so as to ad-
journ the Legislature until Monday
next. The joint resolution, as amend
ed was passed.
On motion of Mr.. J. II. FERGUSON,
the resolution in regard to the Capital
was taken from the table, and the resolu-
tion instruoting the committee to report
a bill for the location of the Capital was
thoroughly debated, Messrs. FER
GUSON, BLAIR and RIDDLE favoring
its adoption, ARMSTRONG, HERVEI
and FLEMING, of Harrison, opposing
it.
A motion to table the resolution was
lost.
On motion of Mr.. BLAIR the House
adiosrned nntil Monday at two O'Clock