The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-16

eral for his approval. which shall be
final. Also 10 provide for the invest
,ment Of all public sinking funds of any
icounty, district or municipality In
bonds Of other counties. districts or
municipalities, thus keeping all public
moneys drawing interest.
Re-Codity Statutes
Senator Hough, of the first district.
has bill providing for the re-codifi-
cation of all statutes relating to prs-
on labor, and to amend them so that
conyicts serving time in jals. subject
ito being made work on the public
roads, may be required to SO into 9TH
er counties to perform this labor.
Road Engineer Williams left last
night for Washington for a conference
with the Federal Road Bureau to ar
range for the tracing Of map showing
all the main roads in the state connect
ing the various county seats and other
important centers. This will be Civ
en- to the joint committee 10 aid in
drawing a comprehensive scheme OF
road Improvement. Two members OF
the federal bureau will be asked to adj
dress the joint committee soon.
1t was not until early today. shortly
before time for converting the senate
that the final decision was reached
with reference to the personnel Of all
the committees. 1t was made known
last might that while all the commit
tees had been arranged that there was
probability Of changes In the chair
manship Of any one of four Of them.
Committee Assignments.
nounced in the Senate today the follow
ing committee assignments:
virginia Debt Comm1ssion-Miller
chairman: Godbey, Hawley. Dodson. Nc
,, Alloy. Gregory, Parrish. Fox. Lowe,
Hogg, Morton.
FTohibition and boy.
chairman; Arnold. Burgess. Coburn.
Coalter. Small. Beckwith, Kemp, Tai
bott
Arnold. Duty. Miller. Parrish. Rosen-
bloom. Beckwith. Kemp, Fox. Morton.
Chairmen Of the the other principal
committees were announced rs follows:
Privileges and Elections. Luther: Edu-
cation. Duty; Counties and Municipal
Corporations. Roscnbloom; Roads and
Navigation, Burgess; Banks and Corpor-
atoms. Coburn: Public Buildings and
Humane Institutions. Carter; Railroads.
Coalter; Militia Dodson: Federal Rcla-
lions, Luther: Insurance. Parrish; I'm
Mines and Mining, Hongh: Medicine and
Sanitation. Sinsel; Labor. Carter: Claims
and Grievances. Billings; Forfeited and
Unappropria Lands, HouSh; Public
Printing, Billings: Rules, GoodSkoontZ;
Public Library, McAboy; Forestry and
Conservation. Cooley; Passed bills,
Arnold.
House Assignments.
The House committee assignments
were announced as follows:
observation-disclosures. chairman; Tai
bo;, %ricc OF Wood. Parks. Ferguson Of
Wayne, Alley BASEL, Payne, Conner.
Polling, Thurmond, Dixon. Hickman. Ma
han. sullivan.
Jud1ciary-Johnson. chairman; Bland.
Talbot, Stratton, Arnold. Renshaw, Nc
Donald, Bouchelle, Smith. Hall. Rurdett.
Harrison G. Lover.
Finanoe-Rcnshaw, chairman; Bray.
Parks, Burr Murray Weir. Cottrcll.
Wells Of Writ, Terrell. Hall, Shaw. Por-
ter. Whitaker, Heaberlin, WysonG.
The chairmen Of the remaining COM
mittecs follow:
Elections and Privileges, Stratton:
Federal Relations, Arnold; Military AZ
fairs, Basel; Education. Sweeney; CoUn-
ties, Districts and Municipal Corpora
lions, Bonchelle; Private Corporations
and Joint Stock Companies. Hammond:
Roads and Internal Navigation. Talbot;
Claims and Grievances. Chipley; HUI
name Institutions and Public Buildings.
Afkens; Printing and Contingent lEN-
penses, Taylor Of F'ayctte; Executive Of
ilces and Library. koontz: Forestry and
Conservation, Baxter; Arts, Sciences