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he Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

Prayer by Rev. ELI Riddle, delegate
Mr. Ferguson, of Cabell, from the
Committee on Revision. reported chap
ters l35, 1877, ISL, l52, 1853, 154 and l55
OF the Code.
the Senate announcing the passage of
certain chapters ofthe Code, some with
and others without amendments.
Those amended were, on motion OF Mr..
ferguson, of Gabell, referred to the
Committee on Revision.
The following petitions were present.
ed aud appropriately referred:
Mr.. Dunnington: petition of J. c.
Roney and others, citizens of Marshall
and Ohio counties, asking that Miss II.
a. Roney, whose religious tenets pre-
vent her from taking the oath prescrib.
ed by law, be allowed to teach school
without taking the said oath.
MIR, Chambers: petition OF certain
citizens of Harper's Ferry, asking the
repeal of the act incorporating the
Storer College.
Mr.. Hervey: petition of w. c.
Barclay and others, citizens of Brooke
county, asking the repeal of the law
imposing tax upon auctiOneers' sales.
The Calendar was take up and the
following Chapters of the Code, read the
second time and ordered to engr0sS-
very of money, &C., 143, of offenses
against the sovereignty of the State /;
IA, of homicides and other offences
against the person; 145, of offences
against property 146, OF forgeriesi 14Si
OF offences against the peace; $50, OF
offences against the public health.
When chapter IA was under Con6id'
Grafton. Mr., Ferguson, of Cabell, rose
and informed the House that the Com
mite on Revision had 30 altered the
original chapter and another having
reference to the same or similar sub
ject, that, IL passed, murder in the nrst
! degree may be punished either capital
ly or by confinement in the penitentia-
ry for life.
Chapter I45, was amended. on motion
of the same gentleman, SO as to allow
persons convicted of grand larceny C
be confined in the penitontiGry not
more than ten years.
Mr.. Hervey moved TO amend chapter
| lag by adding at the end of the 9th sec
zion, the words '.and possession thereof
shall be deemed guilty Knowledge y
thatIs, II a man should be found With a
niece or counterfeit money in his pos
session, the law would presume him
guilty.
that It would throw the burden of proc
upon the accused and not, as the Law
now does, upon the State.
The House refused to adopt tht
Chapters 1872, of decrees OF sale, ant
1873, of ipjunctions, &c, were read th'
third time and passed.
Chapter l37, OF the fees of officers, was
read the third time. and the House re-
| fused to pass it by 81 yeas to So nays.
Mr.. Armstrong moved to reconside
the vote by which the chapter was lost
i Agreed to.
i Mr.. PInnell moved to reconsider tn
vote by which the chapter was ordered
1 to engrossment. Agreed to.
i The chapter was under consideration
when the hour l. NJ. arrived, and a re
cess was taken until . p. ".
i AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House re.assembled at 2 II. n
and resumed the considerations OF ch q p
lter137.
There was a great deal of discussion
on the various amendments offered u
the cha pier, and 1t was ordered to en-
grossment with an amendment reduc
il ing the mileage of sherths from cents
per mile to 3 cents, and another ohere'
by MIR. Boughuer, which retains the fee
OF magistrates about as they now are.
II at the instance of Mr. Welsh leav
of absence was granted to Mr.. Jacob, c
Adjourned until 10 o'clock thi
morning.
i A NEW cattle disease has recently
made its appearance in England, and
said to be caused by the swine feedtn
too largely on acOTns and horse che&l
nuts. Post mortem examinations shoT
that the blood is disorganized. Tn
symptoms are dullness, ending In ex
treme prostration, loss OF appetite
small and frequent excavations, color
less urine, discolored and ulcerate
membranes, and a weak but not rapit
pulse.
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