Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-01-17

raiA. d 10 this spm in 1870. NJ
were successfully made 10 fii! lie n,'r'
with 8. 4 and S dollars--,he l,.,
however Withdrawn by tue mars'. "I
save time in calling the ayes and ~ y"
npnn il. The question on flip, i
blank with 81 prevailed. ayss IS ~, y
7s. Thus the mileage remains >,
present.
The ne,t blank whirh occurs i l.,
of the daily compensation Of t.r me-
bers of tile Legislature. Ii is hos,
dollars: being raissd in Janua., "a,
from three dollars. Mr.. Gleayfs p.,
ed TO fin il with dollars, Mr.. N3r.
with SIR. Mckinley With 81. H.,
course of the argnm al discussion,
rose upon ali Incidental point: viz :,
7ohaf time if this bill should pa,
would take effect upon the m.gb.,
wages: neither from The tlomen ~,
passage, or whether il was to a,,n
respectively fran the comlaeucs-.s
of the session, Of the last. il W, e,,I
ti.at the Members Who had ,et,ns
at the rate Of 4 dollars, could As,,
refund the excess: and it wss AID
how this vas to operate as 10 tss
members who had gone home, lhs
vino had disd &c. Messrs. St,rsnss
! Miller. Morris of Hanover. and Biz.
burn entered into this di scussior-s
one side contending that the AID
1919, which employed similar phIas.
logy ("the members Of Che p,e,ea, g..
neral Assembly, was interpreted
the thu members with very few ~.
tons. 30 as TO give the iErrrasti q,
from the beginning of the Session: d.
! same Interpretation which had sta
given TO similar act 90 years ssu; /
if this meaning were given 10 In Pr.
sent bill, those who had rrcei,td "a
would be compelled to refund tt II.
cess. 1t vas argued on the cher band,
| that the commencing clause Il the bill
! showed it was to take effect only iroa
its passage (the same clause. ,! he
bye. was in the act IF lsl9)-sne t,.
besides there was a great dis,i,ci5a
bet~ cen the Legislatures giving p4,,
and taking it away; that although hey
had right to do the first. thsy Lad
10 RICH to do the last; beoausr Il We,
a vested right. and could not be con.
stitutionalIy taken away b! the hill
After this discussion. the questioh vas
taken on filling the blank vita dplIs.
and lost. ayes -, noes %.
Yesterday. the same bill was Lken
Up. many propositions were made. ant
much discussion took place during tn
Course OF the SESSION.
The motion to fill the blank With |;
Was wIthdrawn-and one was mad. t
fli with S.5-Lost, l69 to 5.-1t
proposition for 5 dollars prevailed
ayes ia, NOES 1l.-(Some gentlens
declared, that as the House hs& ffcl
ded against 1 dollars, they NcHld r,
Their vote for 3 a day, in order TO max
the retrenchment effective. And iva
thrown out in the course OF the distu;
sion, that q resolution would be bro
forward for the members to yield ID
excess of the compensation reoeNe
since the CONNIE lcement VI the sess,1r
though it was admitted that such r.
luton would not be binding upon tto'
Who Gid not give their assent TO it,
The blank for the daily comPenss
ton Of tie Speaker Of the Serate Va
flied With 5 dollars. the old eolpeHsl
ton. A notion for 6 dolls, the presta
pay. was last. ayes "a, noes .2I.
The pa, ii the Speaker Of the b.
d. was filed at {. dols.-the preseL.i
); formerly il was Ct.
Various propositions were mad.
bout the Executive Councii-Io.N
dollars, 5000 and ..GO0-The IL
prevailed; being = reduction Of II.
upon the whole board.
A motion u give the Governor -,
dollars MAS lost. ayes e, noes is+..
The salary Was then fixed at s5is,
it is at Pfeseat.
The At'srney Generals salsr, ~
came under long and aninztrd q
oussien. A Snte Vas taken On hkiI
it at the present sen (iCoo) and ~
ayes IS, noes IS.
Al this point. the House adjoarrs
after an ardrons session.
No subject can be more Otisss
the members, than that part 81
which relates to their ovn comgsss