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House OF DELEGATES

sessions OF The General Assembly 10 so
dsYs. Afier long debate. many motions
10 smend il, ard an unsuccessful motion
10 postpone Il indefinitely, the House a
dopied 1 substitute offered by Mr.. Tsyler
OF Norfolk. providing thai II The Lesisia.
iurs sbsll ut logger than 80 day., tor eve
" day thereafter The members shall re- !
esiys but - per diem. The biH was
hes ordered 10 i,ssngFossment By q vote
of62 $50.
Among the bills passed, was one re-.
.pssling The act 10 provide. for the spPoihi.
inent or Commissioner to prosecute Ger.
S;Siain claims sgainsi the Y. s.
Various fesolu,i1ns were adopted, ADD
petitions presentsd.4 but generally Of
local character.
- TUESDAY. JAN. IL.
On motion Of Mr.. Teller. il was order
ed that The COMMITTEES on Banks have au-
thofiiy % sead for perlons and papers d.
ring The investigation Of the subjects con-
miiied 10 said committee and that they
have powerto print documents, sc.
Relief Of Disabled .Ministers.
A bilffo Incorporate the Society for The
ifelisf Of superann uaied and disabled min
isters Of the Virginia Anpusl Conferences
of The Methodist PEoiestHnt Church. their
widows and orphans, was taken up on =
third reading.
Mr. Scott Of FauquieH opposed the bill.
He Wfnt into tas history Of enacimenis
on The subject tiuee 1854; reciled the
act OF 1855 rope aling The charters Of sun
J dry societies. and argued from the lfIh
section Of the Constitution OF Virginia
that /, was unconstitutional. He farther
objected 10 il as whollyinexpedient Add
not calculated even TO serve The cause Of
Religion.
Mr.. Baldwin replied TO Mr.. s. al length
and advocated the }conslitutioaaliiy and
/ expediency Of the bin, He not only sx.
Aprsssed himself in favor Of this. but said
he would vote for the incorporation Of Ias
many more societies as should ask II. The
Iegisla.dre was in the habit Of incorpofat-
, ing societies Of every desefipiion-riil.
roads. theatfes, debating societies socIe-
ties tofihe encouragement OF every branch
offhe arts ] and be could not see why q
religious society should be smads an ex-
ception IF,
! Mr.. Scott rsjuined al length, and then
the House adjourned. ,.s
WEDNESDAY, JAN. II.
Al nesssgs from the Senate. that they
had agreed 10 the fesoiution.fo for the cleo.
zion Of a, Treasurer and. Judge oiflhe Sd
circuit.
The bill 10 incorporate the. Society fol
The relietof disabled. Ministers. was again
taken dp, and further debated BY Mt
Baldwin. in replyto Mr.. Scott--and, a.
ter various motions was put, on its pas.
isge. Itwas lost-ayes %, noes so.
The bill establishing The County, o.
Marion" out Of parts Of The counties 81
Mouongalia and Harrison, was passed.
sHoRTraING THE SESSION.
The bill to limit the session or the
General Assepbly, came up on iis third
/. rydsf, pIosiatns shat Inc inshonid Ip'
.@ply onlyao those members who should
vote 46r IL. ThiSSwas rejected by large
majority. Mi. Hopkins moved the iH
definite posiponemenk> Of ,heswhole sub.
! jseL< Upon. this motion a long debate
arose, and the motion Was rejected
I Ayes 60, noes go. The bill was ther
passed BIZ 4 vote Of 65, 50. f.
Among the resolutions offered and
]. adopted, wers--one by 4.
Mr.. Moler. that the Committee Non
4 Proportions and Grievances inquire int
The expediency Of rsducing the number
\ OF directors Of the ICharlest9wn. Jefier-
son County. Savings Institution -bJ Mr
Mcflhaney. that The COMMITTEES on Road
inquire into The expediency Of more clear
ly defining The duties Of the surveyors O.
l{Rosds-By az. HOPKINS, that The Com
mittee on Bsn.l ascertain and report 10 The
I House .lhe annual expense Of Me BsnkS o
the Stats. 81 their Branches, 40 as 10 show
the auouu. paid gfor officers salarisI ID
money. fuel, houSs.rentl land servants
hirs-5y Mr,hKennedy, that the Com
mitteeeon Courts Of Justice enquire into
5thetxpsdieney Of 30 amending the Law
kef 1913, in relation to attsehmen Il assinsI
abseonding debtors. as 10 rsdues the
amount Of security to double the debt.
TgrRsDtY. Jan. IL.
a communication was areeeiSed from
The Senate ths. they had passed An aci
FOE preserving tie testimony Of witnesses
in certain cases. An acl amending the
act entitled IAN act to reduce into one
she several actsl concerning executions,
and for the relief Of insolven: debtors,
+ or-notion Of Mr.. Dormsn. bis prssna.
Bile and resolution. fox preserving The
) fifth Of the State. verS taken up. Mr..
ID. agreed to drop The Prsamble, aud then
the resolution was agreed to, without op.
position. in The following form A.
flisoIvtD, That the Committee on Fiasoee b
instructed 10 bring in bin setting apart and sol
em1iy sppruprieting adequate and certain portions
Of The public reYeaue, arising from tSxsion to the
discharge 81 the interest the public debt 1ad he
satplus to be- applied 10 sinking fsnd, for the
nnal redemption Of the principal.
i Stay Law.
l Mr. Jackson meyed to, take up The BILL
providing that Bank notes be received by
creditors ia satisfaction Of executions.
| After some discussion aud the sugets-
7 ton that legislation on this law should
follow that on The Banks-Mr. Jackson
/ went'into > history Of the FIRST enactment
Of the law. 10. 1881. whenthe Banks sus-
pended. Itwas re-enacted 10 1898 aud
1889. whilst last year il wasnot, ana ths
people had 70 pay specie 10 their creditors.
whilst the Banks were permitted 10 lock
up theirs ID the vaults.
The bill was again laid on The table.
BoARD or AcRlcuLTuRl.