The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-02-11
The Legislature.

a bill has been introduced in the
House 70 appropriate $50, 500
complete tho Capitol buildihgatI
Cbafleston.
a very important bill, known as
No. CO, has been presented in the
House, intended 10 secure opera
lives and laborers engaged in and
about coal mines and mall manu-;
factories the payment Of their wa.
ges u regular intervals and in law.
full money, and should become q
law.
The Senate has passed bill pro
yiding for the opening ofthe Uni
yersity at Morgantown, tobothsex-
Is. thought to be defeated in the
House.
Several petitions have been pre-
sented to both houses praying for
the repeal Of the law providing for
the State Board Of Health,
A resolution was offered by MI.
sayre, In the House, requesting our
Representatives in Congress to
support the passage Of the bill now
before Congress proposing!o refund
theta imposed by che general
government on the several States
and Territories as a war tax. If
this becomes a law West Virginia
win receive from the government
s2oS,4So.
House Bill No. 1856 provides for
the appointment by the Governor
of a Superintendent Of Public
Printing, at a salary Of $500 per
year. II would prove to bea good
law, and would save to the State
several thousand dollars annually.
Representative owings, Brooke
county, has introduced a bill pro-
viding for the abolishing Of the
State Normal Schools. He ought
to have a leather medal.
In the Senate on Wednesday, Mi.
Morris offered d bill having for its
object the changing of the law
which now requires the formaliLy
Of a vote every two years for pow
er toleyy for school taxes. 1t pro.
poses todispense with the formal.
ty by requiring a vote in 1885 on
power to levy until otherwise pro.
vided by Law. Should this bill be.
come law, boards Of education
willlaythelev annually without
anyffurther action BY the different
districts. ts. ~.
House Bill No. 1858, offered on
Wednesday last, makes it,unlawfal
for stock to run at large, and pro-
vides that owners Of stray cattle,
brother stock, which damage prop.
erty, shall be liable for such dam.
age, which is to be asCertained by
referees, one to be chosen by each
party, aud a third by these two.-
The decision of such referees shall
be final and have the force Of a
judgment, except that an appeal
shall be allowed when the damages
assessed exceed ten dollars.
House Bill No. 16l provides for
tile stamping Of articles manufact.
ured by convict labor with the fol-
lowing Words Convict labor" in
aconspicuous place, and makes it
a fine Of not less than five dollars
nor more than twenty-five dollars
for any failure to so stamp such
articles by any contractor. What
good this law is intended to accom-.
plish we do not know. As long as
convict labor is permitted to com.
pete with free and honest labor il
makes very little difference about
any distinguishing marks. PEG.
pie will buy wherever they get the
most returns for their money, and
ask but few II any questions about
the source whence the articles
came.
A bill has been introduced in the
House to punish sellers Of immoral
literature with a fine of $3.50 and
imprisonment one year in jail
thought to become u law.
The bill cutting down the rates
Of newspaper advertising has pass.
cd the Senate. Senator McCreery,
its patron, will soon end his politi.
cal grave, Such a law is unneces.
sary as well as unjust.
The great question now before
the Legislature is the question Of
exemptions. Whether to exempt
at all What to exempt When
to exempt Whether Governor
JacksOn's supplemental assessment
order shall DO approved Or, shall
the rights and demands Of the pro.
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