Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-02-19

Senate Bill No. lO7, a bill to amend and
re-enact sections -, 30 and 81 of an
act OF the General Assembly OF the
State of Virginia, passed March IL,
1896, entitled "An act TO incorporate
the city OF Wheeling, in Ohio county.
y, Il ,HGcted Jy he Legislature of DcS
lGgHid:
That sections -, 50 and 81, OF an act
OF the General Assembly OF the State OF
Virginia, passed March IL, 1886, entitled
AN act 10 incorporate the city OF
Wheeling, in Ohio county, bc amended
and re-enaCted So a. tO read as follows:
SEC. ~. The Council shall have au-
thority to pass all ordinances mot re-
pugnant To the Constitution and laws
Ol the United states, or OF this Statel,
which shall bc necessary or proper to
carry into iull effect any power, authOri-
", capacity or jurisdiction which Is or
shall be vested in the said city,
or in the council, or any officer of said
city; and To enforce any or all of their
ordinances by reasonable fines and PEN
alties, and by imprisOning the offender
or offenders, and by compelling them TO
labor, without compensation, at any of
OF the public works or improvements
undertaken or Ia be undertaken by said
city, or by any or all Of the said modes:
PuCd,d, hOr,C.r, that no fine shall Do
imposed exceeding one hundred dollars,
and that no person shall be imprisoned
or compelled To labor as aforesaid more
than one year for any one Oiiense: Ind
j,roriisd tr,ril,sr, that no jury shall be
allowed in any trial Tor the violation OF
an ordinance OF said city.
SEC %. The council shall have au-
thority to Or,lain and enforce such regu-
latiOns ~ shall be necessary or proper
tu prevent accidents by fire within said
city, or To secure the inhabitants there
ut, as lar Us practicable, from injury
thereby, and specially t. provide forthe
establishment organization, equipment,
and government OF fire companies IN
said city; and To provide suitable maga-
zines or places in or near said city Tor
the storage OF gunpOwder petroleum or
other cOmbustIble AMI dangerous arti-
ceS, and 10 Ordain and enforce such
regulations a. they may deem necessary
respecting the place and manner of
keeping and transporting the samc.
SEC. 81. The council shall have au-
thority to pass such ordinances aS shall
he necessary or proper TO secure the in
habitants oil said city against thieves,
robbers, burglars, and all other persons
violating the public peace of said city;
iOr the suppression ui riots and gaming,
and iOr the prevention and punishment
OF lcwd, h>Civious, indecent or disor-
derly conduct, and cruelty to animals,
in said cIty.
SO. >. That 50 much ut said act as
comes within the puryicw of this act,
be and the same is heRhy repealed.
SEC. ,. This act shall be in force
from il- passage.
Also :. Is. No. III, lOrbidding the
issue oi Il circulating medium by any
corporation or individual, in the shape
OF checks or tickets paid in lieu oi
money. And
:. 4. No. a3, amending the law in rc-
gard to the relocation ot county
seats.
Mr. Woods having arrived, asked
leave Ia have his vote recorded on
the resolution to extend the session to
the 10th ui March. lie voted ave, and
the resolution was declared adopted.
Alter some further routine business
and many abortiye attempts To effect an
Mr. Baxter succeeded in
carryinga motion To- that effect, and the
Sanatc adjourned.
SENATE sCINTILLATIONS.
Judge Brown has been dubbed the
Blackstone of the Senate.
Captain Dennis Is the "lngersoll oi
West Virginia clolucncc only, We
presume.
Somebody called Ferguson the pond
eruus man from Wayne" But il they
90 To- Wayne them, We think Judge
Brown would prove the ponderousest
man of the crowd.
loves latest title is "the .EsCulapiuS
from Wctzcl.'
Stout maintains his right to the sDbrt-
yUtt of the Watchdog ofthe Treasury"
Adams spends all his leisure time in
myenting nick-names for Turner. The
war-horSr from Harrison" is the latest.
"BIxter's Saints Rest comes twice a
day, regularly, when the Senator from
BraXton moves to adjourn or take "A re-
cess, and the reporters fold up their
notes like street Arab, and silently
steal away.