Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-02-02
OUR STATE SOLONS.
Prohibition Day in the House OF
Delegates.
Asylum Investigation 0rdered---Hubbard's
Acknowledgment Argu-
ment on the Question--sIhe
Resolution Adopted--fhe
License Bill.
DOCTORS DAY w THE SENATE.
SENATE
Morning session.

The Senate was opened. by prayer from
Rev. Father W. NJ. League, Of the Cathe-
dral.
A report from the Committee on Coun-
ties and Municipal Corporations, was made
by Mr.. Ewing.
A bill amending the code, concerning
appeals from the County Court. was passed
Mr.. Farnsworth iRtrp8Uced *bjil tore
imttfts ctfnflcs n. Graves outof the treas'
ury of the State, for services rendered as a
laberer on the Staunton and Parkersburg
turnpike in 1860 and 1861.
The following bills were then passed:
A bill amending sections one and five OF
chapter l32 of the code, concerning the sale
of property by court, and the appoint
ment of Commissioner to make such sale; f;
A bill amending chapter $50 of the Code,
concerning evidence; ,.
4 BILL to authorize the heirs OF William
Chapline, Jr., to remove the remains OF
the said William Chapline, Jt, from the
place where they are now Inferred to
some other cemetery.
BE IL enacted by The Legislature Of West Pir-
ginh: That it shall be lawful for the
Heirs OF William ChapIine, Jr.,
deceased, late of the county OF Ohio, to dis
inter the remains of all the dead buried in
q certain parcel of land owned by said heirs,
situated in the city of Wheeling, Ohio
county, and described as follows: Com
mencing at the corner formed by the inter
section of alley Il with Twenty-third street;
thence north along said alley one hundred
and seventy-six feet; thence east two hun
dred and ffty-six feet to McCoiloch street:
thence south one hundred and seventy
six feet to Twenty.third street; thence
west along Twenty-third street two hundred
and 6fty-six feet to the place OF beginning.
Prorided, They deCently re-inter said re
mains in some other burial ground in said
county at their own expense. But said
heirs shall also remove all tombstoueS and
boards, and shall place every such stone or
board in the cemetery to which said re-
mains are removed, and over the body to
which it belongs.
A bill amending chapter 50 OF the acts OF
1877, entitled an act amending section j ol
chapter 6S of the code concerning grants
and the repeal of patents.
A bill amending sections 9, IL, IL and III
of chapter 90 of the acts OF 1881, concerning
the selling of certain poiSonS by druggists
or registe red pharmacists. Upon proyi-
sion in the bill requiring druggists to label
alcohol and all Intoxicating liquors as pois-
on, there was considerable discussion.
Mr.. Brown strongly favored this PROPOSE
ton, and it was firmly opposed 10y Messrs.
Summers and Barbee.
Pending further action on the blu the
Senate took recess.
Afternoon session.
The Senate reassemblinG mr.. Brown in
trOduced a bill to amend section six of
chapter one Of the acts of 1881, entitled
AN act fixing the time for holding the
Circuit Courts in the several judicial cir
cults of this State" The rules were sus-
pended and the bill passed. 1t is as fol-
lows:
BE it enacted by the Legislature OF West
Virginia;
That section six of chapter one OF the
acts Of 1881 shall be amended and re-cn-
acted, so as to read as follows:
Section O. The Circuit Courts of the sew
eral counties of the Sixth judicial circuit
shall hereafter commence and be held As
follows:
For the county of Jackson, on the twen-
ty-iifth day of March, the first day of Au-
gust and the first day OF November.
For the county of Roane on the 10th day
of April. the 18th day OF August and the
10Th day of November.
For the county of Clay on the second
Monday in May, the second Monday i'll
September and the second Monday in
December.
For the county of Calhoun on the 10Th
day Of February, the Goth day in June and
the Goth day of October.
For the county OF Gilmer on the 18th day
of February, the 5th day Of June and the
9th day of October
The Pharmacist Bill.
which was pending when the Senate took
4 recess, was then taken un for further
consideration.
The discussion on this bill and the amend
ments offered to it, occupied the balance
of the session. A provision of the bill, un-
der discussion during the morning, which
compels druggists to label alcohol and all
intoxicating liquors, with device bearing
the deaths head and crosS-bones and the
word "poison," and the name and place and
business of the seller, occupied the attcn-
ton of the Senate for a considerable time
in discussing this provision, and various
amendments to strike it from the bill were
defeated.
The following provision, that ''the name
ef any registered pharmacist who shall be
convicted two or more times of the viola
ton of the law, shall be stricken from
the register, and he shall no longer be a
registered pharmacist" was amended 80
that if he violate the law but one time, he
shall no longer be a registered pharmacist.
A number OF minor amendments were
made to the BILL but pending final action
on il, Mr.. Faulkner moved to adjourn.
which motion was carried.