The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-01-26

ASKING 10 nave certain lA6eS IeluuutC
to said Nuzum.
Bv Mr., Charlton-Of John McCarty
and sixty-six other citizens of Marion
! and Harrison counties praying change
| ofthe school law and the legaliZing Oi
contracts for certain school houses.
| The following resolutions were Of
fered and agreed to:
BY Mr.. Charlton-DirectinSt the Com
mittee on Education to consider the eX"
pediency OF authorizing the State Su-
perintendent of Schools to distribute
the distributable school fund for the
year 1865, on the 1st of April, 1869. in
stead of September 1st, 1869, as prOvid-
| ed in the Code.
BY Mr.. Flick-Referring so much OF
the Governors message as relates to the
boundary line between West Virginia
and Maryland, to a special Committee.
By Mr.. Bowyer-Directirgt the Com
mittee on Forfeited and UnapprOpri-
ated Lands, TO consider the exp9diency
of repeating sections II and IS, chapter
S. Acts of Virginia Assembly, passed
March IS, 1888, except the prOviso in
section IS; and the Committee also to in
Quire itAny fraud was practiced or false
representations made to procure the
passage of said act, and whether the
lands of James Swami, mentioned in
said chapter s, belonged to him at the
time the act was passed, and whether
he had not several years prior thereto
conveyed the said land to $. Anderson,
which conveyance is said to be on
record in Frankfort, Kentucky.
BY Mr.. HOwes-Directin9 the Com
mittee on Education to consider the
expediency of so amending the school
law, as to fix the compensation of
teachers according to their grade.
BY Mr.. Harrison, of Lewis-Refer-
ring to the Committee on Humane and
riFVNi al ITG tVNf
Governors Message as relates 10 the
II Ospital for the Insane.
Mr.. Mann offered the following:
RcSOtUci, That the House OF Delegates
extend an earnest invitation TO Miss
Anna Dickinson, now in the city, to
address this House during some even
ing in the present week.
Mr.. Heernans moved, as substitute,
that the gentleman from Greenbrier
have leave to address Miss Dickinson
whenever he sees fit. daughter
Mr.. Mann is a bachelor.l
Mr.. Mann withdrew the resolution.
MIR. Heermans offered Joint resOlu-
ton authorizing the Governor to pay
out of the contingent fund, $1,000 each
to Daniel Lamb and Benjamin Stanton,
fee AS counsel for the State in the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad case. Referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr.. Jacob moved n reconsideration of
the vote by which the House last Fri
day refused to instruct a Committee to
consider the propriety of legislating for
the relief of DR.. A. Seville, surgeon of
the Sth West Virginia Regiment, but
the Speaker ruled that the time within
which reconsideration ight be NOV
ed had expired.
The following bills were introduced ::
Bv Mr.. McClaskey, from the Com
mittee on Claims &c, to refund certain
taxes to Milton Norris Il Benjanln
Linn, of Gilmer county.
The following bills were passed:
Senate bill authorizing the EvanGell-
cal Lutheran Church of ShrpherdstOwn
to borrow money.
House bill relating to Cemeteries.
House bill to allow James w. Davis,
of Greenbrier county. TO practice law
without taking the test oath.
The bill for the relief Of Jesse Carney,
of Jackson county, was passed to en-
GrOssment.
The bill to pay Gustavus Cresap, OF
Preston county, his salary as Prose-
cutting Attorney for 1862, WAS referred
to the Judiciary Committee.
The bill to pay expenses of the Com
missiOners to investigate the affairs OF
the Ii 0spital for the Insane. WAS passed
to engrOSsment; AS was the bill to
amend the charter of Leatherwoo6.
The bill authorizing the Sheriff of
Nicholas county to distrain for taxes,
was referred TO the Judiciary Commit
tee.
The bill authorizing the Governor TO
fill vacancies i'll the Circuit Courts, for
the uneXpired term, was referred 10 the
judiciary Committee.
Adjourned.