The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-04
THE LEGISLATURE,
RICHMOND, March 4.
Senate.

| senate.
Lieutenant Governor in the chair.
SENATE BILLS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES.
To incorporate the town of Luray with
an amendment).
To incorporate the Rockbrid and AL
leghany railroad company.
10 authorize the Orange, Alexandria
and Manassas railroad company to consol-
date and provide for payment of its mort
gage debt
To authorize j. w. Jett to erect pier
head in Hampton Roads.
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD
COMPANY.
The Senate bill for the completion and
extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
| road company, which was ordered to en-
grossment yesterday, was taken mp out of
its order and passed.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To provide for the re-assessment of lands
in the counties of Culpeper and Fauquier.
To amend and re-enact section seven of
an act passed January IA, 1871, entitled
San act to amend and re-enact an act
passed February %, '56, amending an act
for working the roads of Loudoun county
To extend the Jurisdiction of the corpo-
rate authorities OF towns containing less
than five thousand inhabitants.
To authorize the Orange, Alexandria
and Manassas railroad company to endorse
or guarantee bonds of the Lynchburg and
Danville railroad company, and certain
cities, counties and towns, for subscription
to the stock of the said last-named COM
pany.
SENATE BILL ORDERED TO BE ENGRossED.
To aid the Virginia Immigration So
ciety.
PAY OF WITNESSES.
Mr.. Anderson, of Rockbridge, intro
duced bill providing for the payment of
tbe witnesses in attendance or the exami-
nation of the charges preferred against
Judge Mahood. Referred.
The same gentleman also introduced
bill to incorporate the Mining and I'm
provement company of the Valley
of Virginia, which was read twice and re-
ferred. Senate bill to incorporate the
Gordonsville and Chester Gap railroad
company, with the House amendments,
were taken up, and the amendments
agreed to.
Adjourned.
House of Delegates.
House met at 10 A. M. Mr. Hanger
Ia the chair.
BILLS REPORTED.
Senate bill to incorporate the town of
Independence Grayson county.
The following Senate bills heretofore re-
ported with recommendations that they do
not pass and recommitted, were reported
back with recommendations that they do
pass: For the relief of Daniel Dyson.
treasurer, and George w. Whitson, COM
missioner Of the revenue of Petersburg;
for the relief of Fl. X. Bradshaw, commits
soner of the revenue of Alexandria, allow
ing him time to qualify.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE
were granted to Messrs. Fretz, A. Graham,
and Seaton, for one day each; Kelly,
Budd, White aud Strother, two days each
Marshall and Thurman, three days each.
THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LIBERTY.
Mr. Hensley offered a joint resolution,
instructing the keeper of the rolls to re-
tain Senate bill to amend the charter of
the town of Liberty, (passed in the House
yesterday and to return the same to the
Senate. Agreed to.
PASSED.
House bill to vest the title in school |
trustees to a certain lot of land in Smythe
county, was taken up out of its order, on |
motion of Mr. Hensley, and passed.
SPECIAL, ORDER p0STpONFD
House bill providing system of public
schools for cities, and to repeal section
&c, OF the act to establish and main
tain uniform system of public free
schools, being the special order, was, on
motion of Mr.. Hensley, postponed.
CAPT. E. s. GAY.
Mr.. Lovenstein presented a petition of |
e. S. Gay, late Captain Of the Public
Guard, asking for an appropriation of
800. 40, due him for twelve days SER
vice as captain of said company, he hav-
been relieved fron duty on the 18th day
of April 1869, by Gen. Webb, then mill
tary commander of Virginia, and ouly al
lowed pay up to the 1st of the same
month. The petition was referred.
THE STATES INTEREST IN INTERNAL M |
PRovEMENTs.
Senate bill disposing of the States in-
terest in the Orange, Alexandria and
Manassas Railroad company, together
with Mr.. Mahood's substitute, which pro-
vides for the sale of the States interest in
all works of internal improvement, came
up--the question being on Mr.. Woods
amendment to the first section of the sub
stitute.
Messrs. Hensley and Arnett spoke In
favor of the amendment, and Mr.. Thomas
against it, The debate was progressing as
we closed.
Tea Culture Ina California.
Several thousand tea plants were received
in San Francisco last year from Japan, and