Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-09

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PoRATIoN LAWS
RADICAL AMEND
6 GOVERNOR
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On. w Va, January s.
nson's biennial message
Legislature will be read
hpon the opening of that
Atkinson opens with a
general and generous con-
n to the people of the State
prosperity abroad in the land,
z che sentence to felieitating
Upon the especial fact that "our
ARE being rigidly enforced" He
turns to the reports of the audi
and treasurer. He gives these ne-
IS from the treasurer:
Ait the close of the fiscal year, Octo-
r. 81, 1900 the balances in the Treas
y were as follows:
) the credit of the State =.
8 the credit of the General
School FUND ...........:..- oe',4V IL
q the credit of the School :,
Fund ~(uninvested) ........:.:. olS,foo %
yTo the credit of the ~lrreduclDle m-o, No
School FUND ...-..-.....''-'---' o--'"" w
Making a total balance of....sl'es''24 9 y
He indiscreetly suggests that in spite
of the fact that the appropriations
of the last Legislature were hall a
million in excess of any previous ap-
~propations, there is still a balance.
Under the head of temporary laws the
governor says:
Under the provisions of Section 70
of Chapter IA of the Code, l borrowed
from the Charleston National Bank the
following sums of money for the pur-
poses below mentioned:
Nav 1s. 1900, for Capitol contin-
gent and repair fund. .............S Z,VV W
May %. 1860, for Capitol contin- ~
gent and repair fund ::;..w l'Wo W
Aug. %, 1900, for Capitol contin-
gent and repair und......t..:. l'VVV W
July 2, 1900. for premiums on in
pital poie 1,Os7 80
Dec il. 1900, for Board of West
Virginia Commissioners TO Pan
American Exposition .......A... l0.eW w
All of these loans were secured at 6
per cent.
He explains that a new system OF
boilers, and a change in methods OF IN
surance so as to make all policies lapse
at the same time, made all but the last
of these loans necessary.
The Governor declares all the State
institutions to be carefully administer
ed and in most satisfactorily condition.
The Deaf and Blind schools at Romney
hethinks should be separate they having
outgrown the plants at their disposal
and some more roomy provision being
necessary. He advises that the blind
school be removed to a larger town.
where lectures and music would be
more frequently accessible.
The Governor gives especial attention
b EpsHital fer the insane at Wes-
~ s.Tns e-tsits have proven it
to be excellently Yconducted n not
open to improvement. He adds;
Il have given special attention to
this institution, because of a particu-
lar charge preferred by a few of the
citizens of Weston against its superin-
tendent. The charge, however. was
most vigorously and searchingly inves-
tigated by a competent and. fearless
Board of Directors, and was proven to
be unjust and i'll founded. The truth
vas ELECTED by this rigid investigation.
that DR.. W. e. Stathers, the superin-
tendent, is a mar of great executive
Bbility. and 1t no time in the history
of the Asylum. have the patients been
better cared for, and the interests of
the State more safely guarded
Concerning the Spencer hospital. the
Governor praises the management, and
is work. The male department is so
iearly filled that it is urged to pro-
vide accommodations at Spencer or else
where for the male insane. The lack
pr water at Spencer is noted and the
Legislature urged to provide for more
wells and reservoirs.
The Governor pays d merited tribute
20 Mrs. Mary Jactacn Ruffner, as the
Mother OF the Zone for Incurables,"
ut Huntington, End urges that the good
work of the Institution be not ham
pered.
The boys aud the girls industrial re-
form schools are commended to the
Legislature as worthy Of encouragement
because of their good work and excel
lent arrangement. A larger appropria-
ton for the girls school is recommend
ed.
His references to the State Univer-
Eity are general in character, with no
references to any but the pleasing fea-
lures of its management. The atten-
dance Of resident students has in
creased from 644 to SS5 in two years,
and the women students from 112 to
240. The Regents ask for S75,900 per
year for running expenses, and $194,-
1920 for permanent improvements,
which he endorses. The colored In
stitute is praised and recommended for
a liberal appropriation.
The Governor complains that while
the State Normal Schools are excel
lently managed and conducted, they are
merely academies, and not, as their
name implies, schools for training in
the art of pedagogy. He suggests that
the school at Huntington be changed
into a purely pedagogical institution,
and the academic normal schools serve
as feeders for it.
The mine inspectors report is MOTTO
ed and pride expressed that West Eir-
ginia is outranked only by Penn
sylvania and Illinois in coal production.