Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-22
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Morning Session.

Mr. Dodrill offered a resolution that all
! speeches hereafter should be limited TO nVc
minutes, which was adopted.
Mr.. Riley moved to take up Senate Joint
resolution providing for an adjournment,
which motion was rejected.
Mr.. Hubbard offered a resolution M,
struCtng and requesting our Senators ana
Representatives in Congress to vote Tor Il
protective tariff.
Mr.. Ferguson moved thet the motion
lay OH the table and be made the special
order for Tuesday next, at 10 o'clock \. NJ,
on which the ayes and hayes were taken
and the motion adopted.
Senate bill No. l35, concerning the powers
and duties of State officers, reported back
from the Judiciary Committee with amend
ments which had been agreed to.
Senate Bill 10. relating to general pro-
visions as to civil cases,
Senate Bill 20O, legalizing certain acts OF
| the Board Of Education OF RiChland dis
| trict. Ohio county,
Senate Bill l33. concerning the Lcgisla-
ture its members officers and proceedings.
Senate Bill 2l2, relating to indictments
| for felony, and
Sen&,e Bill 2lS, concerning otienses
| against morality and decency. were each
| read third time and passed.
| The House tncn TOOK lne usual IeEe>S'
Afternoon season..
Senate Bill No 2l9, concerning crimes
| against property, and the punishment
| therefor. was read a third time and referred
| to the Committee on Judiciary.
Senate Bill No. 23S, to allow a. l.. Camp
| bell. sheriff OF ROane county, further time
| to return his delinquent lists for 1881, was
read third time and passed.
Mr.. Ferguson called up the motion to
reconsider the vote 10y which Senate Bill
| No. l29, Tor the relief OF the heirs OF Jas. ID.
| Huston, was passed, and the vote was re-
| considered and the bill referred to the Com
mittee on Judiciary.
senate Bill No. 2lj, concerning attempts
to impede the administration OF the courts,
senate Bill No. PIG, concerning bills Of
| exceptions and writs Oi error in criminal
| cases.
senate Bill No ~, concerning the pun
| iShmcnt Of unlawful combinations for the
| injury of personal property. and
| Senate Bill No. lJS, concerning Boards of
| Education, their powers, duties and quail.
| fiCationS teachers institutes &c, were read
third time and passed
senate bin No. 229, amending the school
laws of Wheeling, and several others
were read first time and ordered to j
| second reading.
Senate bill No 22o apportionng repre-
Scntative> in the senate and House oi
| Delegates coming up on its second reading
| Mr.. Riley moved 10 Strik" out the first and
second sections of the bill, and insert tn,
| following:
That unti the Senatorial district OF this
State shall he altered in pursuance Of the
provision Of the Constitution, the countic'
| OF Brooke. Hancock and Ohio Shall cOn>ti
| ,I.. riul 4 ~. hal
Wetzel and Marion the Second; Munonga
liza, Preston. Taylor and Tucker the Third
poidridgc, Harrison. Ritchie and Tyler The
| Fourth: Jackson, pvaSants Writ an,
| Wood the Fifth: tabell Lincoln
Mason and Putnam the Sixth; Boone
Logan Mcdowell. Mercer, Raleigh
Wayne and Wyoming. the seventh: Clay
Kanawha. NiChola, and Roane, the eighth
Fayertc. Grcenbricr, Monroe, Pocahonta:
and Summers, the ninth; BraXtOn. Cal
hOun, Gilmcr, Lewis tpshur and Webster
the tenth; Barbour, Grant Hardy, Min
cral, Pendleton and Randolph, the clcY
cnth. and Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson
and Morgan, the twelfth
,. That the Senators elected at the las
geI clal election for the full term of fOu
years shall continue for the term for whic
| they were elected, and each district Sha
at the next general election and ever
second year thereafter elect one Senate
! who shall hold his Office for the term Z
lie believed CduGus had hec
held last night. and be supposed
bound the Con>CicnCrS uf the Democrats
lie believed the bill was unconstitutional
and should not pass. FirSt-Becausc tn
constitution does not provide for any in
crease OF Senators except in case of an in
crease ofterritory. SeCOnd-ThecOnstitutiol
| provides that the district shall be COmpaC