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| Legislature finished the consideration
Of the General Appropriation bill and
those who kept tab say half million
dollars more was appropriated than
will come from the revenues OF the
State. The State is behind it is claim
ed, about 5000, 600.
| The Senate passed bill making IT
| lawful for any person at any time 70
remove and destroy any nets, seines,
traps or other devices placed in any
streams or runs, with certain excep-
tions as to rivers given to the owners
of such property. There will be no
recourse against the party destroy
ing the same. The bill was passed by
the House also.
A joint resolution originating in the
House providing for the submission
of constitutional amendment, strik-
| ing out the prohibition against the
incorporation Of church property,
passed.
A billywas passed by the Senate
providing for the sale Of lands return
ed delinquent for non payment OF
taxes in the same year in which they
are returned, upon the order of the
court, without waiting to be certified
to the Auditor and by him certified to
the Sheriff of sale.
/ Another House joint resolution pro-
viding for a constitutional amendment
| for five instead of four Supreme
Court judges was returned from the
Senate to the House. with amend
ments and concurred in by the House.
A Senate bill regulating the sale OF
liquors and preventing liquor dealers
from going on the bonds of other
liquor dealers was advanced to its en-
grossment by the House.
/ The House bill preserving the pur.
j ity Of the waters Of New River and
the Great Kanawha was passed by
that body and sent to the Senate foI
concurrence at once.
A bill authorizing commissioners tc
audit the accounts of county courts was
passed by the House, where it Origin
ated.
The House passed a joint resolution
amending the Constitution by provid
ing for the registration of votes.
The Senate passed two House bills,
one providing for the submission to
the people of various amendments to
the State Constitution, the other au-
thorizing the Governor to appoint q
commission of five to revise the tax
and revenue laws of the State and &c
draft BILL to be submitted ct the
next session of the Legislature.
A bill was adopted in the Senate,
as amended by the House, amending
the law relating to the salaries OF
teachers.
bills signed by the Governor.
| Governor Atkinson has affixed his
signature to the following bills passed
by this Legislature:
House bill 3, creating the municipal
corporation of the city of Morgan
town, House bill 10, making
Davies Facts in Civil Government
a supplementary text book in the free
schools House bill 1876, creating the
independent school district of Wells
burg; House bill 33, amending the
act incorporating the city of Hunting
ton; Senate substitute %, charging
the powers of the Board of Education
of the school district of Wheeling
House bill 1874, providingl penalties
for hunting and fishing on enclosed
land House bill 213, authorizing the
County Court of Braxton to fund bonds
at lower rate of interest House bill
10, providing for the reassessment OF
all real estate in Mercer and Tyler
counties; House bill IS, authorizing
the city of Martinsburg to issue bonds
TO am nnt of S33, 600 for the improve
mont II water works House bill 1856,
apportioning representation in the
Senate and House of Delegates of
West Virginia House bill Sc, fixing
the time for holding the Circuit
Courts in the several judicial circuits
House bill 22l, providing FLOR addi-
tional commissioners in chancery III
the Circuit Court of Kanawha coun-
ty; House bill 1913, changing the cor
porate limits of Fairmont so as to in
clude Palatine and West Fairmont
House bill, 50, providing for the lease
or sale of the public property known
as Berkeley Springs; House bill 143,
relating to guardians and their wards
House bill as providing for the al
lowance of fiduciaries and others re-
quired by law to furnish security on
bonds or reasonable premiums paid
for such suretyship to legally author
lied surety companies; House bill 40,
regulating the writing of fire insur-