The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-09

We Want to Go Home-A Day Devoted TO
Routine business.


| Routine business.
The House met at 10 A. NJ. yesterday
On the first vote called fourteen member
were absent. Mr.. Evans's bill to create
County court for Berkeley county wa
passed with the Senate amendments. Mr.
Hensbaw presented petition asking tn,
repeal Of the dog law.
The main thing done in the forenoon
was the adoption OF Mr.. Harmon's join
resolution to adjourn on the Goth, by vote
OF IS to 90, after some discussion,
Mr.. Burt then offered resolution thai
the House sit daily from 5 to l2 A. NJ. and
from 3 to q Il. NJ, TO the immediate con
sideration Of which Mr.. Holt objected.
Mr.. Davis presented bill to amend the
law concerning the duties OF personal rep
resentatiyes OF decedents Us TO real estate.
Mr.. Daley offered one creating an indie
pendent school district OF Elk district
Mineral county.
Leave OF absence was granted 10 Mr.
Yeager, Mr.. Gorrell, J. F. Brown and Mr.
Armstrong, the first and last on account o.
sickness.
Engrossed house bill No. 60, amending
the act relating to the Coal River Railroad
company, No. 81, regulating charges OF
horse railroads; No. n, for the relief Of
Sarah Thompson, OF Boone county; No. SO
making Commissioners in chancery con
SENATORS OF the peace to take dispositions
OF witnesses, and compel their attendance
by fine; No. 102, abolisling the Kanawhs
Board No. Is, amending and re.enactins
the first section OF the charter OF Martins
burg, and No. Us, amending the law fxinl
the time for holding the courts In the dit
ferent Judicial circuits, were passed.
Mr.. Burt had entered on the journal 9
motion to reconsider the vote by which
the House passed the joint resolution In
reference to adjournment
On motion OF Mr.. Cox, the House took 9
recess till 2P. N.
In the afternoon Mr.. Collins, OF Kama
wha, moved to reconsider the vote by which
House Bill No. IS was passed, and had the
motion entered on the journal.
Mr.. Dovener presented bill amending
the law in regard to the letting Of convic,
labor.
House Bills 70, 72 and 70 were passed
The first amends the law in relation to the
practice Of dentistry; No. 72 Is in regard tc
commissioners Of accounts; and the last
amends the law in reference to the election
OF school officers.
Mr.. Dovener presented joint resolution
repeating the joint resolution already pass
ed for the relief OF James Morehead. tt
its immediate consideration Mr.. Caring
objected and it lays over under the rules
House Bill No. "a, to pay mileage t
County Commissioners, provoked a good
deal OF discussion, both to its constitution
ality and expectancy, which was finally
cut short by Mr.. Sayre demanding the pre-
vious question. The House refused to pas
the bill by a tie vote OF % to %.
House bill No. 80, repeating the Ac
creating the independent school district Of
Harmon's, in Grant county, was passed.
Mr.. Lynch presented resolution Of in
quiry looking TO a more equitable road law
and Mr.. Henshaw petition asking thu
repeal OF the present law requiring labo1
on roads without compensation, both Q
which referred to the Committee on Road
and Internal Navigation.
House bill No. IS was passed. It tixei
the compensation Of assessors.
A motion to adjourn was made OF half
past four, but the House refused, and spen
some time after that in reading bills tn,
first and second time.