The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-05
THE LEGISLATURE.


senator DENNIS, from the OOmHlttee OH
Judiciary, reported back Senate bill No.
40, q bill to amend and ie.enaCt sections
!, 9, 5, 4, 6,S, o and II, and to add sections
Is and 10 10 chapter 227 OF the Acts OF
1928, entitled Gan act TO establish fea.
sonable maximum rate oil charges for the
transportation OF passengers and freight
and TO prevent unjust determinations and
extortiOns In rates to be charged by the
different railroads In this State for the trans.
portatiOn Of passengers and freight on rail-
roads, without recommendation, but the
chairman Of the committee, took occasion
10 say that the members OF the committee
mot being practical railroad men, and
having no practical knowledge or expert
ence in the management OF railroads,
though anxious each and all Of them to
devise some scheme sonie law that
would at least tend TO relieve the people
Of the burdens complained Of, and at the
same time not prove unjust or ruinOus to
our railroads, have felt themselves embar.
rassed in their Investigate lns and labors
by the peremptory order adopted on yes
terday by the Senate, requiring the com.
mittee to report the bill this day. ] &c.
cordingly, in obedience to said order and
by instruction OF the committee, return
the bill rs II came to our hands"
Mr.. Monroe, from the House OF Dele.
gates, appeared upon the floor OF the
Senate and announced that the House had
passed House joint resolution No. 20, pro-
viding for the appointment Of u joint com.
mitteC on the part Of the Senate and
House OF Delegates 10 confer with the
officers OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail.
raOd Company, with reference to the
settlement OF existing diIllcultios.
On motion Of Mr., Faulkner the Senate
Immediately took up and passed this rOso.
luton, and its passage was communicated
to the House Of Delegates.
The following bills were read third
time and passed:
House Bill No. 1856, a bill to amend and
re.enact chapter 90 Of act passed February
81, 1877, entitled IAN act to amend and
re enact section 4 OF chapter " OF the
Code" prescribing the times for the catch.
ing Of fish.
Also House Bill No. IS, a bill to amend
and re.enact chapter 10 of the nets OF the
Legislature OF 1870, entitled "An act ia
authorize the Judge Of the First Judicial
Circuit to employ shorthand writer in
certain cases"
Dir. Newman, on leave, introduced Sen.
ate bill No. 1913 making IN appropriation
Of public money to pay memhors OF the
Legislature for salaries OF the officers
Of the government in pursuance OF sec
ton AZ Of article Of the Constitution
Ordered printed.
On motion OF Mr.. johnson, Senate bill
No. III, bill prescribing regulations fol
the transportation Of petroleum or Other
oils or liquids through pipes Of iron OF
other material constructed for that pur
pose. was taken up aud passed.
Mr.. Newman offered the following reso
luton:
That Senators D. n. Johnson, A. L. Sum
mers and c. W. Newton be appointed and
selected OH tho part Of the Senate Us q
committee OF tho Senate in answer to
House Joint Resolution No. 80.
These, in connection with Alex. Mon
roc, ]. J. Jacob, |. G. Post, B. NJ. Kitchen
and J. NJ. llagans, constitute the Commit.
tee Of Conference with the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company's officers.
Mr.. Adams, US Chairman Of the Commit.
tee Of Conference ofthe Senate and House
Of Delegates, on the disagrceing votes oil
the two Houses upon the amendments oil
the House OF Delegates to Senate joint res.
olution No. II, proposing IN amendment
to tho Constitution, reported the result oil
the conference. The resolution is in refer.
ence to the Judiciary, and is very lengthy.
In reference to the Supreme Court OF
Appeals there shall DC four Judges, us
heretofore, with q salary OF s., 200 each.
The original Jurisdiction OF Circuit Courts
shall be in all cases In excess OF So, instead
OF so.
The First Circuit shall have two Circuit
Judges instead OF one, and the salaries oil
Circuit Judges shall be 81 800, but in Ohio
county power is granted to increase the
above at pleasure.
The Municipal Court Of Wheeling shall
continue in existence until otherwise pro.
vided by law, and said court and the Judge
thereof shall exercise the powers and juris.
dictiOn heretofore conferred upon them,
and appeal in civil cases from said court
shall lie directly TO the Supreme Court OF
Appeals.
Justices jurisdiction Is extended to $500
instead OF 500, as formerly.
Upon the question whether Justices shall
shall have juries or not, 1t was determined
to submit the question by a separate con-
stitutiOnal amendment to vote OF the
people.
On motion of Mr.. Turner, the Senate
took recess until $50 r. NJ.
Afternoon Session.
Senate bill No. Ill, the assessment bill.
was taken up and passed.
Senate bill No. l02, prescribing penal.
ties for charging, demanding or recover
ing unlawful charges for the transporta-
ton OF passengers and freight upon rail
roads, coming up on q second reading,
pending its consideration the Senate adj.
journGd.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
House met at 10 a. NJ, and was opened
with prayer by Rev. W. II. White Of the
ChHpline Street NJ. L. Church.
On motion Of Mr.. Rouse the reading Of
the journal was dispensed with.
HILLS PASSED.
The following bills were passed:
House Bill No. 2l0, to protect the pur.
chasers OF fertilizers in the State.
House Bill No. |, 10 establish County
Court and Board OF Commissioners for the
county of Pendlcton.
House BILL No. II, to establish a NUM-.
cipal Court in the city Of Huntington.
House Bill No. Ia, to punish persons
found violating the license laws OF the
State along certain rivers.
Senate bill No. III, n bill prescribing
regulations for the transportation OF pe.
trolcum or other oils or liquids through
pipes OF iron or other material constructs
ell for that purpose.
House bill No. 2S, to establish County
Court for the county Of Preston.
House bill No, 243, changing and fixing
the time for holding the Circuit Courts in
the Fourth Judicial Circuit.
House bill No. 2+i, changing and fixing
the time for holding the County Court in