Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-03-03
Legislature.

The regular session OF the State
Legislature came 10 close on last
Friday. and as was expected the, ses-
sim came to a close by constitutional
limit without the passaseof the nee
essary appropriation bills and the
/ Governor at once issued call tor an
extra session to pass the a2propria-
/ tion bills. This ard was MADE
necessary by the Senate refusing
to pass a resolution extending the
session. There were. numbers OF
handsome and costly gifts presented
among the number was a handsome
cut glass punch bowl to SpeakeF
Grosscup. Besides this there were
various important articles OF graft IN
the shape of allowances from the State
Treasury as extra compensation to
employers. Some of them are as toi-
lows.
Clerk OF house, nine hundred dol
lars.
-Four assistants, two hundred and
forty dollars each.
Three other CLERKS. one hundred
and eighty dollars each.
Nine other clerks, ninety dollars
each.
Six page bows, forty-fve dollars
each.
Speaker Grosscup and his secretary
one hundred and sixty dollars each,
These sums are all ia addition to
the regular compensation fixed by
Law.
BY far the grea est number of bills
passed at the regular session Of the
Legislature, just ended, were bills of
local nature, amending the charters
OF cities and towns or an independents
school district. However, there were
several bills enacted into laws which
will affect the State III general.
Among those W ere bill amending
the assessment law liz which every
thing imaginable is taxed except coal
oil and gas. Nothing escaped but
these article.
Another bill of great Importance
was the revenue bill. In this bill the
whole license system of the State is
arranged. This act imposes license
tax on neatly every enterprise that is
carried on in the State.
A bill was passed providing Tor the
| nomination of candidates tor public
Office by direct vote
Another annuls the deeds of married
women effectively ACKNOWLEDGED.
A law was enacted increasing the
salaries of county superintendent
Another to compel municipal cor
porations to make and publish in two
newspapers of opposite politics an
nual statement of theta financial con-
ditions.
Another provides tor the registra-
ton oil voters.
Also one to prohibit children un-
der fourteen years from working in
factories
Another to compel the erection of
FIRE escapes on buildings where labor
is employed
A bill by Mr.. Hatfield specifies the
form OF ballot to be used in elections.
A bill relating to county levies, linn
its the money raised by taxation from
1--WE to nine per cent increase over the
amount raised last year unless sub
united TO a vote of the people and re-
ceives three-ftths majority.
Another bill limits the indebted
ness OF counties or municipal corpo-
rations TO two ard one-halt per cent
OF the value of the taxable property
therein
A bill adopting State flag was
passed just a few minutes before the
adjournment
The bill requiring ostepaths to psss
a medical examination did not be-
come a law, neither did any OF the
pure food bills or bills requiring the
formula of medicines and medical
compounds to tie shown on the label.
The ocular session came an end
on Friday night or rather Saturday
morning about 3.I5 O'Clock ard the
two houst S rt convened again at noon