Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-03-04
GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
SENATE

WEDNESDAY, Feb. Z3rd.--Ihe Senate bill
to provide for filling vacancies in the Office
of Lieutenant Governor and Attorney Gen
eral was taken up and House amendment,
provide for continuing in Office the officer
appointed by the General Assembly unit
their successors were elected, was disagree,
to.
The House bill in relation to the interes
on money, with Senate amendments, wa
taken up and.passed.
The bill providing for Superintendent Q
Public instruction as amended by fixing tn
salary at $1,000 instead Of $25O0 was take
up and amended and passed fixing the sala
~ $4,000, ''for the first year of service an,
thereafter such annual salary as may be de
termined by law"
Mr.. Roller offered a resolution to enqnir
into the expediency of incorporating a Com
pany to construct a Railroad from Gordons.
vile to Grafton West Va, or some othe
point on the Baltimore & Ohio R. r.
The following bills were offered and re
ferred to Committee on Courts:
To amend section 8, chapter 1OS Of tt,
code in relation to marriages within certain
degrees Of relationship.
10 amend section 6, chapter SO, of thu
code in relation to discount.
HOUSE.
Reported from Committees:
A bill to incorporate the Woodstock man.
%ufacturing company;
A bill to district the State for county
judges; 5.sM
Mr.. Cochran, of Augusta offered a reso.
luton to enquire into the expediency of ex.
empting from taxation all property used ex-
clusively by the Masonic and Odd Fellows
institutions for benevolent, charitable and
educational purposes.
The House bill in regard to Alexandra,
Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad, was ia.
ken up and amended and ordered to be en-.
crossed. The amendment changes the name
to that of Virginia & Ohio Railroad Com
pany." aa 5.- ~-o..9r
The House bill to incorporate the Win.
chester & Luray Valley Railroad was taken
up and discussed at some length.
A message from the Governor was receiv
ed, citing the various oaths of the code
1860. the Constitution and Reconstruction
acts and requesting the Legislature to de ;lare
what oaths officers are required to take. He
takes occasion to defend. and maintain the
correctness of his suggestion in his message
to select the ahlest and purest men for judi.
cial positions, and if any have political disa.
bilities to apply to Congress to remove them
He cites the precedent set by Congress il
the case of the Governor and other State
officers in North Carolina, as will be furth-
er shown in several cases in Mississippi.
JOS y.g5 SENATE.
THURSDAY, Feb. 24.-The Governors
Message was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
A joint resolution that it is improper for
any member Of the General Assembly to be
elected to any Office of profit or emolumen1
in the gift of the General Assembly, was
offered, amended and laid on the table.
A resolution to proceed with the election o.
Lieutenant Governor and Superintendent o.
Public Instruction on Wednesday March
End, (the House concurring) was adopted
A resolution was offered to enquire into
the expediency ofgranting a right Of way 70,
the Pittsburg Pa. and Charleston s. C. Rail
way, from the line of the State of West Va.
to Covington, Allegheny, thence to Virgin
la & Tennessee R. r., and to the Virginia
State line in direction of its terminus.
HOUSE.
Senate bill in relation to interest on mon
ey referred to Committee on Courts.
THO fonou;nr I'LL, NOV, on..al
A bill directing Auditor to apply for land
scrip to which Virginia is entitled under the
act Of Congress of July End 1862.
A bill from the committee on cities and
Towns to fill vacancies in offices. 1t declares
that officers under military appointment have
no right to exercise the functions of civil
officers since the admission of the State and
declares said Offices vacant, but legalizes
their acts. 1t gives circuit court judges
the power to appoint clerks, pro tenepore,
and the Governor the power to appoint JUS
tees Of the peace and oonstables,
The same committee reported d bill for
the more efdcien: government of cities and
towns providing for appointment by the Gov
ernor of councilmen and trustees, said coun-
cilmen and trustees to appoint all municipal
officers, the present officers to continue till
their successors are appointed.
Mr.. Popham offered a resolution Of en-
quiry into the expediency of chartering a
railroad from Harrisonburg to Covington.
The House receded from its amendment
to Senate bill to provide for filing a vacan-
cy in the Office of Lieutenant Governor and
Attorney General.
The bill to provide for filing vacancies
in offices &c, was taken up and discussed
till the hour for adjournment.
WoMANLY MoDEsTy .-Man loves the mys-
FERROUS. A clouldles sky, the full blown
rose, leave him unmoved, but the violet
which hides ;fo hlueb;no boo,+,o, hob;,d ~,