The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-07
President McDermott Appoints
Committee TO Look Into
Published Report
THE HOUSE IS STIRRED
BY Speeches Against Indis-
criminate Amendments TO
State Constitution.
Especial to Telegram.)

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Jake Fisher, of Braxton, today in
troduced a resolution in the senate,
under which President McDermottI
appointed committee to investigate
the published report that fund of
$15O.OO0 had been raised to defeat
the prohibition amendment in the
senate.
The house was stirred by speeches
against indiscriminate introductlons
of amendments to the constitution,
by Roach, of Kanawha, and Evans,
of Mingo.
The senate adjourned at noon for
the day, and the house took a recess
till o'clock this afternoon.
In the Senate.
Senator Attlepage presented a pc
tition from Charleston Lodge Order
of Railway Clerks praying the legis-
lature to pass the prohibition amend
ment.
Senate Joint Resolution No. 10,
relating to the use of voting ma
chimes, was given It's third reading
and passed.
Senate Joint Resolution No. /, re-
lating to the election of county COM
missioncrs and their salaries, was
given its third reading and passed.
Senate Joint Resolution No. g.,
providing for lieutenant governor,
was passed and reported to the
house.
Senate Joint Resolution No. 4, fix
ing the length of the session of the
legislature, came up on the third
reading and was voted upon. Be
cause of the fact that similar bill
is pending In the house the an
nouncemsnt of the result was post
poned.
Senate Joint Resolution No. II, by
Senator Bailey will later attract a
great deal of attention. 1t is the
much-talked of law to prohibit the
expectation of natural gas from the
state and will likely cause warm
fight when it comes up for action.
The resolution is as follows:
Senate Joint Resolution No. II,
proposing an amendment to the con-
stitution of this state.
Resolved, by the legislature of
West Virginia, two-thirds of the
members elected to each house there
of agreeing thereto:
That the following amendment to
the constitution of the state of West
Virginia be amended as follows:
The expectation of natural gas
from this state to any point in an
other state is hereby forever prohib-
ited."
In the House.
Chairman Suthpin, from the COM
mittee on education. reported favor
able House Bill No. 26, relating TO
qualifications and salaries of county
superintendents; also House Bill No.
2S, relating to education; also House
Bill No, 80. concerning education,
and House Bill No. 81, providing for
supplementary aid for certain school
districts from the general school
fund.
The same committee reported un-
favorably House Bill No. 10. to Gre
ate a school book board and provide
for free text books for the free
schools Of the state.
Chairman staunton from the com
mlttee on taxation and finance, re.
ported favorably. with amendments
House Bill No. II, to regulate the
rate and manner of laying levics for
taxation in counties, magisteriaI and
school districts and municipal corpo-
rations, and to provide penalties for
the illegal expenditure OF public
moneys and the laying of Illegal lev
les by and tax-levying board.
House Current Resolution No. ..
instructing the West Virginia delega-
ton in the national congress to use
their efforts to secure more adequate
Legislation, to give the several states
police control over the liquor traffic
came up under the head of unfinish-
ed business and was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Jacobs, Of Mar
ion. engrossed substitute for Senate
Bill No. 1s. relating to the West vir-
ginia university was taken up out Of
its order and read first time.
House Bin No. S. creating the inde-
pendent school district Of Gassaway,
was read a third time and passed.
House Bin No. II, fixing the num-
Der Of terms and time for holding
circuit courts in each county of the
several judicial circuits Of the state,
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