Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-21

during the Christmas holidays, providing that
! no per diem BE- allowed the members during
the recess; but, notwithstanding the economical
| disposition of the House. it met With bu, little
! favor, aud was lns! b. an almost unanimous
! vote.
! The Committee on Propositions aud GREY
! auccs reported adversely TO increasing che
SALARY Of the vaccine agent Of the State, but
recommended the printing of one Thousand
copies Of directions for applying vaoci nc virus,
! to he distributed to the various Counties cities
! and towns in the State, as pec"s.ty U,sy re.
1uirc, which Was adopted.
Mr. Kelley resolution reducing the pay snd
| mileage of members, was referred to the Com
; mittee on Finance. which action is regarded a.
: a defeat Of this jncinIent Weasurr of 'ret-erh-
! u,cnt and reform
! The bill to amend the ced., ID relation to tie
removal Of causes pending in op, court 70
! another, was rejected.
The bill for tho protection Of Fish III the waters
Of New river and it, tributaries, WAS passed
! The bill prohibits the destruction Of fish 10 the
waters pamcd, by the erection of fish dams, or
by the Use Of seines dip-ne,s, stir-nets. or set
nets, for the period Of Eve Years !rno The pas
sage Of this set.
The bill to Incorporate the Virgins luebriate
Home. vas recommitted The bill, provides
that the mayor of any city or town, or the
Judge Of any court. either town or county, or
any three magistrates thereof,in which any me
bria,e or fabituaI irunkard may reside shall have
the power to commit such inebriate or habitual
drunkard to the Virginia InebHate Home,
upon tho production and filing of 40 affidavit
Of TWO respectable citizens Of such city or coun-
ty 70 the effect that such incbriste or habitusl
drunkard is lost to sefcoDtrol. and unable to
attend to any business Of his own or any one s
else and hlnders rather than promotes the
welfare Of his or her family. or is considered
TOO dangerous 10 remain AT lurgc; but such
commitment shall in Do case tu for longer
period than one year.
Bills aud resolutions were introduced author
izing the collection Of the unpaid taxes OF the
county of Orange for the years 1868 and 1869;
To 3mcnd the code 10 relation to the summon
/ ing of witnesses; inquiring what legislation is
necessary 10 put 1T rest the dissatisfaction IN
many portions OF the State on the alleged
grounds Of discrimination on account Of color
in relation to sunmOnng jurors; lDquirlny into
. the expedlency Of comforting upon commission
era the power to administer naths in all courts
allowed to Justices Of the peace and notsrles
; public.
The following resolution gas referred IN The
Committee on Finance
, Resolrrd That the Committee on Finance
b. instructed to report forthwith. bill author.
: iziug the accounting officers Of the State on
and after the lst day of January, 1872 ~ pay
| ! the whole interest due on the funded debt OF
the State On said lst day Of January 1872, and
aleo two hirds Ut the interest due ou the un-
! funded debt Of the State
The proposition 20 suspend the psyruun, Of
the interest % the public debt was taken mp,
. when An amendment to Mr. Walkers rcsolu-
: ton. instrurtiiIg the Auditor to regard the
opinion OF the Attorney General 10 relation 10
the payment Of interest on the public debt, Tas
offered BY MIR. Coghill and accepted, instructiDa
the AUDITORS to respect ti": opinion ii the Al
: iorney General.
! The discussion OF the question was then pro.
cecded with, Messrs Dooley aud 4. I. Daniel
: opposing in strong terms the passage Of the
resolution, and Mr. Walker Of Pulaski, alvo-
eating it.
Mr. Beaton gave hie rca>oiIs for voting against
the Suspension Of the payment Of interest He
had voted with the friends OF this measure the
other day because they said they only wished
time to look into the question.
Mr. Head, of Loudoun, was urtquiynca!ly
, opposed to the funding bill, and would vote for
q suspension of its operations. but believed that
the money collected from the people to pay the
interest should be- applied to that purpose. Any
other application Of those funds would be un-
Just alike to tax payers and bond holders. He
also thought the opinion Of the Attorney Gener-
al wrong, and was surprised that those who,
: like him, were opposed 70 the funding bill
: should now show the white feather, sud fight
under cover of that opuion.
Mr. Sutherlin offered the following ~ub1,tu.
&c to the pending propositions
BE it enacted hy the General Assembly
That it shall be tbe duty of tie Auditor OF
Public Accounts 70 pay into the public treasury
from time to time subject to the warrant Of
the Second Auditor 50 much Of to-. public re-
venue as the said Second Auditor may certify
to be necessary to pay the interest on the pub
lie debt az provided 70. by an act approved
March 80, 1871, entitled an act to provide for
the funding and payment Of the public debt. y
! Mr.. Clopton moved to amend the above sub
stitute by inserting after the words interest
Oh the public debt the words tina, may be-
come due and payable on the lst January, 1872. y
Mr. Walker addressed the House in Support
Of his proposition, aud concluded with mo-
ton to refer the whole subject to the finance
committee.
Mr. Sutherjin pr: tested against the reference
to a committee at this stage. This was just
what he and his friends had asked for days ago
and what the gentleman from Pulaski Mr..
Waikerl had successfully opposed.
Mr. Walker then withdrew hiS motiou to re-
fer, and the House adjourned.
Bishop McCIill's condition is considerably
worse than for the last TWO or three days. His
sister has been telegraphed for. Much grief
il manifested by his friends.
BY TELEGRAPH.
RICHMOND Dec. 2l.-At the session Of the
Senate, last night, after further debate upon
the resolution s,1spendiug the operations of the
Funding bill, it was adopted az it came from
the House of Delegates. by avote of ayes q,
noes T., Messrs. Thomas, Of Fairfax and Tay-
lor of Loudoun. voting in the affirmative. The
resolution will BE- sent to the Governor probab-
ly to-day, and there is considerable interest
manifested as to whether he will sign or veto
it, there being variety Of OPTIONS on the sub
ject.
The House of Delegates, yesterday evening,
continued the..dscusson OF the resolution, in
| trnducad BY Mr. Walker. to stop the payment