The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-02-22
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A Large Amount of Important business
Hurried Through In tho Closing Hours.
Special Dtlpatea 10 The IRtelliQeucer.
CHARLESTON, w, Va. Feb. 2l.-The
plan indicated yesterday that the Dem
ocrats intended flllbustering on the up.
preparation bill is borne out. In a burst
Of confidence, a prominent Kenna man
impaired the information that had an
election not been secured the approprla.
ton bill would not have been passed
this session. VIA
Senator Flournoy made a strong argl.
ment In the Senate this morning TO take
up out OF It's order House bill No. O3
the Interstate Railroad bill, but the
privilege was declined by a vote OF II
tot.
The following bills were taken up in
the Senate upon their third reading;
House bill No. Is, amending the charter
OF the city OF Parkersburgso that paving
can be ordered by three-fourth vote Of
the Council, and providing for sewerage,
Senate bill No. 10l, establishing police
court In the city Of Wheeling and con-
ferringadditional power upon the Mayor,
House bill No. l55, enlargingthe powers
OF the independent Board Of Education
OF Charleston district, creating a City
Superintendent Of Schools and pre-
scribing his duties, providing for the
furnishing by the Board Of necessary
text books for INDECENT children, and ior
the inauguration OF a night school sys.
tenn, providing that the school session
may be extended to term OF ten months,
and providing for an examining com.
mittee Of two to act with the superin.
tendent In examining teachers for ap-
pointment, and not requiring teachers
so appointed to hold certificates from the
Board Of Kanawha County Examiners.
Senate bill No. 100, amending the
charter Of the city Of Wheeling, giving
the Mayor veto power and prescribing
his duties, was taken up and passed.
The following resolution was intro
duced In the House and adopted by q
vote Of 81 TO 80:
"ReSOlusd, That the time for taking
dispositions In the cases OF contest for
seats in the House OF Delegates OF A. @.
Davidson against r. G. Meadows and W.
L. Freeman against William Bandy be
extended TO and including the 10th oil
May, 1889, without recommendation
House bill No.7, establishing a Bureau
OF Labor, passed by the House, was
ordered to It's second reading In tue
Senate.
In considering the appropriation bill
in the Senate, amendments have been
made up to this time decreasing the
salary Of the clerk OF the penitentiary to
5000 incorporating an appropriation ol
81, 900 10 pay claims allowed and certified
by Circuit Courts for keeping lunatics
out Of Jail; increasing the appropriations
for normal schools TO $l5, 900; increasing
the salary OF the clerk in the Attorney
Generals Office to s., 200, aud decreasing
the appropriation for vaccine agents Ia
$50. The bill was laid on the table.
At the night session OF the Senate
House bill No. %, transferring the inter.
est OF the State in the Fairmont and
Palatine Bridge Company 10 the county
OF Marion, and House bill No. Z, creating
the State Bureau OF Labor and providing
for the inspection Of the industrial esta6
llshments Of West Virginia were passed
as was also House bill No. %, tht
miliLia bill.