Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-12

SATURDAY, Nay 10, 1862.
SENATE
The Senate met at II O'Clock. II.
puRAuOH or the ExrRA SESSION.
The fOlOwlpg resOlutlOnsom the House Of Delegates
PAS read "a
Resolved BY the snerGl Assembly FhAt the interval
fcm AjoufuRent to re-assembIing Of SPECIAL session
may rghlfly be excluded from the computation Of the
period to which seeh session limited by the Oons1tu
ion.
M. ROBERTSON moved 10 lay the resolution on the
table He presented the thAs the Constitution
quired that session Of the Legislature should cootn
ne or niusy consecutive days. an that any recess should
be included psrs Of the tenn de desired time 10
rsh et upon rhs QUESTION involved.
sr NELSON argued TO show that the Constitution
only required in is SPIRIT that not more taan ninety
DAYS should be- occupied il legislative business and that
it vas the province Of tie Legislature to adjourn from
time to tine If it thought proper to do Sc, until the
.eru of ninety days ives exhausted.
The Uo.iOu 10 lay upon lie isbls was rejected. Tee
resolution vas hen agreed ,o-yeAs 20, nays ..
sHLs PREsgsFRD.
NJ. NEWMAN, from the Committee Of Military AZ
fars reported bill TO amend the act to authorize the
oFsan'z,tion Of ten or more companies Of Rangers
Mr.. oUESEN ty leave, introduced bill to Au
tLOuse the payment OF certain coupon.
Mr.. BRAkNUN, by leave, introduced bill imposing
tax for ssning transferred certificates Of transferred
sock Of toe CommooWeR
RSsIeSAToN oP a NLMBER.
The PRESIDENT laid beloEe tie Senate oommunca
On from The GoYernOr transmitting the resignation Of
u. W PhomAs Sens;or FROM the Fairfax District.
o. motion Of Mr.. NELSON, the documents we're laid
uPoa the table, and ordered to bs printed.
VACANCIES THE sEsATE.
Ca motion Of Mr. PATE, the resolution submitted by
him yesterday, providing for filing vacancies in II o
Senate, on the Il day Of Nay, taken up for
sideTsHln.
Mr. NEESoN offered the following a. q substitute,
which was accepted BY M. PATE:
Whereas, the vacancies existing in the representation
Of the "a h. ash and ooh Senatorial Districts camel
by reason of the presence of The public enemy, be filed
n the prescribed by the Constitution and hSs
and whereas BY virtue Of the oTdnaroe adopted by the
OonV sntion OF Virginia, the 4:h day OF December
1851 the Senate has authority 70 elect members to g.
"a vacancies In iIs own body during the present war
the Seus,s deems /, duy in the present juECture
20 * rcie such authority; therefore
Rssoivs9, That the seuAts proceed TO elect members
70 ID said vacancies
Er. ROBERTSON move to lay the resolution upon
the table.
Mr.. NELSON, in a few remarks, earnestly advocated
the adoption Of the resolution showing thas toe
crocchments OF The eGamy lad brought crisis upon the
Stae, which might prevent hereafter The assembling OF
Qaorun Of the LssitlAuee, unless the Senate would
proceed 70 hA the vacancies Ia its body.
Toe mo iSa TO lay upon the table pegativsd-yeSs
ls, nays rs
Mr. ROBERTSON opposed tbs passage of the resolu,
ton on lie ground ,ba il eola esd with tho Oousttu.
ton OF the Sate aud that the ordinance Of the Conven
lion authorizing tho Legislature 10 il vacancies bad
never been submitted TO the people.
n. NEWTON ssid that the Senate bad recognized
the validity u other ordnlrcss of the Convection
cling With the provisions Of the Constitution which
lad never ben 81 united 70 the people.
sr. lSBELL argued that the Convention CT Virginia
eKIo sed absolute sovereign authority in passing sad
nAnces, aud any her yieu would Involve The sb-
ty that Two Legislative bodioa we're 10 session 10
this civ at The same Ime.
Tee resolution was rejected by lie Sote-yeas 30.
n1ys 10.
Toe vote was recorded as icllo6s
aa-EOssJs Anderson, BrsnOon, Bruce, Coghr.
uley I,65sl, johnson, Nash, Neeson. Newton, SsN.
man PATE, Psnnyhsoker, Qussenberry, sPteE, wis;eD.
-l6
Na7s-Aeis.s. Armstrong, Bal, B'anob. CsrGauay,
Jc U,.rr, D.skiasAa, Q; PriRSS Ed-ard, Rally, Gar.
le,t, Hart, Logan, Mckinney, Robertson, Thompson,
UrquhArl, WEitls, Wiley lie
"a motion Of Ar. OARRAWAY, the vote vas re.
scndsd aad the resolution vas laid upon the table.