The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-02-20

Special Dispatch to tho Intelllgenccr
CHARLESTON, W. Va. Feb. 19-The
last week of the regular session Of the
legislature will be ushered in to-mOr-
row. Unless there Is an extension
which Is not probable. the gavels will
fall for the last time next Saturday
morning. and another legislature will
be part OF the history of the state.
With the beginning OF the last week
the legislature finds itself weighted
down with stacks OF bills, but OF these
few are of any great importance. The
report of the constitutional commission
Is not apt to receive much attention
from the house. and the greater part OF
the time OF that body will be devoted
to the appropriation bills and the i'm
portant measures that have come into
1t from the senate.
The appropriation bill Is at last on
the calendar. After days of diligent
| work the house committee on taxation
| and finance reported the measure last
| night and had II placed on its first read
ing. Tomorrow II will come up on its
second reading.
The bill Is Il voluminOus document. ms
tho appropriation measures usually are.
and Is carefully and minutely prepared.
| The aggregate of the appropriate tions
recommended is ti,65I.22S.S5. The de-
tailed figures OF the bill are rs fol-
lows:
House Appropriation Bill.
For the pcnitentiary. first year, s22.-
33l As: second year. sl4.65O For GRIM
inal charges, 100000 each year For
cXtraditing criminals. $1,000 each year.
For keeping iunatics In Jail, $1,000 each
| year.
For the normal schools. first year,
| S2S,oli 06: second year. SCI. 100. Marshall
college, first year. S9,@236 81: second year.
Sli,O5o. Fairmont Normal school, frs:
year, sJ,133 40: second year, $3.50. West
| Liberty Norma! school. first year, $500: !:
second year, S7,2Si 50. Shepherd college.
first year, s3,07S: second year, $4,000.
Glenville Normal school. $3.50 each
year. Schools for the deaf and the
blind. first year, $1,000: second year.
| S50.3
The University first year. $500: sec
ond year, $l09.400. Preparatory branch
| 'A Wv sila hl III ST
year. SAFE: second year. 50, lO0 West
Virginia Colorcd Institute. first year,
$.53S 6l: second year. s7.l@5.
Weston asylum. frs, year. si69, ,O25;
second year. $4,000. Spencer asylum.
first year, $1l.92S 20: second ,S54 .a5O.
| Asylum for the lncurables. first year,
s26,000; second s39. 600.
Reform school. first year. $3.50: sec
ond. s35.350. Industrial Home for Girls.
iirst year, $4,000: second s9,500.
Bureau of labor. $4,000 each year
! Board OF agriculture. first year. $6.403:
second. $4,000. Inspector OF mines. first
year. SS.43O: second. $S,S50. Bank exam
ircr, $l.o7a each year.
Board OF health. Sl.6OO each year
| Vaccine agent. $50 each year
| Civil contingent fund: Governor, each
year. $4,000: auditor. $1,000 each year:
treasurer $500 each year; secretary Or
state. $1,000 each year attorney general.
$500 each year: adb-.nt general, $500
| each year: state librarian. first year.
$3.50: second. $500. Contingent expenses
| OF supreme court. first year. 1896 81;
second, ZOO. Contingent expenses Of
the senate. 5000. OF the house Of dele
gates. $1,000. Salaries of executive
| clerks, $4,000 each year.
For the fourth edition of the code.
$4,000. For the militia. $4,000 each
year. and S2l.5S to pay deficiency.
For capital and grounds, first year,
$3.50: second. SlO.35O.
For public printing. $1,000 each year
and the amount of the last appropria-
tion remaining uncXpended. For bind
Ing. first year. $1,000: second year. SC, 900:
| also the uncxpcnded portion OF the last
dDpropria tiOn. For stationery. first
year. 81 1900; second year, $4,000.
For expenses in civil suits. 81 1000 each
year. For state libraries, ST. 200 each
year. Miscellaneous, first year. s27,-
OH IS.
The Valued Policy Bill.
The senate yesterday rejected the
valued policy insurance bill, around
which so much interest had centcrcd.
It had passed the house without any
great amount OF antaEonism, but when
1t got into the senate 1t encountered an
unyieldinS opposition. led by Senator
Whitaker. aided by Senator Pearson.
The bill provides that all fire inSur-
nncc companies doing business in the
state should be liable. In case OF total
loss by fire or otherwise. as stated in
the policy OF the property insured. for
the whole amount of insurance stated
In the policy. The vote TO reject was
1c to ..
The most important measure passed
by the house yesterday was Mr.. Bow
mans bill taxing telegraph companies,
which Is Il companion measure to his
bill passed the other day taxing eX-
press companies. The bill passed Is Il
substitute for the one originally Of
fcrcd, from which il differs in Il very
important particular. The original pro-
vidcd that the assessment should be
made by the board OF public works.
The substitute which was finally
adopted. provides that 1t shall be made
by the local assessors
Last year the combined taxes paid by
all the telegraph companies doing bus
mess In the state was 1851 &c. The pre-
vious year 1t was S5Ol % II Is thus seen
that the taxes decreased considerably.
The bill just passed. without incrcas-
Ing the rate OF taxation. which Is two
per cent. provides that the companies
shall be assessed at ten times the
amount OF their alleged receipts. as a
basis on which to estimate the tax. Ap-
pr0Simatcly this will place their total
value at $4,000. which will afford tn
state rcvcnu. of about $1,000
The governor yesterday signed the
bill providing tha; all hangnSs shall
take place NJ the pcniteutiary and the
hilI amending the law creating the in
dependent school district Of Charleston.
These are the first measures passed by
the present legislature ~ become laws.
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Wrongcd Woman Suicides.