Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-02-09
OUR STATE SOL ONS.
The Busiest Day Of the Present
Session.
Large Number Of Bills Passed by the House
- Clearing the CalandeF A
Lively Discussion ia the
Senate.
CHARLESTON BANK BILL PASSED
Morning Session.

prayer by the Rev. z. Z. Swope.
The journal was partly read, when, on
motion OF Senator Stout, its further read
ing was dispensed with.
On motion of Senator Roberts. it was re-
solved that the Judiciary Committee be re-
quested to report, BY bill or otherwise,
what legislation is required in proceedings
for the Condemnation Of the right OF way
for road purposes. and 20 secure to the
owners of land the right to have the dam
ages thereto ascertained by a jury Of
twelve persons.
Senator Dennis, from the Committee on
Judiciary, reported back House bill 229 to
empower county courts to issue bonds for
building public buildings as heretofore re-
ported in this paper, with the amendments
that the Indebtedness thereby created shall
not exceed five per centum on the value OF
the taxable property in such county, and
that the question shall be submitted to
vote OF the people for endorsement Also
House bills 209 and 27S with recommenda-
tons that they do pass. .-
House Bill No. lS9 concerning otfenses
relating to elections was ordered TO i sec
ond reading. --.,
On motion of Senator Stollings the rules
were suspended and House Bill No. 33i was
put on its first, second and third readings
and passed with the resolution that it take
effect from its passage. The bill amends
section / OF chapter l2l of the acts of 1877
and has relation to the formation OF cor
porations for erecting boOmS in rivers for
stopping timber, etc.
The special order of the day being the
consideration of Senate Bill No. l72 was
fixed ut 1890 clock, which having arrived,
divers amendments were proposed and
finally the bill was recommitted to the
(,np,p,ittna luliCiorv
Senate Bill No. l7S was read third time
and passed.
After the third reading OF II. b. No. 353,
authorizing the Auditor to transfer the
claim OF the State against the Merchants
Bank oil Charleston, recess was had.
Afternoon Session.
Upon reassembling, House bill No ijj
was taken up. Senator Newman opened
the debate by arguing against the accept
ance of $4,000 for the claim OF the State
against the Merchants Bank OF Charleston.
Senator Smith followed in an address op-
posing the bill, and gave a history OF how
the deposit had been secured, by the bri
berry OF State officer, who was impeached
by the Senate and found guilty. Was
it then, he asked, not possible
that the money fraudulently obtained
should have been fraudulently used, and
then when its users are asked to pay but
half the amount of their Indebtedness, is
it not probable that their petition is fraud
ulent? And il by their own acts, under
the passage of bill which gave time to
the bOndsmen to transfer their property to
their wives, in order to render their liabil-
ities void, shall they not be held for their
fraudulency and for what they actually
owe? The proposition was simply this:
That the members of this bank shall buy
in over forty thousand dollars worth
al, their 0iySp,I Notes. Tor tHputv-- -thor -tne
bank among themselves. In every step OF
the proceedings fraud must be seen, and
he hoped the State would not accept the
proceedings under the circumstances.
Senator Faulkner then took the floor and
gave rebuttal arguments 10 the remarks OF
the other two Senators, who were opposed
to the provisions of the bill. lie quoted
the printed letter or opinion OF counsel
with relation to the matter as his argu-
ment about the juStnesS and policy OF
accepting the measures proposed. He was
followed by Senator Dennis, who also adj
vocated the passage of the bill in the inter
est of the State, and spoke for nearly an
hour, followed by Senator Smith in reply.
The debate was hotly contested on each
side, and the greatest effort OF the lives
OF the debators were perhaps made.
Senator DOnehoo made n motion that the
bill he recommended to the Committee on
Finance, which motion was lost.
On a vote on the passage OF the bill the
following WIS recorded:
Ayes-Senators Barbee, Brown, Dawson,
Dennis, Ewin, FarnswOrth, Faulkner.
Maxwell, McNeel, Newman Samples, Van.
meter, Williams, Woods and Mr.. President.
NoeS-Senators Dawson, DOnehoO, Nc
Grew, McGregor, Roberts, Shelton, Smith
and Stout.
House Bill No. 203, was taken up on mo-
ton of Senator Woods, giving the Auditor
an official seal, was passed, it to take effect
from its pesSage.
On motion OF Senator Faulkner, House
Bill No. 353 was passed, to take effect from
its passage.
Senate Bill No. III, relating to legal ad-
yertising rates, was called up by Senator
Dawson and remains as unfinished business
for tomorrow.
A communication was read from Hon.
Andrew Wilson, President OF the Board OF
Education, OF Wheeling, inviting the Sen
ate to 90. in body, TO witness exhibitions
in the public schools on the 22d inst, the
anniversary OF the ll5th birthday of Wash
ington. The invitation was accepted with
thanks.