Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-02-07
Virginia LEGISLATURE.


the House bill for the assessment OF taxes and
the collection of the same The latter was ia.
ken up and read by sections and many amend
| ments were offered, but few adopted. 1t was
the pending business at adjournment.
HoUsE.-Adverse reports were made as to
the propriety and expediency of extending the
| time for the payment of taxes; as to increas-
| ing the salary of the Judge of Norfolk county
as to relieving the county of Allegheny from
! it, and for the benefit of the Goy;pgton & Ohio
Railroad; 90 to the propriety of making gam
| bling felony, or otherwise licensing 1t. An
| attempt to set apart Saturday for the consider
| alton Of private bills was defeated
| Bills were passed fixing the salaries OF the
! Governor and other State officers, and repeal
ing section 3 of the artificial leg act.
The bill to preyent tbs destruction of game
out of season was discussed at length, and
amended in numerous instances 1t is evident
that it is not very satisfactory bill as several
| attempts were made to dismiss, lay on the ia
Bile and pass by, and when it was finally order
ed to be engrossed It was by yete Of 45 yeas
and "A nays.
SENATE, Thursday, Feb 2nd.-The follow
ing bill was introduced by Mr. Pendleton,
which was read twice and referred to the Com
mittee on Roads:
Be at enacted by the General assembly:
y l. That the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad
company may build and work branch of its
road from any point on the main line east of
Covington to the james river, at or near the
city OF Richmond, by such route as the. eompa-
ny may select.
2 That the said company may build and
| work branch of its road from any point on
the main line, not west of Staunton, by such
route as the company may select, to some point
on the Potomac river above the city Of Wash
ington.
3. That the said company may, as it shall
find expedient, build and work one or more
branches from points at or near the city of
Richmond to points upon the James or York
river, or upon the routes of the Chesapeake
bay, to be selected by the company,
4 Ifit shall be found that roads are already
In operation or under construction, or that
companies have been chartered or organized
for the construction of such roads upon the
lines indicated herein, 1t shall be lawful for the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad company to &C
quire the ownership of such roads, or any of
them, by purchase, consolidation or otherwise,
or to make such arrangements as may be found
desirable. in order to secure the use of such
roads or the benefit of such charters In further
ance of the object herein intended to be pro
vided for
5. This act shall be enforced from its pas
sage.
The Committee on Public Institutions report
ed bill for the division Of all the land script
donated by Congress for educational purposes
University and the Hampton Institute
The bill for the assessment and imposition of
taxes, being the unfinished business of the day
previous, was eonsiderd up to the hour of ad-
journmeHt. $3.50
House -The adverse report of the Commit
tee on Roads, on a petition of the. citizens of
Allegheny county in relation to land damages
&C., was recommitted. The bill for the protec-
ton of game was defeated. The vote, howev-
er, was reconsidered and the bill recommitted.
The bill for the maintenance of Legitimate
children was similarly disposed of after the
vote by which it was dismissed on the day pre-
vious was reconsidered House bill amending
the act Incorporating the Albemarle Insurance
Company was passed House bills in relation
to the county and corporation courts, prescrib-
ing the time for holding the same, and prohib
ting the stunning of trains on the Sabbath were
dismissed.
The bill to amend the Code and for the rer.
establishment of the public guard was discus
sed at length and finally ordered to engrossmept.
| Ayes A, nays Al. The vote was strictly par
ty one, the Republican members opposing the
| bill at every point.
SENATE Friday, Feb 3rd.-Mr. Waddell,
| from the Committee on Finance, reported with
out amendment AN act to repeal section 3 of
| an act to provide artificial legs for the citizens
of the Commonwealth who lost their legs du-
ring the late war" which simply strikes out
the provision of the act requiring the Profess
sors of the Medical College of Virginia to Sc
lect the kind of leg-that action being unnec-
essary, competent board organized for the
| purpose, having formerly considered that sub
| Tho 1hcou foEo
passed.
MIR. Austin offered the following resolution /:
| Resolved, That the House OF Delegates be
requested to return to the Senate the joint res
olution rendering to West Virginia an arbltra-
ton for the apportlonment OF the Public Debt,
with the amendments as proposed by the
| House.
| In presenting this resolution Mr.. Austin
stated that he had voted against concurrlng In
the amendments of the House, but had since
changed his opinion, and now wished to have
the opportunity to alter his vote. He believed
/ that other Senators would want to do likewise,
after hearing the question further discussed.
The resolution was passed and was commu-
nicated to the House, and soon thereafter Mr..
| Bell, of Augusta, acting as special messenger
returned the resolution to the Senate. II was
placed on the calendar
HOUSE. House engrossed bill to authorize
subscription to incorporated companies by GER
tain counties. was, on motion of Mr.. Hanger,
recommitted to the committee on Roads, &c. q
House bill in relation to the issue of land
warrants.
A resolution from the Senate requesting the
House to return the Senate joint resolution ten
dering to West Virginia an arbitration of the
public debt with House amendmentsl was
agreed to.
| A,,eou-r~,,, c.T1 80. - no. TS:...i I'LL
is Informed by Capt Curd, who lives within a
few miles of FlncastIe, that singular nantes.
tetions of restless spirits have been seen and
heard at his residence. which cannot be ac-
counted for.
The coin III the United States treasury is
$9e,0OO,0 900, and the currency $25, 700, 600