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Mr.. Marshall moved 10 lay the bill
ON the table. % test Of the disposition
/ Of the Hssse - 70 fixing the eIections
ia the month Of May. This motion
~as opposed By Mr. Leigh. sod reject
ed. s
The hrst amendmem Of the Senate
vas then disagreed to by the House.
The 5th amend ment was, ~ con-
sequence, disagreed TO.
! The second amendment Of the Sc
nate, proposed To strike out the 10th
section Of the bill containing . pfovi-
sien that any person Who shalt vote
knowingly without possessing any lc-
gal qualification. shall be subject 10 .
Cine Of SSS So.
! Mr.. Leigh moved that the House dis
agree With this amendment, which wss
!, discussed by Nessrs. Marshall, xnor,
Greene. Leigh. Eppes. Wood Of Abe
marie, Brodnax, Sempis. Bayly. Ia
risson, Ripss Of Campbell. Those
in italics opposed the motion.
On motion of the latter, the ayes and
noes were ordered, aud the melton to
disagree was rejected BY the following
vote: Thereby agreeing with the Sc
nste's amendment.
! AYES-Nessrs Ranks, the Speaker, Bay
Is. Dr@moad. Wood Of Albemarie, Garland
of Amherst. Kenny. McCse, Davis of Berke.
ley. iiepshsw, MILLER Of Bote,ouss, Shell.
y.neey, Taylor. Hslybur,on. Watkins. Glib
son, Wilson. Brodnax. James, Marshal, Payne.
Powell Of Franklin, King. bryce. Claiborne,
Easley. Sey mour. Leigh. Dyer. Pollard Of
King william. Poinjexte Street, Cohoon.
Upshur, JACOBS. P.rrioit, Davis Of Orange,
Ad-ms. Miller of Powhatsn. vrnsble, Rives
OF Prince George. Tyler. Moore. Lewis, Good
~'n, Hamilton. Eppcs, Maxwell add Ruiher.
foord-+9
NOES-Messrs GiImer. Booker. Mays~.
Lef'wich. Anderson Of Bo,eiour'. Chr,s,isn,
/ spuriock, Rives ut Csmphell, Clay. Bsoatlus,
Il NriEhs, Chichester. Holland, Macon Of Ere.
derrick, Csssle man, Wood Of Frederick, Per.
rim, Hall. Ersk;ne. Green. Dunn. Csrskadoa,
Davisson, Atkinson, sempl~. Lucas. Gala
her. Summers. Pollard OF King and Queen.
t3ooe. Leland, Hays, Mason Of Loudoun.
Caldwell. Hudgins, Newman, Knox, Goode,
: Waits. Blii"gsiy. Vawter. Preston, Helms.
OFerrall. Garland Of Nelson, M'Laughlin,
Mursisugh, Blackwell. Anderson Of MOTTO.
; cay, HiDes. Wischer. Swanson. Baxter. linn,
Shield, tlsr,, M'Mahon. Ale xander. Kiigore,
z williams Of Shenandoah, Harris. Moncure,
Crump. Gillespie. M'coy. M'Culloch, KsL
; Ter. Newton. Jackson and Crockeu-70.
y The Sd and 4th amendments were
then agreed TO.
MONDAY, APRIL 4.
Z. A commute alton was received from
the Senate. stating that they had passed
? the bill, " To re organize the Board Of
. Public Works, and for other purposes''
And that they had receded from their
LIST and 5th amendments to the bill
Concerning General Elections in this
] Commou~ solth'; to which the House
: had disagreed.
The bill concerning the Board Of
Public Works, substitutes in place Of
! the present Board. new Board con-
sisting Of the Governor, the two Audi
tors aud the Treasurer.
On the motion Of Mr.. Miller Of B j.
the bill e Making q further appropria-
iion Tor the benefit Of Primary Schools"
Was taken up. The LIT section ef the
original bill appropriates $50 to each
: county, which has been or shall be laid
Oh into sectional Districts, in confor.
unity with the act Of 25th Feb. 1880
and also BIO for each district. not ex-
ceeding 10 IN any enc county, &C.
The committee proposed to strike out
the Isf section.
i Mir. Jackson suggested that he would
,, submit a substitute for the bill. The
House agreed to the ame ndment Of the
committee.
MIR Jackson then proposed a sub
stituie. IN lieu Ut the original bill, viz:
to add TO the fund for P5imar, Schools
Sl3.OOO-(that 10 TO say, to make il
IN ali 100000, out of the surplus re
venue OF the fund Of Internal Improve.
meut. MIR. j. stated, that necordinr
to the Report Of the Cd Auditor. the
preseht surplus is about BIC, 400
; thos leaving, after this new appropria.
ton, the SUN Of Si4OO.
. After some conversation between
Messrs. Caldwell. Jackson, and Camo.
bell oi Brooke, Mr.. jackson conse nte,l
TO retain the 2d section Of the original
bill. and to add his substitute 90 ~.
i Mr.. Brodnax had hoped that this
question would not have Seen pressed
upon the House, particularly at th;,
late stage Of the session. lie contend.
ed. besides, that they were beeinnirg
at the wrong end u the subjeei-tha1
the House ought to decide In the fra,
instance whether these appropriations
to the Primary Schools had been pro.
ouciNe OF the advantages which had
been expected. He contsnded thai
the money already appropriated in this
way had been a. absolutely thrown
away, as u had been cast into the
oe'tora OF the Ocean--and he appealed
TO every member of the House. who
bad acted ss School Commissioner n
h's cesnty. whether any good had