Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-08
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''sATUapAr, July 6, 1861.

SATURDAY, July o. 1861.
House of Delegates met at 10 y,
Prayer 10y Rev. DR.. Blair, OF Ohio AZ
versity.
Mr.. PoRrHR, from the Committee on FL
nance. reported the following hill making
an appropriation to the civil contingent
tnnd; which was ordered to be read first
time and printed: 49,
/. Be it cuacted by the General Assem-
bly,, That the sum of twenty thousand dol
lars shall be, and is hereby, set apart, as u
civil contingent fund, for the expenses OF
the Executive Department.
.. This act shall he in force from ITS
passage. ,.,.
Mr.. Moss, from the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, reported the following on,
which was read first time and ordered 10
be laid on the table and printed.
in act 10 authorize the County Courts, Cor
pordHDq', &c, 20 appropriate money JoF
The pubic defence.
4. Be II enacted BIZ the General -isssntiy.
That the several County Courts shall be
authorized, nc Aahy monthly or quarterly
term, when msjority of the netting JUS
tees of the county are in attendance, or
when the Justices shall have been summon
ed for such purpose, to order II levy for the
purchase of arms, ammunition, nccoutre-
ments, uniforms, tents or camp equiHPage,
for any younteG company or companies
which ave been or may be, mustered into
the service of this State OF of the United
States, within tins State. They may also
order, rs aforesaid, levy for the purpose
OF providing for The support OF relief OF the
families of the volunteers, who ahall be, or
have been, mustered into the service OF the
State, or of the United States within this
State or for the purpose OF defraying the
expenses of any measures deemed nereS-
sary for the defence Of tiie county. Such
levies shall be collected, accounted torand
paid over in the same manner as other
county levies.
.. The several County Courts shall be-
authorized, as aforesaid, to borrow money.
from time to time, at rate of interest not
exceeding six pc: cent ner annnm- tor any
of the purposes specified in the preceding
section, and'to issue bonds or certificates,
with or without coupons attached Tor TIE
payment of such loans and the interest
thereon: Provided that the amount so
borrowed for any county shall not. in tile
aggregate, exceed the amount OF taxes
assessed for State purposes, for the year
1860, on real aad personal property ana
licenses of all kinds within said county
and provided further that if a debt be thus
contracted, the Justices of the county shall
be authorized and required thereafter TO
let apart annually, until such debt be cx-
tinguished. a sum ut least equal to the an
nual interest and ten per cent. upon the
principal, to be applied as sinking fund
for the payment of said debt and interest,
and for no other use or purpose whatever.
2. No tax shall be charged for aitixing
The seal of any comfy to the bonds or
certificates which may be issued for the
purposes aforesaid.
i. The several Incorporated towns and
cities of this Commonwealth are hereby
authorized to rsilss by JS0a4, at six per cen
tum per aunum, aH amount not exceeding
double the amount of taxes assessed for
defraying the expenses of said towns and
cities for the year 1860, for the purposes
named in the first section of this act and
the said towns and cities are required to
set apart annually q sum at least equal to
the interest and ten per centum upon the
principal to be applied as q sinking fund
for the payment Of said debt and interest.
5. This act shall be in force from its
passage.
Mr.. PoRrER offered the following resolu-
tons, which were referred to the Commit
tee on Finance:
Res0tred, That the SZI ,UuU receiver lFotn
the Exchange Bank of Virginia, at Weston,
rs part of the money heretofore HPProPria-
ted to the Luuatic Asylum west of the Al
leghany mountains, be passed to the credit
of the treasury of Virginia
Re,oirei That whenever the state of the
country will allow the further prosecution
of work upon said Asylum, this money
shall be refunded and applied to its appro-
pirate object.
Mr.. LoaAx offered the following, which
was adopted:
Resoircd, That the Auditor of Public
Accounts be requested to furnish this
House with estimates of the receipts and
expenditures for the present fiscal year.
The House then adjourned till the usual
hour on Monday.