Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-02-24
PROC EEDSGs oF gnE LEG.S-
LAIURE.

RIclllosD, Feb. II There was little
OF interest dne+in the Legislature to das
ibe seuste passed the bill lcgalz.ng
the acts OF p.eseat incun,betsts Of Offices
&c, v,cating tbs oiIees Of clerks Of
eoar.s, AID giving to the Judges. .he,,
siectsd the power OF appointing clerks to
aes Until elected.
Tie bill was adopted in consequence
OF doubts existiagas to..hether .he preseni
Constitution Aoss not vacate the otiices If
the Sac. and provides that acts done bv
officers since the 20;h Of January, 1870 !
sre iegahzea provided that such officers
as Gave given Donas shall rspcY then
si5hin twenty days after the passage ii
this act. 1t also provides taa, executive
sad Judicial ofhcess ami oihers Of the same
character are 10 held Office until provisions
are Alat.e hy law The es5ces of County
and CircGis Court Clerks sre vacated al
iae Dext term held by Judges electee
under the Cuustltution, and the Judge
are authorized TO appoiu: clerks, who shall
hold atisce until the regular election and
qualification of their successors. All the
lsauioa Senators voted ag;,ins. the passage
o. tie biz.
A resolution w~s adopted iustructing
the Coaisitteo on Courts Of Justice 10
s.qa..e into the expedicney Of repairing
slii, securing lien in favor et,colnmassion
merchants, tor amounts advanced for.
fertilizers. Also, g resolution inYulring
into the expediency of selling the States
inter- st in railroad ard other corporations
! 4 bill requiring ore months notice oi
| loss o. certificates of stock, iastead OF three
months. as now. was passed.
The House OF Delegates passed bill
| provi'!ine sor she election of General
perintendenF of Pahle tastruciien aul
liking his salary al 81 800.
There was considerable discussion in
The House Gu the report of the committee
| III reference to the election of D 5. Son
ators. to succeed Judge Johnston, and
vide difference OF oplniau as 10 when the
organization of the present Legislature
/ perfected. = Il considered that Judge is
;erm did not ex piro uatil March 4th 1871,
but sofa. theugns that the Legislature
which met in Oetoter last WAS merely i
/ provisional body. and that it ifst met "a
the Constitutional Legislature on the 9th
| inst Hence it was dllaintaiued that uoder
the act Of Congress it is Incumbent upon
! The present boly to elect Seuatr for the
! serui commencing March 1871. On the
/ Other hsnd it was eontended that ths
| Legislature yeis,uh ..aet ir Oelaber was a
regularly constituted bniy. and that the
choice Of Senator at tn tame was valid ana
that consequently the Legislature Should
not elect until 1871.
Mr. Budd. Of Leudon. introduced a
joint resolution authorizing the Superinten
| dent of The Pcniien.iary to employ twenty
additional men, to DO duty as interior
guard in the Peniten'iary. His reason
FOR Introducing the resolution. was sis'
he bad been Informed that the convicts
were dispIessed with the raeantiy elected
superintendent projecting aaFdweH, re-
t,l>ing TO work, aud Threatening 10 Kill
NJ Stfuiher. &c. The resolution waa
adopted at oncs.
Its said that the Committee on County
organization OF The touse VIII rep::'-
adversely on the propositions to make tbs
present nagisieFinl districts taGnSh'ps.
Ter :he reason that n msny If the tidewater
and scutASide Counties the coiored people
being III suci, large majority vii! eiec'
Ill the of5cels provided for In tie Go,s-i
tatinG. from lhat cl.ss Q. persons, t" the
de;rinaoslt OF fite people OF fhoss eoHntiss
1 snd taeir ti.e interest
The Senate has PASSED. a hill enabling
.he present oliae-hoiders in the State to
aold over Until their successors aF.. 'eie.cf-
81 OF appointed In the House Gill wa,
reported that i: was in expediek to 60
into election for United States Senator
| for the term commencing March dS41.
A joint resolution was adopted by the
Legisi .tlre yesterday 10 furnish Az armed
guard a, the State prison, where NUT
my is threatened by convcss dissatisfied
with the removal of The late super!uten
dent
In tho Senate. friday, the report Of
the committee relative to filing the
vacancies in the Officers Of a1iees. Gov
aod Attorney General was rccenmiised
A bill was introduced for the charter of
the Potomac and Rappsllannock 4. K
| No other business OF Importance.
in tie House Of Delegates, the reso'u-
ton reinting to the eiea.ion OF u. )
Senator was debated and laid over The
Senate bill for the payment of per diem
for the recess in October. was passed. A
bill vas Introduced to Incorporate the
! Potomac sad Manassas r L. Many
resolutions of inqniry into various sudjecie
were offered Bills we're reported to in
corporate the picdn1ons Land. lmmigrs-
ION aud Savings Baak ; III incorporate
i he yirgiba in.crnational Lana and
Trust Company, aud to ineorporsts the
Virginia Land Company
RIcnNosp, Feb 1.-The Legislature to
day. estsi j. l. 'sh.a@elford. s.cani aalit
! yr Ct -lle State. Tas election vial also secure
| 10 the state he services Of taen. Asa Rogers,
the fofner Second Auditor, whI wsll ia
/ ioabtedly. have been rejected Lad it net been
thai ne snors under disabilities.
ar. " ". ?. Ketiam Of acc mac vas eiee-
/ ed Register Of HE Lapd oftice. a position Tor
.;hich b il said 10 be well qualified.
| The spo1lion Of the Leg stature is -
| make the best seieciona, from the material
presen ed Tor Judges unwilling longer . wait
upon Congress tor the r.moral of The political
disabilities of our people. Ii being the imrres-
sion thar no ii will pc passed Tor th.ir relet
] ati cur State officers are eleesed. Under
/ this Impression. nj election OF The JUICES
| sii be pressed, and While the eleciioa w.il
ihus hs .lim.ted yea ii il taonght best to GO
.hesd and 10 the besl ibat osn be, under b.,