The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-15


shannon, r. T. wetzel
Assistant sergeant.at.Arms-R. NJ.
Maxwell
Cloak Room CHAP Garter Oliver
Jones.
Gallery sDoorkeepe Sam Ragiand.
Mail and Banking Page-Frank
Hood.
Pages-Herman Pyle, Brown Trus-
low, Carl Lilly, Clyde Grass, John
Evans fof Hancock). Harry jarrett.
Norris starks. Jr., John Morris. VIII.
Der Fisher, Richard Houston. -
sontrock, Harry F. Morris.
stenogirapher-Miss Sadie Midei-
berg. q
Librarian. A. Ripley.
Assistant Doorkeepers-George t.
Goshorn, R. N. Mathes.
Mr.. staunton introduced house joint
resolution No. 4, authorizing the audi.
tor to draw his warrants to pay tts
per diem OF membership and attaches
and the mileage of members.
The rules were suspended and the
resolution adopted.
Mr.. Harper offered the following
which was adopted:
Resolved, That the chairman of each
of the standing committees be requir.
ed to announce the time and place OF
meeting of said committees before
the adjournment Of each session Of
the house. and It shall be the duty Of
each committee to notify the delegate
introducing bill at what time It is to
be considered.
Mr.. Roach offered the following;
which was adopted:
Resolved, That the secretary Of
State be requested to furnish to each
member of the house of delegates one
copy Of the code of 1906, one copy of
the acts of 1908, one copy of the acts
of 1905, and that the members Of the
house are hereby authorized to retain
possession of said copies of code and
acts.
Mr.. McGrew offered the following,
which went over one day:
Resolved, That the speaker of the
house be requested to invite the clergy
of the city to open the daily sessions
of the house of delegates with prayer.
Mr.. Carskadon offered the following
which was adopted:
Resolved, That the public printer ie
hereby authorized and directed to
print and furnish for the use Of the
house of delegates 900 copies of the
house Journal for each day, also 400
copies of the corrected and bound vol.
umes Of the house journal; that the
public printer also print 400 OF each
house bill when ordered printed, to be
bound with said volumes, and $50
copies of each Of such bills for the use
OF the house.
Mr. Bland offered the following
which went over one day:
House joint resolution No. S, pro.
posing an amendment to the constitu.
tion of the State. prohibiting the man.
ufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquors.
Resolved, By the legislature Of West.
Virginia, two.thirds of the members
agreeing. thereto, that the following
be and the same is proposed as an
amendment to the constitution Of the
State. to-wit:
That section &c. of article 6, of said
constitution as It is now be stricken
out and the following be inserted
therein in lieu thereof: The manufac-
ture, sale and keeping for sale of all
Intoxicating liquors, drinks, mixtures.
preparations. except as hereinafter
provided, are forever prohibited in
this State; and the legislature shall,
without delay, provide by appropriate
Legislation for the strict enforcement
OF the provisions. But the legislature
may provide by law for the manufac.
ture, sale and keeping for sale, Of al.
cohol and preparations thereof for sci.
entffic mechanical and medical pur.
tPSsSss aau VI wine loi ,SdCTdIneutal
purposes, under sufficient penalties
and securities to insure the due exc
cutton Of such laws as may be enact.
ed under this section.
Senate Committees and Attaches.
The Senate committees and at
taches were announced at yesterday
afternoons session Of the upper house,
as follows:
On Public Building and Humane
observation-disclosures. Bailey (chair.
mani, y. s. White, Gartlan, Miller,
McKown, Talbot and Silver.
On Finance Messrs. Miller (chair.
MANI. Gartlan, Hazlett, whyte Cof Nc.
DowelD, Bailey. Hicks. santee. Fisher
and Littlepage.
On Claims and Grievances-Messrs
White tof Mingo, chairman), Baker,