Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-18

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school trustees, with the recommends
ton that 1t do not pass.
Mr.. Martin, from the committee on
Humane Institutions and Public
Buildings, reported the following
bills:
House Bill No. 6, for the punishment
Of cruelty to animals; House Bill No.
So, to prevent and punish cruelty to
children; House Bill No. So, to amend
Section l, of Chapter IL, of the Acts OF
1887 regarding the employment OF
children: House Bill No. go, to amend
Section Is and 16, of Chapter 144, OF
the Code; House Bill No. SO, to pre-
vent the docking Of horses; House Bill
No. GA, to amend Section 81 of Chap
ter IA, of the Code, relating to prize
fights, with the recommendation that
they do not pass.
Also House Bill No. S, to provide for
the support of wives and children;
House Bill No. 81, to amend Section
5, of Chapter As, of Section SO, OF the
Code. relating to the Industrial Home
for Girls; House Bill No. Sc, making
provision for prevention of accidents
and for preservation of life and health
of employees in the manufacturing, me-
chanical, mercantile and other estab-
lishments where persons, male or fe-
male, are employed; House Bill No. 81,
to provide for the support of INDECENT
parents by children and to enforce the
same; House Bill No. 104, to amend
Section 6, and subsection 7. of Section
20. of Chapter $50, of the Code, con-
h. Cfo+a 1Oao1 hnQ ribs Of
health and offenses against the public
health, with the recommendation that
they do pass.
Also House Bill No. 80, for the es-
Establishment OF a home and industrial
training institute for colored orphans,
with the recommendation that it he re-
ferred to the committee on Taxation
and Finance.
The following petitions were present.
ed and severally referred to the appro-
pirate committees:
BY Mr.. Nicely, from B. F. Mount and
twelve others, to amend Chapter ~,
Section IS. of the Code, so as to per-
nit all soldiers of the civil war so de-
string to engage in peddling without
license. Taxation and Finance.
BY Mr.. Stapleton, from various re-
Hgious bodies in the State represent
ing ABOUT 10o ,0G0 citizens, asking TO
submit a constitutional amendment to
remove the prohibition against the in
corporation of religious or church bod
les. Judiciary.
iBy Mr.. Pritchard, from George w.
Martin, of Marion county, aged "a, for
an allowance of $2,972.25 claimed to
be due for building roads in said Mar
ion county under contract with the
State of Virginia, which that State
promised to pay, but did not. Claims
and Grievances.
Mr.. Martin offered a resolution pro-
viding for a committee of three, the
speaker being ex-officio chairman, to
which shall be referred all resolutions
for the appointment of additional at
taches.
On motion of Mr. Martin the resolu-
ton was taken up for immediate con-
sideration and adopted. Martin Darst
and Fisher, of BraXton, were appoint
ed.
Mr.. Harris offered House joint reso-
luton No. II, providing for a joint
committee Of three from the House
and two from the Senate to visit the
penitentiary at Moundsville and report
upon its condition. also to inquire
and report on the expediency of the
States purchasing the great mound at
Moundsville for the purpose of pre-
serving it.
Mr.. Smith, of Mcdowell offered the
following:
Resolved, That the Governor be re-
Quested to ascertain and report to this
body the cause OF the delay in the
transmission Of the report of the Aud
itor as required by sections so and
81 of chapter IA of the Code of West
Virginia. Goes over one day.
MIR. Roberts offered the following,
which was on his motion taken up
for immediate consideration and
adopted: -
Resolved, That all smoking shall be
prohibited in this House during the
present Legislature
Mr.. Hervey offered a resolution
reciting that Hancock county had re-
ceived nothing in the way of an ap-
pointment by the House, and proyid-
ing that Charles Hutchinson, Of that
county, should be appointed assistant
ergeant-at-arms. Lies over one day.
Mr.. Scherr introduced House joint
resolution No. 10, providing for the ap-
pontment OF George Z. Cole. of
Lewis county as clerk Of the joint
committee to redistIict the State. Lies
over one day.
Mr.. Fisher, of Braxton, offered the
following:
Resolved, That the majority of the
House of Delegates of West Virginia
tender its congratulations to Hen.
Matthew Stanley Quay on his magnii-