The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-16
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NOW BUSY BODY
FACED BY PROLONGED SESSION
MEMBERS GET BUSY AND
PASS MANY ELLIS.
Work Within Limit Of Forty-tiVe
Days-Wheeling Charter Bill Up.
BY w. r. keyser.
CStan Correspondent.J

CHARLESTON. W. Va, Feb. 10
Faced by the necessity OF continued
OF extraordinary session unless mum
erouE routine OF local measures are
gotten out OF the way of the more
! important legislation. the legislature
/ Saturday passed more bills than IL
, has in any two previous days of the
present session.
The first night session was held
last night blythe senate to clear its
calender of several local bills which
have been before the upper house for
seine time. Action was taken on 20
bil's. nearly 20 of which were passed
and the others were advanced.
The pace set by the legislature yes
/ terday probably will be kept up. be-
| ginning tomorrow. and many night
sessions are expected during the en-.
suing two weeks.
Several Special Orders.
Several matters have been placed
on special order OF business Tor
Monday morning in both houses. In
the house the bill revising the road
laws OF the state viii come up as a
special order. as also will the otto
assessor bill. providing for additional
assistant assessors in several coun-
N-'' VI hhf NAhAFs Aolu OF lntER IneASa
( ureS are on the amending stage. m
/ addition. five bills relating 10 court
procedure and actions at law will
come up for second reading as spe-
, cial orders tomorrow afternoon.
The McClung bill relating TO public
health. which is the administration
health measure. is a special order for
Monday morning IN the Senate. The
carter bill. permitting cities of more
than 1000 population to draft and
adopt their own charters, will also
come up tomorrow. and the Cameron
Icharter bill last night was made a
special order for Monday.
Wheeling Charter Bill.
Among the local measures which
passed the house yesterday were the
TWO wheeling charter bills one
amending the present charter I'm re-
spcot 10 time for holding council
meetings, the creation of a pension
iund Tor hremen and police VINO are
injured while In service: and giving
council the right TO remove officers
Tor certain offenses: the other hin
submitting 20 referendum vote of
The people Al the next uunicipaI cleo
tion two proposed charters. one Of
which is TO be ratified and the other
rejected
Al last nights session OF the Senate
the latter bill was taken up and ad-
vanced TO It's second reading. Whom
~ comes up on this stage. Senator
Rosenbloom win offer a few amend.
ments to the amended charter. These
amendments were 20 have been made
10 the bill when Il was in the House
nut were received too late.
Conference Committee Named
~ hau been expected the house 70.
FUSED Saturday TO concur in the ac.
uon OF the senate in passing the svj.
s'r county salaries act as amended
ana request was made that the mn.
per body recede from 10 amendments
w" senate refused 10 recsde from a
@infle amendment. and the result was
request for conference committee
me committee. consisting OF SWf'
f'f. Parsons and Talbot. OF Webster
or Tho part 81 tho house. and sepa
Tors Parrish. Gregory and Lowe. of
tne senate. Is expected TO report early
this coming week.
Many Local Bills.
inc house devoted nearly the an
,ire afternoon session Saturday 10.
L.Iif or q local character. and passed
rin"nF others bills relating % the foi
lowing. Writ High srhool tin,e,I,
,hafi'r. Calhoun county HiFh school
J'Hcrson county court. pbEIppi char.
ier. nicholas county High school. Mar
h'hsion charter and the Fairmorf
'htrtcr. The latter was advanced fo
second reading In the senate issf
niEht
Hiils passed By tho senate a. Oh.
nisht session included those relating I
20 the following subjects. Abolisbing
ihyttteyillc school district. Jefferson
county bond Issue. right Of vay orcr
STATE property in Weston. Point
Ileasant charter. parkorsburf char.
l,f Park'rfburg Independent school
ulslrici levy. Wayne county hirh \
school. burnsyilie school district. 81.
tersFilie school library. Mlngo county
hlEh school. Princeton charter.
Charleston school district. FolIansbes
charter. Phiippi charter. Peasants
county high school and Cabin Run
special school election
The Montgomery and Redwood
Charter bills were Introduced by Sen.
ntor McClung and were advanced 10
Their second reading.
Tho Governor. late SATURDAY,. SIGNED
no Pierce bill authorizing county /