The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-01-21
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road property and crimes on trains.
Tbs resolution seating John A. pa
Fis. OF Writ over James L. smith.
was adopted By a vote Of 60 20 -.
elk not voting
Senator Marshall introduced two
measures IN addition 20 the Wheeling
charter biit. one relating 20 the pow
ers Of notar.es public. and the other
10 care for inmates OF county institu-
tons
Senator MoCrum introduced Ave
good roads measures. By request. be
ing legislation proposed by the state
highway bureau
Senator Keim introduced a child Ia
Dor act
Committee Meetings
This afternoon vas devoted 70 com
mittee meetings. SIX House commit
tees and three Senate committees
holding sessions
House judiciary committee. Duty,
chairman. in addition to reporting fay
orably on Woman's Suffrage amend
ment. decided 10 recommend for re
enactment the following Anti-gamin.
bill. making unlawful any kind %
gambling OF games OF chance. either
In public or private. and providing
severe punishment for violations. bill
abolishing criminal court OF Wood
county. and will report unfavorablo
on divorce bill introduced by Marker
OF Wood This committee referred
Mothers pension bill to subcommittee
composed OF Pierce. McCaulley and
Talbot. OF Webster.
House labor committee. Weiss OF
Ohio. chairman. took no action rela
PRODUCTION OF another bill prepared BY
National Child Labor committee a
4. Corcoran OF Wheeling. President of
State Federation Of Labor. addressed
the committee.
Favorable Report.
House committee on agriculture de-
cided TO report favorably on House
bill No. 81. by Pierce. authorizing
county courts to aid agricultural or
CARNATIONS In employment OF agricul-
tural agents.
Senate committee on education, de-
Cided to recommend for favorable
action bills by Senator Grey authoriz
ing boards OF education in counties
having no high schools TO pay tuition
OF pupils to high school in other coun-
ties free text book law for state, es-
tablishing normal training in high
schools. changing names OF State insti-
buttons. and by Senator Billings. pro-
viding classification of high schools OF
State.
Senate committee on Railroads, God
hey. chairman, set February End rs
date for public hearing on full crew
and experience acts.
Matters were considered but no
action taken by House committee on
finance.
RosenbIoon Fares Well.
Senator Ben l.. Rosenbloom OF
Wheeling. the genial young Senator
from the First district. Jared unusually
well for "hrst-termer" in the matter
of committee appointments lie is a
member of ten committees.
He is chairman of the committee on
banks and banking. which is appro-
pirate, as figures compiled by the
State Banking Department show that
Ohio county does more than twenty
per cent of the banking business OF
the State. He Is a member of the
labor committee. TO which has been
referred three bill introduced BY him
the revision of the workmen's compen-
sation act: child labor law and moth
er's pension bill. He is ranking mem.
Der OF the committee on forfeited de-
linquent and Incorporated lands
which has care OF the bill relating &c
the sale of lands for taxes. This ia
one Of Senator Rosenbloom's hobbies
Being a member of Senate commit
tee on county and municipal corpo.-
atoms. he will consider in COMMITTEES
the two charters for Wheeling. and he
will be able to promote his bill relat.
ing to the occupation OF barbering and
requiring a license for the practice OF
same, which was referred to commit
tee on medicine and sanitation, as he
IL a member Of that committee also
One OF the most important commit
tees at this session is that on re-dis-
tricting OF the state. OF which the Sen
ator from the First district Is a
member. In addition. he was placed
on committees on education. on priv.
leges and elections. on penitentisry
and on public library.