The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-03-05
EXTRA SESSION PROMISES
TO Be FULL Of ACTION
Senate And House Recessed Until Tuesday And
Wednesday, Respectively. ---No Committee
Meetings Held Until Middle OF
The Week
(BY RALPH W. WHITE

After IS days of real law making, the
member of both houses in the greater
number Of instances. have gone n their
respective homes for q much needed
rest. and st the same time, to counsel
with the dear people back home to
20 what their further wishes ID the mat
ter of legislation may be. IL Was obvi-
ous toward the latter part of last week,
that an extra session was staring them in
the face. 90. when the call came, in the
form OF the Governors proclamation, il
brought with it, no great degree of sur
prise The extra session may well be
termed merger for the proclamation
was TO the effect that they convene at II
O'Clock Saturday, following the midnight
adjournment on Friday night After
meeting formally Saturday both houses
recessed, and the members hied them
selyes away 70 their respectives families
and friends, while that portion of the
attaches, clerks ETC., which was not re-
tanned quickly abandoned the city with,
in the majority of csses, pleasant MEM
ories. In view of the fact that 20 many
of the members have left town, il is not
likely that there Will lie any meetings Of
committees before their return. which
will be Tuesday and Wednesday, the
HOUSE having recessed until "wednesday
and the Se~Ate until Tuesday night at
8 O'Clock, (this being Monday There
was some real pruning done by way Of
striking from the pay roll quite a few
names from clerks down. This was
suggested by the Governor in this procla-
nation and carried out TO the letter.
No more meritorious bill was consid-
cred this session past than the County
Depository Bill, introduced and fathered
by Senator w. III. Carter, Of Tyler
comfy. This bill, IN the main, provides
that all monies collected in the several
counties, upon coming into the hands of
the several sheriffs. shall be deposited in
some officially designated depository, or
repositories, and shall draw 3 per cent.
interest, which 10 q clear saving to the
tax payefs of the county. The County
Court bss the general oversight of the
fund and must account for its proper de-
posit and distribution, along with the
sheriff Of each county. Each depository
IL required to give an hundred thousand
dollar bond, which shifts the response
bility from the shoulders of the sheriff
and places it on the different deposition
lee, as an assured asset to the county
The real benefit cannot be seen at the
Outset. but in the course Of one or two
years it will be perfected proposition,
accruine 70 the state thousands OF dol
lars Taking, for example, a county
like Mcdowell, is ought to save to il at
least 81 5000 per year when il is in ef-
fective working order. Another feature
OF the bill is, IL affords a great relief TO
the sheriffs of the several and different
COUNTIES, in 50 much a. il lifts from their
shoulders the responsibility Of account
ing for and handling su.h a vast sum Of
the tax payers money. Instances are
numerous where these county officials
have been brought to poverty and placed
In extremely embarrassing situations,