Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-02-12
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.


under a suspension of the rules, and passed.
INSPECTION OF TOBACCO.
House bill to establish Holland warehouse
in the town of Danville was taken up and passed
| under suspension of the rules.
Also, House bill to establish the Planters
warehouse in the town of Danville.
| 1t was ordered that the passage OF these bills
| be communicated to the House of Delegates.
| Mr.. Lee called up the House bill to increase
| the capital stock of the Fredericksburg and
Gordonsville Railroad Company to the amount
| of 81 100000, for the purpose of extending
their road to Charlottesville. Passed.
NORFOLK AND GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD.
Mr.. Keen called up the House bill to incor-
porate the Norfolk and Great Western Rail-
road.
Mr. Strother moved to amend by striking out
| the words mot east Of Glade springs" and in
serting between Dublin Depot and Wyth-
| Vile"
Keen, Crockett, and Lee, and advocated by
Messrs. Strother and Boiling.
| The vote being taken, the amendment was
| lost.
! The bill then passed
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The Senate bill to incorporate the Laurel
| Hill Norfolk County Horticultural Company,
| after an unimportant amendment, was passed
| by the House.
The Committee on Propositions reported ad-
versely upon the proposition to relieve the sher-
ifs whose papers were destroyed during the
war; Agreed to.
| COMMISSIONER S COMPENSATION.
The House resumed the consideration of the
bill providing the compensation of the commits
sloners appointed by this State to confer with
commissioners ON the part of West Virginia
Mr.. Bentley moved to amend the Senate S
| amendment so as to make the compensation six
dollars per day and mileage (Mr. Bentley re-
marking that this was precisely the same COM
pensation allowed to members Of the Legisla-
ture).
| This amendment was concurred in, and, as
amended, the bill passed. It allows six dollars
per diem to each commissioner while in the
service of the Commonwealth, and mileage at
the rate OF four cents per male, to be paid upon
the affidavit of the commissioner as to the dis
lance he has travelled And this pay and mile
age is to Exclude all other charges"
| SENATE, Thursday Feb. 7th-A joint res
olution was received from the House, stating
| that, with the concurrence of the Senate, they
would proceed to the election of Major Generals
and Brigadier Generals on Wednesday next the
| 18th instant at I o'clock p M.
On motion Of Mr.. Lee, the Senate disagreed
to the resolution of the House.
House bill making an appropriation to defray
the expenses OF commissioners appointed to set
tie with West Virginia, with the amendmen:
proposed by the House of Delegates to the
! amendment OF the Sanate, was taken up.
The Senate disagreed to the amendment Of
the House OF Delegates by unanimous vote
after remarks by Messrs Trout and Ould and
the action Of the Senate was ordered to be com
municated to the other branch.
BILLS PASSED.
House bill to amend and re-enact the 10th
section Of chapter Isl of the Code, in relation
to property sold under attachment
House bill to amend the act in relation te
parties to suits.
Senate bill to amend the first section of chap
ter rs of the Code of Virginia, edition of 1860
and to repeal sections q 8, 4, 5, 6, and 7 Of
said chapter, in relation to aliens.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House resumed the consideration of the
bill for the regulation Of express transportation
on railroads. The question being upon the
substitute proposed by Mr.. q. Turner to the
bill reported by the Committee of Roads.
The question on Mr. Turner's substitute was
declared in the affirmative-aye 81 noes, 49,
| The question recurring upon ordering the
substitute, as amended, to its engrosslnent, was
decided in the affirmative.
THE LICENSE TAX.
On motion of Mr. Crump, the House tool
up the bill in relation to assessment of taxes or
licenses
The House proceeded to consider the bill BY
sections and to amend the same No impor
tant amendment was made.
Mr.. Pendleton moved to strike out the pro
vision of the bill which permitted an eating
house to retail wine and spirituous or malt Ii
quors to be drank at such house. Rejected
On motion of Mr.. Patterson, the bill was SC
amended as to allow persons living further than
five miles from q town or city to charge trav
eller for a meal, &C., without taking out Ii
cense.
Before getting through the consideration Of
the bill, the House adjourned.
SENATE, Friday, Feb. Sth.-In the Senate
fto-day, the session was mainly taken up in dis.
cussing the proposed bill in relation to the
State debt. The vote taken on its indefinite
postponement' ayes 3, noes 22-seems to be
decisive of the sense OF the Senate, and was
regarded as, In some measure, test of that
body S intention. We infer, therefore, thatthe
bill without material change, as proposed by
Senator McRae, will be enacted. This bill
proposes to recognize the obligation of Virginia
to pay taoo-thirds of the entire debt existing at
the time of her ACKNOWLEDGMENT; invites holders
of her bonds, whether registered or coupon, to
present them to the Second Auditor, who is
required to issue in lieu thereof certificates for
two-thirds of their amount respectively. Up
on these certificates the Treasurer is required
to pay interest at the rate of four per cent, for
the first year, and the terms of the act are SO
contrlved that the rate of interest is graduated
during the first ten years so as to Average sac
per cent. per 0nna,na, and after the first ten
| years will be sac per cent. per AMMAN.
The next most important subject Of to-day S
legislation was in regard to the bill to aid the
| Virginia Immigration Society," The bill gives
to the society a subsidy of two dollars percapito
for each immigrant brought to the State by its
instrumentalities, provided the amount shall
not exceed ten thousand dollars per 0nnatna, and
requires the society to pay back into the treas
ury four dollars per capita for every such i'm
migrant who shall become chargeable to the
| Commonwealth as pauper.
The bill to incorporate the Ladies OakWood
Memorial Association was passed under sus-
pension Of the rules unanimously, and is now
a law.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES
/ In the House, several bills, resolutions, and
petitions we're presented. Reports from COM
mittees were received and agreed to. The
Finance committee reported that under the Con-
stltution they had no power to grant the petition
of Messrs. Barring Bros, of London, and the
House sustained the report The same COM
mittee reported adversely to the proposition to
submit to vote Of the people whether they
| would rnpooI Tho ,,cur,- low Tho House 49,