The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-15
STATE LEGISLATURE
SENATE.

The Upper House Fairly EtRrted-BIIIl
IntFOdueed-The Standing Commit
tees! lsHfy
The Senate met at 10 o'clock A. N. yes
terday. There belag no Clergymen pres
emit the devotional exercises were dis
pensed with. The Journal OF yesterday
was partly read aud ON motion OF Senator
MCGregor the further reading was dis
pensed with.
.#ulIl. BILLS INTRODUCED.
BY Senator Dawson: Senate bill No. 2,
bill to amend and re.enaCt section l Of
chapter AZ Of the acts Of 1923 in relation
to the qualification Of Jurors.
BY Senator Donehoo: Senate bill No.
3, providing for the purchase and diatri-
button Of the Revised Statutes oil West
Virginia.
By Senator Brown: Senate bill No. 4,
amending and re.enaCting section 4 OF
chapter 107 OF the acts OF 1877 In relation
10 licenses,
BY Senator Faulkner: Senate bill No.
8, 10 make persons charged with crime
competent witnesses In this State.
By Senator Woods: Senate bill No. 8,
10 regulate the practice Of pharmacy and
the sale oil medicines and poisons; also,
Senate bill bill No. 7, amending the Jury
law; also, Senate bill No. 8, to change the
dAtes for holding the general election for
State, county and county district officers,
and members Of the Legislature. All the
above bills were referred 10 the Committee
on Judiciary for examination and report.
he In
y, providing for preliminary survey Of
the Keyser & Pendleton railroad. Re.
ferred 10 the Committee on Railroads.
REVOLUTIONS.
BY Senator Newman: Adding Com
mittes on Railroads 10 the list OF standing
committees. The rules were suspended
and the resolution adopted.
BY Senator Faulkner: Senate joint res
olution No. l, directing the number O.
daily journals 10 be furnished 10 the Sen
ale and House Of Delegates. The rulet
were suspended and the resolution
adopted, and Senator Faulkner was ap
pointed 10 communicate the passage o
the same 10 the House.
BY Senator Stollings: 1nBtructing thC
Committee on Mines aud Mining 4
inquire into the expedienCy OF inBtitutinG
ageologiCal survey Of the State.
BY Senator Newman. Referring %
much OF the Governors message a. re-
lates 10 the statutes aB revised and ammo
tAted by John F. Kelly, Esq, 10 the Com
mitlee on Judiciary.
srAvh,Su rnA,,,,rrpvg
The President announced the iollowin,
Standing Committees.
On Privileges and ElectiOns-- Williams
(Chairman) Stout, Shelton, Bafbse ant
McGfew.
On Jadicidry-D Dennis, Uhaifnan) FAulk
ner, Woods, Brown, stolllngs, Smith, Don
ehoo.
On finance = Newman, Chairman
Woods, Stout, stollings, MCNsel, Var
Meter and Batbee.
on Railroads Brown, tChairmah) Smith
Williams, Roberts, stolllngS, FatnSwottl
and MCGfew.
Oh Education = Donehoo, Chairman
Fatnsworth, Satin pies, Maxwell, Val
Meter, Shelton and MCGfew.
On Counties and Municipal Corporations :
EWin, (UhAltnan) Williams, Maxwell
DAVIDSON and Dawson.
On Roads and Navigation = McGfegor
(ChAifmah) Samples, DAvisson, Shelton
McNeel, Roberts, FafnsWOfth.
On Banks and Corporations - Brown
(Chaifnan) Donehoo, Maxwell, Samples
Dawson.
On Public BuildingI and Humane Inttttl
hont-FatnsWorth, (UhAlttnan) Van Meter
Newman, Bafbee, MC6rew. .!..
On Ptnitenli1u- Stout, (Ohairman) vii
llams, Woods, Faulkner, Dawson.
On Altitia-MCNeel, (Chairmat) Roberts
DAWSON, Maxwell, BGfbee.
On FEDERAL RtldlioaS -Faulkner, (OhAir
mani Brown, Dennis, Smith, Woods.
On Immigration and agriculture Van
Meter lOhairman), MCGtegOr, MCNsel,
EWln, Batbee.
On Nina and Aining-Robettt tChAit.
mani, Smith, Dennis, Donehoo, McGregor,
Newman, Dawson.
OnCldimt and GfiIVdncIt Woods (ChAlf.
man), Stout, Samples, Williams, stollinge,
Newman,