The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
FINANCIAL:
FIREMEN'S BILL
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Text Book Bill
The Senate finance committee will
tomorrow recommend for passage the
bill providing free text books In
schools, and tax on production Of car
hon black. The free text book bill is
the one that passed the House. but has
been amended TO provide tax OF from
Two TO Ave cents TO create text book
funds.
Rosenbloom introduced in the Sen
ate to-day bill allowing Rlchland dis
tricL 10 levy a tax TO complete the
school building az WarWood.
Gives wtde PowerE.
CHARLESTON, ". Va. Feb. 1s.-lt
the nudson bill. which was today adj
vanced b. the senate 10 third reading.
mce;s with similar treatment In the
house OF Delegates. Spencer. the county
seat % Roun". will have power. within
;ud without its territorial limits. to con-
Struct. condemn and purchase. improve
ard operate in whole. or IN part, water
works Telephone ..nd transportation Sys-
TENS heating. incin"ratIng and lighting
plants and any piac" public utilities or
WORKS or ways. laral III. use. or every
thii.. required therefore ror the use OF
the city ur its inhabitants.
The Democrats" minority In the senate
made hn ctfor; t" amend the blll SO rs
20 81 rikc. OFT tbs section i'covlulnS thc
foregoing functions. bat the republican
ma jort;y Supported the measure on the
ground that the inhabitants Of Spencer
know what they want.
a message was received by the lcSts-
latur.. from the office OF The governor
and presented hy +. c. Fi"rSon. pardon
n:inrnrv, which shows all the cases in
which Executive clcmcncy has been eN-
tended during the present biennial
period.
b.l,. fhr Mon trnIDHrE bill
latIuc 10 the operation OF tho department
Of mines and urfaTurabiy the house
concurrent resolution proposing the crea-
ton of state efficiency commission.
The hnmse reported n thn senate the
oasSas. Of senate hill &Xius The COM
sensation OF Judges in counties Of over
$4,000 population with amendments re-
duciu, trr salaries originally recon-
raends!. and the senate passed II as
An".hcr hill passed by he senate fixes
ccnrnrSa. !or oC court reporters and en-
covers circuit iu';G"s to engage their
services. Others relate 10 taking evil
donrn II, Chanr'rv causes and fix duties
~ fury commissioners. ASre"ncr: was
made 10 appointments made by the house
snd i,a ssed semitic hi! empowering CLOG
tr;c and other railroads 10 supply light
and power the SAM as corporations
fnrr1ed for the purpose. and adopted the
snnato concurrent r"inlHiion pror!r1in &
ro- he printing and distribution Of John
T Iiarris' legislative handbook. Tn"
soma. concurrent. resolution providing
,,har,.r was Indefinitely postponed.
No nous" o: delegates in r"""nt Years
.,.ar devoted itself more nndiVihedly to
work thar that Of 1917 did today. y
shirt OF harmony was In evidence from
tLs oneninE OF the morning session IN
~ Tho close OF business late In the
afternoon Delegate Basel carly with
dr.n his resolution proposing te. deny
;he privilege Of the fnor-to II. \. Ridge
II. 4
t.hhvts, and had abused his admission.
rhe house adortnd It's joint resolution
providing for al appropriation Of $500
with which to PAY transportation AK
ranscs nf Union and. Confederate vet
Grams 70 and from tie not;cna! memo