The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-08
THE LEGISLATURE
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
REPORTa TROlI COMMITTEE.

ING Mr. NEELEY, OF DOddFtge, entitled tC
his seat, the Committee having been fur.
nished no evidence that Mr.. n. had failed
to account for any money collected fol
either State or county. Mr.. FLICK said
aGGer tho Committe had agreed 70 tho re-
port he had had a conversation with the
Auditor who satisfied him In few min
utes that there WIS considerable deficit
undiSputed, in Mr.. NKELEY's account
with the State. On his motion tho report
was tabled
Mr., LAND from tho Judiciary, submit
ted number Of adverse reports on res0
buttons Of Inquiry, among others that \
was not expedlent 10 abolish capital pun
ishment; or to legislate In regard TO the
sale and investment Of the bank stock
held for the school fund, provision being
already made In the Code, chap. 45, secs
IS and 70; or to lcgislatc to prohibit per
son being at once guardian, and Rlminis
traitor or executor Of an estate, the Com
mittee leeming It best TO leave It TO the
discretion Of tie court; or for the Com
mittee to pass upon the conStitutlOnality
of sec. 2S, chap 80 Of the Code; or TO leg
islato TO prevent citizens Of other counties
from digging, sang" In P0cahontas. He
also reported bAck buck House bills 81
and 90 each with u substitute. He also
reportedn bill to relieve foreign insurance
companies from the requirement to make
cash deposit with the State Treasurer
remarking TINT while the Committee had
agreed 10 report this bill they made no
Recommendation in regard TO Il. He also
reported that NJ directed the Commit.
tee had investigated into what Ind
been done by Tho citizens Of Charles
ton in accordance with the agreement In
consideration of which the bill was passed
last winter locating the capital there. As
IN answer to the inquiry he submitted
three papers ....l.-.
The first recites the proceedings Of d
public meeting in Charleston In january
1869, directing the delegates FROM Ka'
nawha TO pledge the town Of Charleston
to grant the State without charge or com
pcnsation, 10 acres Of lind in the corpor'
ate limits, and sum Of money to build a
capitol thereon at cost not exceeding
$lOO,OOO; and to provide the State during
the interval before the erection Of this
building, suitable capitol buildings free Of
cost. All this on the condition that the
capitol be permanently located on the site
donated; that the act being passed, steps
were taken to carry out these pledges, but
in the progress Of these efforts 1t became
known that no one had been empowered
by the Legislature TO receive these dOna.
tiOns, and further efforts were suspended
until this should BIO done; and that all the
pledges first made ore renewed by the
parties signing tho paper This docu.
ment Is signed by Edward B. knight and
some 80 others.
The second recites that at meeting Of
the board Of directors OF the Charleston
Capiiol Company, held February !, 1870,
ittsWas unanimously resolved TINT the
Company offer the use Of the State House,
now in course Of erection there, free Of
rent or charge so long rs the State shall
sec fit to occupyRit us capitol.
The third Is u statement from the dele.
gates from Kanawha, who rccltC the steps
that had been taken by the people Of
Charleston to provide II site and building
in accordance with their pledges. Accom-.
pany had been formed who had begun the
erection of II building uron site Of four
acres within the town. The plans for the
building had cost them 5000, and the con-
tract price Of the building was $47, 700
1t describes the building In detail, ind
states that work on the masonry will be
resumed carly the present month that 1t
Is believed that offices and vaults for the
accommodation Of. the executive officers
and records will be finished by the first Of
April or very soon thereafter; that the
contract Is absolute, and the citizens must
pay for the building whether II isacccpted
by the State or not; and that It not being
adapted to other purposes, it It WINS not
accepted II would be almost total loss to
the company building. 1t is added that Il
this site of four acres is not acceptable,
there il q beautiful site Of ten acres which
will be donated whenever selected
The report was laid on the table and
ordered printed. Nl0t
Mr.. BOWER, from the Committee on
Roads, &c., reported that from the state
Of the treasury 1t was not cxpedient for
bridge over Big Fishing Creek, near its
mouth, or for repair Of the Sistersville
md Salem Turnpike He also reported
back with amendment the DILL 10 renew the
charter Of the West virginia HALLWAY
Company.
The Senate substitute Tor the House
bill to repeal the lawyers teSE oaul' was
taken up anu Adopted nc democrats
who voled ior II did so under protcst, say
ing that while the preamble did not OK
press their views, they swallowed II ior
tho sake OF oDAinlng thc repeal. HNe'
" passage TOOK place between MI. PRICE
and MIR. DAVIS, the former coming down
pretty severely on the rcnei i1%ycrs, anu
the latter defending them. Inc vote on
the adoption Of the senate SUBSTITUTE was
as follows
YMAs-Acssrs. WEIGH, (speakcrJ ARuCw, la.
ker, Ballard q logan. harlow, goTygT, Bran