Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-03-13
From Richmond.

Correspondence oil the alcAailufia 0aLelIe.1
RtcuNoNp, March l2.-The resignation of
Judge Joyues, Of the Court of Appeals, was
communicated 10 the Legislature to-day, by
the Governor, when resolutions expressive OF
the high regard entertained by the General
Assembly for Judge j.. and its deep sorrow at
his retirement We're adopted,and next Monday
fixed upon Us the day Tor the election OF his
successor.
The Senate took up an referred the bill,
passed by the House. instructlng the !reasur-
er not to receive on deposit IRON Foreign In,
s,,rance comnanies, certificates for one-third Of
the nub,ic debt issued under the Funding act.
The bil declares that the State of Virginia is
not RESPONSIBLE for any portion of the ue-third
of the nublic debt Of Virginia as created and
defined hy the funding bill AMI represented by
the bonds, commonly known as 'West Fir
glnia certificates.
Among the bills passed in the Senate to-day
were the following: To extend the time for
the application of the reasSesSment OF lands in
Richmond county and Alexandria city aud
countv: to Incorporate the Young Men s
Christian Association of Alexandria; to amend
the charter of Fredericksburg tor the con-
strncrion of railroad from West Virginia line
in Pendleton county through Highland, Bath
and Allerhauv counties. in Virginia, to the
Chasapcake aud Ohio railroad authorizing
the trustees of Washington school district of
the county of Alexandria to use district school
funds to pay teachers Of public schools to in
corporate the town of Dulntrles.
The House amendment to the bill to inc0r
porate the Washington, Cincinnati aud ST.
Louis railroad companys were agreed to-
The Land Scrip bill Was considered, and a
proposition agreed to giving TO Hampton lnst-
tute one third, and to Preston and DIN Col
Iege the remaining two-thlrds The bill as thus
amended was then ordered to be engroSsedci;;
According to the provisions OF the bill
Preston and Olir College, Blacksburg, Mont
gon,ery countyis to become State institution
and AN Agricultural College, and its trustees
| are to ccde all of its property to the Common
wealth.
The House agreed to the report OF the Con
ference Committee on the disagreement OF the
two Houses on the bill to amend the act pre-
s,ribing the duties and compensation OF town
ship officers.
/ resolution was introduced, but not finally
| acted upon, proposing the appointment OF
| committee OF two on the part OF the Senate
and three on the part Of the House to lnveStl-
gate and report what steps should be taken on
the part of Virginia to secure the payment by
! West Virginia of the deferred third Of the debt
of the State.
The House passed bills to amend the code
in relation to the compensation OF Justices OF
the pcace to amend the code III relation to
iuries to Incorporate the Arlington Land and
Loan conpauy to amend the code III relation
to the tolls on turnpikes out of repair; to
amend the code in relation to persons exempt
from Jury service to incorporate the New
York and Norfolk railroad company asking
Congress to adopt Mmlry's system OF crop re-
ports and meteorological observations to au'
thorize the Fredericksburg, Orange and Char
| lottesville railroad company to receive Subscrlp-
tons il land in certain counties to provide
for the renewal Of lost titles joint resolution
requesting the Secretary of the Commonwealth
First and Second Auditors, and Treasurer to
revise the laws for the assessment OF taxes :
rejected the bill providing for the payment OF
the debt due by Washington College to the
Literary Fund, for want Of the requisite ma
ioritv. and dismissed the bills in relation to
the protest of notes, and to incorporate the Col
umblia, Fairfax and Prince William railroad
| company ,u
At the night session of the House, bills were
passed, for the relief Of sheritfs and other Of
ficers whose official papers were lost or destroy
ed during the late war to incorporate the
Fredericksburg, Culpeper and Rappahannock
Railroad Company and to extend the time
for the collection OF taxes in various townships
of certain counties.
In the House an effort was made to extend
the session for period of six days from the
10Th Of March, but it was defeated by vote
of 30 to Is ".