Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-03-13

ing the Cem,nitbeeaof Roads to enquire into
the expedicncy Of reporting the bill.
Jbnrndt end .1ctG Mr.. Christian offered
a resolution to provide fertile publication of
the Journals Of the ressnlar and extra scs-
sions, III one volume, and also to make the
same provision ior the iabllclto Of the
acts Of the two sessions, III order chat un-
necessary trouble, expense, etc, might be
avoided.
The resolution was referred to the Com
Mite for Courts of Justice.
Interchange n Entuishcd Business. :
On motion of MIR. Martin, it was
ResAeca, That the Senate be requested
to ,tlircct their Clerk to return to the House
of Delegates all bills and ucselutoas sent to
the Senate by this body sad not disposed
of during the late session Of the General
Assembly.
/ The resolution was communicated ito the
Senate by Mr.. Martin. Subsequently,, d
similar resolution of request was received
from the Senate, and concurrcd in by the
! House.
/ Reinstatement Of Bills. = The Clerk then
proceeded to read c4ss;siassed bills by their
titles, in accordance with the resolution of
Mr.. Edmunds, adopted at the opening Of
the session. Then the bill to provide for
the completion Of the Coyington & Ohio
railroad was thus read, Mr. Chapman gave
notice that he would cali up said bill with
the view of taking a vote thereon, on We'd
nesday, 17th inst
Mr. Mays gasse 3 simil;,r notice ~ regard
to the James River conversion bill. -
/ SENATE. Tuesday, March g.
A communicates was received from the
House, announcing the pa. sage Of certain
iials
Board Of c1,,in,s- Nh BnAr, of Weed,
offered a joint resolution constituting q
Board of Claims, consisting of the Auditor,
ID Auditor and Register of the Land Office
to cxamiae aud decide on claims against the
State. Claims decided by them under 500
to be paid by the Auditor. The resolution
was ordered to he priAtcl
Goecrnoy's Ncssoyc. On motion of Sir
WEIGH, that portion Of the Governors Mes
sage referring to the sale Of slaves sentcnc-
ed to transportation, was referred to spo-
cial committee. &c, mmittce, Mcssrs. WEIGH
BEALE and DENEALE
Progress Of Business All bills On their
FIRST reading were adyasced one stage, and
their permitting ordered to be dispensed with
Mileage Of Mmlcys Mr.. POWELL of
Loudoun, offered the following preamble
and resolution, which was laid oyer for the
present:
Whereas. dembts rave ss'lsen whether the
members Of the present General Assembly
convened in extra session, under a procla-
nation Of his Excel, ncy, the Governor of
this Commonwealth, arc entitled to demand
and receive the mileage tssaally allowed
theni.; snd whereas il appears the members
of said General Assembly so far FROM hav
ing performed tli8 travel to the scat Of gov
erament for which SAID mileage was design
ed as conn cnsation, have not left the said
seat Of government since the adjeurnmcn:,
on Saturday, the 9th inst, be it,
Resolred, By the General Assembly, that
the members thereof are not justly entitled
to receive the mileage aforesaid, and the
Clerks Of the two Houses are hereby direct
ed not to give certificates for the same
BY Mr.. CHRISTIAN, of ealing that por-
ton Of the act passed February, 1858, re-
quirsng the amount received by the Lunatic
Asylums from pay iestsents to be paid into
the Treasury of the Commensurate directly,
but to provide that the amount of the same
be reported 45-artca9y to the Auditor of Pub
lie Accounts