Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-02-12
OUR LEGISLATURES.


There is strong probability that the
legislature will give us law for the
better protection Of sheep. The neces-
sity OF such law is so apparent that
no argument is needed in its favor.
Mr.. Hall introduced bill TO amend
the election law as to more offectually
prevent the buying and selling of votes
in elections held for county and district
officers.
The House Committee on Education
has received very complimentary men
sion il the Wheeling papers for its abil-
ity and active labors during the present
session of the Legislature. MIR. Beck
with is a member OF this committee,
and is spoken OF as ''an educated young
lawyer from the wealthy county OF JET
ferson."
The following bill has been intro
duced into the House: That the salary,
wages, or hire earned by or due TO any
servant, laborer, or employe by any en-
ployer, whether such employer be an
individual, partnership, corporation, or
joint stock company, shall be exempt
from foreign attachment by any process
whatever Provided, that nothing
herein contained shall prevent persons
boarding and lodging Tor period not
exceeding four weeks. Also, that no
attachment shall issue against the hire
or wages OF any employee on a claim
assigned by any foreign creditor to a
citizen in this State except as provided
in the first section of this act.
In the Senate some very important
bills have been offered, among them
ore relating to judicial publications in
newspapers, The establishment Of a
State Board of Health aud q bill TO
abolish the sale of delinquent lands by
Sheritfs. Also a bill 10 regulate the
practice Of pharmacy and the sale OF
medicines and poisons.
The Wheeling Register, under the
head OF "capitol obServings, says that
Senator T. Is. Faulkner is one of the
best speakers in that body. When he
rises to speak everybody pays attention.
On motion of Mr.. Faulkner: House
Joint Resolution No. 6, That Our Sen
atcrs be instructed and our representa-
tives in Congress be requested to intro
duce bill asking the United States to
eede TO the State Of West Virginia, GER
tain property in Jefferson county.
Was taken up and adopted. This reso
luton asks the cession of the armory
property ut Uarper's Ferry 80 West
Virginia for school purposes.
1t is to be hoped the Legislature will
sit down so hard on the proposition to
increase the State school levy from
ten TO twenty cents, that the ghost
thereof will never rise again. If there
ever was an ubiquitous measure intro
duced in our Legislature to fleece the
wealthy counties of the State for the
benefit OF the poorer ones, 1t is this bill.
The judiciary committee reported a
resolution proposing in place of Sec.
40, article 6, of the constitution, the fol
lowing. "rbe manufacture and sale of
Intoxicating liquors shall forever be
prohibited in the State, except for med
icaI, scientific and mechanical purposes
and the legislature shall enforce this
section by appropriate legislation.
The finance committee reported bill
appropriating eight thoasand eight nun
dred dollars TO pay newspapers for pub
fishing the constitutional amendments,
two hundred dollars TO each that pub
Iished it.
Somebody thinks that taxation OH
mortgagcd property is Unjust, and in
order to have the matter looked after,
n MIR. Cox has introduced a resolution
in the House, directing the Committee
on Taxation and Finance TO inquire as
whether the release Of such property,
from taxation 10 the extent TO which
the same is incumbered, would IN any
wise defraud the State or prevent the
just taxation Of property rightly subject
thereto.