The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-04
BUSINESS
OF the Two Houses of tho Legislature
Measures Acted Upon.

OF the Two Houses of tho Legislature.
Measures Acted Upon.
Special Dbpateh 10 The IatAti0eleer
CHARLESTON, w. VA, Feb. SIN the
house this morning the finance COM
mittee reported favorably on the bill
concerning the collection OF taxes. The
judiciary committee reported adversely
on bills concerning suggestions on
judgments, relating to the legal rate Of
interest (Johuston's usury billy aud
concerning oaths OF grand Jurors. Fa-
vorable report was made on Stewart
Walkers itinerant vendors bill and the
bill providing that only two new trials
may be granted in the same case.
The committee on roads and internal
navigation reported adversely on two
bills proposing to amend the road law,
and fayorably on the bill to set aside
the alternate road law Of 1892 in Wayne
county aud substitute the alternate
road law Of 1929.
The committee on claims and griev.
nee reported adversely on two claims
OF Lavinia Phillips, OF jackson county,
for keeping a lunatic.
The committee on mines and mining
reported fayorably on q bill amending
the law concerning the ventilation OF
coal mines.
Mi. Conrad introduced o bill provid-
ing that all life insurance policies shall
be incontestible from the date Of doliv-
ery. excent for failure to nav the
premiums.
Mr.. Wilson'S bill for tho suppression
Of houses of i'll lame vas ordered to its
third reading. 1t provides that any
person renting a house to be used for
immoral purposea shall be subject to
the Same penalty "a the person keeping
the house,
This afternoon several bills were or
dered to o second reading, among them
the Ohio county criminal court bill.
Adjournment was taken to Monday
at 10 o'clock,
In tho senate tho house joint rcsolu.
ton favoFiag tho annexation OF the
Hawaiian islands was laid on the table
by an unanimous vote, on motion oil
Senator Finley.
The judiciary committee reported To-
vorably on the bill authorizing Brooke
county to fund its bonded indebtedness
and on the committees substitute for
Mr.. Shepherds bill relatingto waste and
unappropriated lands.
Mr.. Parko's bill amending tho law
concerning the state board Of agricul-
ture was passed; also General ST. Glars
bill providing for depositing in tho aud.
itor's Office certain records from Vir-
ginia, relating to land titles in this
state, and Mr.. Peck'a bill authorizing
the adjutant general to use q seal.
The married woman's law was the
subject Of considerable discussion. II
was amended by inserting ''and any
Judgment rendered against her In any
auch suit shall bo a lien against tho
corpus OF her real estate" and made tho
special order for Tuesday morning.
The bill establishing a criminal court
for Cabell county was passed, and the
bill to establish o criminal court in Nc.
Dowell county was taken up on q second
ready. A motion vas made TO strike
out the onactingclause.
Mr.. Mahood Championod the bill very
earnestly, saying that owing 10 tho
peculiar location Of the county and the
fact that nearly 90 pOr cont Of It's popu.
lation was Of q lawless character, many
OF whom escaped punishment for their
crimes through i~nadequacy Of tho
courts, tho court was necessary for tho
protection Of tho law abiding people
there.
President Wiley, Mr.. Gall in tho
chair, opposed tho bill on the ground
that II was unjust to tax tho entire state
TO cstablieh such q court IN u county
like Mcdowell. He claimed tho circuit
court was fully adequate to meet all re.
quiromenta at present
Mr.. shephard made quito q lengthy
speech favoring tho bill, Tho motion
was lost and tho bill was ordered to It's
third reading together with several
others, all Of minor Importance. Tho
bill TO enforce the use OF tho text books
adopted by the state was recommittod
10 the Judiciary committee
a favorable report was made on the
Eubernatofial mansion and Mr.. Staple.
ton'a bill 70 prevent cruelty 10 animals,