The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-05

reason for 90 doing that the CLERKS were
unable 10 keep up with the business Of the
House, and that there was IN immense
amount Of business before the committee
which had not as yet been acted upon,
and that II night sessions were held the
committees would not be. able 10 meat, aud
consequently work would be retarded In.
stead Of advanced by holding evening
sessions.
The resolution was rejected by the fol-
lowing vote:
cob, Johnson, Kittley, Mcoreery, McCruhl,
McNeer, Nixon, Post, Pounlstbne, Quinn,
Rock, Sheppard, Stuart and Wilson. III.
NoE-Ntessrs, Mollett tspeakeF), Barr,
Bell lof blineral, Bell. (ot .Lincoln), Bill.
myer, Bradford, Butcher, Calvert, Camp.
bell, Chipley, Clark, Davidson, Fisher,
Faulkerson, Furbee, Gist, Gooch, Gum,
Hare, Harvey, IIawycr, Hill, Hutton,
Hyer, Kitchen, Lewis, Logan, McGraw,
Melvin, Monroe, Montgomery, Parsons,
PennyhaCser, Fighter, Ross, Roush, Ry-
ner, scherr, Shelton, snider, Taylor, To.
ney, Unger and Vandal-40.
Messrs. Arnold, Ewing, Mearns and
Reynolds not voting.
House bill No. IS, relating to the road
was discussed Ut considerable length and
pending consideration the House took q
recess until $3.50 I'm.
Afternoon session.
House bill No. 10, pending at the time
the House took recess was taken up iol
further consideration. The bill was
amended by striking out the provision
compelling boys not nnlGf is 70 work on
county rolds, and inseFting In lien thereof,
"eyery able bodied male person moi
under q years Of age,
The bill as amended Is as follows;
a Bill to re.GnaOt tho I2th section oil
chapter l04 Of the Acts OF 1928, and "a
repeal m act entitled can Act To amend
and re.enaCt section l3 OF the act up
proved December q, 1878, entitled an
act TO provide for opening and keeping
IN repair the county roads," approved
March |, 1877,
Be Il enacted BY he Leytsldt,rrof IT;R lit
GINA:
SEC. |. That section 70 OF the act emit
tied IAN Act to provide for opening and
keeping In repair tho county roads" ap
proved December e, 1879, be amended
and re.enactetl so as to read as follows:
SEC. IL. Every able.bodied male person
not under twenty.one nor over fifty year,
otagc, dinginany road precinct aud who
is not pauper having had at least three
days notice, shall between the let tay O
April and tile LIST day Of November OF cacf
year, attend In person or By sufficient
substitute, with proper tools, and work OF
the county road In such precinct undel
the direction Of the surveyor thereof, a
such places and on such days during tht
said period Us the said surveyor may ap
point, at least two days II that number bs
necessary.
And the County Court OF every count,
In which the said two days work shall b
insufficient to open, construct and keep il
good repair the reads and bridges thereof
shall prescribe By an order Of the cour
the manner in which the same shall b,
done after expanding thereon tho two
days work aforesaid, whether entirely b,
q tax on property or entirely BY labor Of
partly by labor and partly BY tax, and i
shall prescribe, provide for and Law sufIi
cient amount Of tax or labor or both, a
the case may be. to open, construct AM
keep in good repair the roads and bridge
in their county during each year. Ever,
person required by the County Court IN
der the provisions Of this section to worl
on roads shall perform such additions
number OF days work thereon as may b.
required by such order.
The County Court shall have power Il
transfer and require the surveyor ant
hands Of any road precinct to work upon
the roads Of another precinct in the SAINT
district where it shall appear that sucl
precinct has greater amount Of road Ia
Dor to be performed and less hands Il
perform such labor than tho precincts
from which transfer is TO be made. AMI
any surveyor or hands failing to work or
the roads of the precinct to which the,
nay he, by order Of the court, transferred
shall be subject 10 the same penalties a.
il they had failed TO work on the roads o
their ownprecinct when lawfully required
to do SO.
Seq. The act to amend and rc.cnac
Section l2 OF tho Act approved Decembe
%, 1873, entitled IAN Act to provide 70
opening and keeping in repair the coun
y roads, approved March LIST, 1877, i
hereby repealed.
SIC. D. This Act shall take effect from it
passage.
Pending the further consideration OF III,
bill the House at $3.50 r, NJ. adjourned un
I'll tomorrow at l0A.M.