Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-22
THE LEGISLATURE
HOUSE OF
Morning Session.

Morning Session.
SATURDAY, February FL.
TIE HOUSE of Delegates was opened yes
terday morning with prayer by Rev. D.
Harris. Sfthe faculty Of Wheeling Female
College. Mr.. Chew, from the Committee
on Taxation and Finance, reported back ID:
B. No. 49,. concerning the assessment Of
taxes, with the recommendation that 1t do
pass. Mr.. Ferguson, from the Committee
on Mines and Mining. reported back d. b.
No. "a, for the protection Of hboreTs IN the
coal mines of the State With a substitute
therefore with the recommendation that 1t
d pass.
4 message from the Senate announced
the passage by that body Of ). B. No. %,
providing against the violation of sepultnre
and for the protection of cemeteries; S. b.
No. 68, concerning the adoption OF chill
dren; S. B. No. SO, concerning the amount
or rate of tax on each subject Of taxation;
s. B. No. 81, concerning licenses; the
Senate had also adopted s.. ). X. No. D.
providing for q commission OF four persons
10 view, examine and report upon a loca-
ton for a second Asylum for the Insane.
Mr.. Campbell offered the following;
Whereas, There is a large portion OF the
people of this State, who, in consequence OF
the failure of last years crops, are now
losing their stock and are themselves on the
verge of starvation, and more in need
of the necessaries of life than new
laws; and whereas, a number Of the
members have been compelled to go
home to attend to business that
will not admit Of delay, therefore,
resolved, that the appropriations
necessary for the economical administration
of the State government be made the first
order of business and be perfected and
passed in order to adjourn at the end of
the session of forty-ive days, as provided BY
law" Laid on the table.
Il. B. No. l9l, concerning State licenses,
coming up on its second reading, wa
amended in several particulars, but pend
ing consideration, the hour of ii o'clock
having arrived, the roll Of the absentees at
Friday afternoons session was called on Mr.
Lucas amendment to S. b. No. o.. The
absentees were Messrs. GiVens, Jacob,
Myles, Price, Richardson, Smith and Taylor;
Messrs. Myles and Richardson voted ayes;
Messrs. Price, Smith and Taylor voted mo"
Messrs. Jacobs and GivenS were still alb
sent. The vote was then announced, as
follows: Ayes, SO; hayes, 81. So the
amendment then prevailed. The bill, as
amended, was then tabled.
Consideration of H. B. No. l9l was then
resumed, and the bill, at l2:4O, ordered to
its third reading.
Recess.
Afternoon Session.
There was no quorum in the House IN the
afternoon, and, Of course, no attempt to
transact business.
Evening Session.
The House reassembled at 7:30, and after
some little "skirmishing" took up Fl. B. No.
II, fixing the amount Of license tax on
each subject OF taxation. On motion CT
Mr.. Gilkeson, the tax on real and personal
p~roperty was fixed at twenty-five cents on
each $iOO of valuation. When the section
fixing the tax on licenses TO sell Intoxicating
drinks was reached, numerous amend
ments were made and no little discussion
INDUCED in. The most important amend
ment, probably, was that offered by Mr..
Gilkeson, fixing the tax at $50 in places
of less than 5000 population, at $500 in
places of more than 5000 and less than
10000 population, and at $3.50 in all cities
of more than 10000 population. The
amendment was rejected. Mr.. Dyer then
moved to make "a uniform tax Of $50
all over the State. Mr.. Stapleton moved to
amend by inserting the words: except in
villages ofless than fifty population, where
it shall be $40" The amendment was
lost, and Mr.. Dyer's motion was agreed to.
The tax on druggists was fixed at $40.
Pending further consideration Of the bill,
the hour of $50 having arrived, the House
Adjourned.