Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-02-01
IuEsBAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 1, 1881.
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.

1HSaAGT Vi tue 1OuSe, lQIfOs
duseda bill ''to establish reasonable msxi>
mum rates of charges, to provide for the
correction of abuses, to prevent unjust dis
elimination aRd extortions in the ratios to be
charged by all railroad companies and cor
porations heretofore and hereafter organized
and owning and operating any railroad
wholly within West Virginia, for the trans>
pertation of freights, to protect the just
rights of the public concerning the same,
and to enforce the same by adequate penal
ties"
The same body unanimously passed the
following resolution: ''Tha we and each of
US do hereby pledge ourselves that if infor>
NATION come to us of any attempt By any
railroad official, attorneys, agents or em-
ploys, by improper means to iphuenoe tho
ohcial action or vote of any member of this
House, that he will at once report the same
to the committee on railroads, whose duty it
shall befto make immediate investigation
thereof, and shall have power to take testi-
mony concerning the same. and shall report
the result of such investigation to this House
at the earliest possible time"
The two Houses of the Legislature cast
their votes last Tuesday for a United States
Senator to ill the seat now occupied by Mr..
Hereford. In the Senate there were "a
votes cast-of which 81 votes were east for
IN. Camden, 2 votes for A. W. Campbell.
Esq and l vote for Gen. N. B. French. In
the House, there were 62 votes cast-Mead>
ows of Boone, Sheppard of Writ, and Poe,
of Upshur, being absent. All the Demo
srats present, 43 in number, voted for Mr..
Camden; the Republicans, IS, voted for
Mr.. Campbell, and the Greenbackers, 1.
Capt. Thompson, of Putnam, voted for Gen.
French. The two Houses met in joint con>
vention on Wednesday, counted the vetes,
and declared the result, which was found to
be Camden 81, Campbell 20, French 2.
A bill was presented in tho House on the
26sh, MAKING an appropriation to complete
the Capitol building at Charleston, Kanawha
county" This bill makes an additional ap.
preparation of ono hundred thousand dollars.
Fifty thousand was ordered by a previous
legislature for completing our noxt Capitol
G4SAIAS AL u Ouo uu2UEeu ana
fifty thousand dollars.
Alse, a bill for the punishment of tramps.
beggars and Migrants in the State of Wes.
Virginia.
The bill fixing the time for holding the
Circuit Courts in the several judicial circuits
of the State, contains the following section :
Ii. The circuit courts for the several
eouaties of the thirteenth judicial circuit
shall hereafter commence and be held as fol,
lows:
For the county of Morgan, on first Tues,
day in January. on first Tuesday in April,
and on second Tuesday in August.
For the county of Jefferson, on second
Tuesday in January, on third Tuesday in
May, and on fourth Tuesday in August.
For the county of Berkeley for the year
1881, on the first Tuesday in February, on
the third Tuesday in April and on the sec,
ond Tuesday in October.
For the year 1882 and thereafter, on tho
third Tuesday in February, on the third
Tuesday in April and on the second Tues,
day in October.
A resolution of inquiry has been introdu.
eed by Mr.. Beckwith, to require all cases
in the Court of Appeals to be heard and de-
ternined in their respective grand divisions,
except by the consent of the parties or their
counsel.
A very important bill to prevent imperi>
oi'm in dentistry pissed the House on
Thursday.
Senator DawsOn's s. J.. R. No. 5 was
passed by the Senate on Thursday, after
having been amended by the Committee and
certain parts stricken out. 1t is a resolution
instructing our Senators and Representatives
IN Congress to use their efforts to arrest the
exorbitant charges made by railroad com>
panies in Interstate traffic.
Joint resolution introduced in the House
by Mr.. Grantham, iustructing our Senators
and requesting our Representatives in Con-
gress to introduce and advocate a bill to eede
to tho State all property and lands, under
power, &c of the General Government at
Harper's Ferry, was passed by that body, and
when brought to the Senate was, on motion
of Senator Faulkner, (the rules being sus>
pended,) taken up and passed.
The House was besieged on FRIDAY bv
petitions asking that a constitutional amend
mont prohibiting the manufacture and sale
of intoxicating liquors be submitted to a
vote of the people. The total number of
names upon all the petitions amounted to
nearly ten thousand. Similar petitions were
presented to the Senate.
The status of the United States Senate in
the Forty>scventh Congress, which meets on
or after next fourth of March, has been
practically determined by the election of
Hon. Howell E. jackson as Senator from
Tannessea Me IanLsaa -. n