The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-25
West Virginia Legislature.
THURSDAY, February "a.
SENATE. H

/ ShANA y ne
The following message was received
from the Governor: q
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
WHEELING, February "a, 1870.
Hon. d. d. 7. Farnsoorth, President Of
the Senate: -s 'f.L q
SIR:-I have Just received from His
Excellency Gilbert C. Walker, Governor
of the Commonwealth Of Virginia,
communication enclosing copy Of an
Act entitled "An Act for the adjustment
of the public debt of the State of West
Virginia" passed by the General Assem-
bly, of Virginia and approved on the
18th inst, and requesting me to submit
the same to the Legislature with
recommendation that a similar law be
enacted by it, to the end that proper
adjustment of the public debt of tho
State of Virginia may be bad.
have the honor, herewith, to trans
nit copy of the act aforesaid, in order
that the Legislature may take such &C.
| ton in the premises as itmay see lit
and proper.
w. E. STEVENSON, Governor.
The communication and act referred
to were laid on the table and ordered to
be printed.
MIR. WILKINSON appeared at the bar
of the Senate and announced that. the
House of Delegates had passed House
Joint Resolution No. 33, authorizing the
Auditor to credit John Afford, late sher-
iff of Cabell county, with the sum OF
| $3.50 50 on his account with the State as
sheriff aforesaid for the years 1861 and
1862, and charge the same 10 j. b. Bum
guardner, and asked the concurrence
of the Senate.
Mr.. KOONCE moved that the rules be
suspended to enable him to move to re.
consider the vote by which House Joint
Resolution No. 90 was ordered to en-
grossment. Carried. ..E.
Mr.. KOONCE moved toreconsider the
vote by which the resolution was or
dered to be engrossed for third read
| ing.
Mr.. PATRICK called for the yeas and
nays. The demand being sustained,
those voting in the affirmative were
Messrs. Boreman, Brown, Gather of Tay.
lor, Gather of Gilmer, Cook, Crane,
Davis, Dayton, Doolittle, Gold, Harman,
Koonce, Leonard, Patrick, Ramsdell,
Weruinger, Mr.. President Farnsworth
IL.
Those voting in the negative were
Messrs. Applegate, Humphreys, Phelps,
Wilson and Ioung-5.
So the motion prevailed.
Mr.. KOONCE moved that the vote by
which the word "inale" was stricken
from the resolution be reconsidered.
The proposition was debated by Mr..
YOUNG at some length, and by Messrs.
PATRICK aud DAYTON briefly.
Before vote was taken, the hour
arrived for taking up the special order
of the day, Senate Bill No. 60, repeating
the act locating the Capital of this
State.
Mr.. YOUNG moved to amend the bill
by locating the Capital at the town OF
Edray, PocahoGtas county, and spoke
in defense of his proposition. The
amendment was lost.
Mr.. DAVIS offered the following SUBJ
stitute for House Bill No. 60.
| The President declared it out Of order,
under the demand for the previous
question:
BE il enacted, &c, That the sixth sec.
tiCn of The act passed February 20,
1869, entitled an act permanently locat.
Ii ing the seat of government for this
State be and the same is hereby amend
cd and re-enacted SO as to read as fol-
lows:
6. This act shall take effect on the
first day of June, 1871.
Mr.. FOREMAN demanded the pre-
vious question. The demand was sus.
tanned, the question being "shall the
main question be now putY'
Mr.. YOUNG demanded the yeas and
nays.
Those voting in the affirmative were
Messrs. Applegate, Boreman, Brown,
Gather of Taylor, Gather of Gilmer,
Crane, Doolittle, Gold, Werninger, Will
son and Mr.. President Farnsworth-l1.
Those voting in the negative were
Messrs. Cook, Davis, Dayton, Harman,
Humphreys, Leonard, Patrick, Phelps,
Ramsdell and Young-lO.
So the main question was ordered.
The question being on ordering the
bill to its engrossment,
Mr.. FOREMAN demanded the yeas
and nays. The demand was sustained.
Those voting in the affirmative were
Messrs. Applegate, Boreman, Brown,
Gather of Taylor, Gather of Gilmer,
Crane, Davis, Dayton, Doolittle, Gold,
Hsrman, KOonce, Werninger, Wilson
and Mr.. President Farnsworth-l4.
Those voting in the negative were
Messrs. Cook, Humphreys, Leonard,
Patrick, Phelps, Ramsdell and Young
u.
The Senate resumed the consideration
of Mr. KOONCE'S motion to reconsider
the vote by which the word "msle'
was stricken from House Joint Resolu-
ton No. 20.
Mr.. GATHER, of Taylor, demanded
the ayes and nays. The call being sus-
tanned, those voting in the affirmative
were Messrs. Applegate, Bereman,
Brown, Gather of Taylor, Gather of
Gilmer, Crane, Davis, Dayton, Doolittle,
Gold, .Harman, Humphreys, Koonce,
Leonard, Patrick, Ramsdell, WerniDger,
Mr.. President Farnsworth-lS.
Those voting in the negative were
Messrs. Cook, Wilson and Young-3.
The question being on Mr.. YOUNGS
amendment, those voting in the affirm
ative were Messrs. Cook, Wilson and
Young-3.
Those voting in the negative were
Messrs. Applegate, Boreman, Brown,
Gather of Taylor, Gather of Gilmer,
Crane, Dayton, Doolittle, Gold, Harman,
Humphreys, Koonce, Leonard, Patrick,
Ramsdell, Werninger and Young-l7.
The resolution was then ordered to be
engrossed by the following vote:
Those voting in the affirmative were
Messrs. Applegate, Brown, Gather of
Taylor, Gather of Gilmer, Cook, Crane,
Davis, Dayton, Doolittle, Gold, Har-
man, Koonce, Leonard, Patrick, Rams
dell and Mr.. President Fsrnsworth-16.
Those voting in the negative were
Messrs. Boreman. Humphreys, Wernin-
ger, Wilson and Young-5.
BILLS PASSED, sc.
Senate Bill No. 81, to provide for the
assessment of all the real estate in the
county Of Tyler.
Substitute for House Bill No. "a, re-.
1 S,,;t Oath