The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-27
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STATE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
An UninIeresiing .seaaIOn-Usual Eum.
Der OF Hills introduced.


An UninIeresiing .seASIOn-Usual Hum'
Der OF Hills introduced.
The Senate met ct II a. N, yesterday,
the session being opened with prayer by
Rev, R. R, swOpe, Iol the St. Matthews
Episcopal Church.
The Journal was partially read when the
further reading was dispensed with.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The variousIcommittees unloaded great
many bills yesterday, and We only give
their numbers at the present, dsierring
the description Of the same to the time Of
their first reading.
The Judiciary COMMITTEES reported House
Bill 81 and Senate Bills 8, Is and 10, with
favorable recommendation, and Senate
Joint Resolution No. 9, and Senate Bills
q and with the recommendation they do
not pass, :,
Senate Bill No. 2 was reported back
from the Finance Committee with tavoEa-
BILE accommodation and Senate Bill No.
Is without recommendation.
The Committee on Education reported
back Senate Bill so without recommends
ton, and Senate Bills 40 and Al with IA
yorable recommendation,
Senate Bill AZ was reported from the
Committee on Immigration. and Agricul-
ture with favorable recommendation.
BILLS, RESOLUTIONS AND PETITIONS,
Mr.. VanMeter introduced Senate Bill
So, to encourage more effectually immi.
grafton into the State. The bill asks for
the appointment OF a ct and proper per-
son by the Governor, who. shall be known
aj the "Commisaioner Of immigration"
whose duty It shall be to devise and carry
into operation q practical plan for the in.
grants, with their families, from other
States OF the Union and from Europe into
this State.
Petitions Of q local character were pre-
scented by Messrs, Farnsworth, Donehoo
and Dawson, and appropriately referred,
Mr.. Newman introduced Senate Bill IS,
nmending the act to provide free schools
for the town OF Moundsville, in the matter
OF making and collecting the school levy,
Mr.. Stout introduced Senate Bill 81, q
bill to establish accurately the boundaries
OF land and to establish q true meridian
line in each county OF the State, and to au'
thorizethe appointment Of q commissioner
to locate the same.
MIR. Stolings introduced Senate Bill %,
which looks to amending the school law
increasing the State tax for the support OF
Tree schools from ten to twenty cents on
the one hundred dollars.
Senate Joint Resolution No. 8, intro.
Ced by Mr.. Dawson, provides for the prop.
or distribution OF the Acts OF tho Legisla.
ture TO the proper officers.
Delegate Ferguson appeared on the floor
OF the Senate and announced that the
House had agreed to the first amendment
to House Bill No. |, which rearranges the
Circuit Courts Of the State, and had refused
to concur In the second amendment,
which provides q compensation Of S. per
day for Judges elected by members Of the
bar for special purposes, The original
provision was $40 per day,
Mr.. Dennis moved that the Senate re-
Cede from its amendment. Lost by vote
Of IL to 12
Mr.. Brown moved that the Senate insist
upon Its amendment. Lost by q vote Of
10 to u.
Mr.. MCGregor moved that the Senate 70.
Cede from its position, which motion pre-.
vailed by a vote OF IL to 10. ...
The bill was then passed by its title.
Adjourned to 3 =, NJ TODAY.