The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-26
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
REPORTS.

Mr. LAMB, from the Judiciary COM
mittee, reported back with amendments,
Ho ua4 Bill No. 80. amending and re+eu-
acting portions of section %, of chapter
1870 of the Code.
Senate substitute for House Bill No.
"a, repeating the Suitors Test Oath, was
adopted.
Tie amendments proposed by the
Senate to House Bill No. %, incorpor.
ating the New River raj lroad, were con-
Cured in.
The Senate's amendment to House
Bill No. 81, authorizing tho Shenandoah
Valley Railroad Company to construct
their road through this State TO the Po-
tomac river, and authorizing the Jcffer-
son county supervisors to take vote of
the people on the question of subscrib-
ing to the Capital stock of said road
was concurred in.
BILLS PASSED.
House Bill No. 60, to provide free
schools for the District of Ravenswooa,
in the county of Jackson.
House Bill No. II, directing thu audi
tor TO allow certain credits to Bcujamin
White, Sheriff of Mercer county.
House Bill No. 65, authorizing the
congregation aud trustees of Perry
Chapel, church of the United Brethren,
in the city Of Parkcrsburg, to borrow
money.
House Bill No. II, refunding certain
taxes to the estate of Samuel Weudon
of Mason county.
Senate Bill No. 62, for the extension
of the Pittsburgh, Charleston aud West
Virginia railroad across West Virginia
TIE CAPITAL QUESTION.
The following offered by Mr.. Lamb,
was adopted:
RssoIred, That the House now pro.
ceed to consider. House Bill No. 46, and
that at Al o'clock this afternoon the
1 House will proceed to vote on the bill
and pending amendments.
The question being on the amend
ment of Mr.. Flick, adding to the repeal.
ing bill q clause locating the permanent
seat of government at Parkersburg on
and after June l, 1870,
Mr.. JACKSON stated that he was au'
thorized to renew the former proposition
of Parkersburg, Offering $4,000 cash
and ten acres of land to the State, in
case the Capital should be located al
that town. He also had read IN ordi.
nance of the Parkersburg City Council
binding that city, in case its proposition
was accepted, to bear the expense ot
removing the State archives aud furnish
the State officers suitable public build
ings, free of charge for FIVE years.
Mr.. WHEAT would have voted fol
the amendment if it had postponed the
period of removal for FIVE years. He
did not think the act Of removal should
take effect for that length of time. The
State was yet in embryo. We were not
prepared to say where the Capital should
be. In q few years the development oi
the State would settle the question
At present the people of his section
favored the Wheeling proposition.
Mr.. BOWER said if the Legislature
determined on removing the Capita
from Charleston, the friends of thai
point were in favor of q location some
where else. He hoped all the friends o.
Charleston would so vote.
Mr.. PRICE said We owed good dea
TO Charleston and her claims shoulc
have full consideration. He was op
posed to pushing this bill to final vote
He therefore moved to make it the
special order for tomorrow, Saturday
at . o'clock. The motion was lost.
On the adoption Of the amendment o
J Mr.. FLICK,
The yeas were Messrs. Agnsw, Bal
lard of Monroe, Ballard Of Logan, Bar
. low. Beltzhoover, Bowyer, BranDon
Burgess, Carpenter, Chambers, Evans
, Fisher, Flanagan, Flick, Gandee, Guth
rie, Hass!er, Howard, jackson, Lynch
Mccoy, Meadows, Neely, PewDan, Rs
} der, Scott, Smith, Summers, Thomas
, wilkinson and Welch-3l.
| The nays were Messrs. Baker, Collins
| CracrafI, Davis, DAWSON, Donehoo
! Faris, Farnsworth, Goff, Hill, Howe
t Judy, Lamb, Lamon, Maxwell, Miller
Peirpoint, Price, Rexroad, Ropp, Stur
| giss, Teter, Wells and Wheat-24.
So the amendment was adopted.
: Mr.. FARNSW0KTH offered q substi
: tute for the amended bill, locating tn
capital at Buckhaunon. Rejected
: Yeas22, nays 81.
Mr.. DAVIS offered . substitute re
3 peaiing the act locating the scat Of gov
z ernment at Charleston, aud prsyidinl
: for submitting the Capital qoestion {