Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-01-15

TuRE-From the list of bills passed by
the Legislature, as published 10y the
Wheeling Register, We name the fol-
lowing;
An Act 10 amend aud re-enact chap
ter 70 of the Code concerning the au-
Identification of deeds aud other wri-
tings.
An Act prescribing the time within
which school trustees and members of
the Board of Education shall qualify.
An Act changing the time for hold
ing the circuit courts in the county OF
Morgan.
An Act to amend and re-enact sec
tons 2 and 3, chapter llS, OF the acts
of 1872 3; also to amend sections 40, Al,
AZ and 43, chapter llS of the acts OF
1928, cntitled-a an act making general
provisions for elections by the people
aud for providing for filling vacancies.
An Act providing for the removal OF
causes pending in one court to another.
An Act Providing for the collection
of taxes.
An Act to authorize the establishment
and maintenance of infirmari,s, houses
of refuge, houses of correction, a nd
work houses in certain counties, cities
and towns.
An Act authorizing the COUNTY courts
to levy tax on dogs for the purpose
of raising fund with which to reim-
burse owners of sheep for injury done
thereto by dogs, and to repeal section
As of chapter SO CT the Code.
An Act to protect birds and game.
An Act to prevent cruelty to ami
mails.
An Act to provide for the pro rating
of the charges for freight and passen-
gers as between corporations connect
ing in this State.
An Act amending the act relating to
the School District of Martinsburg,
West Va
An Act appropriating money to pay
teachers of Normal Schools.
An Act TO amend the act passed
April l, 1873, entitled can act to amend
aud re enact chapter 40 OF the Code of
West Virginia, concerning the poor"
Joint Resolution authorizing the Gov
ernor to furnish arms to certain military
organizations at State institutions.
An Act amending re-enacting section
6S of chapter l59 Of the Acts OF 1928,
relating to county levies and incorpor-
ated cities, towns and villages.
An Act eXempting ministers OF the
Gospel from working on the roads.
THE HARpERs FERRY PRoPERTY.-
The statement that the Attorney Gen
eral had Withdrawn the appeal of the
government to the Supreme Court in
the Harper's Ferry case is premature.
Some correspondence passed between
the Attorney General and Mr.. Faulkner
on the subject, but nothing definite has
grown out of it. Senator Davis, who has
evinced much interest in the matter,
has had several ilterviews with the At
torney General on the subject, and was
requested by Mr.. Pierrepont to put his
views in writing. He has accordingly
addressed a letter to the Attorney Gen
eral urging that the appeal be
withdrawn. He sets forth that the
property is going to decay, and that
the only parties benefited by an appeal
from the decision of Judge Jackson
ordering re sale otthe property would
be the original purchasers, who had
never made any payment whatever on
the property and had carried off nearly
all the available movable machinery,
&c. The letter of Senator Davis was
strongly Endorsed by Senator Caperton
and Representatives Wilson and Here
ford, of West Virginia. The Attorney
General has the matter under -consd-
Grafton and will probably comply with
the request of Senator Davis and his
colleagues, so that this valuable proper
ty may be disposed of TO private parties
or repurchased by the government
Baltimore Snn.
HYMENIAL.-On Tuesday evening
last, the Reformed Church of this place
was well filled with persons from town
and country, to witness the nnptial
ceremonies of the Rev. S. B. Schafer,
late pastor of the Reformed Church at
Shippensburg, Pa, and Miss Sallie c.
Ripley, only daughter Of the Rev. F.
a. Ripley, CT this place. The Church
still wore its Christmas decorations,
and being brilliantly lighted, the entire
scene was highly animating and pleas