Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-04-16
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
EXTRA SESSION.


HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met at II o'clock. and the roll
being called the following members responded
to their names:
r, Messrs. Brown, Dickinson, Fields, Glendy,
Goode, Graves, Hansbrough Holmes, Jackson,
hendrlcks, Kllby, Mcdonald, Miller, Moore,
Peed, Scott, j. Med Taylor, William F. B.
Taylor, Trout, W. A. Turner, Wall, Wolff,
and the Speaker-23
MR.. Watkins came in after the roll was called,
ana moved, as there was no quorum present,
tnat the House take recess till II o clock
Agreed to.
The House re-assembled at IL clock, when
the following members answered to their names:
Messrs. Booker, Brown, Childress, Crump,
DAWSON, Dickerson, Evans, Fields, Glendy,
Goode, Graves, Gray, Hancock, Harris, Hans
6rough, Holmes, Jackson, Kellam, kendrick,
Allby, Lee, Leonard, Long, Marshall, Martin,
Mcdonald, Merritt, Miller, Moore, Owen, Peed,
Scott, Smith, ]. Mcdowell Taylor, W. p. B.
Taylor, Trout, Turner, Wall, Watkins, White,
wilson, Woltz, Woodbridge, Wyatt, and the
Speaker-44
:, No quorum being present, on motion by Mr.
Graves, the House adjourned.
SENATE, Thursday, April l1.-On motion of
Senator Boiling, the Senate bill, No. %, to
amend the I'd section of chapter ll9 OF the
Code In relation to mechanics liens on buildings
was taken up, and he moved to amend the bill
so as to make the lien obtained ensure also, to
the benefit of the sub-contractors and persons
to whom the contractor holding such lien may
be indebted for materials and labor.
Senator McRae moved to amend the amend
ment by providing that ''such sub-contractors
shall, jointly or severally, file petitions at any
time before final decree, making themselves
parties to the suit" which amendment was &C
cepted by Senator Boiling, and the amendment,
as thus modified, was agreed to-
After some further consequential amendments
proposed by Senators Ould and Boiling respec-
lively, the bill was ordered to be engrossed and
read the third time and being forthwith en-
crossed, on the further motion of Senator Boil
ling, it was read the third time and passed.
INTEREST COUPONS IN ADVANCE.
On motion Of Senator McRae, the Senate
bill, No. 2, authorizing the issue of certificates
in the nature of coupons In anticipation of the
semi-annual interest on registered bonds, and
authorizing the use of the same and coupons of
interest in payment of public dues, was taken
up, and, on his further motion, it was ordered
to be engrossed and read the third time Be-
ing forthwith engrossed, on the further motion
of Senator McRae, it was read the third time
and passed-ayes II, noes 2.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
House bill 81, making certain banks in the
city of Richmond repositories of the public
money, coming up on its second reading.
Mr.. Baldwin moved to recommit the bill
He had heard from the highest authority that
some of the State depostaries had used their
influence to depreciate the bonds of the State
by decrying the Act Of Assembly providing for
the payment OF interest on the State debt, and
pronouncng the act impossible to execute
He wanted this affair sifted, and if such were
proven to be the case, he favored removing the
State funds from any bank whose officers might
have, for the benefit of their private interests
or to aid them in stock-jobbing operations, at
tempted to iniure the credit ofthe State, which
no one should be allowed with impunity to trihe
with. He should move, therefore, to recon-
NIT the bill to the Committee on Banks, with
Instructions to inquire whether any depository
OF the public money, Or any officer thereof, has
been guilty of any improperly in connection
with the proposed payment ofinterest upon the
pubic debt, or any attempt to obstruct such
payment, or otherwise to impair the public Gre
dit, and that the said committee have authority
to send for persons and papers.
SENATE, Friday, April Ion motion of
Senator Boiling, Senate bill, No. 26, to provide
for the completion of a line of railway from the
Virginia seaboard to the Mississippi and Ohio
rivers by facilitating the construction Of the
Cumberland Gap Railroad, was taken up-ayes
Is, noes 10.
Thereupon Senator MERCER moved to lay the
bill on the table and make it the order of the
day for tomorrow at l o'clock.
Senator Cabell moved to amend this motion
so as to make it the order of the day for Mon
day next, but the Senate refused to agree to
the amendment.
The question recurring on the motion of Sen
ator MERCER, it was agreed to.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The following bills were passed:
House bill 40, to incorporate the Scottsville
Woollen Manufacturing Company
House bill Al, to provide for record Of United
and for other purposes.
House bill 40, to provide for an index to the
statutes at large.
MIR. Baldwin urged the passage of the bill
on the ground OF the great necessity of such
work, and said that as the book would be in
great demand, the sales would reimburse the
State for all the expenses incurred in getting it
up. The bill was passed by vote of ayes so,
noes 2.
House bill 4s, to incorporate the town Of
Jonesville.
House bill 81, to authorize the court of Nor
fork county to issue registered bonds.
House bill 80, for Furnishing injuries to burial
grounds.
House bill IS, to amend section 3, chapter %
of the Code, exempting certain officers of Ma
tional banks in Virginia from serving on juries-
House bill 81, to authorize the issue of five
coupon bonds of the State to w. B. Blair, for
principal and interest in lieu of five lost bonds
Ayes 81, noes |.
House bill 68, to amend sections 63, 81 and
3, chapter IS of the Code, in relation to lunatic
asylums
House bill 70, relating to qualifications and
requirements of voters of the town of Manches-
ter.
A number of important bills were lowing to
the thinness Of the House) passed by, among
House bill al, to amend the usury laws so
as to allow the payment OF 8 per cent. interest
when the contract is in writing.
To this bill is pending substitute offered by
Mr. Crump, allowing as high rate Of interest
as 10 per cent. by special contract not to extend
beyond one year. Said contracts to be written
on stamped paper furnished by the State au-
thOrties, the rate of interest agreed upon set
forth in the contract, tax being imposed on
each 800 so loaned, and tax on all interest
in excess Of per cent. to be paid to the State.
The Valley Spirit (Chambersburg, Pa.,)
says:
''The nineteen months which intervene between
now and the Presidential election will witness
the decline and fall of a party which has done
more mischief, shed more blood, squandered
more treasure, kindied more diabolical passions,
and inflicted deeper wounds on constitutional
government than any other political party that
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