The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-08

Gu " tue Town OF Llarperh ferry may
qualify.
House Bill No. 05, to amend and re.
enact section II OF chapter lls Of the Acts
Of 1878, making general provisions
for the elections by the people and pro.
viding for filling vacancies.
House Bill No. l2G, relating TO the APP
pointment Of three commissioners for the
district Of Rayenswood in the county Of
Jackson.
House Bill No. 1877, revising and
amending the charter Of the Chesapeake
4 Ohio Railroad Company.
House Bill No. l4l, relating to the sale Of
the works and property Of railroad and
other internal Improvement companies
under decree OF court.
House Bill No. lbs, providing that no
license tax shall be imposed upon ped.
lars or other persons selling goods by
samples.
House Bill No. l07, to appropriate
S2S7 4G Of the public money TO pay the
heirs Of Beniah H. McCallister, deceased,
for services rendered by him in 1861 as
Commissioner Of Revenue.
House Joint Resolution No. s, relat-
ing to iuries in cases where the amount
in controversy does not exceed $50.
Read second time and ordered to its en-
grossment and third reading.
Leave Of absence for oncday asgrant-
ed 10 Mr.. j. B. Gray.
Leave Of absence for two days was
granted to Mr.. DnnEIn.
Leave OF absence for two days was
granted to Mr.. Babb.
Mr.. Spurlock offered petition of l2l
citizens OF Wayne county, asking for an
appropriation to remove. dana on the
Twelve Pole river, in the said county.
Referred to the Committee on Roads and
Internal Navigation.
On motion Of Mr.. Imboden, the vote by
which House Bill No. "a was indefinitely
postponed was reconsidered, and on his
further motion, the bill was laid on the
table.
House Bill No. 1875, providing for the
appointment OF certain officers by the
Governor, was read a second time and
ordered to its engrossment and third
reading.
House Bill No. 76, authorizing the
Mayor and City Council OF the city OF
Parkersburg, to purchase from the Wood
County Agricultural Association, the
ground belonging 10 said corporation, for
park purposes, was read second time
and ordered TO be engrOssed and read q
third time.
Mr.. Quarter offered the following:
ResOired, That the Committee on
Claims and Grievances, inquire into the
eXpediency Of allowing TO Patrick Daily,
late Janitor, mileage from Charleston 10
Wheeling, and that they report by bill or
otherwise. Adopted,
On motion OF Mr.. PennybaCker, the
House adjourned until tomorrow morn.
ing at 10 o'clock.
SENATE.
Senate met at 10 NJ.
The reading Of yesterdays journal was
dispensed with.
Mr.. Dennis, from the Judiciary Com.
mittee, reported back Senate Bill No. 90,
authorizing the appointment OF State
Chemist, without recommendation.
Senate Bill No. IS, 10 audit the claims
Of our County Auditors before allowing
the same, recommended it to be repealed.
Senate Bill No. S., in relation to rail-
roads incorporated in the State, recon-.
mended it to pass.
Senate Bill No. rs, TO prevent hogs
from running at large in the county Of
Harrison, recommended il TO pass.
Senate Bill, No. s., in relation to the
enrolment Of the militia, recommended
it to pass.
Mr.. Tarr, IRON the Committee on PEN
itentiary, reported back Senate Bill No.
IS, to provide for the further regulation
and government Of the penitentiary,
without recommendation. Also, in re-
Spouse to petition, they report Senate
Bill No. Sc, for the relief OF John II.
Hobbs 4 Co.
Mr., Pugh, from the Committee on
Claims and Grievances, reported back u
resolution for the relief OF Peter L. III
Ter, late Sheriff Of Morgan county, and
deem it inexpedient to legislate upon.
House Joint Resolution No. 10, in
structing our Senators and Representa-
tiyes in Congress to use their best efforts
to secure an appropriation to continue
the Improvement OF the Little KanaWha
river came up on its third reading and
was passed,
Senate Joint Resolution No. 10, re.
questing our representatives in Congress
TO use their efforts 10 secure the passage
Of law regulating interest throughout
the United States, coming up, was laid
on the table.
Mr.. Dennis, on leave, introduced Sen.
ate Bill No. 81, to amend the law author.
izing the Board Of Supervisors Of Morgan
county TO exempt her. citizens from per.
forming labor on the public roads. Re.
ferred TO the Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. johnson, from the Committee ON
Finance, reported back House Bill No.
AZ, fixing the compensation of committee
clerks and pages Of the Senate and House
OF Delegates, and recommended the pass-
age Of the bill us amended.
Senate Bill No. &c, authorizing the in.
corporation Of Mutual Fire Insurance
Companies, coming up on its second read.
ing was ordered engrossed for a third
reading.
Senate Bill No. 50, to allow the secre-
tary Of the Board, Of Education thirty
days to report assessments 10 the Auditor,
was read third time and passed.
Senate Bill No. "a, authorizing the for
nation Of corporations for the purpose
Of constructing bpoms or dams for stop.
ping and securing boats, rats, logs, masts,
spars, &C., came up on its third reading
and passed as amended.
A message from the House by Mr.. Fer.
guson was read, announcing that that
body had agreed to Senate Joint Resolu-
ton No. Z, providing for the appointment
OF joint committee TO examine the Hos.
pital for the Insane, and had adopted the
first two amendments 10 the same, but
disagreed to the third.
By Mr.. Arnett; A petition signed by
A. S. Hayder and seven others, asking
that the time for holding the Circuit
Court for Marion county remain as il is.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Senate Bill No. IA, donating public
lands to the Jefferson county agricultural
college, came up on Its second reading,
and on motion it was laid on the table.
Senate Bill No. q, in relation to en-.
forcing DEGREES and orders, docketing
inI0mania aIo aa,,a 80 a., -. .oaa,,1