The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-01-23
.DOINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE

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CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. 10
The House yesterday made recors
in the number of bills introduced
An even one hundred was the mark
reached, more than were ever intro
duoed into West Virginia Legis-
lature in one day before,
Mr.. Laughlin, of Wheeling, in
troduced bill today amending the
law concerning the issuance of
licenses to sell liquor. 1t makes
several changes, the most import.
ant being that it puts he licensing
power in the hands of the Circuit
Court instead of the county com
missieners. The penalties imposed
are made very severe, from $500 to
$4,000. where the violator of the
Ilaw has no license and whore he
has such license, graduating it from
$1OO for the first offense, to $4,000
and imprisonment for the third.
The following regard to slot ma
chimes was introduced in the House
yesterday: Slot machines are de-
oIared gaming device, and it is
made a misdemeanor to use one
with coin or other substitute, for
the purpose of obtaining money,
cigars, drinks or other things of
value by chance. The penalty i'm
posed is fine of not less than 500
nor more than $500 and imprison,
ment for not less than 30 days nor
more than six months
CHARLESTON, January 16.-The
Committee on Taxation and FL
nance having reported favorably,
Reynolds bill to tax telegraph, ex-
press and insurance companies, it
begins to look like the corpora
tions concerned had better COM
mence to do busidess.
The bill to prevent school trust
eos from employing their relatives
to teach in the public schools was
considered by the Committee on
Education last night and will be
reported with the recommendation
that it pass There have been
many quarrels on account of the
determination of school oficors to
foist their relatives on patrons of
schools who did not want them,
and the wonder is that such
statute has not been enacted long
ago.
Mr.. Morgan introduced a bill
yesterday that is designed to pro-
tect the patrons of Touring mills
from oYeroharge in the matter of
toll by the.miller who trades flour
for wheat. Mr.. Morgan is now incu-
batting measure intended to make
doctors get up in the middle of the
night and hustle out to wait on
people who haven't the wherewith-
al to pay for the service.
a number of the representatives
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers have been in the city since
the Legislature convened for the
purpose of securing certain legis-
lation advantageous to the men,
bers of that organization. They
will probably remain for some days
yet, at least until they get their
bills framed.
CHARLESTON, January 1.-THE
Mason county members, Messrs.
Hanna and Aten, have warmed up
to their work.
The usual grist of bills, good,
bad and Indifferent, have been
dumped into the House mill. some
of which will receive their death
nell i'll committees, and others will
appear on the House calendar and
be crowded back for more merito-
rious bills.
The large Republican majority
will, it is feared, be an unbridled
set, as some of the Widest propo-
sitions that has ever been submit
ted to a legislative body has been
offered in the House and Senate.
The people will be agreeably sur
prised if any benefit shall be de-
rived to the State.
The proposition to redistriot the
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