The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-11
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

D. D., President of the West Virginia
University.
Mr.. Edwards called attention to an
omission in the published report OF
yesterdays proceedings. On one vote,
under the rule dropping the lowest
Moundsville and Parkersburg each re-
ceived five votes, and on motion OF Mr..
Mann both were dropped: No mention
OF Mr.. Mann's motion being made in
the report, Mr.. Edwards thought it
might appear that these places had sim
ply been abandoned by their friends,
when in fact they had been dropped by
vote of the House.
Mr.. Raymond, from the Committee
on Taxation, &c, reported bill for the
relief of Abraham d. NuZum.
Mr.. Allison, from the Committee on
Education, to whom was referred the
subject of abolishing the Office OF town
| ship treasurer, reported 1t 1ne1ped1ent.
He also from the same committee re-
ported bill providing for the distribu-
| ton of the school fund for 1868. -l o. d
Mr.. Smith, OF Morgan, from the Com :
mittee on Counties, &C., reported a bill
to extend the corporate limits of the
town of Weston; also bill to amend
the charter of said town, so as to au-
thOrize the regulation OF liquor licenses.
He also from the same committee, to
whom was referred the question of
transferring a portion of Fayette to
Greenbrler county, and the question of
transferring portion of Hardy to
Grant county, reported it inexpedient
In each case. ..-.
Mr.. McClaskey, from the Committee
on Claims, &C., to whom was referred
the subject OF providing for the care of
L. j. Rogers two idiotic children, re-
ported it inexpedient.
Mr.. Mahon, from the Committee on
Roads, IEc., to whom was referred the
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kersburg Turnpike u State road, report
cd it back without recommendation.
Bills were introduced, on leave, as
| follows:
BY Mr.. Edwards-To author:ze JAS.
NJ. Blair, David Gardner and VIM. 4.
Keyser 10 convey lot of ground In
Marshall county TO the NJ. Il. Church.
by Mr.. Smith, of MOrgAn-TO change
the meetings OF the Courts in Morgan
county.
By Mr.. Snodgrnss-Declnrin the
Buckeye fork of Middle Island creek
public highway.
By Mr.. Hutton-TO authorize Jacob
J. Hill to teach school without taking
Nv Mr.. Howes-Creating school
district within the town of Phillippi.
BY Mr.. Rollins-RepealinE n part of
cha pter 92, acts OF 1865. extra session.
Petitions were presented as follows
By Mr.. Hutton-Of Jacob PhRres and
one hundred and thirty other Cit
izens OF Randolph county, asking an
appropriation of Sl53 G6 to pay said
Phares for services as assessor in 1851.
BY Mr.. Bowyer-Of James w. Myers
and forty-three others, Elias Wheeler
and twenty-three others, and A. j. Has
lett and thirty-twO others, citizens OF
Curry township, Putnam county, re-
monstrating against the relief of James
CYRUS, late Treasurer of that township.
Bv Mr.. Kincaid-Of A. G. Grinnan,
OF Fayette county, asking to be released
from the payment of certain taxes errO-
neously assessed against him.
Mr.. Carroll offered resolution d.
recting the Committee on Taxation, &c.,
to enQuiEe into the eXpedienCy OF Ru-
thorizing the State officers to have print
ed such chapters of the Code as pertain
to the duties of their respective offices
and distributed as they may deem best
for the county offices. Adopted.
Mr.. Jacob, of Hampshire, offered the
following
RESOLVED, That the Committee on
Taxation, &C., he directed to inquire
into the e1pedienGy of providing by
law that the appOrtiOnment OF the State
School Fund or so much thereof as
shall be necessary, shall be Withheld
from every county whose sheriff may
be in arrear for taxes of the preceding
year; and that the amount SO Withheld
shall he transferred to the treasury III
case the sheriff continue in default
one year thereafter; and said commit
tee is also directed to inquire what
further legislation is necessary, if any,
to collect taxes for which sheritfs are
now in arrear.
Mr.. Jacob made some remarks in re-
gard to the necessity OF collecting the
moneys due the State.
Mr.. Carroll said the AuditOrhad pow
er now to sue sheriffs on their bonds
| and bring them up standing.
On motion of Mr.. Edwards, the reso-
luton was divided, and that portion in
regard to Withholding the school fund
WAS rejected; and that inquiring as to
the necessity for further legislation was
adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Stirel, the vote
| passing Senate bill to amend the char
ter of the Citizens Street Railway Com
pany. of Wheeling, was reconsidered.
Mr.. Stifel said the bill empowered the
Company to extend their line TO
| MoundsYille. 1t might be the Com
pany would not be able to extend their
| line SO far, and the bill did not provide
for an extension to any intermediate
point. It was to provide for this Omis'
sion that the bill was recalled.
THE CAPITAL.
The unfinished business of yesterday,
| it being the bill for the location OF
the Capital came up.
To make the proceedings ineligible,
we reproduce the following resolution,
adopted in Committee of the Whole
| yesterday:
ReSoIved, That after two additional
votes are taken and no choice made,
then all the candidates shall be put in
nomination; a vote had thereon; no 9TH
er candidate shall be taken in the count;
and the one receiving the smallest num-
ber OF votes shall be dropped, in each
succeeding vote taken, from the list of
candidates. .,.-.-..--... .-
ResoLred further, That after any one
| point on SAID list of candidates shall re-
ceiye a majority of the whole House,
then each candidate originally put in
nomination shall, unless one or more OF
said candidates be withdrawn success
sively compete with said point having
received said majority; and after the
whole of the said candidates shall nave
been voted for against said original
candidate having said majority, then
the one having received the largest vote
shall be declared the one elected.
Under this resolution Grafton yester-
day received %. II majority OF those Vo-
ting.
On motion OF Mr.. Mann, the House
went into Committee OF the Whole, Mr..
Lamb being called to the chair by the
| Speaker.
Mr.. Snyder offered the following:
ReSoLved, That In baIloting In Com
mitteee of the Whole on the Capital
question, the places now in nomination
which are entitled to ballot under the
resolution adopted by the COMMITTEES
shall come up in alphabetical order.
After some scattering discussion the