Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-03-09
= w VA WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1881.

ties having more than one hundred
schools $500" Subsequently the Sen
ate announced its concurrence in the
House adoption. The vote was Il
to IA.
The next bill passed was Senate bill
No 50, bill TO authorize the Regents
OF the West Virginia Institution for the
Deaf, Dumb and Blind to purchase
about fourteen acres OF land adjacent
to the lands on which said institution
is located, and known as the Heiskeii
lot, at price not exceeding two thou
sand dollars.
The Only Discussion
OF the day WAS on the following bill {:
WHEREAs, A large portion OF the war
records OF the Adjutant Generals ONCE
have by constant reference, so far faded
ont as 10 be almost illePible and practl-
cally useless, and they being OF the ut
most importance TO the Departments at
Washington, and the individual soldier,
in the matter OF bounty claims, military
land allowances, pension claims, ana
for most purposes for which the origlanl
discharges were intended, therefore
BE Il enacted By the Legislature Of Usa
= Virginia:
SIC. l. That the sum OF 1000 be, and
is hereby, appropriated out OF any
money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, TO be expended in copying
valuable war records in the office OF the
Adjutant General.
Some were afraid that it was scheme
for some one TO put their hand IN the
Treasury and pull out lat sum. A
little war talk was INDUCED in, but the
spirit of reconciliation and desire to
bridge the bloody chasm was displayed,
and il was passed to its third reading.
liz is a measure recommended by the
Ex-Governor, and is in fact a necessity,
as the present records are almost IN rags
Penitentiary Matters.
Following the above, House bill No.
Ia was taken up and adopted. Ii title
is, bill making an appropriation OF
$40 to pay J. W. Hobbs IL Co., the bal
ance due them for stone furnished the
penitentiary.
The Ksnawha Board.
The bill in relation TO this concern
was taken up and passed just as the
clock struck 6 O'Clock. The provisions
OF il are as follows:
!. That no tolls on the Great Kama
wha river shall hereafter be levied or
collected by OF under the authority OF
the Kanawha Board, in pursuance OF the
provisions of the act passed March 5,
1869, entitled "An act to enlarge the
powers and define the duties Of the
Eonawha 2,oar1 and IN authOriZe them
to prosecute the Improvement OF the
Kanawha river" or otherwise, except as
follows:
First, To pay an existing indebted
ness, for the payment OF which the SAID
BoarI is, or may be adjudged to be liable,
and the costs OF any suit or suits TO en-
force such liability; and,
Second, For the purpose OF paying the
necessary expenses OF removing obstruc-
tions to the navigation OF said river
which cannot otherwise be removed
than by or under the direction OF said
river.
2. The board shall in no case be liable
in damage, for any loss or injury that
any boat, raft, cargo or party may sus-
tain in using or navigating said river.
There is another long amendment To
this bill, offered by Mr.. Quarter the
other day, terminating the existence OF
the Board so soon as the United States
/ Government shall take the same IN
charge.
Some other unimportant business was
transacted, and at Il: > the House all
journed.