Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-01-26

R. MAUzY,
A. NJ. CARRIER, JR.,
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE Tuesday, Jan
uary 10Th.
SENATE bill providing for the pay.
ment of clerks monthly instead of quarterly
and:th bill concerning the expenses Of con
veying lunatics were passed.
The bill to promote and encourage immi.
grafton into the State of Virginia, was laid
on the table.
A bill was introduced to finish and equiv
the Covington and Ohio Railroad
The resolution to turn over the manage
ment of the Orange and Alexandria Rail
road to Messrs Barbour and others, the duly
elected officers of said road.
HousE-A number Of reports Of commit
tees were received and resolutions offered
The following bills were passed. A bill tc
provide for recording the losses Of property
sustained by the operations of war during
the late war. And bill to amend the char
ter Of the Insurance Company Of the Valley
of Virginia:
The bill requiring the State Banks to GO
into liquidation was recommitted to the Com
mittee on Banks.
SESArE.-W ednesday January 18th
The report of the Committee on Senate print
ing, was recommitted to the Finance Com
mittee, with instructions to repeal the act of
July 1861 and re-enact 9th section OF 10th
chapter Of the Code Of 1860
The bill to incorporate the Southern Acct
dent Insurance Company, and the House bill
authorizing County Courts to borrow money
for County purposes were passed.
HousE.-The House bill relating to fences
and for the protection of crops was taken up
and passed. (For abstract Of this bill see
Senate proceedings of Friday.)
SENArE.-Thursday January 18th The
bill for the repeal of the Usury law was taken
up and considered till the hour for adjourn
ment.
HousE.-The select Comm tee, to whom
was referred the subject of the restoration of
dismembered Virginia, and the Finance Conn.,
mittee reported joint resolutions on these sub
iects, which were read first time and Or
dered to a second reading.
The tax bill was discussed, pending which
the House adjourned.
SENATE Friday January 10Th. The
House bill in relation to fences and the pro-
lection of crops, was taken up and after sew
eral amendments was passed.
The substance of the amended bill, as passed
by the Senate, is as follows:
The boundary lines Of each tract, or lot,
of land shall be lawful fence. Ifany horse,
mule, sheep, goat Or other neat cattle, shall
be found going at large, or upon the lands Of
any person other than the owner, said ami
mails shall be liable for all damage or injury
done by them to the crops or lands upon which
they may trespass. In each case, the ag
grieved party may make complaint to JUS
tice of the county in which the trespass is
committed, who shall issue his warrant i'm
mediate1v; the case shall be tried, and the
amount Of damage ascertained, and judg-
ment given, VIII legal costs. A lien for the
payment of the damages, with costs, shall
supercede all other liens, except those OF this
Commonwealth or the United States. The
county court of any county, majority OF
the acting justices being present, and ma
jority of those present concurrlng, may de-
clare the provisions Of this act, or any one or
more of them to be in force in their county,
or in any selected portion thereof.
The counties of Accomac and Northamp-
ton are exempted from the operations Of this
bill.
HousE.-Mr Stcarns, oil Henrico, offered
the following resolution.
Resoloed, That the Committee on Finance
enquire into the expediency Of reporting a
bill to authorize the Board or Public Works
to exchange the States interest in our rail
roads and other public works, for bonds of
the State Also, to enquire into the propri-
ETY. of allowing the said Board to sell the
public warehouse and armory lands in the
city of Richmond for bonds of the State.
The tax bill was resumed and, after the
adoption Of Number Of amendments, was
ordered to be engrossed.
SENATE Saturday January 20th.
Bill for the assumption by the State OF
Virginia of the debt due by the citizens un-
der the act of Congress, August 9Th, 1861,
was taken up, with joint resolution reported
by the committee. The original bill was
laid upon the table, and the joint resolution
was adopted This resolution states in tho
preamble that 1887 $50 of direct tax has beer
aprortioned to this State, and that it will b
ruimous to the people and to the State to have
this tax collected at this time, and that
tflosefore, A. II. II. Stuart, Joseph Chris
tan and T. S. Fournoy, or any two Of them
aEe appointed Commissioners to proceed t.
the city of Washington and confer with tn
Secretary of the Treasury and tosecare from
him such postponement in the collection
said tax as may practicable, or such arrange
ment as may be most favorable to the PEG
pie of this State, and to report to the Gener
al Assembly as soon as possible.
7 \ k.a was passed incorporating the eva
and North Carolina land, immigration an
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