Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-03
HOUSE OF DELEGATEs.
Morning Session.

Rev. Dr. cunningham, OIL the flrst frespy-
terian church.
The morning session was entirely occu.
pied with considering the Revisory Com
mittee's bill concerning the fees Of officers.
Almost every item relating to the fees OF
justices and constables developed variety
of opinion. and multitude Of amendments
were offered and debated upon the measure
OF compensation that should be allowed
these officers.
The House met promptly and proceeded
with the consideration OF the Fee bill, and
after some unimportant amendments. 1t
was ordered TO be engrossed and read Q
third time.
House bill No. Sls concerning grand
juries, was taken up.
Mr.. Wells, of Tyler, moved TO strike out
"and drawn" so as to have grand jurors
by the County Court.
Mr.. Fulkerson opposed the amendment.
1t was placing too much power in the
hands OF the Sheriff, who, II was complain.
ed, sometimes used for improper pur.
poses. Mr.. Riley also opposed the amend.
ment, Mr.. DePue said he had first brought
the matter 10 the attention OF the House
last winter. In his own county, the Sher-
iff had son-in-law who kept drug store.
and grand juries were summoned so that
no indictme ents could be made.
Mr.. Hall, OF Barbour, said that similar
state Of affairs existed in his county, and
he hoped the amendment would not pre-.
vail.
Mr. Lurty was opposed to changing long
established rules. The people had lived
long under the present system; IL had
worked we'll; and while there might be
special cases where il had been taken ad.
vantage Of. the Legislature must act by
general laws, and some evils would neces.
sarily result from any law.
ment would be adopted. He thought the
Sheriff. who was al over the county, and
knew the people better than any other
tom and he did not desire any changes
without weighty reasons. After some
further discussion the amendment was re-
jected and the bill ordered to.a third read.
ing.
House bill No. $50, empowering the
county court of Fayette county TO allow
additional compensation TO Thos. Morris
rs assessor.
House Bill No. 26l relative to the incor.
poration Of the Gauley River Manuf actur-
ing and Mining Company,
House Bill No 2i9, TO repeal the act es.
tablishing court Of limited juris diction
in the city Of Huntington.
House Bill No. 374, concerning salaries
OF certain officers, were each read a second
time and ordered 10 a third reading.
House Bill No. 3j5 TO appropriate $357.7
TO Martinsburg Light Artillery Company
was read second time and referred to the
Committee on Taxation and Finance.
House Bill No. 3SS. Conce IN ing the
school fund was indefinitely post poned.
House Bill No. l8l, providing for the in.
spection OF petroleum or other illumina.
ting oils was laid on the table.
House Bill No. 39S. 10 create an indie.
pendent school district in the town Of
Pennsboro was ordered TO third reading.
House Bill No. 39S, providing for the ad-
mission OF students to the West Virginia
University, without regard 10 sex.
Mr.. Babb said that while he had intro
duced the bill il was not a pet notion Of
his. but at a meeting Of the alumni OF the
University they had drawn up bill for
the purpose and asked him to'introduce il.
He only desired the bill should have fair
hearing. While il was an innovation in
the law il was not in principle. No differ
ence was made in the public schools or in
the normal schools OF the State, but the
regents OF the University had denied one
sex admission. The present bill was the
measure Of the friends OF the institution,
and was endorsed by the alumni and the
professors, and by the State superinten.
dent OF Schools.
The principle OF the co-education OF the
SEXES was one OF moment, but IL had al
ready been. .adoptcd by many other insti-
tutions with excellent results.
Mr. McCrum desired to have the bill
IL al. Ns.l
con nsideration of the House. II any one
knew the wants and necessities OF the uni.
yersity. IL was the alumni and the profess
sors. and they we're all i'm favor Of Its pass
age and this fact alone should have weight
In 1861. when by set of Congress schools
were established all over the country, el0,-
100000 were appropriated, and now In
twenty.three Of these schools females were
admitted. Not only so, but Cambridge and
Oxford had thrown open their doors. The
same was true OF the Wesleyan College Of
Connecticut and in nearly all the Western.
OF the colleges in the several States. fe.
males were admitted in all in Alabama,
.in California, 2 in Colorado, 2 in Connecti.
cut, in Delaware, d in Illinois, Is in In.
diana, all in Iowa, Z in Kansas, 2 in Maine,
in Maryland, in Michigan, 2 in Minneso
ia, in Missouri. in Nebraska. in News
ia, IN NOItn OdrOilnd. % III ouiO, III
Pennsylyania, South Carolina, ii in Ten
nessee, in Vermont, @ in Wisconsin and
in Utah. He didn't want West Virginia b
be behind Utah. He then cited the reports
of eminent educators on the subject, and
closed by hoping the bill would be passed
The bill was then read . second time and
ordered to third reading.
House Bill No. 800, concerning County
Courts. their Jurisdiction and powerl
Mr.. Grantham moved to amend by max
ing the publication Of an annual statement
in q newspaper.
Mr.. Monroe opposed, saying that in many
cases publishers would charge too much
and he ~anteQ the discretion Left with tn
County Court After some further discus
sion tho amendment was adopted
Mr.. Leonard moved TO amend BY insert
ing ''for four successive weeks" Lost
Mr. Irons moved to make It one wsek
Adopted ...sy...
Mr.. Leonard demanded the syes and usys
30-2i. 30 the bill was ordered to shtr
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