The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-25

erni and Interesting News.
CHARLEsl ~, February ".
Editors of the Register:
This is the last week of the session OF
the legislature ard the members are al
ready making preparations for the jour
ney to their respective homes There
are many anxious inquire, is 10 the na-
vigability OF the Ohio river and the
daily kilograms concerning the arrival
and departure OF boats are watched with
good deal of interest. The newspapers
received here from Wheeling or CIncin-
natl are always two days and II half old,
and the changes Of the weather have been
30 frequent and sudden and extreme,
that We are never quite certain at any
particular time whether the steamboats,
are making regular trips, or whether they
are locked up in icy barriers. The trip
home b. way of Staunton and Harper :
Ferry is fatiguing and rNpensive.and Will
only be taken as an alternative when the
river route i, impracticable.
There j. vast number OF bills on the
Legislative calendar that cannot be- acted
upon, and il seems now probable that the
prtscut session will clos" without adding
very materily to the existing bulk Of the
statute law Very few acts lonly iour
up 10 the present date have Yet been
/ sent to the Governor Tor signature, and
it seems to BE- generally conceded that
/ oalv the appropriauonbllls and such
General or special laws as may be passed
without debate and without objection, can
now be got through. There Is good
deal Of talk Of an extra session, to be- call
ed by the Governor at the request "i
two-thirds of the members OF both houses,
opI to bc held in Wheeling some time
next fall or winter, and TO this VIII b"
po.tpourd the work which the present
session leaves unfinished. ! think ii
probable that this course will be
adopted. At that session there
will hr nothing to prevent seriou,
and industriou, application to the resH-
lar work OF legislation, the exciting top
ic> which have himdcrcd actual work in!-
winter having been happily disposed "i.
Several amendments to the Con>tllu-
tiou have been proposed at the present
session. but none of them. | believe, has
/ been sufficiently matured TO te submitted
. topopular vote One contcmp lates Il sweep
/ iuT change in the article re-
. lating to the judjcral department OF the
State government. 1t uboiIsh"s the
county courts and restores the old super
lor system. 1t recognizes III" Judicial
circuit, and creates q separate circuit for
Ohiocounty. ltincrcuses the number 60.
Judg, Of the supreme Court I" i've
Nc.. &c. The joint resolution proposing
these changes originated III the
House and was discussed in
Committee Of the Whole nearly
MI of one day, when il was laid aside,
and Is not likely to be- heard from again
IL. thisjtime.
Mr.. Garlic Of Harrison, also ha- II
Joint resolution proposing an amendment
to the Constitution. 1t i Intended To-
prohibit any member Of the legislator"
or officer of the government from re-
criviug any free pass or other %ratnty
from railroad company. Certainty
rather Il novel constitutional provision!
Two or three bills hay" been intro
durrd in the House in relation to the
protection of sheep owners against Ia"
destruction of their ilock> 10y dogs.
Some of them propose to levy tax upon
dogs, the proceeds ,ot which ar" t" b"
applied in payment for sheep destroyed;
another gives the shecp-Owucr an action
fur damages against the doG-owner;
another provides u sort of local option
dog law, the question "i
dogs or no dogs being sub
mitted to popular vote by districts or
counties. ANY statute Iryclcl against
"mongrcl, puppy, whclP or hound, or
ours OF low degree, Is vigorously resist
ed by the representatives of the noun
tain counties, and there Is no present
probability of legislation on the subject.
The Doctors have also been deemed
worthy of some attention ut the
hands of the present House Of Dele
gates. There Is q bill on the
calendar that is intended to regulate the
practice of medicine in West Virginia.
1t provides that no person who ha, not
graduated or attended lectures ut some
regularly established and recognized
medical college, or who ha, not practlced
medicine during ten consecutive wears
shall be permitted to pursue the protes-
sion IN this State unless hr shall have
been examined by, and obtained
a certificate from board
Of medical examiners to be appointed. or
recommended, or something Of that sort
bv the State Medical Society The bill
is not likely to be reached and acted upon
al this session.
| believe YOU have been already in.
formed that the proposed usury law Il
very stringent one by thc way. has been
finally defeated in tn" House, and cannot
come up again at this session. There
was IL hard fight upon it, but
the struggle was finally decided IN favor
of the present law.
Bills have been introduced looking t,
the establishment Of Independent Count!
Courts in the manner prescribed IN til,
Constitution. for kanawha, Jefferson
Brooke and Hancock, and Mineral and
HAMPSHIRE counties, but whether any OF
these has vet passed both Houses | can
not now say. The Wood county bill
and those for Brooke and Hancock, and
Mineral and Hampshire, nave passed the
House of Delegates.
y voluminous bill proposing Il num-
Der of Slight amendments To- the school
law. ,chiciiy those recommended 10y SUI
pcrintendcnt Byrnr in his admirabl,
report. has been printed and laid on the
dc>k> of the members. but will be COM
prllrd To lie over without action. The
same fate Will bcfall the bill c.vpr'ug
parents to send their children. between
the ages of eight and fourteen Years, To-
school at least fourteen week, in each
wear, or pay fine in dcfauito! - doing.
There is no immediate prospect of any
change in the insurance law, nor in that
relating to the sale Of intoxicating
liquors. Several bills in regard to the
latter subject have been introduced
One proposes local option prohlbit"ry
law, and another Simply rcpcais tn" pre-
sent law withou, providing any suhSii-
tutc therefor.
In the Senate last Saturday Mr. Cam