The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-04

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t&est thereon.
Senate Bill No. 49, Incorporating the
town of Sistersville, in Tyler county.
Senate Bill No. lis, legalizing the
marriage of Andrew J. Collins and Sa-
rah Cot rell, of Gilmer county.
NIGHT SESSION.
BILLS PASSED.
Senate Bill No. 112 for the relief OF
Alstorpheus Werninger.
Senate Bill No. log, providing for or
phans and destitute children.
Senate Bill No. 119, amending an act
authorizing certain townships In Mo-
nongalia county to subscribe to the cap
ital stock of the Uniontown and West
Virginia railroad.
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
House Bill No. lS7, was returned from
the Senate, amended, lst, so as to allow
the Auditor, Secretary Of State, Treasu-
rer and Adjutant General 5000 each for
house rent; I'd, redacing the appropria.
tion for completing the Code from $1,000
to $1,000; 81, previdiug that no part OF
the, foregoing appropriation shall be
paid until the remainder OF the Code Is
placed in the hands of the printer; 4th,
adding $4,000 to the appropriation for
Marshall College; 5th, appropIistlng
$4,000 instead of $4,000 to the con-
struction fund of the Penitentiary.
The House disagreed to the first and
fourth amendments and concurred In
the Remainder.
A committee of Conference was ap-
pointed. After concurring with a siml-
lar committee on the part of the Senate,
the chairman reported In favor OF al
lowing S400 for house rent to the State
offices and receding from the disagree
meat on the fourth amendment. The
report was adopted.
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
Mr.. HOWARD called up the joint
resolution revoking the assent of West
Virginia to the Fifteenth Amendment.
On this the yeas and nays were deman-
ded.
Those voting in the affirmative we're
Messrs. Agnew, Barlow, Brannon, Bur.
CESS, Cracraft, Davis, Davisson, Flana.
gau, Guthrie, Howard, Judy, Lamb,
Lynch, Maxwell, Meadows. Neely,
Scott, Smith and Summers-l9.
Those voting in the negative were
Messrs. Ballard of Monroe, Bowyer,
Chambers, Farnsworth, Gandee, Howe,
Peirpoint, Price, Ropp, Teter, Thomas
and Welch-12.
So the resolution was taken up.
The previous question being ordered,
Mr.. PEIRPOINT called on all Republi-
cans to leave the House. The Republi'
can members, with one or two excep-
tions, then withdrew to the lobby,
from which they denounced the
calling up of the resolution as an
act of bad faith on the part of the DEM
ocrats, and a mean advantage taken
of the Republican party. The same
memb bers returned to vote on motion
to table, aud again retired when the
Chair was about to put the main ques-
tion. This alternate movement from
one side 10 the other Of the bar was re-
peated several times, creating consId-
erable merriment. A call of the House
showing that no quorum was present,
Mr.. WEIGH, on bghalf of the Republi-
cans, Appealed to Mr.. HOWARD to al
low his resolution to 90 to the table, so
that the business of the Hsuse might
proceed. To this Mr.. HOWARD finally
consented, and the Republican members
resumed their seats and calmed their
agitation.
Resolutions of thanks to the Speaker,
Clerk, Sergesnt-at.Arms and pages were
passed. Mr.. WEIGH responded to the
first resolution, acknowledging the
courtesy showed him by the House, and
expressing his best wishes for thefuture
happiness of the members.
during the intervals of waiting for
the enrolment of bills, the House went
into COMMITTEE OF theWhole" on refined
amusement, and INDUCED without stint
in testing resolutions and mirth pro-
voSing personalities. The business be-
ing finally completed, the House ad-
journed sine die.