Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-01-26
LETTER from Richmond.

Correspondence of the Aienandria Ga=etce.]
RICHMOND, January 25,-Reapportionmcnt is
again on the ''tapis.' At Il meeting of the Com
mittce of the Conservative Conference, held last
night, Mr. Turner presented his planas compel
ing proposition to that submitted by Col Penn,
a synopsis of which has been published. Mr.
Turner proposes to reapportion upon basis Of
one Senator for each 81, 140 of population, and
one delegate for every $4,000 inhabitants. Ac-
cording to his arrangement, Alexandria, Fairfax
and Prince William are made IL district; Lou
doun and Fauquicr another; Culpcpcr, Madison
Rappahannock and Greene another; Frederick
Shenandoah and Clarke another; Rockingham,
Page and Warren another; Stafford Spotsylva-
nia King George and Wcstmoreland another,
and Caroline, Louisa and Orange another AL
cxandria is reduced to one delegate; Fairfax and
Prince William arc united, and have two dele
gates; Frederick and Clarke have also two; Car
olnc and King George two; Loudoun and Fau-
qucr have each two Culpeper and Rappahan-
mock between them two Richmond city has one
Senator and five delegates Bedford, Campbell,
including the city Of Lynchburg, and Franklin
are embraced in ono Senatorial district and Is
the only one allowed two Senators under this ar
rangcment.
In the Senate to-day, II bill was introduced
transferring the Jurisdiction overthe court houses
of the different counties to the judges thereof
At present the Board of County Supervisors has
control, and the object of the bill is to prevent a
conflict of authority
The bill amending the charter of the city OF
Alexandria, Us amended by the Committee on
General Laws, allowing the present Mayor to re-
main in office for the time for which he was elect
ed under the law existing at the time Of his cleo
ton, was ordered to be cngrossed, and, under a
suspension of the rules, was passed. 1t may be
proper to state that the gentlemen Of the City
Council who came here on that subject fully ac-
ouicsced in the amendment proposed by the COM
mttee.
The Committee on General Laws reported a
bill amending tho code in relation to taking fish
lin the waters of the State, which provides that
no person shall, after the 18th Of June and before
the 18th Of September, haul q seine below the
mouth of any river. The bill relates to the
Eastern Shore principally.
y bill was passed providing a charter for the
town Of Front Royal,
A bill was also reported increasing the COM
pensation of sherifs, scrgeants, coroners and
constables, about 331 per cent.
The oyster tax bill was reported from the COM
mittee 1t provides for the establishment of
measures by which oysters are to be sold pro-
hibits the taking of oysters by non-residents and
provides for the trial of offenders against the law
before justice of the peace. Amendments were
proposed allowing the taking Of oysters in all
parts of Chesapeake bay and the sounds thereof,
in water not less than 20 feet, not extending to
the mouths of rivers and creeks
The bill appointing board to cqualizc the as
scssmcnt of lands in the State was taken up,
amended and laid on the table.
The bill providing for Il removal of the Court
House of Hanover county from its present loca-
ton to Ashland, was ordered to be cngrosscd.
The bill amending tho charter Of the Alcxan-
dria and Fredericksburg Railroad, now pending
before the House, was introduced in the Senate
to-day by Mr. Lewis, Of Lancaster, and referred
to the Committee on Roads.
Mr.. Harris presented to the Senate the petition
of certain citizens of the county of Mecklenburg,
representing that A p. Lathrop, Senator from
said county, was not at the time of his election a
resident thereof, and praying that the matter
may be cnquircd into.
In the House of Delegates bills were reported
amending the act in regard to the unloading of
ballastto prevent unloading of ballast in the Pc
tomnc below Alexandria; and in relation to the
issue of land warrants.
Bills were presented amending the act to cs-
tablish system of public free schools, and
amending the act for holding corporation courts
The tax bill was further discussed, and the
question of what should be considered income
considered but no result arrived ut when the
House adjourned.