The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-03-03
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Legislative Proceedings.
SENATE.

In the Senate on MONDAY, feDruafy
81, the following bills were passed
Senate bill to allow Sheriff Of Mar
shall county commission on taxes col
lected for said county from Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company.
House bill No. GA bill to provide
for the inspection of oil wells and the
protection of oil producers.
House bill comforting jurisdiction on
the Municipal Court Of Wheeling in
civil and criminal cases for the violation
of the license law.
House bill No. l31-A bill imposing
a tax for the purpose of the further con-
struction OF the Hospital for the Insane
at Weston.
House bill No. l65 A bill establish
ing the county of Summers ont OF
parts of the counties of Mercer, Mon
roe, Greenbrier and Fayette.
House bill No. l76-A bill to author
ize the trustees of the NJ. E. Church
parsonage in Pruntytown to sell and
convey the same.
Mr.. Applegate introduced a joint
resolution adjourning the Legislature at
s o'clock next Thursday morning.
Adopted.
A petition was presented by Mr..
Scott of Richie, of Charles Hewitt, &c,
of Richie county. praying for charter
for a railroad from Cairo to the Kama
wha, and of J. NJ. Nourse. &c, OF
said county, praying the formation OF
an independent school district.
Mr.. Foreman, upon leave obtained,
recorded his vote on the Convention
bill. He voted nay.
Adjourned to 9 clock tomorrow.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
In the House Of Delegates on Mon
day, February 81,
Mr.. Lewis offered resolution recit.
ing that the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road company makes in its tariff OF
rates unjust determinations against
way passengers and freight, and that
such determinations are in violation OF
the company's charter and the laws OF
the State, and declaring that unless the
said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad COM
PAW shall, on or before the first day OF
July. 1871, communicate TO the At
torney General of the State It's unre,
served recognition Of the fact that
the said act OF the General Assembly
of Virginia, passed on the 9th day OF
March, lS47, is binding upon said com
panv, and that the said company is sub
iect 10, and will thereafter be governed
bv its provisions, and shall in the mean
time SO modify its tariff Of charges for
freight and passengers in pursuance OF
the proviso in sixth section OF said act,
as not to discriminate thereafter illegal
| " and unjustly and oppressively against
the trade and travel Of the citizens OF
this State, it shall then be the duty OF
the said Attorney General, and he Is
hereby required, to institute proceedings
against said Baltimore and Ohio rail
road company in the proper judicial
tribunal Of this State, by information,
in the nature OF quo 'carranto, or 10y
such other judicial proceedings as the
said Attorney General may think most
effective to enforce compliance on the
part of said company, with the several
provisions of its charter, or TO abrogate
the same.
The following bills were passed
! House bill No. 270-Incorporating
the Iron Valley and Pennsylvania Line
railroad.
House bill No. 25I-To incorporate
the Buckhannon Mineral Railroad
Company.
House bill No. 267-Authorizing the
trustees of the NJ. f. Church at Farm
ington to sell and convey their church
property.
House bill No. ll4-Authorzing the
West Virginia Coal and Lime Com
pany to construct train roads.
Senate bill No. l06--Amending the
law relating 10 the School District OF
Wheeling.
Senate bill No. l01-Reviving and
amending the charter OF the Develop
ment Railroad Company.
REJECTED.
House bill No. 24l-To pay Asses
sors for enrolling the militia.
Senate bill No. T3-To encourage i'm
migration into the State of West Nir'
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