The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27
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Tho Mason Bib Bntalnbed-To Extend the
sessien- other ntattsra.
Rev. g, NJ, shctt ofthe First Baptist
church, opened the Senate With prayer
yesterday. Mr.. Smith, from the commit
tee 70 examine the Clerks office, reported
that herecords Of thisand former sessions
were keptin good order. Tie committee
recommended that steps be taken To re!
move the records and documents Of the
bodyto Charleston. NJ
4 ohtmotion 81 ldr. Flourn5y, Senate Bill
No. no was taken from the table and
placed on the calendar. On ihis subse.
quent motion tile bill was indefinitely
I,ostponed This Is the famous Mason
Taxbill. q ID. "a, ) isfir5iii
Mr.. Floyd presented Senate Joint Reaot
luton No. %, which ,is identical with
Judge Haymond's House Joint Resolu.
ton No. 10, providing orithe extension Of
the present session Of the Legislature be-
yond the Constitutional limit Of iorty-fiye
days. q ri {, Z ~ 4
Mr.. Flournoy moved that, the rule re-
.quiripg the resolution, to lie over one day
be, suspended, and this motion being
adopted, he further moved to,make 1.-THE
special order for 8 r. NJ n a ~; 3iseff
Mr.. Smith moved to lay the resolution
onthe table, but the Senate rejected this
motion and adopted Mr.. Flourhoy's.
Senate Bill l2l, atnending the charter Of
the city OF Parkersburg and authorizing
the funding Of its bonded Indebtedness,
came up ION o third reading and was on
motion, OF Mr. lournoy laid nithe table.
Senate Bill 107 was passed. II amends
the school law: sssT, y isiSSs ,1ssE
" Senate Billl19l (which accomplished the
same object aimed at in No. 12l mention
ed;aboye,S was also passed. Also Senate
Bilt1S6, amending chapter 5 oflthe. acts Of
1881 /; and House Bill No. 20, amending
the law concerning the taking Of land
without the owners consent for purposes
ofpublic utility. 4ts5 ~.
z Sir. 7Somerville presented the refnon-
STRANGE Of O. III. Bracken and fifty-three
other citizens OF ellsburg against the
amendment Of the charter OF that town.
: Mr. Dawson's Joint resolution proposing
an amendment 10 the 'constitution abol-
'ishing the irreducible school fund, and
providing for its distributionf In five an
nual installments to the schools Of the
different counties; was read the third time
and adopted by the required two.tliirds
vote. Mr.! Dawson was asked TO commu-
nicate the passage Of tho resolution to the
House bill No. "a, extending the cor
5porate limits OF Benwood westward to the
State line, was passed. Also House bill
No. s.; authorizing the taking Of land
without the owners, consent for the con-
@strnction of lateral railroads and House
bill No. 59, establishing o County Court
and Board OF Commissio nerS for Jefleraon
county. y 4rs ~ "a : liisN its
The Senate then, on motion OF Mr..
woodward, took atecess until Or. NJ
In the afternoon aInumber OF bills were
passed, as follows: House bill Ia, CON
corning conyeyancesA OF land ito lednca-
tional, charitable or benevolent institu-
tons; House Bill %, amending the law
concerning receivers of, courts; House Bill
10, providing DECENTRALIZATION Of Clerks
Of Circuit Courts, Clerks of County Courts,
Prosecuting Attorneys, Shelftis, Assessors,
Surveyors, OF Lands, Justices fthe Peace
and Constables who were elected on the,
Senate bill Nosio6,fo tie relief Old. +.
Sims, late Sheriff of Mineral county; and
Senate Bill No.2G, changing the dayton
the annual assessment tofitaxes. siSst1
Mr.. Dawson presented IA resolution
authorizing the, Clerk to take such steps
as necessary to have the dailyiournals Of
the Senate promptly printed and to have
them printed by somebody besides the
public printer II found to BE- best. This
was rejected by vote Of s toto. "a
The extension resolution Of Senator
Floyd was then taken up. Tho debate
will be found elsewhere, x ,S,s 3