The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-03
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA
SENATE.

SATUapAY, Feb. l, 1862.
The Senate WAS called to or-er q. IL
O'Clock M. by The President. and opened with
prayer by Rev. j As. A. DUNCAN, OF the Meth
uIis /. Church.
TIE seaa'e was informed by a communica-
tiun from the House that that body had
agreed 10 JOINT resolution in relation to the
pay OF Qon. mlssiOned officers and pri-
yaLes,<tO wit: thai the senators from tIrsi.
Nla ia the Congress OF the Confederate States
60 iustr nc ted, and ihe members OF The House
OF kspresen tativeS be req Tested, to Use their
influence to procure thS piissase OF 4 law TO
IIerea Sc the pay Of the non con- M esioned
officers ana prlyates in tbs Con tederato army
tour dollars Per month during The existing
war.
The resolution was concurred In by the
Senate.
BILL EEPoxIED.
BY Mr.. MARSHAL, from the Committee on
Agriculture aud Commercial bill to es-
tislish an inspection ot leather in the city Of
Norfolk.
FIRST AUDITORS OFFICE.
M. NASH, from q special committee on
that sui jecG, IN AIDE report on the condition
o. the FIRST AUDITORS Office.
To show the increase Of business in the
Office, a.-d its present amount, the tomlnitlse
state nat the nu mber Of warran t. issued by
the Auditor on the Treas ury for the fiscal
years eudihg the 3oth september, 1885, 1856,
and 1857 was respectively 4 1854, 1881, and
$3.50; whilst for the flscal years 1860 and lSSl
Al WAS respectively lO,039 and IL ,479. The
business of the Office is faithfully performed,
and the books are neatly and accurately
kept We extract from the report the fol-
lowing:
"Before the examination by the committee
it had been discovered that number OF
vouchers for warrants issued on claims al.
lowed ard passed by the Board for auditing
military claims, established by the C1lven-
ton of Virginia, had been stolen or mislaid,
SO that they could not be found. OF these
,,nha lev hovo fo,, <I,~
successive days beginning with the Sth and
ending with the 3lst day If July, 1861, and
numbered from 9 .963 to 10 81 both incl usive,
but exclusive OF the intervening numbers OF
warrants issued on other or different &C.
counts. The residue Of the missing vouchers,
on the same account, were for warrant ist
sued on the 2lst day of August, 1861, embrac-
ing the numbers from 10 800 to To- $40, both
inclusive, but exclusive of warrants on other
accounts. The records of the said Board, a.
well az the records Of the Treasurer's office,
identify the claims FIR which the vouchers
are missing. and verify the accuracy Of the
entries in tha Auditors books. The commit
tee, therefore, can suffer no injury from tho
loss of the vouchers specified. Your commit
tee have no reason to suspect any Official
misconduct In the loss Of the missing vouch.
ers. Except, so far as indicated, the vouchers
in the Office appear to sustain all the en- /.
tries o"
REsoLUTIoNs or INoUIRr.
The following resolutions inquiring in to
e3prdiency were adopted:
BY Mr.. u. 7. THOMAS: OF modifying or re-
,e;siing SO much Of the law that requires Ger.
tain persons to take au oath not to pay out
notes Of lees denomination than i've dol.
lars.
By MIR II W. TsoMAs: or amending the
laws relative 10 LANDS sold for taxes, as TO ex
tend tha time iii which the owners of such
lands may re deem them from ID q purchasers
thereof at said sales; and also to amend the
law extending the periods ut which purchas.
ali Iooy 10 Ice yHyr,a la de- h>~
been heretofore sold, aId the purchaser could
have complied, H. re counties now occupied
or held by the alens.
PETIffGE.
mr. WHIrrLE presented the petition OF the
Trustees Of the Pittsylv ania Academy cou.
verttng the same into a military school, and
aeking an appropriation therefor. Referred
ELL PAssRD.
Senate bill to aInend section eleven, chap.
ter twenty nine, OF the Code so az to sxem y,
the property of persons IN the military ser
vice Of the State from distress for rent.
Several bills were read a third TINS and laid
npon the table, in Consequence Of the thin
ness OF the Senate.
The MILITIA.
F:r. BALL efr,red the following resolu ton
VIII ich was adopted:
Resoirsa, That Col. Henry Hall, Paymast er
Of tbs Virginia forces, be requested to furnish
o tbs Senate the nun Der OF militia aud mi
litia officers paid by the State OF Virnnnta
the counties from which they have beaa
drawn, tog ether with the period and place
Of their service, and also the nu mber of mi
Il still 10 service, and yet to ee paid, So M
as the returns in his oincs may show the
ssme.
IHPREssnExTs, So.
The following joint resolu lions, passed by
the House OF Delegates or the 18th Janua nv,
were taken up on motion Of Mr.. THOMAS, OF
Fairfax, and agreed to by the Senate:
Resolved By the General assembly, That our
Representatives in the Congress Of the Con
fsdsrate States be requested to use their VI.
most Efforts to procure the passage by Con.
grsss OF law authorizing and limiting i'm .
p-sssmsnts for the military service Of the
Confederate MATES, and providing for the
payment TO the CIV nsr Of land and personal
property such damages "a his property NAV
have sustaio ed while in tho possession and
use Of the Confederate States Of America,
Rssolced. That the Clerk of Tits House for.
ward without delay q copy Of the foreeoing
resolution TO each Of our Represen tatives IN
the Confederate congress #t8ssff1FT
The Senate thea adjourned. -