The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-01-20
Holds Another Executive hession-The
school Fuud-SessIon To-day.

Holds Another Executive hesSion-The
School Fnud-session To-day.
Rev. J. i. Milford, Of the Fist baptist
Church, opened the Senate with prayer
yesterday.
The session was short, and devoted
mainly to preliminary readings Of bills. A
portion Of the time waa consumed with IN
executive session. Mr.. DawSon's resOlr.
ton, with Mr.. Donehoo's amendment,
came up as the special order ut il A. N.
The resolution originally read:
"WuKRRAs, 1t appears from chapter ITO
Of the Acts OF 1876, in the net making up.
preparations Of public money for the fiscal
year ended September 80, 1870, that there
WIS appropriated ito pay school fund the
amount Of taxes collected on revenue OIL
corporations since April IL, lS73," the SUN
Of Sll,A7 10; and
WHEREAS, The report OF the Auditor for
the said fiscal year contains no statement
Of said appropriation; therefore bO It
RtsoIrtd, That the COMMITTEES on Fl.
nance Is hereby instructed TO ascertain and
report whether said appropriation was ever
paid, and II not paid, 10 report the amount
due 10 tue school fond thereby.
On Thursday Mr. DonehOo moved to
amend the resolution by striking out all
after tho word appropriation" occurring
alter the second word "wherCas," and
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"And, whereas, by the Acts Of 1869,
chapter 1877, section ~, it Is provided that
in addition 10 the interest Of tie free
school fund, there shull likewise be dis.
tributed, according 10 the second section
Of the tenth article Of tho CoBsti.
tuition, and in the hummer herein provId.
ed, the net proceeds OF all fines, couiisca.
tons and forieitures aCcruing 10 this State
under the laws thereof, together with the
proceeds Of u Capitation tax OF one dollar
on each white and free colored male In:
habitant over twenty.One years Of age, and
such sum as may be produced bya tux oil
ten cents upon the hundred dollars valua.
ton OF all the taxable property OF the
State at the last annual assessment; which
tax shall 10 assessed and collected ut the
same time and in the same manner us
other State taxes arc assessed and collect
"WuEREAs, Article l2, section !, Of the
Constitution Of 1877, male fu ther provis'
ion for the erection Of the school fund;
and,
"WmgRRAs, 1t has been charged that large
amounts Of public money collected and
arising under said net aud said section OF
the Constitution Of 1872 have not been &C.
counted for CT srihu. ed US therein proyid-
ed; therefore, be 1t
"ResOlred, That special committee CON.
posed Of the following named Senators,
viz: BENZ. W. Dyrne, George L. Price, ID.
A. Roberts, WIN. N. D. Dawson and An.
thony Smith be appointed to inquire into
aud ascertain tile ruth Of the recitals and
charges contained in the foregoing pream.
Bile, and report the result Of their invcsti-
CATION 10 the Senate, and said committee
shall have power 10 send Tor persons and
papers"
This Mr.. Dawson moved to further
amend by adding Messrs. MCGrew and
Samples 10 the committee.
Mr.. Donehoo moved 10 substitute Mr..
Burgess for Mr.. Samples. Finally both
propositions were Withdrawn. The Amend.
ment Of MIR. DOnehoo was then adopted,
and the resolution rs amended passed,
After m executive session it wRs resolved
TO adjourn until Monday, but this was
retonsidered, ind at quarter before one
the Senate adjourned I'LL 10 a. N. 10 dAy.