The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-02-06

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tpXlton, aud, 10 some instances, below
tAeSiluslioa ON which i, has h,en tax
Ell lormany years. leah your attention
to his matter, and suggest that it be 10
qli,ei into anil tho wtaog corrected.
\ II may be proper that | should, ia
I this connection, tefor to tho fact that the
suit BY Injunction. which the Blldmoro
and Ohio Railroad CompnoY instituted
some inns sinco, in thu Circuit Count Of
| MarshaIl county, to contest the tishl Of
! The State to Ay ia property has been
ieohel by tia, C1uu IN favnt Of the
I,Snte, From this leciion, however, an
Appel has boan taken by the Company
10 Tho Court OF Appeals Of the State,
Hhote,a 6nAl determiaaioa Of the cues.
ton involved m1y, I approhoni, be
looked for without! much delay,
Tho commissionersTppoint1l under an
act 6r'CoQgress to adjust the claim OF
the State against the United States, for
moneys expeule in paying aud supply.
ing military forces organic aaGpd en-
! ploYsl for the suppression Of tho rebel.
lion, have but rocendy made their report
and | can soc no reason why the amount
found doa shoall not,be,pSid at an ear
~ day.
= Commissioners lo.trpat with Virginia
in reglnl 30 The public deb, 9lthat State,
have not yet'been appoiute' updot Aho
resolutions on the subject adopted blythe,
Legislature, FobrgHy 2S> 1887 Tl,e
resoIutionspreseribe lhStthe gi, bToaShIi
by Virginia, IN tho uprame Coutt Of tic
Uuitad States, TO recover jurisdiction
over the coualios ofB1rkeley aud ,Jet-i
'ers5h, sh&ll,be finally disposed of bOs
fore such appointment shaA b. made,
whiOs event has not yosAikqspirSa apls
lift had, there mig'l sa!l q 9aaslish
sshotbcf such settlement, sltoalif Il ke
place pressatconaiG3jN,Ql aifs
in .Virgibia 'g -
You Wllt5syo bsf6tatysdalSf Report.
OF the goaFd Of lWectogpt atA, HospiAl
TOT the glsals,Sat ASVYsslap, acronp aaIs !.
by the reports, OF tho ot6tpBlssys of o.
sIositStiou. Enlightenment contains
full emil ,rresl L gshL expasep olssIbo prog
rssE oi'thelgGslfselloa 81 the bpiidiags
Iandpflht Expenditures thsfoFor sail
Esbe inler1 mlnaeOnstt anl
of ehe tIoshaal larsihsle isai
sspQls y a. thet I.lfsIsgl llgela
afford 1itisias lloq b . y 81 NJ ne
|lGdlr Aal thar takes 81 ibtetest
tthe aba c501 u
linbst Siiticis 81 our ci.izsns Tor
wEpal Tue ilssa6tion IS designed. This
rtiIe@iIs alters conlectad Nth
tho .cOlslFuodonsabd asnSzeinshto the
Hcspital gp4o September SS Sal t
I'thstkgas noeporilon ofihe S6afild;t y 10
sditioa LG.hleheraytfofe used hal been
cohplaled. but | 6sBs no v, lbe 50 isiac-
zion oisIafaA Ihst IN additional section
containing Foon sdi I6r 6ny Iinn-
drvd patisris, hass tSmslelsd md,
fptois5cj. ready }stsis isSsp,ion. snd
| lhNsis Gfqry assa99pG thu, Che tomaii
fnigs secli5a, Iaiti Al las blenis,pFccesa
q rouslrusiith. Nill.be completed BY the
tsfIal Of April gSSe wben there SiAsbs
c5MloIahia accomm dliions foteiRp,
hundrdl aud lyan,y i've .paiienisst Aud
ih;s wilthAyo been acGSlnplsAad With
ihe appropriations slitrstofore .pal9
and no moro money Tor the uOma ietinst
Of this potion of The building u Asked
for, The medical superintendent has
already, unier the timely and approprih
ate instructions Of the Board of Directs
o,s, Transferred forty of the luna'ics Of
this State from the Asylum Il! Stanton,
Virginia, TO WesLoni AMI number have
also been brought in from tho jails in
different parts of the Stale, whore they
thave been unoomforIabIy, yet nocessari
" confined for longer or shorter periods.
commend 10 your consideration the
FsevCral mltLeEs suggested in this report
as requiring egiSationi only one or tive
Of which, however, shall notice spe
cially OHe Of these /; the revision OF
the laws inregsrI TO Asylums as they
ATE found among the old statutes, which
are regarded hs much more volumidous
than necessary, and may probably b.
SimpIifed and better adapted to the reg.
ulalion Of our Asylum by being revised
aud condensed. Another recommends.
ton is that the couslruclion'of tho cen.
trial section Of The Hospital building. &C
corling to the original design, ami for
which the foundation was laid prior to
1861, shall ba renewed aid prosecuted
TO completion, at cost Of eighty thou
sand dollars, ana that an appropriation
De made for that purpose
ltpay also be seen that the Board Col
Directors invite thorough and rsearch.
ihg investigation in regard to tho con-
struction of the bGiling aad the inter
nal management Of tie Hospital, and al
go into tho expenditures Of zach; aud
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