The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-09

W Which ulhtIulHt unu SAFE may Ne maze |
for taxes and fee bills.
Senate Bill No. As, making Il misde.
meanor for sheriils or other collectors Of
taxes TO misapply the same.
A message from the Senate, by Mr..
Scott, announced the passage, by that
body, Of Senate Bill No. "a. in relation 10
liz pendeas.
Senate Bill No. 81, relating 10 the fees
Of prosecuting attorneys, was read a sec.
ond time and referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
Senate Bill No. 81, to impose a tax on
every suit instituted in a county or cir.
cult court, was read a second time and
referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Senate Bill No. 80, changing the time
Of holding the terms Of courts in Calhoun
county, was read second time, and or.
dered to its engrOssment and third read.
ing.
Senate Bill No. 0, relating 10 evidence
in actions Of assumpSit, was read third
time and passed.
Senate Bill No. 10, changing the time
OF holding the terms OF courts for the
counties Of Cabell, Wayne and Putnam,
was read third time and passed.
Engrossed House Bill No. &C, TO pay
to the county Of Berkeley certain money
out Of the general school fund, was read
third time and passed, to take effect
from its passage.
Mr.. Faulkner was appointed to inform
the Senate OF the passage Of the bill.
House Bill No. "a, prohibiting the is
suance OF checks, tokens, NC, payable
otherwise than in money, to miners,
laborers and others, was read n second
time and ordered to be engrosscd for
third reading.
On motion ofSMr lmboden, the House
adjourned until'to.morrow at 10 AN.
SENATE.
Senate met at 10 AM!
Prayer by Rev. DR.. Mayer, Of the Jew.
ish Synagogue.
On motion Of Mr.. Turner .the reading
Of yesterdays journal was dispensed
with.
A message from the Governor was read,
in relation to the number Of persons par.
doned during the two years ending Dec.
81, 1876.
Mr.. Dennis, from the Judiciary Com.
mittee, reported back a resolution re-
ducingAhe license on billiard tables and
bowling alleys at watering places, and ask
that the resolution be referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Butler, from the Committee on
Agriculture, reported back Senate Bill
No. 81, TO amend an act providing for the
inspection Of tobacco, and recommended
that the bill be rejected.
Mr.. Turner, from the Committee on
Enrolled Bills, reported back Senate Bill
No. 4, authorizing the county court OF
Brooke county and the board Of commits
sioners Of Ohio county to dispose Of the
stock OF the P. W. & Ky. r. r. Co. held
by said counties.
Also, Senate Joint Resolution No. 10,
appointing commissioners toinqnire into
the rates OF freight and travel on the B.
4 O. Railroad.
Senate Joint Resolution No. II, in
structing our Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress to use their best efforts
to secure an appropriation to continue
the improvement Of the Monongehela
river to its head, and find The same cor.
reCtly enrolled.
Senate Bill No. 81, to amend Sections
l and Of an act Of December &c, 1878,
requiring certain officers to make annual
settlements and providing for the con.
firmation and recording OF the same,
and force the effect thereof, which was
then taken up, and on motion Of Mr..
Johnson, was laid on the table.
Senate Joint Resolution No. Q, provid-
ing for n joint committee. to examine the
Hospital Tor the Insane, came back from
the House, that body disagreeing to the
third amendment.
Mr.. johnson moved that the Senate in
sist on the amendment, and that COM
mittee Of conference he appointed.
Senate Bill No. &c, authorizing the
incorporation OF mutual fire insurance
companies, came up on its third reading
and passed as amended.
Mr.. Adams was appointed TO inform
the House OF the passage OF the bill.
Senate Bill No. 81, in relation to en-
forcing DEGREES and docketing judgments,
came up on its third reading and passed.
Senate Bill No. 81, authorizing Sam.
uel George 10 remove the remains OF the
dead inferred in certain lot Of land
owned by him, and 10 RENTER the same,
came up on its second reading, and was
ordered toengrossment and third read.
ing.
Mr.. Scott was appointed 10 communl-
cate to the Housc the passage Of Senate
Bill No3i.
Senate Bill No. 81, in relation 10 courts
Of limited jurisdiction, came up on its
second reading and was ordered cngross.
ed for third reading.
Senate BillrNo. CO, relating to clerks OF
courts, came up on its second reading and
was ordered TO its engrossment.
Senate Bill No. CT, concerning the adj
nfiniStration Of county affairs, came up
on its second reading, and was ordered
engrossed for third reading.
Mr.. Turner, from the Committee on
Education, reported back Senate Bill No,
50, changing the name OF the West Yir.
ginta Female Seminary To- the johnson
Female College, and recommended the
bill to pass.
Senate Bill No. u, making compensa-
ton to David II. Lilly, late prosecuting
attorney Of Webster county, Tor services
rendered in 1861, coming up on it's second |
reading, was rejected.
Senate Bill No. 46, an act to amend an |
act providing for the sale Of es.
cheated, forfeited and unappropriated |
lands for the benefit Of the school
fund.
A message from the House, by Mr..
Barr, announcing the concurrence OF the
House in the Senate amendments 10
House Bill No. IS, in relation to the com.
pensation Of witnesses.
Also, by Mr.. Faulkner: Announcing
the passage OF House Bill No. SO, to paw
to the county Of Berkeley, out Of the gen.
eral school fund, money which through
mistake was not paid in 1876, and ask the
concurrence Of the Senate.
BY Mr.. Ferrcll: Senate Bill No. 50, to
provide free schools for the district OF