The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-10

probably with 8 view to action early In
the adjourned session. min
OF these Mr.. Bell presented House bll
No. 260, amending the act fixing the nme
for holding the Circuit Courts In the sew
eral Judicial Circuits Of the state.
Mr.. Settle presented house Bill NO. 2ol,
repeating the act incorporating the Ganley
River Improvement, Manufacturing, Min
ing and LAUNDERING Company.
THR CONVICT BILL
was then taken up on q third reading, and
the question put as to its passage. The
bill was defeated by the following vote;
The ayes were: Messrs. Wilson (speaker)
Depue, Edmiston, Evans, Ferguson, Fisher
OF Hardy, Hobbs, Holt. Hubbard johnson,
Kepnsr' Leonard, Lusk, McCord, Mcneil,
Motfett, Monroe, seabright, Settle, Sharp,
Sheppard, siler, steere, Tlppett-2.
The noes were; Messrs. Babb, BeCkWith,
Bee, Bell, Brady, Cox, Crumrins, Davis,
DAVIDSON, Day, Dodrill, Fisher Of Braxton,
Floyd, FulkeTson, Grantham, HaCkWorth,
Irons, Lynch, Maxwell, McOrum, Nor
row, Orr, Poe, Quarter, Riley, Rowley,
Sinclair, sydenstriCker, Watson, Wayt,
Wells OF Marion, Wells oil Tyler and VIII
son OF BRrbour-&.
Absent on leave and not voting: Oresap,
&. Hall, ]. H. Hall, Lowry, Prince and
Thompson.
The commissioners OF public printing
reported that they could not ascertain
any Just and fair standard Of compensation
for the publishers oil newspapers printing
the Constitutional amendments, and for
various reasons could not arrive at the
amount proper to be appropriated to pay
the same.
House Bill No. 81, amending the charter
Of Charleston was passed.
House Bill No. POI, concerning
LOrTERlEs AND GAMES OF CHANCE
was passed. 1t simply removes the pro-
hibition OF the law from church gift enter
prises or lotteries,
House Bill No. 9, establishing an in
dependent school distriCtin Mason coun'
ty, was also passed.
House Bill No. 1914, amending
the law In regard to unlawful entry
or detainer, was also passed also
House Bill No. $50, changing the
boundary line between Nicholas and
Webster counties. =
Mr.. Moffett introduced a resolution FIX
ing the time for the converting OF
THE ADJOURNED SESSION
OF next year at the Second Wednesday,
18th day, Of January, instead Of in Feb
ruary. This was on his own motion
tabled.
House Bill No. le5, amending the law
concerning the erection oil new counties
was then read the third time and passed.
1t provides that no new county shall be
created until o census be taken within the
bounds thereof, and within each OF the
counties from which any part Of such new
county is proposed TO be taken, To ascer-
tain II each OF said counties has q popula.
ton Of six thousand.
House Bill No. 81, providing for the
relief OF James g. Vandervort, late sheriff
OF Lewis county, was also read and passed.
At u O'Clock the House took recess
until Or. N.
Upon reassembling the Assessment bill,
with the Senate amendments, was report.
ed back from the Judiciary Committee TO
which 1t had been referred, with a recon-
mendation that the House refuse 10 con.
cur In certain Of them, and ask for 0
committee OF conference. This was agreed
to, and the Speaker appointed as members
OF such committee on the part ot the
House, Messrs, Ferguson, Morrow, Quar-.
rier and Hall OF Barbour.
THE DOG BILL
WAS then taken up, and tedious discus.
sion followed.
Mr.. Lowry said;
Mr.. speaker:-Beiore the vote Is taken
upon this bill l have some very interest.
ing statistics upon the subject, which were
furnished me by the Superintendent Of the
Census, General Walker. l wrote him
asking him to give me the number Of
killed sheep by dogs In the State Of West
Virginia for the year 1879, and here 10
what he sent me: