Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-05

! thrown about the granting Of the right
to keep hotels, and it would encour-
age the opening of all sorts of low
| dives run by entirely irresponsible
parties.
Mr.. Jackson supported the bill on
the ground that that the requiring
hotel keepers to pay license tax on un-
just discrimination against men in
n line Of business as distinguished
from another. The keeper Of a hotel
has no special privileges in return for
the discrimination against him. Mr..
Wetzel also made a strong speech in
favor of the bill, saying that it was
opposed to fundamental principles in
that it Disseminated against one class
of citizens. Martin, Smith, of Nc
Dowell, and Hervey opposed the bill,
which was defeated on final passage.
ABOUT THE AGE OF CONSENT.
oSC VI COlloCllL VI was pdSScu
after some opposition on the part of
those who did not like the provision
excepting from the operation of the
law, boys under fourteen having rela-
lions with girls over twelve with their
consent.
Senate Bill 80, providing for placing
low water alarms on steam boilers
coming up on second reading, Fisher,
of Braxton. moved to strike out sec
ton 4 which motion prevailed. AS
that took from the bill all its vitality
its remains were laid on the table.
IRREDUCIBLE SCHOOL FUND.
House Joint Resolution % to abol-
ish the irreducible school fund was
taken up. The resolution provides
for an amendment of the constitution
so that all of it over a million dollars
should go into the general school fund
and that it's further accumulation be
stopped.
smith, of Ohio, proposed an amend
ment to cut the fund down to five hun
dred thousand dollars.
Reynolds opposed the amendment,
saying that the spending of a million
dollars out of hand was a dangerous
thing to entrust into the hands of the
Legislature.
Mr.. Darst opposed the amendment,
saying the fund had been piled up by
the self denial of the people. and he
was lot in favor of it's dissipation
without due care.
Smith, of Ohio. spoke strongly in
support of his amendment, saying he
was opposed to a State, when it was
poor, laying up a fund for it's own
use when it became rich, and thought
the present generation of children
should have some of the benefit of the
money. The resolution was under the
special order for 3 o'clock tomorrow.
NEW INSTITUTION BOARDS.
The White bills, for the r~e-organi-
cation Of the boards of management Of
the various State institutions. ordered
by the Governor-elect, prepared by a
special committee of Republicans and
approved by the Republican caucus,
were introduced into the House this
morning by Mr.. Scherr, reference to
committees dispensed with. and each
bill read a first time and ordered to a
second reading.
There were ten of these bills, and
they embraced every institution own
ed by the State and controlled by a
board. The n referring to the Uni
verSity provides for nine regents. TO
be appointed or or before March 18th.
or as soon thereafter as convenient.
The Governor is to appoint these reg
entS, whose terms of office will begin
May LIST, 1901, five of them to continue
Tor foul years, our of them two years.
Not more than six shall be members
of the same political party nor shall
more than n be from any one Sena-
torial district.
h bill relating to the two hospit-
ais for the insane provides for nine
directors for each hospital, under the
some conditions governing the appoint
ment OF the University regents. Their
terms are to begin June list.
For the Miners Hospitals, the pro-
vision is for four directors, not more
than three of one political party, for
leach of the three hospitals. Their
terms to begin April l and continue
for four years.
For the Home for Incurables the
board is to be of six members, three
of the first appointed to serve for
two years. the other three for four.
The new term begins May 1.
The normal school boards are to
consist of the State Superintendent of
schools and six others appointed by
the Governor, and their terms are to
begin June /. Not more than four
of the six shall be of one political
party.
the colored normal at Bluefeld is
to be governed by a board consisting
of the State Superintendent and five
others, not more than three of whom
shall belong to n political party.
The West Virginia colored institute
board is to be the superintendent and