The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-08
West Virginia Legislature.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES,
TUESDAY, December 7, 1876,

WestiOrk Railroad Co., was received from
the Senate.
Leave Of absence for four days wa
granted Speaker Monroe, and the leave o
absence granted to Clerk Peyton was fur
ther extended.
RESOLUTIONS.
BY Mr., Reynolds, Of Taylor: Limiting
speeches to Eve minutes, and allowing nj
member TO speak more than twice on tht
same subject,
Mr.. Welch submitted ten minutes insteat
Of five, and the resolution was adopted,
By Mr.. Campbell; Directing the Specia
Committee Of Seven TO inquire into thu
condition OF the Merchants Bank o.
Charleston. Adopted.
by Mr.. Good: Instructing the lmpGaCh
melt Managers to attend the sessions Of thu
Senate and .excuSing them from further At
tendance Of the House, which was adopted
H.J, X So, providing for an extension oil
the session OF the Legislature for fourteen
days was adopted byayea and nay vote Oi
81 tOS.
Mr.. Tanner offered a substitute for II. B
1872, regulating sales Of property under
deeds OF trust, &C., which with the bill waI
recOmmittGd to the judiciary Committee.
II. Is. lao, providing for revision OF the
Code, was referred to special committee
A motion 10 table II. B. I9Sin relation IA
rates Of interest OH money was lost and the
bill was made the special order for Thurs
day the 9th.
bills ORDERED TO THIRD READING.
II. b. 1SO, for the ,reliGfI IOf ]. II. Dis De
bar, late Commissioner Of Immigration.
Il. B. ia, apprOprlating money to aid Ia
building bridge over Middle Island Creek
In Tyler county.
II, B. 176, providing for the bringing oil
suits In the different counties.
II. B. 10, In relation to the inCOrpOra
ton Of Storer College,
II. B. l05, re.apportlOning the rOprestn'
tation among the counties OF the different
delegate districts, was referred to the Judi
ciary Committee;
II. Il. l6l, apprOpriating money for q
bridge over Indian Creek, was indefinitely
postponed.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
House met at 2 o'clock.
The following House bills were ordered
to q third reading:
II. B. l9S, authorizing County Courts Ia
receive aud audit road claims,
II. u. 2O7, establishing Court OF orimi.
nal jurisdiction In the town Of Grafton.
II. b. 300 providing for the protection Ol
birds and game.
II. y. l5h uppropriating 81 900 for build
Ing q bridge over West Fork river between
Randolph and Upshur counties.
II. II. lOI, In relation to the property OF
married women, was indefinitely post
pOned.
Mr.. Short offered petition Of II. Hatfield
aud others, asking for the relief Of the sure
ties Of Il, 7, Hatfield.
Leave Of absence was granted to Mr..
Hutchinson for one day on account OF
sickness.
The leave Of absence granted TO Mr.. Pey-
ton, Clerk OF the House, was extended three
days.
II. B. 900, relating to the collection Of
claims by Justices Of the Peace, was lndea.
nitely postponed.
II. b. lSl, re.enacting chapter 90 OF the
Code, was laid on the table.
II. B. l72, In relation to the Adjnlant Cen
erals office, was amended and indefinitely
postponed.
The substitute for II. B. 1Oi, amending
and re.enaCting the school law OF this State.
Pending the discussion Of this bill a com.
municatiOn was Received from the Senate
announcing that by twO.thlrds vote 1t had
adopted IlOuse.JO Joint Resolution 50, extend.
ing the session Of the Legislature.
a communication from the Postmaster
informed the House that documents and
other papers were being mailed by its
members contrary to the Postal laws, and
warning them Of the penalties therefor
After the reading Of these communica.
tions the Consideration Of the School Bill
was resumed and continued until the hour
Of Adjournment.
The House then adjourned.
IN SENATE.
TUESDAY, December7.
Senate met at 10 o'clock a. n. and was
opened with prayer by the Rev. Mi. WelCh,
q member Of the House OF Delegates.
II. ]. II. "a, to pay certain criminal
charges in capturing the Huntington bank
robbers, was passed as amended by the
House OF Delegates.
II. j. r. SO, extending the present session
Of the Legislature for fourteen days, was
received from the House Of Delegates and
Immediately taken up by the Senate.
Mr.. Bennett moved to strike out fourteen
days and insert eleven.
Pending this amendment the Senate re.
sol we'd itself into COnrt OF Impeachment
to Try John s. Burdett, State Treasurer.
Judge Raymond, President of the Court
Of Appeals, took The chair, and the Ser.
geantatAtms made proclamation com
nanding John 8. Durlett to appear before
the Court Of Impeachment and answer the
charges preferred againsthlm by the House
Of Delegates.
Mr.. James Morrow, Jr, appeared and
read communication from John =. Bur
dett, authorizing W. W. Arnett Geo. o.
Davenport and Mr.. Morrow to appear for
him.
Nj. Arnett then asked that Mr.. BurdetI
be allowed until Saturday to prepare his
answer TO the 81 articles Of impeachment.
The Board Of Managers reported that II
had no objection 10 the time asked by the
defendants counsel, but that should the
House Of Delegates adjourn on Thursday
the tmpeachnient would have to be dropped
as IL was the universal opinion that no re-
plication could be made 10 the defendants
answer except by The House Of Delegates,
The Court then went Into session with
closed doors 10 decide upon the time when
the defendant should be required to ans.
wer, and continued In secret session Until
1880 o'clock, when II took recess until "
o'clock, r. ~, at which hour II re'nSSembl'
ed.
The President Of The Court informed the
Board Of Managers and counsel that the
Court had refused TO grant to the defendant
to have until Saturday TO make h answer
and that motion by Mr.. Sherrard was then
pending before the Court to require him to
answer on Wednesday. ...,,
The counsel for the defendant solennly
protested against 80 short a time, and stated
that II would be physical imPossibility Ia
prepare ah answer by Wednesday. !.
Mr.. Camden moved to amend the pend
ing motion 50 as to allow counsel for the de
feniant until Saturday al l0H o'clock.
The amendment was adopted.
Those voting aye were: MessrS. Arnetti
Bennett, Caldwell, Camden, Dennis, Dick
insOn, Eastman, Ferrelli lranthain, Coll
CASTOR and picrce-i2. IL.
Those voting no were: Mesars. Berk'
shire, Bishop, Clayton, Cunningham
I.oomis, Scott, Shelton, sherrard and Mr.,
PreSident-9.
Mf. ShCrrarl's motion, aS amended by
Mr.. Camden, was then passed by the same
vote as the last,
On motion Of Mr. Clayton, II was ordered