Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-02-19
THE LEGISLATURE.
VARIOUS MATTERS OF LEGISLA-
TIoN-THE RAILROAD BILL-THE
LIQUOR AMENDMENTS, &c.
WHEELING, Feb. 18th. 1881.

LIqUO AMENDMENTS, &C.
WHEELING, Feb. 18th, 1881.
Correspondence Independent.
In the Senate on Wednesday 9th,
the following bills were passed:
III. B. No. IL, which is, a bill to
regulate the practice of Dentistry in
this State and to protect the peo-
pie against empiricism in relation
thereto.
This bill provides that no person
shall practice dentistry in this State
without having received diploma
from some Dental College, or who
shall have obtained a license from a
Board of Dentists.
S. B. No. SO, which authorizes the
purchase Of additional land adjoin-
ing the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asy-
lum.
S. B. No. so. A bill concerning
the United States Coast and GeoloG-
ical Survey in this State.
S. B. No, 81, which is entitled,
ga bill to encourage and regulate
the study of practical anatomy" was
called up on its second reading. The
bill provides that physicians within
the State may demand the dead body
of any person who is to be buried at
public expense. This seemed very
horrible to several of the members,
and after a.shor5 discussion the bill
was tabled.
In the House no bills were passed
and only a few unimportant ones
were introduced. The Wilson rail :
road bill came up in its regular or
der and after some discussion it was
laid on the table and made the spec
ial order for Thursday.
In the Senate on Thursday a few
unimportant committee reports were
made. The only bill introduced was
S. B. No. 81, which Mr.. Faulkner
presented by request. 1t is an act to
provide for the appointment, pre-
scribe the duties and fix the salary
of the State Librarian. The meas
ure makes it the duty Of the Supreme
Court of Appeals or the Judges there
of in vacation, majority of the said
Court or of the judges thereof con-
curing, to appoint a suitable person
to have charge of the State Library.
Said librarian to receive salary of
$3.50.
In the House little was done. as
the famous railroad bill had the floor
nearly the entire session. 1t was
discussed pro and con by several
members, nearly all of whom admit
ted that they knew little or nothing
about the matter of regulating rail-
road charges, land didn't know wheth-
er or not the bill before them was
constitutional. Mr.. Moffett finally
offered a substitute for the bill. This
caused considerable disorder, and
Mr.. Moffett moved to have the bill
and substitute laid on the table and
to have the substitute printed. This
was carried, and the matter disposed
of for two or three days.
Several unimportant bills were
read third time and passed.
In the Senate on Friday, MIR.
Faulkner moved that action upon
the Constitutional Amendments in
regard to manufacture and sale of
liquors, be postponded until Wednes-
day, and the motion was unanimous
ly carried.
Mr.. Donehoo offered S. j. r. No.
10, which read as follows:
BE 1t resolved By the Legislature of
West Virginia, That the people Of
West Virginia regard with solicita
tion and sorrow the painful condi-
tion and suffering of the people of
Ireland, and deeply sympathize with
them in their efforts to obtain JUS
tice, home government and the fruit
of their toll, as against ariStocratic
tyranny.
The Senate adjourned until $50
p. NJ. Monday.
In the House, the railroad bill be-
ing out of the way, the regular rou-
tine was the order Of the day.
The following new bills were in
introduced.
BY Mr.. Leonardo bill to amend
and revise the acts of the State in
relation to gaming, lotteries and lot
terry tickets.
BY Mr.. Beckwith--A bill to create
an Independent school district in the
county of Jefferson.
BY Mr.. Davis-A bill authorizing
the Auditor to have and use an Off
cial seal, and the following petition.
BY Mr.. Moffett-From Edmund
Pendleton and AZ others, of Morgan
county, asking for the passage of the