Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-03-19
THE LEGISLATURE.
Correspondence Independent.
WHEELING, Mar. 10th, 1881.


work on Tuesday. and there was
a marked absence Of chin music.
In the Senate thes Assessors bill
was passed.
s. b. ZIG, a bill providing for
cares appealed or transmitted from
Justices, was passed.
Senate Bill 121, a bill TO amend
and re-euact section 7 Of chapter
OF the code was passed.
In The House the following bills
were passed.
III. Il. No. 205, bill to amend
and re-ensct sections 4, Z, 10, IL
and II of chapter 81 of the Code Of
West Virginia, concerning corpor-
ations generally, and to repeal the
act passed February 5, 1877, enti-
tied, IAN act authorizing private
corporations to purchase the stock
or securities ofrailroad companies,
and to guarantee their debts y
This is bill Mr.. Hubbard has
engineered through, and seems to
be very acceptable one. 1t takes
effect from its passage.
The Appropriation Bills were
both passed. Their titles are III.
B. No. 251, bill making appro-
priations of public money to pay
general charges upon the Treas
ury," and "H. B. No. $50, a bill
making appropriations of public
money to pay members of the
Legislature, and fer salaries of the
! officers of the government, in pur-
suante of the forty-second section
OF the sixth article of the consti-
tuition"
They were passed with their
titles, taking effect from passage,
and communicated to the Senate,
The next bill passed was one
concerning the collection os taxes.
The main changes made were
those in conformity with the
changes in the Constitution and
Code by last falls election and
some changes in dates; the follow
ing addition was made to the
sixth session which provided
when and how the taxes were to
be collected. 1.-THE County court
of any county, or the tribunal es-
tablished in lieu of such court for
police and fiscal purposes, may
order that the notice hereinbofore
required shall also be given by
the sheriff or collector, by adver-
Using the same. After any such
order is made and until it is set
aside, the sheriff or collector shall,
besides posting as hereinbefore re-
quired, advertise such notice once
week for three weeks, next pre-
ceding the first day of October
in every year. in one daily news
paper in each language, in which
u daily newspaper may be pub
lished in such county, and if there
be no daily, then in a weekly
newspaper published therein, If
there be one, and for each failure
to 80 advertise, the sheriff or col
lectOr shall forfeit one hundred
dollars"
S. B. Bill No. 112, a bill making
legal and valid bonds issued by
the County Court of Berkeley
county on Deem Der 81, 1850. ex-
ecuted by G.. u. Thornburg, Pres
ident of The County Court of said
county, and attested by c. w.
Doll, Clerk.
The celebrated Road bill was
passed by vote of54 to s. The
bill is the same one that has been
in force in the past with fe 4 i'm
material changes. 1t is made to
conform with the Constitutional
amendments, adopted.
The Education bill was passed,
with the following substitute in
regard to pay of County Superin-
tendants, which was agreed TO by
the Senate: "ln counties having
not more than fifty schools, $3.50;
in coueties having more than fifty
schools and not more than seven
ty-five, 5000; in counties having
more than seventy-five and not
more than one hundred schools,
$3.50; and in counties having more
than one hundred schools, $780,"
One of the important bills pass
ed, and which is now law, is the
one establishing a State Board of
Health and vital statistics, and
regulating the practice of modi
cine and surgery. The main
points of this bill provide that the
Board may establish quarantine:
may call on the National Board OF
Health ia time of need for help
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