Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-03-28

10 incorporate the Norfolk and Princess
Anne Turnpike Company the title being chan
ged by striking out the Princess Anne and
inserting ''Kempsville'0
| To authorize district school trustees to bor-
row money.
10 provide new charter for the town of
| Charlottesville.
The following House bills were passed:
10 amend certain sections of the Code in re-
latlon to the penitentiary.
10 amend the acts Of 1869-'7O in relation to
vacancies in township Offices
Io amend the act to provide charter for the
town Of Front Royal.
For the protection of religious meetings and
the preservation Of order at the same.
10 amend the Code concerning warrants and
small claims.
10 amend the act to incorporate the town of
Orange
10 amend the Code in relation to the Poto.
mac fisheries
| 10 authorize the repairing and painting of
| the Capitol.
| 10 amend the act prescribing the duties and
| compensation Of county officers
| 10 amend the acts of 1S69-'7O In relation to
| oVerseers OF roads, &c.
10 amend the Code in relation to ncorpo
| ration by circuit courts, &C.
| 10 amend the Code authorizing the draining
L
| To amend the Code ia relation to the collec
| ton of fee bills r
10 amend the act amending tho Code in re-
laten to insane persons, so far as relates to the
| Eastern LunatIc Asylum.
| For the relief of VIM. B. Taliaferro.
For the relief of the sureties of Samuel IRE
nary, late sheriff of Frederick.
SENATE. w ednesday, March 22nd.-On
motion of Mr.. Smith, of Henrico, the unfn-
| ished business Of last evening was proceeded
with-viz the bill to provide for the sale of
| the State s interest in works of Internal i'm
| provement.
| Mr.. Taylor, Of Loudoun, called for the yeas
and NAYS on the motion for the previous ques-
| ton, the Senate refusing to order the main
| questlon-yeas, l3; nays, %.
| Mr.. Snowden then took the floor and argued
10 favor OF the Malone proposition.
Mr.. Patterson, of Franklin, followed Mr.
| Snowden, In support Of the 5000 proposition
| Mr. Taylor, of Norfolk city, spoke In favor
| OF the Committees report.
| Mr. Pendleton replied to Mr.. Taylor at some
length for the other side, and after short dis
cussion between Messrs. Owen, French, and
| Pendleton, at 2:l5, 2. Nj, MIR. Massey called
| the previous question, which was seconded
The main question being ordered bya vote of
20 yeas to / Z nays, the question was then put
upon the adoption of the first amendment pro-
posed by the Committee on Roads by the Sem
ate, which was rejected by the following vote
ayes, IL nays, 20.
The question was then upon the second
amendment.
Mr. Fitzpatrick demanded the yeas and nays,
which resulted in the Senate rejecting the
amend ment-yeas, 16; nays, 81
The question was then upon the passage of
the bill as ii came from the House.
| The yeas and nays were demanded, and the
bill passed by the following vote ayes, rs !;
nays, IL.
Mr. Pendleton then moved to reconsider the
vote by which the bill was passed which the
Senate refused to do-yeas, 6 ! nays. Is.
| HOUSE. The resolution Of the special COM
mittee Of the House appointed to investigate
the charges against Judge Alexander Mahood,
Of the fourteenth judicial circuit of drunken
ness on the bench, and recommending his re-
mova from Office. came up
Mr.. L. w. Mah0od made an able, earnest,
and feeling argument In opposition TO the adop-
ton of the report.
Il. Jones (coIoredl and Wood, Daniel, and 9TH
ers, On the same side.
Mr.. Bell, of Augusta, Of the special COM
mlttee, spoke in favor of the report.
The resolution was rejected yeas &c. nays,
4S.
SENATE. Thursday, March 23rd The fol-
lowing House bits were passed:
ln relation to vacancies in township Offices
prescribing the duties and compensation of
county officers; authorizing commissioners to
sell certain lot Of land in Winchester to in
| corporate the trustees of the Glebe Fund of
Lancaster county; to make Staunton river a
lawful fence from the gap of Smiths noun
| tain to Turner's ford to incorporate the Chris
and to authorize said company to construct o
trainway on part Of their road-bed
Senate bill to provide for the payment of in
terest on the Dawson fund; Senate bill to
amend the first section Of an act to Incorporate
the Piedmont and Potomac Railroad Compa-
/ ny; Senate bill to amend an act prescribing
| the duties and compensation of certain town
ship officers SO as to give to collectors the du
| ties and compensation heretofore performed by
collectors In civil cases,
House Bills To amend the act in relation
to roads; for the relief of w B. TaIiaferro
/ in relation to the inspection Of jails la rela
ton to the collection of fee bills, concerning
warrants for small claims, and regulating the
Potomac fisheries
House. The following Senate bills were
passed
To provide a charter for the town Of Salem.
| Roanoke county.
| To authorize the Rector and Board of Wis
itors Of the University of Virginia to issue
bonds and discharge their floating debt and
maturing obligations
To amend the act to incorporate a company
for improving the navigation CT the Rivanna
river ~.
To amend the charter Of the city of Rich
mond, with amendments.
Senate bill IN relation to the Public Printer
and Public Printing was taken up and amend
ed by fixing the salary of the Public Printer at
81 200 per annum, instead of $1,000 The
bill was then passed by
The following House bills were passed
To Incorporate the Richmond and Henrico
Railroad, Turnpike and Graded Road Compa-
| ny,
To extend the jurisdiction Of police justices
| and justices OF the peace in certain cases.
To amend the charter of the town of Scots
! vile.
To amend the Code as to fees of plaintiffs
| In criminal cases.
To incorporate the Otter Bridge Company.
| To amend the Code as to juries In criminal
cases and change Of venue.
| To repeal as much of the act to divide coun-
ties into townships as provides that no town Of
over 5 900 inhabitants shall be included in a
township. -,
70 protect fsh in Roanoke river, west of the
Blue Ridge, and in Albemarle county. o
To amend the Code as to places of holding
courts,
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