The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-13
Legislative Proceedings.
SENATE.

SENATE.
! in the Senate, on Tuesday, February
I, bills amending the charter Of Charles
ton and the charter Of Warrington
were ordered TO engrossment. -
Resolutions were offered
BY Mr.. Applegate-That the Secre
tary of State furnish the Senate, al
once. with a statement of the popula
ton in each county Of the State, sepa
rating the white and colored
BY Mr.. Baker-Joint resolution, re-
questing the joint committee on Fl
nance and Claims to report the condition
of the Treasury on October lst and Jan
uary LIST, last, the amount of revenue
collected last year from all sources, and
the expenditures, &c. ....
The following bills were passed:
Senate bill authorizing the removal
in certain cases, of infants from vicious
influences, and the custody and control
of immoral persons. ..'. .
House bill fixing the time of holding
the courts in the first circuit.
The bill amending the general cleo
ton law was made the special order for
Friday next, at ii A. NJ.
The Senate bill for the relief Of the
sure!ies of VIM. Roach, late Sheriff OF
Wyoming county, was rejected.
The Senate joint resolution, authoriz-
ing the appointment OF commissioners
TO treat with the State of Virginia on
the public debt, was adopted.
The bill to repeat the 1920 exemp
ton clause was indefinitely post
poned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
In the House on Tuesday, February
!, Mr.. Rollyson, from the committee on
Roads and Internal Navigation, report
ed House bill No. Is, a bill to incor.
vorate the Weston and Clarksburg Rail,
road COMPANY, "a amended, should
pass.
Bills and resolutions were introduced
as follows:
By Mr.. Brannon-A Till to provide
for preliminary survey for railroad
from Charleston TO the Pennsylvania
line
By Mr.. Webster-House joint resolu,
ton No IL, requesting our Congressman
to procure pensions Tor soldiers OF 1872.
That the Governor be requested to have
forwarded to our members Of Congress
copy of this resolution. Adopted.
Bv Mr.. Lewis-A resolution asking
that special committee be appointed
to inquire into the alleged overcharge
of the B. " o. X. r. company on way
freight and way passengers; laid on the
table and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Lewis said he fully appreciated
the magnitude OF the proposition con-
tanned in the resolutions. He had
given much thought and reflection to
the subject. He was well satisfied that
this company had violated their charter
rights in every particular indicated by
the resolutions. 1t was a subject in
which the people of the State, but es-
peciallv his own constituents and the
entire northern border, were deeply and
vitallv interested This constant and
increasing drain on the industry of the
section through which this road passes,
and that, too, in palpable violation Of
the proviso contained in the 9th section
of the act of 1917, and the several sec
tons OF the general railroad law Of 1887
referred to, is lntolerable and calls loudly
for redress. Mr.. Lewis said he would
regret as much as any one the necessity
| for resort to extreme measures, but II
nothing else will dot this company
cannot he checked and kept within
its charted limits in any other way, the
responsibility is theirs, not ours The
friends OF this movement were feariully
in earnest. lIe.desired that copy OF
these resolutions should be sent to the
President of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road company. He also desired that
the members of the House should have
ample time for investigation. He there,
tore hoped it would be the pleasure Of
the House to lay the resolutions on the
table and print them.
Mr.. Donehoo, from the Judiciary
committee, reported a bill to amend sec,
tons 3 and 7, of chapter 81, of the Code
of West Virginia. Laid on the table
and ordered to be printed.
By Mr.. Bishop-A bill authorizing
the extension Of the Iron Valley Rail
road from Iron Dale to the Pennsylva-
mia State line. Read the first time and
ordered to the second reading
By Mr.. Morrow-A bill to amend an
act to incorporate the Northern and
Southern West Virginia Railroad Com
pany.
Bv Mr.. Brannon-Inquiring into the
expediency OF abolishing the provision
that husband and wife may inherit from
each other.
In the Senate, on Wednesday, Febru
airy 8;
A message from the House by the
Clerk announced the adoption OF a joint
resolution requesting our Congressman
to procure pensions tor soldiers of lSl2
Adopted by the Senate.
A message was received from the
Governor In response to resolution IN
curing as to the cost of the Convention
of 1868, and the items from which he
made up his estimate Of Sl5O,OoO as
the cost of holding the proposed Con
vention, &c.
He reported the cost Of the Conyen
ton Of November %, 1861, $3S, 693. Is
The cost of the Convention which
framed the present Constitution, the
three elections, the extra session OF the
Legislature, and the oodification of the
laws made necessary by the Convention
at SITS, $50 As.
The cost of ratifying the amendment
of 1866, was about $4,000.
He estimated the cost OF the contem