Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-02-08
ROUTINE PROCEEDING.
Daily Grind of the Legislature
at Charleston.

Several Bulls Passed of Interest to Nor
gantown People Senate Gets Great
/ Deal Of Work done but House is
Slow-Seaate wants the skunk Pro-
tected.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, February s.
The House to-day passed To its third
1 reading House bin 81, known as the
pure food bill. and House bin a64,
amending the act creating the State
board OF pardon. The EIkiLs charter
bill was passed as amended by the
| Senate, also House bill 263, to provide
that the Auditor and Secretary of
State shall pay into the treasury four
tifths OF the fees received by them,
beginning in 1905.
The Senate to-day adopted House
Joint resolution 81, TO provide for new
board OF trustees la matter the OF the
Point Pleasant monument, and Senate
| joint resolution Is, raising a Joint
committee TO visit the Miners Hospi-
tails.
| Bills were passed by the Senate as
! follows:
Senate bill 1875, to authorize Grafton
| to refund its bonded Indebtedness:
Senate bill 90, to prevent the intro
duction and spread OF contagious dis
eases among domestic animals; Senate
bill 1872, TO amend the law relative to
the election Of school commissioners
1 for the school district OF Huntington;
Senate bin 1888, to create the indie
pendent school district of Central
City; House bill Ill, to grant the city
Of Wheeling the right to generate and
sell electricity and gas. The last
three were made effective from pas
sage.
Senate bill 81, known as the Harmer
ANTITRUST bill, was ordered to third
reading, but the vote was afterward
reconsidered and the bill recommitted
to the judiciary committee.
The Sente also passed House bill Ia,
TO authorize suits In traspass on the
case in assumpsit for breach of con-
tract; House bill l72, for the protec-
ton Of the skunk; Senate bill Sc,
known as the Davis banking bill:
House bill 8, TO authorize the sale or
lease of the States property at Berke-
ley Springs.
Senate bill 1876, known as the revis-
ed Langhlfn license bill, was made
the special order for Monday at ii
o'clock.
The following gossip of the Legis-
lature is from the Charleston Gazette
If the Legislature met every twenty
years, instead of every two, West Vlr-
ginia tax payers would be better Off,
and the Commonwealth would get
along better Too much law, and too
many changes make life burdensome
to the masses. Glass legislation Is
more popular this year than ever be-
fore.
The university investigating COM
mittee is likely to make its report to-
day. Few sensations or surprises are
expected IN the report. They will
come later ia the session.
There Is somewhat OF bill In in
terest at the Capitol just now, but
next week matters will be more inter-
esting. The last week will prove to
be the most interesting Of all.
Delegate Grant Is hack again from
his trip to Morgantown, and had an
enjoyable little jaunt to his home
town. He is a man Of prominence
there, being at the head of the devel-
opment and improvement companies.
He has no love for DR.. Raymond, and
does not mind telling You why.
/ There was nobody missing when
the banking bin came up for consider
alton. Every Senator was in his seat.
1t would seem that Senator Tom Da-
Wis deserved better treatment from his
fellow Senators than he received when
they cut his bill to pieces. That he
has forgotten more about banking
than some of those who attacked his
bill ever knew, goes without saying.
Stock in the lobby syndicate has
gone below par. The session is draw
eng near to its end, and fat jobs are
not lying about loose. The dividends
have been declared, and there. will be
no profit and loss account opened un-
less it be the suckers who play that
end of the game.
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