Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-12

| tons not now bearing their just pro-
!, portion OF the burdens of taxation,
j and to- raise the necessary amount of
revenue, with the least possible bur-
! den upon the people and property Of
:, the State.
F, Such commission shall submit to the
| Legislature, with their report, such
| bill or bills as they may deem neces-
! sary or expedient, to rene4y defects,
remove inequalities in our present
laws relating to the subjects named.
and give the State more efficient sys-
! tenn of, laws relating to assessment,
! taxation and revenues. The commits
sion shall also consider the framing
/ Of a law classifying cities, towns and
| villages and submit with their report,
/ if practicable, a bill providing by gen.
| eral law for such classification and for
! the incorporation of cities and towns
| of over two thousand inhabitants, and
/ for the amending Of all municipal
| charters he commission shall COM
! plete their labors hereunder not later
/ than the first day of January, 1902.
! The said commissioners shall be paid
! each ten dollars a day for each day
/ necessarily spent in the discharge of
! their duties under this resolution, and
their necessary travelling expenses, but
only the time spent in the sitting or
| the commission, and shall he paid for
| except in the case Of a subcommittee
| sitting to discharge some duty i'm
posed upon or referred to 1t by the
! commission The commission may
employ a secretary, whose compensa-
| ton shall not exceed six hundred dol
! lars. All the cost of said commission
shall not exceed seventyfve hundred
dollars, which amount is appropriated
for the purpose out of any money in
| the treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated, and if the seventy-fve hundred
| dollars shall prove insufficient to pay
such cost under the provisions OIL this
resolution, then the deficiency shall
| be met by ratable reduction from the
per diem of the members of the COM
mission.
The House took a recess till two
o'clock.
| Afternoon Session.
| The House reconvened at 2:10 p. M,
Mr.. Mcintosh, of Fayette, in the chair.
s.. B. II, requiring assessors to
| gather agricultural statistics, passed
unanimously.
H. B. II, concerning allowances to
county officers, coming up on third
reading, Mr.. McChntic offered an
amendment to insert Pocahontas after
Lewis. Mr.. Stapleton also offered an
amendment affecting Wood county.
Mr.. Brannon amended so as to insert
Fayette before Kanawha, relating to
prosecuting attorneys.
! On this question Mr.. Anderson said
that the prosecuting attorneys did not
receive sufficient pay. Mr.. Anderson
said in a case in Webster county he re"
ceived $500 for assisting in the prose-
cution of case in which the prose-
cutting attorney received $500 for prose-
cutting that and all other cases that
year. The trouble was that the prose-
cutting attorneys did not receive suf-
| ficient compensation to secure expert
enced men. Mr. Kenney amended to
include Calhoun with Barbour; Mr..
lBrannon to include Webster with
Wayne, and Mr.. Anderson, Roane with
Randolph.
Mr.. Jackson thought these changes
came under the constitution prohioi-
! ton that salaries of officers could not
| be increased during their term of Of
| fee.
Mr. Anderson, complimenting Mr..
Jackson upon his legal attainments,
took issue on the ground that these
sums allowed the prosecuting attorneys
were in the nature CT allowances in
the salary.
Mr.. Brannon supported the view
taken by MIR. Anderson. Mr.. Jackson
| contended for his view of the question.
The bill passed by a vote of "a to II.
H. B. ~, relating to obscene litera-
ture, publications and pictures, was
passed by a unanimous vote.
/ H. J. R. 81, providing for appoint
ment by the Governor after March 4 of
committee of five to visit the school
for the deaf and blind, was adopted.
The committee on humane institu-
tons reported as follows: Favorably
on H. 3. 10, providing for the burial
of INDECENT soldiers and sailors; S. ].
| R. Is, raising committee to visit the
! three miners hospitals; and unfavor-
ably on H. B. PIP, as being too late in
J the session to consider it,
H. B. 315, changing the boundary
/ lines of Calhoun county. offered by Mr..
Mcclure, was read first time.
H. B. 303, amending Sec. II Of Chap.
1876, was read second time.
| S. B. 81, regulating salary Of physi-
| clans at school for deaf and blind, was
advanced to its third reading.
| Substitute for H. B. 70, regulations
respecting licenses, called up out of
order by Mr.. Harris, was read third
/, time and passed by vote of 80 to /.
I H. u. 236, fixing the time of holding
courts in the several judicial circuits.
was read a second time and advanced
/ to third reading
H. B. 299 was advanced to second
reading.
H. B. II, concerning age at which
| applicants can be admitted to teachers
examinations. Mr. Anderson opposed
the bill because 1t prohibited persons
under IS from receiving a certificate.
He knew persons under that age who
We're better qualified to teach than
some over so. The bill was defeated:
ayes 6, noes Sc.
On motion of Mr.. Martin, at 3:35. the
House adjourned.