Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-25
Business Progressing With Quiet
ness and CELEBRITY.
Both Houses Occupied With Routine--largs
Number of Bills Disposed-little
Discussion and Plenty Of
Steady Work.
A cREDlTABLE RECORD FOR ONE DAY
SENATE.
Morning Session.

the capitol building IN the city OF WneeHuS-l
Mr.. Dennis, from the Judiciary Commit
tee reported back the following bills: a
bill concerning the Secretary OF State ana
Supreme Court reports, with slight amend
ments; bill to authorsze the Auditor 10
have and use an official seal; bill to
establish county court and board OF COM
missioners for the county OF Pendleton,
under the 34th section OF the Sth with tSe
the eonstitption Of S%fst Wiz SS mass: a bill
amending the code concerning certain gen.
eral provisions respecting officers, without
recommendation. :,
Mr.. Newman, from the Finance Commit
tee, reported back bill to provide for
reassessment of the value OF all real estate
within this State, with the recommended
ton that it be laid on the table.
Mr.. Donehoo. from the Committee on
Education, reported back a bill to esta6-
lish the independent school district OF reel
tree out of district No. i OF Union
district of Barbour county, with recon-
meneation, and bill transferring the sew
eral Normal schools OF the State to the
counties in which they are respectively
situated, without recommendation.
Mr.. Erwin, from the Committee on Coun-
ties and Municipal Corporations, reported
back the following bills, with recommen-
dation that they pass A bill to provide
for the payment to sheriffs, collectors and
treasurers, by districts and Independent
school districts, the amounts OF money due
| them in certain cases, and TO enforce the
payment of the same; a bill TO empower
| county courts to issue bonds for building
| court houses, jails and other public build
| ings; an act TO authorize the county court
| of Monongalia county to pay certain sums
| for labor done and material used in build
| inc the county iail in said county.
| Mr.. McGregor, from the Committee on
| Roads and Navigation, reported back, with
| recommendation, q bill to appropriate all
moneys arising from the redemption or
| sale OF delinquent lands returned for the
non payment OF county taxes for the coun-
| ty of Lincoln now in the treasury OF the
| State, or which shall hereafter come into
| the treasury, to the construction and I'M
| provement of certain public roads in Lin
| coin county.
| Mr.. Farnesworth, from the Committee on
| Public Buildings and Humane Institutions,
| reported back with recommendation, a bill
amending the Code concerning insane per-
sons.
! Mr.. McNeel, from the Committee on the
! Militia, reported back with recommends
| ton, q bill amending the Code concerning
| the Adjutant General.
| Mr.. StollingS presented the petition OF
| Win. n. Stone and 2l others OF Lincoln and
| Boone counties, asking the annexation of
certain territory OF Big Ugly creek in Lin
coin county to Boone county.
Mr.. Woods introduced House bill No.
! I92. 10 amend sections 9, II, l3 and Ii Of
chart r 81 of the Acts OF ISL.
T,Ie OF the most important prnviS;"TSS n
the bill is that nothing in the act shaIi ne ne
construed so as to protect any uruSSiSc " ~.
registered pharmacist from any pehn's oC,. ~.
forfeiture prescrilHrd in any other Jaw IeS
| ulating thesale of alcoholic or other intoN-
! icating liquors and the name OF any regis,
tered pharmacist who shall be convicted
| two or more times of the violation oil Sucn
law shall be stricken from the register, ana
he shall no longer be registered phariha
cist. ,-,-
| mn. providing for the renewing OF the IN
| surance Of the Capitol building III the city
WHEREAS, The insurance on the Capitol
bu;Id;re IN - city Of Wheeling will ex
pire on the LIST day Of February, 1882
therefore, -. ?.
RcsoIrcd by the Lcqislafrr" Of Wa IiTgiwo
That the Board of Public Works are hereby
| instructed to renew the insurance on said
| building in companies which have com
| piled with the insurance laws of this State
| on the best terms possible for the term OF
three years. The resolution was adopted
Mr.. Dawson, from the Joint Committee
on Enrolled Bills, submitted a report an
| nOuncing the correct enrolment of num-
| ber of bills.
Senate bill No. IA was read second
time and ordered to its engrossment.
Senate bill No l5i. "A bill to amend and
re.enact section 6of chapter 96 Of the Code, y
was read third time aud passed with its
title.
Mr. DodGrill, from the House announced
the passage by that body of House bill No.
| 60.
Senate bill No. I5T, a bill amending and
| re.cnaCting chapter 100 of the Code Of West
Virginia, was read third time.
| Mr.. Newman moved 10 reconsider the
vote by which the bill was ordered to its
engrossment and third reading. On that
| motion there was very leHgthy discus
sion, in which Messrs. Faulkner, Dennis
Brown, DonehoO, Newman and Woods,
took part
Mr.. Faulkner demanded the ayes and
nays on the motion of the Senator from
| Marshall, and they were taken, resulting in
the passage of the motion by vote OF
| 16 to &.
The Senate then took n recess for two
hours and half.
| Afternoon Session.
The Senate reaSSembling, Senate Bill No
| lS2 "A bill to amend and re-enact sections
| O. II and % of chapter II, Acts of 1851,
coming up rs the special order for 2:30 p.
NJ. on motion of Mr.. Dennis the same was
laid on the table and made the special or
der for Friday at the same hour.
Senate Bill No l57, "a bill amending
and re-enacting chapter 100 of the Code OF
| West Virginia" on the writs of mandamus
and quo warranto, pending at the time the
Senate took a recess, was taken up for fur
| ther consideration.
| Mr.. Newman moved an amendment tc
! section I, of the bill. This section con
Germs the application for writ-when and
how made, and reads as follows: when
| ever
The Attorney General
| is satisfied that a cause exists therefor he
| may, at his own instance, or at the relation
of any person interested apply by petition
| TO the circuit court OF the county wherein
| the seat of government is, or of the county
| wherein the cause for the issuing of such
| writ arose, to have such writ issued, and
shall state therein the reason therefor.
| Mr.. Newman moved to strike out the
| words county wherein the seat of govern
ment is, or OF the" and in a few remarks
upon this motion urged its passage.
! Mr.. Dennis then took the iloor and occu-
pied the attention of the Senate for about
thirty minutes, in a lengthy and able
speech favoring the original section of the
bill and opposition TO the proposed amend
ment He argued with much force that
applications for writ should be made al
the seat of government and not be compelled
to be made in the various counties of the
State. 1t should, however, be left to the
discretion of the Attorney General where
the proceedings should take place as the
bill provides.
After the speech of the Senator from
| Greenbrier, Mr.. Newman made few re
marks, in which he said that on the many
questions that have come before this body
! Mr.. Dennis was always found on the side
| Of the great corporations and
Rich MoEopolies-
Mr.. Dennis arose and said that he wa:
J sorry that Senators on this floor could not
discuss this important question in digni
| fed and parliamentary manner. When the
Senator from Marshall says that / am al
ways found on the side Of rich corporation:
he says what is not true and which has no
the slightest foundation.
4 GSI aIrors do what haliara IN ha riuht