Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-02-06
Virginia Legislature.

ported amending and re-enactIng the lst sec
tim Of An act entitled An act for the relief
of railroad and other com"anies, aud TO
regulate the terms on which they may bor-
row money" ., .c
OF Rockingham county. ,
To amend the % section OF the act passed
Jan. 5, 1852, entitled "An act coocernlng
the salaries of certain Ulcers OF government,
com Depsution of the members and officers OF
the General Assembly, mileage aud other
advance" 50 as TO Increase the salary OF
the Auditor of Public Accounts. The bill
proposes $1,000 for Aud tor Clerk OF Ac-
counts 81 COO; Let Clerk $1,000, snd also IS
a day while acting as Auditor during the
absence nr sickness of that officer; "a and ID
Clerks $3.50 each; 4th Clerk SbOO.
To declare the punishment for burning
the Penitentiary and property connected
Herewith, making the deed IL felony and H.
Hlcting the punishment of death.
The com mittee To whom was referred the
resolution ''Of reporting d bill 10 authorize
anv OF the internal improvement cImpanles
IF the State, INDEBTED to one department OF
the Commonwealth, to affect the same By a
draft on any d%euartment indebted TO such
comnany," reported that they desired TO be
relieved from further consideration Of the
subject.
Bills were passed amending the charter of
Incarceration oftbe Bank of Dinville. by
this bill the bank is made an independent
one. and the stockholders IRE rendered person-
ally liable Tor It's circulation and coutracts; 1t
is required also that the Back should keep IN
it's vaults specie equal To- One-tht,d its ~circula-
ton, thus differing from the old Bank, which
vas only required to retain specie equal 10
oRe-ftM it, circulation. The bill also de-
priycs the Governor Of the power OF appoint
ing Direct,rs.)
Amending and re-enac ing the 4th sec
ton Of an Act passed March Il. 1896. (lh's
bill has reference - the rewards Tor the CAP
ture of runaway slaves, and gives to any
person arrestirg such in any Of the c0un-
ties of the State which are bounded by
the Ohio river or by the division line be-
tween PENNSYLVANIA and Virginia or by the
Potomac river above the division line be-
tween the counties Of Fairfax aud Prince. VIII
liam, ten per centum on the value OF such
slave a. a reward. and not more than D per
centum if arrested within the county in which
he resides or is hired
The following resolution was offered by
Mr. Rives:
That tho bill under consideration (~author'
izinr a further subscription TO the Aie1ar-
dria, Loudoun and ii mp5hlre Railroad com
pauy be laid or the table, and al! similar
bills now engro-Sed, making appropriations
or loans to internal improvements be laid on
the table and he made the order OF the day
for Tuesday next, in the order in which tue
original applications for said bill were made
to the Senate, and be considered from day to
day until disposed Of.
This resesoiution was discussed at some
length by Messrs. Rives and Thomas In Ia
vor. and Messrs. Old aud Beal in opposition.
The discussion involved the prOnrlety as well
AS the ability Of the State to make the apfrr-
%priatiOn to the various Railroad companies
recommended by the cOnmittec on roads.
1t was generally conce led that no approprI-
atoms must be made if an increase OF taxa,
ton should follow.
The AYES and noes were called for:
ArEs-Metsrs. Armstrong, Bruce, CoghilI,
De-kins, Floyd, French, F~unsten, G'tewood,
Hairston, Johnson, Layne. Marshall, Paxton,
Rives, Smith Of q. Smith OF j., Stuart,
TaIiaferro, Thomas, Warth, WEIGH, Wood ~
30.
Navs-Messrs. Bea!, Caldwell, Claiborne,
Cobb, Coleman, Dangbtrey, Day, Deneale,
. Douglas, Flood, Huddieson, L"gan, Neal, Of
W., Neal Of n, Old, jr., Richmond, Thomp,
son, West, White, Ia,es-2O.
In the House of Delegates, a bill from the
Senate amending the act appropriatIng n
sum Of money to deiray the expenses attend
ing the erection and inauguration OF the
equestrian statue of Washington, $50 as to
Increase the amount to $1,000 was taken
up, and explained 10y Mr.. lloge. The ques,
ton on the passage Of the bill was then put,
and determined in the negative for the want
OF a constitutional majority yeas 10, nays
80
Ga motion of Mr.. Ward, thi, vote was re,
considered, and the bill laid uron the table
On NJ, ton e Mr.. Marrz, it WAS
ResOlced. That this House will, on and az
ter Tomorrow. 5th inst meet at IL o'clock,
A NJ, until otherwise ordered.
The House resumed the consideration Of
the bill for the relief of the Commonwealth
from the free negro population.
Mr.. Preston concluded his arguments
against the measure. and was followed on the
other side by Messrs. Gregory and Lee.