The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-15
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WAITS eleCllOu plll IilSI ulBHI utClueu 10
abandon the feature providing for the
appointment Of election commissioners
OF each county by the board Of public
works and will support the measure
generally with this exception. This
was the particularly Objectionable pro-
vision Of the bill and many Democrats
were unwilling togo on record as favor
ingit. 1t is said that Col. st. Clair was
quite prominent in the opposition and
it is an undisputed fact that Col. St.
Clair wields considerable influence in
his party's councils.
The house bill amending the school
law was the subject OF considerable
discussion in the house to-day. II was
amended that county superintendents
shall hold their Offices four years and be
elected at the general November elec.
tion beginning with the election OF
1894, their terms Of office to begin on
the first day OF July thereafter. They
are to be elected this year rs usual and
are to hold Office until their successors
arc elected and qualified. The com.
pensation Of clerks Of boards OF educa.
ton was fixed at q sum not to exceed
$l5 per annum, The bill was ordered
to its third reading.
The bi Is relating to the employment
OF shorthand reporters in circuit
courts; empowering tho county court
OF Kanawha county to purchase or erect
a bridge across the Kanawha river at
Charleston; concerning attachments
before justices, and amending the act
concerning the Fayette county criminal
court, were ordered to their third read
ing. The house bill "to prevent unjust
discrimination and extortion in the
rates charged for passengers and freight
by railroad companies" met with the
same fate that has followed it for years,
1t was laid on the table with q dull
sickening thud. The house joint resoI
luton requesting our senators and rep
resentatives in Congress to do all In
their power to secure the repeal OF the
law eXempting United States currency
from local taxation was indefinitely
postponed on motion OF Mr., Edwards,
and a number OF bills were read a first
time and ordered to their second read
ing. The committee on claims and
grievances reported recommending that
5000 be allowed Mason county for
money expended during the small pox
epidemic Of 1892, by order OF the state
board OF health. The committee ap-
pointed to visit the state hospitals for
the insane submitted its report, the
same as that given to the senate yester-
day afternoon. The penitentiary bill
was then taken up out OF its order and
recommitted to the penitentiary COM
mittee.
Mr.. Grier introduced a bill requiring
mining and other companies to pay
their employees monthly.
THE SENATE
In the senate this morning General
Watts introduced o bill providing that,
any person, while in the commission Of
or while in the attempt to commit rob-
berry on a railroad train, kills another,
shall be punished with death; that any
person committing robbery on rail.
road train, armed with a dangerous
weapon and wearing q disguise OF any
kind, shall be confined in the peniten-
tiary for life, and any person commit
ting robbery anywhere in the state, II
armed with dangerous weapon, shall
be confined in the penitentiary not less
ten years, and II not so armed not less
five years. The rules we're suspended
and 1t was read q first, second and
third time and passed. The stapleton
valued policy BILL" requiring fire In
surance companies to pay full face
value OF policies in case Of total loss,
was taken up on q second reading. 1t
had been reported unfavorably BY the
judiciary committee and was rejected.
The house bill providing for two as-
sessment districts in certain counties
was amended by striking out Doddrldge
and Logan counties. The bill was or
dered to It's third reading. The senate
resolution authorizing tho governor to
procure certified copies OF patents, plats
and surveys OF lands in this state from
tho state OF Virginia was passed, to take
effect from It's passage. The senate bill
concerning tho drawing OF grand iurlea
was passed by an unanimous vote. In
tho afternoon tho bill relating to the
compensation Of county officers was the
subject OF several amendments and was
ordered 10 its third reading.
Tho committee on humane institu-
tions and public buildings mudo favor
able report on tho house bill for the
prevention OF cruelty to children and
providing for their caro- and education
in certain cases. The bill authorizing
tho board Of directors OF tho peniten.
tiary to open certain streets through
the ponitontiary grounds was passed to
its third readingj also tho bill to pro.
vent tho entry OF osuheatod, waste and
unappropriatedl lands on the land books,
the Charleston bridge bill, the bill to
establish q court oil limited jurisdiction
In Marion county, tho bill 10 establish
tho independent sehool district OF Bay.
ard, Grant comfy, and tho bill TO estab:
lish tho independent school district oil
Elk City, Kanawha county.
Senate bill 3s, relating to tho powers
OF incorporated cities, towns and vii.
lagos was laid on tho table. Tho bills
relating TO tho duties OF clerks In regard
TO recording deeds and other writings,
relating to tho duties oi prosecuting nt.
tornoys and relating TO tho iBsuing oil
warrants by Justices, wore rejected. A
number OF bills, nll Of minor interest,
wcro ordered 10 thoir second aud third
readings