Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-02-25
SENATE.

this time of U. S. Senator for the term be.
ginning March 4th 1871.
A resolution that (the House concurring>
the General Assembly proceed to elect .
Superintendent Of Public printing on Mon
day 21st inst, was adopted
A bill to regulate judicial sales and pre-
vent the sacrifice Of property was presented.
The committee on courts reported a bill to
legalize the acts of existing officers and to
fill vacancies.
The House bill to adjust the public debt
with the State Of West Virginia was passed.
A resolution was offered, that the Com.
mittee on Courts of Justice be instructed to
report a bill defining the duties of county
judges before the election of the same
Adopted.
A resolution was offered, directing the ap-
propriate committee to enquire into the ex-
pediency of allowing judges in all civil cases
to decide matters of fact as we'll as Of law
unless a jury be asked by one of the parties.
Adopted. II
The following resolutions were offered !:
To enquire into the expedency of convert
ing the State Guard into a military school
for young men, in connection with the duties
Of guarding c%onvicts.
To enquire by what right the Sheriff and
Commonwealth Attorney for Pittsylvania
hold their Offices.
10 request Congress to accord belligerent
rights to the Cuban patriots.
To enquire into the status Of J. A..
McCaul. member of the House from Roa-
noke, and whether he is a citizen of the
United States.
The Committee on courts report that
Judge H. B. Burnham, Of the court Of APP
peals, is not lawfully holding his Office, be-
ing also a military officers Of the Federal
Government. They reserve for a future re-
port, if demanded, whether, upon other
grounds, Judges Willoughby aud Dorman
are lawfully exercising the functions Of
Judges of the court Of Appeals.
Senate Bill incorporating the Harrison
burg and Rawley Springs Turnpike was
passed.
The bill reported from the Committee of
Courts Of Justice "to protect the property
of householders and heads of families until
GAC plOtlSAOur VI IL AUu1CSlCdu law CaA NC
carried into effect" was then considered.
VIZ. Walker Of Westmoreland addressed
the House at some length in favor Of a sub
stitute entitled
A bill to prevent the seizure and sale of
property, under execution or otherwise, uu-
til the enactment Of laws necessary for car
rying into effect the provisions of the 18th
article of the constitution, concerning home
steads.
Mr.. Kelly Of Smythe followed in favor Of
the bill, and against the substitute.
1t was on motion passed by for the pre-
sent.
The joint committee on the subject Of
printing reported that they had taken a
large mass Of testimony, and recommended
that the present system be continued. and
that a Superintendent of Public Printing be
elected in a short time.
The committee also reported that they
should propose amendments to the present
bill on the subject.
THURSDAY, Feb. 17th.-The bill legaliz-
ing the acts Of existing officers and to fill
vacancies in the same was taken up and
= passed.
A resolution was offered, that the mem
bers of the Senate and House are entitled tx
per diem for the first recess of the Legisla'
ture but not for the second Referred to thu
committee on Finance.
The appropriate committees were, by res
~olutions adopted, directed to enquire int
the expediency Of various propositions, viz
I, OF securing q lien in favor Of commission
merchants for advances made for fertilizere
Of selling all stocks, bonds and other evi
; dences Of debt, owned by the State in joint
stock companies, upon such terms as to al
! low the purchasers of the same to use tn.
!, bonds Of the State in payment thereof.
. HOUSE.
The House agreed to Senate resolution tt
r elect Public Printer on Monday, 2lst inst.
Committee On rules reported adverse tt
: appointing a standing committee On immi'
grafton.
The following bill was reported
To enable officers now holding Offices il
Virginia by military appointment or other
wise to hold over until their successors are
elected or appointed and have duly qualified
t to ratify and confirm the official acts Of al
such officers, and to provide for filling va
%cancies in the Offices of justices and consta
} bles.
A resolution was offered, That the Com
; mittee on Finance be instructed to enquire
whether the present commissioners of thu
= revenue throughout the State are authorized
, to proceed with the assessment Of Licenses
and taxation of property under the acts o
1861.
The House took up and passed the follow
3 ing bill;
/. Be 1t enacted by the General Assem-
: bly,, That there shall be elected by the Gen
. oral Assembly, in joint ballot, every foul
years a superintendent Of public instruction
, who shall reside at the capital aad have tn,
general supervision Of the public free school
interests Of the State, and, in addition to thu
/ duties prescribed in the constitution, shall
perform such other duties as may be hereaf
> ter prescribed by law.
} 2. He shall give bond, to be approved BY
the Governor, in the penalty Of twenty
thousand dollars, which bond shall be trans
mitted to. and fled in the Office Of the audi
tor Of public accounts.
3. He shall receive an annual salary Of
twenty-five hundred dollars. payable out o
the treasury in quarterly instalments, aud
! his necessary travelling expenses incurred ii
the performance of his duties, not exceeding
, two hundred and fifty dollars in any one
year. This act shall be in force from its
passage.
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