The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-16
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Yesterdays Proceedings In tho sennt,
and lIOuse or nAfobatas

and House or Delegates.
The Senate met at the usual hour yester.
day morning, and transacted the following
business
Anumber Of committees reported bills
they had had ander consideration.
Mr.. Williams by leave, introduced SEN.
ate bill PSI, amending the actsin relation Ia
Keyser Independent school district in
Mineral county.
The following bills were passed:
Senate bin 220, concerning crimes and
punisbments.
Senate bill 240, amending the charter Of
tue city OF Wheeling.
Mr.. Dennis moved TO take up Senate bill
20, apportioning representation Id the
Senate and House Of Delegates, as amend
ed by the Stollings' substitute. The mo-
ton prevailing the question required ON
the passage al the bill. Messrs. Smith and
Donehoo spoke against the passage Of the
bill and and detled those who favored the
bill TO show In what manner they recon.
ctled the provisions OF the Constitution
bearing on the bill. They were silent, for
they could not answer. Tie bill was passed
however, by o vote Of l2to 0, as follows
YRAs-SpmmeYs PRESIDENT, Dawson,
Dennis, Ewin, AiCNeal, Newman, Roberts.
Samples, Shelton, Stollings, Vanmeter and
Williams-l2.
NAYs--Barbee, Dawson, Donehoo, Max.
well, McGrew, AIcGregor, Smith, Stout and
WoodS-9.
Mr. Newman voted in the affirmative for
the purpose Of moving reconsideration.
The vote really stood II to 10, and II Judge
Brown had been present (he is necessarily
detained at home) the vote would have
been tie and the bill eAectaally killed.
Mr.. Stolllngs moved to reconsider the
vote by which the bill was passed, and Mr..
Dennis moved to lay that motion on the
table. The latter motion failed to carry.by
tic vote Of II to IL, and Mr., StoliinCs
Withdrawing his motion the passage Of me
bill was ordered 10 be communicated TO
the House.
Senate bill 24l, amending the acts in re-
!ation TO the charter Of the city Of Wheel
ing, was third time and passed.
Mr. DUnehoO offered the following reso-
luton: Nv
Resolved, That the Auditor be requested
to communicate to the Senate the infor-
nation asked for in the resolution adopted
by the Senate on the 10th of January last.
The resolution referred to above was in
troduced by Mr.. Roberts, and reads as
follows: ''' No
Resolrtd, That the Auditor be requested
to communicate to the Senate detailed
statement OF the receipts and disbursements
oil the public money Of the State, for the
year ending on the 30th day Of September,
1881, and for the first quarter OF the sue.
ceeding year ending on the 3lst day Of De-
cember, 1881, stating from what source said
money, was received, and the amount ex-
pended under each appropriation, stating
the purpose for which each expenditure
was made. Also to communicate 10 the
senate an estimate OF the receipts into and
disbursements from the Treasury for the
year ending September 3Oth, 1882, stating
from what source the receipts will come,
and the'purpose for which they will be ex.
pended.
House bill 374, amending the acts in re-
lation to the salaries Of teachers was read
the third time and passed.
Also the following:
Heuse bill SS7, creating the INDEPENDENT
school district Of Pennsboro out OF spb.dis-
trict No. IL, Of Pennsboro district Richie
county. N'''N'''
Leave Of absence was granted Committee
ness. - S'S-
Recess.