The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-17
THE State CAPITAL.
Little Business Of Importance
Transacted Saturday.
NO ADJOURNMENT in SIGHT
AT THIS Wrltlns-A Final Disposition
OF tho Ballot Dlll Must be N1nde
+" fct-A Resolution Of Interest
TO Whccling-Otllcr Matters,
Special Dispa,ch 10 he Iatspigcacer,

Special Ditputch TO he InttEigcacer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Feb. lG.-The
Senate met Saturday ut 10 o'clock. a
message from tho house announced that
that body had agreed to the scnate's
amendment to the title OF House Bill %.
Air. Sweeney moved that tho Senate
take recess until 2:30, and Senator
Morris moved that the Senate adjourn.
Both motions were defeated.
Senator Mincar offered the-fo}lowinp:
Resolred, That tho per diem OF Homer
Morrison, mail and banking clerk, Y.
Tompkins. cloak page, Ctnrence Durdett
and John Cracraft, journal pages, be in.
creased to s., ana that John Fry and
Fred Wilson, floor pages, he inci eascd
to 50 80. Tho resolution lies over one
day under the rules. ,oF.6
Mr.. Oxley moved to adjourn until 10
o'clock Monday next, which motion was
carried.
THE HOUSE.
In tho House Saturday Mr.. Young
presented House bill No. II, preventing
the use of-nndue means to secure nomi,
nations to public office in conventions
and primary elections. Reference, to a
committee was dipensed with, .fr'
Senate bill No. II, "rcIating to the us.
sessment OF taxes" was taken up on it's
first reading and ordered to its second
reading.
Senate bill No. Is, concerning commits.
sioners OF school lands, coming up on its
second reading, was read second time
and ordered 10 its ,cngrossment and
third reading. &
Mr.. Garden introduced House Joint
Resolution No. 12, "autl.orizjpp the
Governor to furnish Is stands OF arms
now in tho armory OF The State, TO the
Linsly Institute, OF Wheeling. The reso.
luton, WHICH was adopted, provides
that the principal Of the school shall
give bond Of 81 500 for the safe return
OF said arms Mt the expiration oi three
years. Mr.. Garden was delegated to
communicate the passage OF the reso.
luton to the Senate.
House bill No. 20, "relating to the ap.
pointment OF Commissioners oi School
Lands" was taken up on its second read.
ing and ordered to its engrossment and
third reading.
!, On motion OF Mr.. Corcoran, House bill
No. s. the game law, was taken from the
table and placed on the calendar. The
same gentleman then moved that the
bill be taken up on its third reading for
further consideration. The motion was
carried and the bill was taken up on its
third reading, pending which the House,
on motion of Mr.. Gibson, took recess
until 2:SO o'clock p. NJ.
tar4 AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House reassembled at $50 p. M.
and resumed the consideration OF House
bill No. s, the game Law, on its third read
ing, during which Mr.. Goad moved that
the further consideration OF the bill be
indefinitely postponed. The motion did
not prevail, and pending the further
consideration of said bill, Mr.. Sprigg,
from the Committee on Judiciary, re-
ported back Senate bill No. l3, "relating
to Commissioners OF School Lands, "wi.h
the recommendation that it do pass.
The clerk then proceeded with the
reading OF House bill No. S, and when
finished the bill was defeated by a vote
Of l2 to 30.
On motion OF Mr.. Sprigg, Senate bill
No. -. amended, was taken up and or
dered to its third reading. On motion
OF the same gentleman, the rules were
suspended and the bill was read third
time and passed.
On motion Of Mr.. Williams, the House
adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday
merniug.