The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-27

Mr. WILSON thought the Senate
from Upshur, and other Senators being
named as one Of the commissioners ii
the charter, could not vote under thl
constitution, being interested parties
He might be mistaken in this matter
He should call for the yeas and nays.
| The call being snstsined, the question
being on the amendment,
Those voting in the affirmative arr
Messrs. Applegste, Boreman, Brown
Gather of Taylor, Davis, Doolittler Gold
Leonard. Werniuger, Wilson, Young
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Those voting in the negative are
Messrs. Gather of. Gilmer, Cook, Crane
Dayton, Humphreys, Patrick, Mr.
President Farpsworth-7. Sis ~ =
So the amendment prevailed.
Mr. D00LITTLE moved to amend
the bill by adding the name of +. 81
Pierpoint as an additional commits
siOner.
Mr.. FARNSWORTH opposed the
amendment. Why should Senators
wish to increase the number of commits.
sioners to six, and thus clog the wheels
of the improvement
The mendment WAS withdrawn.
The bill was then ordered to be en-
crossed.
Senate Bill No. 10, appropriating the
SUN of $1,000 for the purpose of making
the Slavins Cabin and Summersville
Turnpike passable for wagons, with the
amendment reported By the COM
mittee on Finance, was read q second
time. The amendment, making the as
surance of the Board of Supervisors or
some reliable citizen of Webster county
that the road can be made passable by
the expenditure of the sum above
named necessary, was taken up and
passed. ..E
Mr.. DAVIS asked that the bill be
printed. The bill was something out
of the common order of bills and he
supposed Senators would like to see it.
Sir. YOUNG said that the road was
built by an appropriation of $4,000
from the State Of Virginia. Except
nine miles, the road is a tiue one. 1t
thought that $4,000 will make a good
and direct road to the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. The citizens of Webster
propose to pay one-half of the expense.
The people Of Webster are very poor.
They suffered during the war terribly.
Their houses were burned by bad men
who came from Calhoun and other
counties below them.
Mr.. LEONARD warned the Senator
from Pocabontas, as he had before
warned him, that he must stop his allu-
sions to the people of Calhoun. They
were as good people as any the gentle
man represents. He notified the Senate
that if they opened the door to this kind
of legislation, he should ask an appro-
priation for his district of the same kind.
The question being on the engross,
ment of the bill, it was so ordered.
FIRST READING.
Senate Bill No. 12, to amend and re-
enact the charter of the town of New
Martinsville, in Wetzel county.
Senate Bill No. 13, to amend and re-
enact section 5 of chapter 50 of the Code.
House Bill No.7, prescribing an oath
for teachers.
REFERRED TO COMMITTEES.
House Bill No. 3, changing the time
of holding the courts in the Third Judi
cisl Circuit, was referred to committee
Oh the Judiciary.
RESOLUTIONS.
BY Mr.. YOUNG-That the committee
on Internal Improvements and Naviga-
tion inquire into the expedency Of pro-
viding by law for the State to take
charge of the turnpike roads in Poca.
hontas county.
BY Mr. DOOLITTLE-That the Sen
ate has heard with deep emotion of the
death Of the Hon. James Burley, former
ly member of the Senate.
Resolred, That we feel by the death of
Hon. James Burley the State has lost a
patriotic, useful and upright citizen.
Resolved, That the Senate tenders to
the family and relatives of the deceased
the expression of its sympathy in this
their great affliction.
Resolred, That the Clerk of the SEN
ate have a copy of the foregoing reso-
lutions engrosSed on parchment and
transmitted to the family of the de-
ceased.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
Mr.. DAVIS asked and obtained leave
of absence for Mr.. Harman for three
days on account of sickness.
Adjourned.