Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-03-11
THE AOIOUSsENT QUESTION IN ITS
DIFFERENT PHASES.
SENATE.


An
Bills. Resolutions and Petitions.
Ey Mr.. Dennis-A bin TO reimburse
the heirs OF James K. Houston for sery-
ices rendered as civil engineer on the
Kanawha river, at and near Charleston,
Hanawha county, out of the surplus
funds, ii any, Of the Hanawhs Board.
by Mr.. Stol.ings-A bill to provide
for geological survey OF the State.
by Mr.. Stout-A bill transferring the
several Normal Schools Of the State to
the counties in which they are respect
lively situated.
BY Mr.. Donehoo-S. J. K. No. -:
EssolrsdJ the L,gisiat,r, Of YES, IiryiHiG:
That the Board Of Public Works and
the Directors Of the Penitentiary are
hereby prohibited from hiring or letting
the labor ui any convict in the Peniten.
navy ior "A longer period than one year,
unless the same be let or hired AT a sum
which, il os,ained for each convict, Will
make the institution sell sustaining.
Ev Mr.. McGregor-Ihe petition OF J.
T. Hall and - others, that the alterna-
tive method Of constructing and keeping
m repair county roads in Richie county
be no; abolished.
Ev Mr.. Faulkner: R,S0ir,d, That the
Presi,!gn, Of the senate appoint two all
ditional members on the Committee ON
rnr,iIad bills. The resolution was
adopted and the President appointed
Messrs. Woods and McGrew.
Bills Passed.
4 b;ll 10 create and establish the in
dependent school district OF Fetterman
ont OF Sub.diStrict No. OF Fetterman
school district in Taylor county.
4 bill i'm relation 10 the kanawha
Board and the collection OF tolls on the
Great hanawha river.
A bill 10 amend the charter oil the
Ci,v Of Charleston and 10 change the
boundaries OF said city.
4 bill 70 prescribe the duties Oi clerks
oI the county courts in counties in which
tribunals now exist which nave hereto
Tore been established for police and fiscal
purposes, under the thirty-iOurth sec
ton of the eighth article OF the COnsti-
tuition OF 1872, and providing Tor appeals
from orders made by such clerks.
A bill 20 confer additional rights, pow
ers and privileges on the Coal River
Railroad Company.
A bin 10 amend and re-euact chapter
20 of the Code of West Virginia, con-
ceruiug the collection Of taxes.
4 bill 70 make persons charged with
crime comSDent witnesses in their own
behalf.
\ bill in relation TO the construction
of booms and dams in certain counties.
Atl2 2o'clock the Senate took a recess
until e. ".
Afternoon Session.
:. Il. l24, a bill to create bureau OF
immigration and Agriculture, 10 appoint
and elect commissioner, Tx his salary
and define his duties, was laid on the
table with the understanding that 1t
would come up at the adjourned session.
H.B. No. -. a h,ll tor the protection
of sheep and imposing tax on dogs
was taken up on itS second reading. An
amendment WAS carried placing the tax
an dos al from 30 cents 10 Sl.OO. The
nil Was read third time and passed.
A bill tn re-enAct sections !, 4, 10, III
and II OF chapter - OF the Code OF West
Virginia. concerning corporations gem
erally. and To- repeal the act passed Feb
ruary ,, 1877. entitled, IAN act author
king private corporations To purchase
the stock or securities ot railroad cont
panies and 10 guarantee their debts,
was read third time and passed.
On motion the Stnate took recess
until e. ".
Night Session.
H.J.R. No. 81, Providing that when
the Senate adjourn on March l2th, 1t be
until the second "Wednesday IN Janua-
~ i'm place of the second Wednesday IN
February. rs heretofore decided upon,
Was taken up and. after being amended
So as % tx the time OF
Adjournment fer Tuesday Mex:
in place % Saturday. the resolution was
passed.
Several bills were taken up on their
first and second reading, and to close
the DAVIS work the appropriation bill
was tackled" D."
Printers 10 be Paid
Various amendments were offered to
different portions of the bill, but All
were voted down.
Mr.. McGrew was in favor OF approprl-
a,ine SIS 900 to pay for the publication
Of the Constitutional amendments,
This failed, and various other amounts
were substituted, until at length an
amendment VAS offered to pay each oil
the forty.four newspapers Sl'O each on
account. or in all ~ 600. This amend'
ment was carried with the understand,
ingthat a resolution should be Offered
today, for the
Appointment ofa Committee
10 &C, during the recess to investigate
the charges of the various papers, ana
TO report what amount is properly uue
each one.
Several motions were made during
the evening to adjourn, but the mem
bers worked with vim until lO;l5, when
the body adjourned until pa. NJ. to-day