Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-23

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he ahall be entitled TO additional com
pensation, and in his absence the rae
ulty shall elect chairman pro TEN
Fourth-At their next meeting In un'
shall make such redistribution oil tht
subjects OF study as shall by them bt
deemed expedient to meet the necessi
ties OF the change. ~
Miscellaneous Business
In addition to the bills the other busi
ness presented and considered was as
follows: =,
BY Mr.. Doddrill-A bill changing the
boundary lines OF the counties OF Green
brier, Nicholas and Webster as a sub
stitute for III. b. No. $50.
Senate Bill No. %, entitled IAN act q
change the name OF the Potomac and
Piedmont Coal and Railroad Company
and to confer additional powers there
| TO" wss read a second time and after be-
ing slightly amended was under sus'
pension Of the rules passed with its
title.
One or two bills OF local nature were
taken up for short time and read eith'
or a first or second time. During this
Senator Dennis had appeared and COM
municated the passage of the following
8. J. X. No. IL:
Rssolued By the Legislature OF West lr-
ginia, tro thirds of ths members tLcted TO
each House cOncurring therein, That the
present session OF the Legislature be
and the same is hereby extended be-
yond the period OF forty five days, pur..
suant to the provisions OF section - oil
Article VI of the Constitution.
IL being ubout Is minutes before ii
o'clock, the hour set for considering the
report OF the special committee on ad-
iournment, Judge Ferguson moved to
take up 5. j. X. No. IL and pass on that
first. This was done and the same
adopted. As this resolution was the
same as Fl. J. r. No. IA, which had been
made the order of the day, Mr.. Hub
bard moved that the rules be suspended
and II. J. H. No. Is be taken up. This
was done. The resolution is the one
providing when an adjournment shall
take plsce and at what time. IL
also provides for the sitting OF
a committee during the recess for the
purpose of blocking out work for the ex-
ira session.
Mr. Hubbard moved that the first
blank be filled with March l2th," as
the time the present session should ad-
journ.
After some little discussion this was
adopted and "l2 meridian" set as the
time OF day, February l, 1882, that the
House should again convene.
There was considerable opposition to
this, until it was generally understood
that this action could readily be recon-
sidered. The fight was on the second
and third sections OF the resolution, pro-
viding for the committee.
Mr.. Moffett moved that the two sec
tons be stricken out, and made two
warm speeches in support OF the same,
TO which Messrs. Ferguson and Fuiker-
son replied.
About an hour and half was taken
up in discussing this matter, during
which time the pay Of the members OF
the committee was fixed at four dollars
per day.
Mr.. MoiIett claimed that by adopting
the resolution and the committee being
appointed, the power of the people
through the Legislature would be dele
gated to five men. Judge Ferguson
claimed that provided this was not done
the expense would be enormous. The
ayes and nays were called with the fol-
lowing result: Those who voted to
strike out were Messrs. Bee, Brady, Cox,
Depue, Evans. Hackworth, Hobbs, Lusk,
McCrum, Motfett, Tippett-l2.
Those who voted in the negative were:
Messrs. Wilson (Speaker), RAbb, Beck
with, Cresap, Crumrine, Davis, Davis
son, Day, Dodrill, Edmiston, Ferguson,
Fisher (oi Braxton), Fisher (of Hardly,
Floyd, Fulkerson, Grantham, Hall (of
WetzeD, Hobbs, Holt, Hubbard, Irons,
Johnson, Kepner, Leonard, Lowry,
Lurty, Lynch, Maxwell, McCord, Nc
Nell, Monroe, Morrow, Orr, Prince,
Quarter, Riley, Rowley, Seabright, Set
tic, Sharp, Sheppard, Siler, Sinclair,
Steere. Sydenstricker, Thompson, Wat
son, Wyatt. Wells (of Marion, Wells (of
Tyler and Wilson (of Barbour)-49.
Those absent and not voting were:
Messrs. Bell (of MineraD, Hail (of Bar.
bour) and Poe.
Mr.. Hubbard, in the chair, declared
the result and now unless the Senate
raises rumpus, or the House should
take 1t into It's head TO 90 back on its
action, this session will close on the
18th of March and convenue again on
the lst OF February 1882, and during
the recess a joint committee will sit
about thirty days blocking the heavier
work out.
Gov. Jackson's Inauguration.
On motion of Mr.. LeonsrdS. j. r. No.
10 introduced that morning appointing
Joint committee OF three on the part
OF the House and two from the Senate
TO prepare for the inauguration cere.
monies and to confer with the citizens
committee, was called up and adopted.
Mr.. Leonard also introduced reso
luton providing that when the House
adjourn March 3rd, it be until 2P. NJ.
March 5th, in order to allow the citi.
zens' committee on the ball and recep.
ton to use the hall.
To this Mr.. Motfett objected, and ac'
cordingly il was laid on the table. Mr..
Moffett is opposed to granting more
time to celebrate notables OF the present
day than the House did to the immOr-
tai name of Geo. Washington. Mr.,
Moffett is without doubt the most pa
triotic gentleman in the House.
Bill Passed.
Just before adjourning, II. B. No. ll3
wss passed, and its passage ordered
communicated to the Senate. 1t is bill
reviving and amending and re.enacting
chapter ~ of the Code in relation to the
taking OF land without the owners con-
sent for the purpose Of public utility.
Atl:l5 the House adjourned.