The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-21

wEsr yIRaINIA LEaInI.Arrnr.
Yesterdays Proceedings In the senate
And House of DeISRnfea

WEST VIRGINIA LEGIsIATURE.
Yesterdays Proceedings In the senat
And House ofDsIsEates.
The Senate met at the usual hour yestel
day morning, and the devotional exercise
were conducted by the RI. Rev. Bishop
]. Kahn, Of St. James Cathedral.
The House Of Delegates, through II
clerk, communicated the passage Of mum
Der Of bills, and that they hRdi agreed I
the amendment Of the Senate TO House bill
No. 800.
Mr.. hcGrew presented the petition o
Joseph A. McLanO and fiity-one others o
Monongalla county, asking IN increase Ii
tho penalty for horse stealing.
Mr.. Newman presented the petition o
Irwin F. Roberts and 100 Others OF Mar
shall county, asking that chapter d Of the
Acts Of 1881 be 80 amended or modified al
to exclude Marshall county from tho oper
atoms thereof.
Senate bill No. l35, concerning certain
powers and duties Of the Governor and tht
subordinate officers Of the Executive De
pGrtment, and the officers Of all public In
stitutions Of the State, was read q third
time and passed with lis title.
MIR. McNeel, by unanimous consent, In.
troduced Senate bill 1877, amending the law
concerning grants and tho repeal Of pat.
ents.
Senate bill 100, amending tho bastardy
law, was taken up, read third time and
passed with its title.
On the motion OF Mr.. Woods, leave OF
absence for the day was granted to Mr..
Dawson.
On the motion OF Mr.. Dennis It was
ResoItrd, That when the Senate adjourn
to-day It be until l0A. N. Monday.
Tending the consideration Of Senate bill
IN the Senate took recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Upon reassembline, the Senate resumed
consideration Of Senate bill liz, which was
introduced by Mr.. Donehoo during the
present session. It relates 10 entry upon
lands by internal improvement companies,
and provides that "any company incorpor.
ated for work OF internal improvement
may, by Its officers, agents or servants,
enter upon any. land for the purpose OF
examining the same, and surveying and
laying out such as may seem ct TO any off.
Ger or agent authorized by 1t, provided no
injury be done 10 the owner or possessor OF
the land. But no company shall, under the
Of this section, throw open any
fences or enclosures on any land, or con-
struct its works through the same, or injure
the property OF tho owner or possessor,
without his consent. And no company
shall, under any provision OF this chapter,
invade any dwelling house, or any space
within twenty feet thereof, without the
consent oil tho owner; nor shall any eompd-
ny, JOr The plTpote Of Altering he c0urte Of any
stream, Under ne provisions Of SECTION eltTen Of
thus chapter, tRrdde any Ipdcs tpiihin ff1y feei
of any drsllalg house, lrithoW The contst of
Me ot9lsF AFssef Psorided, That the pre-
ceding sentence shall not apply to any city
or incorporated town."
The italiCised words Indicate the changes
in the old law and the amendments TO the
bill. The word sentence takes the place OF
the word SECTION in the old law, on account
OF a ruling OF the Supreme Court, which
held that it made the bill ineligible. The
other changes made in tho bill are obvious.
The bill was read third time and passed,
to take effect from its passage, and Mr..
Donehoo was instructed to report the same
to the House.
Mr. Roberts introduced the following:
RcSolred, That the Auditor be requested
IN pnt,o n,unidota % tla SnnoAa a jatn;InJ
statement OF the receipts and disburSe-
ments OF the public money oil the State for
the year ending on the Goth day OF Septem-
Der, 1881, and the first quarter OF the sue
ceeding year ending on tho Sist day OF
December, 1851, stating from what source
said money was received and the amount
expended undeEeach appropriation, stat
ing the purpose for which each expendi-
ture was made. Also to communicate to
the Senate an estimate OF the receipts into
and disbursements from the Treasury for
the year ending September 80, 1882, stat
ing from what source tho receipts will
come, and the purpose for which they will
be expended. Adopted.
Mr.. Stout, by unanimous consent, intro
duced Senate bill No. 1888, providing for an
independent school district for Bciieviile,
Wood county. On motion OF the same
gentleman the reference OF the bill was
dispensed with and the rules suspended,
and the bill read first, second and third
time and put upon its passage, TO take
immediate effect.
The following coming upon their third
reading were passed.
Senate bill IA, concerning the preserya.
ton Of certain useful animals; Senate bill
l6l, concerning the remedy for unlawful
entry or detainer in circuit courts Senate
bill lGl, relating to clerks Of courts.
Senate bill lS2, authorizing the county
courts to fix the per diem for labor on the
public roads, The old law fixes the sum
at 70 cents per day, and the above bill
seeks to make the change. On motion OF
Mr.. DOnehoo the bill was laid on the table
and made the special order for Monday
next at $50 p. n.
Bills on their first reading were then
taken up and the remainder OF the after
noon consumed in consideration OF them.
At $3.50 the Senate adjourned to l0A. N.
Monday.
House OF DOlGgRtOS.
Inc House met ut III O'CLOCK yesterday
forenoon, as usual, and was opened with
prayer by Hon. Joseph W. Holt, Of Lin
coin county.
Judge Ferguson, from the Committee on
the Judiciary, reported House bill No. So2,
to amend chapter IA Of the Code, concern.
ing homicide and other olTehses against the
person.
Several petitions were submitted as fol.
lows
ByMr. Dawson: One signed by Samuel
NJ. Rodgers and sixty.fivo others, Of Taylor
county, asking that the hiring Of conYicts
NJ. n,,n 1ts.aal L..