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

amending the same law a. the foregoing.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
House bill No. 200, a bill TO amend and
re.enact chapter fifteen Of the Code oil
West Virginia, concerning the Secretary Of
. State and Supreme Court reports, was pass
cd with is title, together with House bill
No. 334, 10 amend and re-enact an act pass.
; ed March 4, 1870, entitled an net to establish
. County Court and Board OF Commits
sioners Tor the county OF Pendleton, under
the S4th section Of the Sth article Of the
Constitution Of West Virginia.
Bills were then taken up on preliminary
reading, pending which order recess was
taken till half past two o'clock.
/ AFTER RECESS
the same order Of business was resumed
and several bills read the second time for
amendment.
Mr.. Lowry by leave introduced bill
House bill No. 1856, repeating 50 much OF
Chapter u OF tho Acts Of 1881 as creates
two assessment districts in Summers
county.
An episode Of the afternoon session &C.
Cured about ! O'Clock, when, Mr.. M8tEett
being in the chair, Speaker Wilson intro.
duced bill similar in title and provisions
TO his bill Of last session, which became so
famous under tho soubriquet Of
"wnSoN's RAILROAD BILL"
The present bill is officially designated
as House bill No BG7, a bill to establish
reasonable maximum rates Of charges, to
provide for the correction Of abuses, TO pre-.
vent unjust discrimination and extortion in
the rates Of charges by all railroad con.
panies and corporations, heretofore or
hereafter created by this or any other State,
and organized within or without this State,
and operating any railroad or railway,
wholly within OF partly within and partly
without this State, for the transportation OF
passengers and treights; To protect the Just |
rights Of the public concerning the same,
ties"
On Mr.. Wilson's motion the rules were
suspended, the usual reference to tho com.
mfttec dispensed with and the bill read the |
first time and ordered printed.
INQUIRIES CONCERNING TIIR ASYLUM FOR THE
INSANE.
Mt. Wells, Of Marion county, offered
resolution to the effect that the Superin-
tendeRt Of the Insane Asylum be requested
TO report the appropriations and expendi-
lures for that institution in the past year,
the number OF inmates aud the number OF
applicants for admissipn who have not vet
been admitted, together with other facts Of
like nature connected with the asylum,
which, after several amendments, was
adopted.I
In its amended form the resolution pre-
seribesthat the Superintendent Of the West
Virginia Hospital for the Insane furnish at
once, for the information Of the Legislature,
the amount Of money expended for the
support OF patients from October I, 1881, to
January !, 1882; the average number OF
patients for the same time, and the cost
per capita per week; the amount OF money
expended Tor transportation OF patients to
and from the hospital since May Is, 1851,
TO January !, 1882; the number Of patients
received and tho number sent home, and
the average cost per patient for transpor-
tation; the amount OF money expended,
and how and for what purpose Expended,
and the amount remaining on hand which
was appropriated last winter for special
purposes, stating for what purpose the APP
preparation was made; the capacity Of the
asylum and the present number OF in
mates; the number Of applicants, il any,
and the probable number Of applicants
during the next twelve months; also the
number OF applications that have been
made Tor admission and that have not been
granted; the number OF supposed idiots
sent to the hospital by the county authOri-
ties and now remaining in said hospital.
Also whether the contracts for the supplies
Tor the current year were made upon pro-
posals made under public advertisement,
and II not why not.
The clause relating TO applications not
granted was adopted by motion OF Mr..
Fulkerson, that in reference to idiots on
Mr.. Grantham's motion, md the last clause
quoted was m amendment offered by Mr..
Hubbard. Mr.. Grantham, who is one OF
the regents OF tho asylum, explained that
1t had been cuStomaryto advertise for pro.
posals, but this year when the Board met
they found that this had not been done; he
supposed it had been forgotten" Mr..
Hubbard thought this was all the more
reason for wishing to have an explanation;
he for one wanted to know il the asylum
was in charge Of persons who are in the
habit OF forgetting things lie thought it
possible that there WAS better reason than
that suggested by the gentleman from JET.
terson Mr.. Grantham and he thought the
Superintendent ought to have an oppor.
tunity to explain, which was given him,
q motion to lay the resolution on the table
being voted down, and the resolution
adopted by nearly unanimous vote.
Alter several further preliminary read.
inGs OF bills, tho House adjourned till Mon
day at l0A.M N.