Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-01-15
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA

SENATE, Tuesday. Jan. Sth.-House bill (No.
64) to authorize the German Reformed Church
at Woodstock, Shenandoah county, to take and
hold additional real estate, not to exceed four
acres in all, was taken up read twice, and then,
on motion of Senator Belew, the rule requiring
its commitment to committee was suspended,
and the bill read third time and passed.
JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA TRANsPoRTA-
TION COMPANY.
Senator Gray, from the Committee on Gen
eral Laws, reported Senate bill mo. 49, to in
corporate the James River and Kanawha Trans
portation Company, which was subsequently,
on motion of Senator Coleman, taken up and
read first and ordered to be read second
time.
On the further motion of Senator Coleman,
the rules were suspended, and the bill read a
second time and ordered to its engrossment and
third reading; and on his further motion the
rules were again suspended, and the bill read
third time and passed.
On motion of Senator Coleman, he was re-
quested to communicate the same to the House
of Delegates.
THE HOMESTEAD BILL
On motion of Senator Ould Senate bill mo.
Az to exempt the homsteads of families, was
ordered to be printed.
This bill provides that every citizen of this
State, male or female, being a householder or
head OF a family, shall be entitled to hold ex-
empt from seizure or sale under any execution
on any judgment or decree rendered after this
act shall take effect, the land and buildings
owned and occupied as residence by such debt
Or; provided the quantity Of land shall not ex-
coed one hundred and sixty acres nor the val
ue thereof the sum Of fifteen hundred dollars
inclusive of improvements and such exemption
hall "a e IL
holder or head of family, for the benefit of
the widow and family of the deceased, some or
one Of them continuing to occupy such home
stead, until the youngest child shall become
twenty-one years of age, and until the death Of
the widow: provided that the laws now in force
respecting executions against real estate shall
apply to all cases where any lieu has been ac-
quired before this act shall take effect.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
The following resolution was offered by Mr..
burlington:
Whereas, the people of this Commonwealth
are DESTROYS that speedy action should be had
upon the amendment proposed by the 39th
Congress to the Constitution of the United
States; and whereas, it is almost the universal
wish that said proposed amendment should not
be ratified:
Resolved, That the Committee of Resolutions
of this House of Delegates, to whom the mat
ter has been referred for upwards of thirty days,
be and they are hereby instructed to report an
naediately to this House on the subject of the
proposed amendment, in order that said speedy
action may be had, as demanded by the inter
est and honor of the Commonwealth.
The House refused to refer the above to the
committee, and adopted the resolution by the
following vote: ayes 50, nays l6.
SENATE, Wednesday, Jan. 9th.-Mr. Trout,
from Augusta, reported, from the Committee
for Courts of Justice, without amendment,
Senate bill to repeal an act entitled an act to
prohibit attachments in certain cases. Passed
Mr.. Tout, from the Committee for Courts of
Justice, reported House bill, with amendments,
amending the 5th section of chapter l1S of the
Code of Virginia, relative to the recording of
deeds. Passed.
RESOLUTIONS.
By Mr.. Mitchell, ofBedford- That the Com
mittee on Finance enquire into the propriety Of
increasing the tax upon the distilation ofwhis-
key, or any other spirits made of grain, by levy
ing a specific tax on distilleries commensurate
with their capacity for distilling liquors. A
greed to.
By Mr.. Hannah,
Resolved, That the Committee on Roads, &c.,
enquire into the expediency of levying tax ON
all passengers travelling through this State
Agreed to.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REJECTED.
Mr.. Boiling, from the Committee on Federal
Relations, stated that he was instructed by that
committee to make the following report:
Resolued, by the General assembly Of Vugsa-
ia, That it declines to ratify the 18th article
proposed as an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States.
Resolved further, That this resolution be com
muncated by the Governor to the Secretary Of
State of the United States.
The report was signed
GEORGE W. Boiling, n. K. TROUT,
w. E. MERCER, A. L. GRAY,
N. B. MEADE. G. L. CROCKETT,
JOHN III, LEE, E. G. ROBINSON,
DALE CARTER, +. w. LEMosY,
Committee.
On motion of Mr. Meade the rules were sus-
pended, when the resolutions passed by the fol
lowing vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Alexander, Belew, Boiling,
Cabel Carter, Coleman, Crockett, Davis, Du-
lany, Gait, Gray, Hannah Lawson Lee, Lem
osy McRae, Meade MERCER, Miller, Mitchell,
Ould, Peck, Richmond, Robinson, Taliaferro,
Trout and Westinghouse.
NOes-nOne.
DGlOTe Tie IoSOluClOHS WCiC COHIHuHICdIcu W
the House. communication was received from
that body through Mr.. Wilson, Of Lynchburg,
announcing that the House had rejected said
amendment The resolutions Of the House
were referred to the Committee on Federal Re-
lations, which, by leave, held meeting during
the session Of the Senate and reported, through
Mr.. Boiling, of Petersburg, in favor of the
adoption of the joint resolutions of the House
in lieu of those previously adopted by the Sen
ate.
The report of the committee was unanimous
ly agreed to, and Mr.. Robinson, of Norfolk,
was appointed by the Chair to inform the
House of Delegates Of the action Of the Senate.
On motion of Mr.. Meade, of Frederick, the
Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REJECTED.
The House Committee on Resolutions re-
ported as follows:
The Committee on Resolutions, to whom was
referred that portion Of the Governors annual
message which refers to communication ofthe
10th of June, 1866, sent to him by the Secre-
tary of State of the United States, respectfully
report that they have had the same under con-
sideration, and recommend the adoption Of the
following preamble and resolutions:
WHEREAS, The Governor of the State has in
formed this General Assembly, that, on the 10th
of June last, the Secretary of State of the Uni
ted States forwarded to him an official copy of
a joint resolution of Congress proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States which joint resolution is in the following
words
Here is inserted the amendment, which we