Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-26
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
OF THE LEGISLATURE.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, January 20
LIN the House to-day, these Commit
tee reports were received:
RaiIroads-That the following bills
do not pass: III. B. 155, defining liza
bility of railroads and other transpor-
tation companies; II. B. 163, providing
for the payment of damages by rail-
road companies; Fl. B. 1877, prohibiting
railroad companies Upon a right Of
way fronting dwelling houses acquired
iby condemnation proceedings TO con-
struct and operate its railroad within
ninety feet of dwelling house; H. b.
100, amending Sec IA, of Chapter AZ,
of the Code, relating to taking land
without the owners consent for pur-
poses of public utility, and favorably
on III. b. 100, to amend Sec. 2, Chap
Ga. acts of 1881. to change the name OF
the Potomac and Piedmont Coal and
Railroad Company and to confer addi-
tional powers thereon.
Military Enthusiastically on H.
B. 1877, to provide for the burial of de-
ceased Federal soldiers of the Civil
war, and II. B. 17S, amending the act
known as the Military law"
Humane Institutions and Public
Enthusiastically on H. B. 1870,
authorizing the uJerintendents of the
Weston and Spencer asylums to pur-
chase material for the female patients
of said institutions to be worked into
fancy needle work; FL. B .1S4, provld-
ing an elevator tender in the Capitol
Building; unfavorably on H. B. l2S,
amending an act passed at the session
of 1899 to decrease taxation and amel-
iorate the condition OF homeless and
INDECENT children in infrmaries, and
III. B. 141, prohibiting smoking in pub
lie places.
Judiciary-Favorably on H. B. 149,
amending Sec /. and repeating Secs.
9 and SO, Chap. 80, Code of 1899, relat-
ing to hotel licenses, and H. B. 81,
preventing the adulteration OF FOODS,
drugs and dairy products.
immigration and Agriculture-Fav-
oraI5ly on H. B. 1873, to prevent intro
duction and spread of contagious dis
eases among domestic animals. With
4 out recommendation, H. B. 209, to pre-
vent the Introduction and spread OF
the San Jose scale and other danger
Gus insects, etc.
Roads and Internal Navigation-Fa-
vorably on II. B. 1911, concerning the
old Northwestern turnpike in Taylor
county, and the Reform school a:
Pruntytown, and Fl. B. 1913, amending
Sec. 20, Chap. 43, Code of 1899 in rela-
ton to roads; that H. B. 1856, author
izing the County Court of Marshall
county to make provision for macad-
emizing certain roads, be referred TO
Committee on Taxation and Finance.
H. B. 1856 was so referred.
Bills were introduced and referred as
follows:
H. B. 210, by Mr.. Lowry, to amend
Sec. II of Chap. As of the Code, con-
corning the education Of colored chill
dren. Education.
H. B. 211, by Mr.. Martin, to amend
Sec. of Chap. 20 OF the Code; COM
mittee reference dispensed with, read a
first time and ordered to its second
reading.
H. B. PIP, by Mr. Martin (by request),
Aseparate the schools for the deaf
and blind, and authorize the board of
regents thereof to establish an acad-
envy for the blind. Humane institu-
tions and public buildings.
H. B. 213, by Mr.. Fisher, of BraX-
ton, authorizing the county court of
Braxton county to fund at lower rate
of interest $116,50O bonds. Reference
dispensed with, read a first time and
ordered to its second reading
T - o,,I
Sec. 5 of Chap 33, acts referring to the
duty of the State board of agriculture.
Agriculture.
Mr. Mcintosh complained about the
defective titles of some of the bills and
suggested that this be remedied.
The resolution of Mr.. Kenney, rails
ing a committee to investigate the val
uation and assessment of railroads and
certain things relating thereto, coming
up, was adopted.
H. ]. R. %, adopting State flag for
West Virginia, was lost.
On motion of Mr.. Darst, H. J. RS l
and were taken up out of the regular
order and passed to their second read
ing.
ii. j. R. 2, referred to above pro-
poses an amendment to the constitu-
ton prohibiting State officers from
receiving any fees in addition to their
fixed salaries, and H. j. R. proposes
an amendment to make the Office of
Secretary of State elective.
The time having arrived to announce
the vote on adopting the new charter
OF the city of Huntington, the follow
3ng members changed their votes of no