Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-01-20
LEGISLATIVE sUMMARY.-On Tbursda,

tne 1Zth, the time of the Senate was con-
sumed In the consideration of the bill to
give judges power to remove Clerks Of
Courts, Commonwealth Attorneys &c., fol
incompetency, and a bill to send Commits.
sioner to England to procure copies of the
Colonial records, in order to settle the cues
ton Of disputed boundary between Mary
land and Virginia.
The House passed the bill consolidating
the 0 & Alexandra & Manassas and Lynch
burg q Danyille R. R. Companies, under
the name of the Virginia & North Carolins
K. Il. Company. upon terms not inconsis
tent With the laws regulating railway corpo
rations, provided that a majority OF the
stockholders of each company ratify tbs
same, and in prescribed manner.
On Friday the-Senate considered the re-
port Of the committee "adverse to the abol
ishment of whipping for petty offences,
which was discussed pro and con, and laiG
over to allow Mr. Green of Petersburg ar
opportunity to present his views.
The resolution to prolong the session tt
March 18th, was discussed, lost, reconsider
ed and laid on the table for further consid
Grafton.
In the House, resolution was proposed
by Mr.. Woodson, Of Craig, to ascertain the
amounts Of money appropriated by the
State, by donations. loans or annuites t.
the University of Virginia and to the Vir
ginia Military Institute, from their founda
ton to the present time. Mr.. Hanger o
Augusta, offered substitute comprising
further the number of benefciaries educated
by, and the value OF the property Of the
State at each of these institutions. The
resolution as amended by the substitute was
adopted.
On Saturday the time of the Senate was
taken up mostly in the discussion of the
question of sending Commissioner to Eng.
land to procure evidence in regard to the
Maryland and Virginia boundary line. The
committee on Courts of Justice reported ad-
versely upon a bill to confer up On married
women the right to continue to hold all
property held by them previous to mar
riage.
The House passed bill incorporating the
"Lee Monument Association"
The substitute Of Mr.. Bell, of Augusta,
in regard to the removal of the Penitentiary
was agreed to and ordered to engrossment.
1t instructs the proper committees Of both
Houses to advertise for proposals for new
site for, and the erection Of, new peniten~
tiary, and to consider, and contract for the
same, subject to the action Of the General
Assembly.
Mr.. Anderson, of Roskbridge, introdu.
ced, on Monday last, in the Senate, very
important bill, providing for the conversion
of the whole public debt Of Virginia, con
tracted prior to April II, 1871, in new reg
istered coupon bonds, to be payable thirty.
four years after date, and to bear six pei
cent. interest per ahnum. To each Of the
proposed bonds there are TO be attached two
sets of coupens-the first for two per cent
Of the semi-annual interest, payable from
and after January LIST, 1872, absolutely
The second lot for one per cent. ofthe semi
annual interest to be payable from and af
ter the same date, provided the public deb
Of Virginia, contracted prior to April II
1861, shall have been apportioned between
this State and West Virginia at the date o.
maturing Of such one per cent. coupons
the coupons to be made receivable in pay
ment Of taxes and all other dues Of the
State. The bill goes fully into the details
Of the plan proposed, and pledges the faith
and credit OF the State to compliance with
its provisions.
In the House the general tax bill for
1871 was taken up, discussed, and will be
considered from day to day until disposed
of.
The St. Domingo Commissioners have
left for that isle d'Afrique." President
Grant has especially charged them to look
out for the lots marked Grant, Babcock &c.
The fine steamboat, T. L. McGill, was
burned on the Mississippi, on Sunday night
last. Fifty lives were lost.
Twenty-four inches Of snow fell at Chica-
go in 48 hours ending Tuesday morning
last.
Chief Justice Chase has been in New
York City for the last fortnight, where his
health continues to improve, and his friends
say that there is now very encouraging
prospect of his restoration.
A North Carolina paper chronicles tbs
residence in that State of man aged 143
years, who, having worn widower's weeds