to relating to the calling of a constitutional convention frame a new constitution or of amendments to the present constitution of this State. Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia: That the speaker of the house of delegates appoint a committee of nine members of the house and that the president of the senate appoint a committee of six members of the senate, which two committees together shall constitute a joint special committee of both houses, and who shall meet in joint session and organize by electing one of their number as chairman and shall hold meetings at such times and places in the capitol building, as the chairman or a majority of the joint committee shall determine and appoint. It shall be the duty of said mittee to inquire into and report by bill or otherwise to each house upon such matters relating to the calling of a constitutional convention to form a new constitution as said committee may deem expedient. All bills, petitions or resolutions hereafter offered in either house relating to said matters referred, without debate, to said joint committee. com shall be (H. J. R. No. 11.) JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4 [Adopted January 18, 1901.] Raising a special joint committee of three members of the house of delegates and two members of the senate to visit and inspect the Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, at Romney, West Virginia. Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia: That a joint committee of five members be appointed by this legislature, three from the house, to be appointed by the speaker of the house, and two from the senate, which committee shall examine into the comfort of the inmates and condition of affairs at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind at Romney, and make their report to this legislature as soon as practicable. (H. J. R. No. 12.) JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5. [Adopted January 21, 1901.] visit Raising a special joint committee of three members of the house of delegates and two members of the senate to and inspect the West Virginia Penitentiary and to report upon the advisability of the purchase by the State of the Mammoth Mound at Moundsville. Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia: That a special joint committee, consisting of three members of the house, to be appointed by the speaker thereof, and two members of the senate, to be appointed by the president thereof, shall visit the West Virginia Penitentiary, at Moundsville, and make a thorough examination of said institution and report to this legislature upon the condition of its affairs; and also to report as soon as practicable upon the advisability of the purchase by the State of the Mammoth Mound at Moundsville, for preservation as a relic of prehistoric times. (H. J. R. No. 15.) JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6. [Adopted February 20, 1901.] Proposing an amendment to the constitution of West Virginia. Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two-thirds of the members elected to each house thereof agreeing thereto: 1. That the following be proposed as an amendment to the constitution of this State: 2. The supreme court of appeals shall consist of five judges. Those judges in office when this amendment takes effect shall continue in office until their terms shall expire, and the legislature shall provide for the election of an additional judge of said court at the next general election, whose term shall begin on the first day on January, one thousand nine hundred and five, and the governor shall, as for a vacancy, appoint a judge of said court to hold office until the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five. The judges of the supreme court of appeals and of the circuit courts shall receive such salaries as shall be fixed by law, for those now in or those hereafter to come into office. (H. J. R. No. 18.) JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 7. [Adopted January 22, 1901.] Complimentary to Andrew S. Rowan, WHEREAS, In the month of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, a short time before war was declared between Spain and the United States, his excellency, the President of the United States, found it very important to communicate with General Garcia, the commander of the Cuban forces at that time in revolt against the oppression of the Spanish government in Cuba; and WHEREAS, It was important that the authorities of the United States should secure all possible available information relative to existing conditions at that time in Cuba, and to secure such information was accompanied with great dangers and required unusual courage and caution. In this emergency Andrew S. Rowan, of the Nineteenth Regiment, United States Army, volunteered his services to the President, and entered upon the important mission. Lieutenant Rowan was given full instructions, and, without hesitation, entered upon the mission, within three hours after he received his instructions. He was furnished an open boat from Kingston, and landed on the Cuban shore; walked one hundred and fifty miles into the interior; found General Garcia; fixed upon a place to land the United States Army upon the island, and in other particulars carried out the orders of the President. Within five hours thereafter he started upon his return; took a rickety fishing boat, and after four days over a rough sea, reached Key West, wired the President the information he desired, and reported War Department for duty. He was immediately promoted to the position of a lieutenant-colonel of volunteers, and remained in the volunteer service until the close of the war with Spain. He then returned to his former regiment (the Nineteenth United States Regulars), and promoted to the captaincy of Company I, which now in the Philippine Islands; therefore be it, was soon thereafter regiment is Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia: native State of West Captain Rowan for country in a period That the thanks of the people of his Virginia be and are hereby returned to the distinguished services rendered to his of great emergency, and that the successful manner in he filled his trust marks him as a man of bravery and patriotism, scarcely paralleled in history. which these resolutions be en Resolved Further, that a copy of grossed and forwarded to Captain Rowan. (H. J. R. No. 21.) JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 8. [Adopted January 28, 1901.] Raising a joint committee to investigate the management and affairs of the West Virginia University. Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia: That a joint committee of five members thereof be hereby constituted, of whom three shall be appointed by the speaker from the house of delegates, and two by the president from the senate for the purpose of conferring with the board of regents of the West Virginia University on the management of said institution, including the expenditures of the appropriations made by the legislature at its session in one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine and the amount of appropriations required be made for said university at this session of the legislature; and said committee shall also investigate the affairs and agement of said university and it shall have power to send for persons and papers and to employ such clerical assistance may be necessary for the discharge of their duties hereunder, and they shall report at as early a day as possible. to as (H. J. R. No. 24.) JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 9. [Adopted February 6, 1901.) Resolved, that the committee appointed to investigate the management and condition of the West Virginia Hospital for the Insane at Weston be empowered and directed to ascertain and report upon the subject of the water supply to said hospital in dry seasons, and if insufficient what should be done to increase such supply; whether the sewerage from said hospital is dangerous to the health or comfort of the people in Deanvilleand Haleville near which said sewerage is deposited, and if so what means can be adopted to remove such danger; and also upon the necessity of grading and paving around the grounds of said hospital near Butcher's addition to the town of Weston. (H. J. R. No. 25.) JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 10. [Adopted January 29, 1901.] Authorizing the appointment of a joint special committee of six members to visit, examine and report on the Home for Incurables. Resolved, That a joint special committee of six members be appointed, four members by the speaker of the house and two by the president of the senate, to visit, examine and report upon the management of the Home for the Incurables at Huntington. (H. J. R. No. 28.) JOINT RESOLUTION NO 11, [Adopted February 13, 1901.] Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two-thirds of the members elected to each house thereof agreeing thereto : 1. That the following be proposed as an amendment to the constitution of this State: The accumulation of the school fund provided for in section four of article twelve, of the constitution of this State, shall cease upon the adoption of this amendment, and all money to the credit of said fund over one million dollars, together with the interest on said fund, shall be used for the support of the free schools of this State. |