Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-01-16
From Richmond.

of what is going on will occasionally drop, and
from them it is surmised that the Funding bill
has to be abandoned; that is. its opponents are
so determined. and its friends 50 few. that its
repeal is foregone conclusion, but what the
measure to meet the emergency will be, no one
yet knows 4 sub committee Of the joint
committee has been appointed. consisting of
five, with Mr.. Coghill as chairman, all fwhom
are opponents Of the Funding act, and to this
subcommittee has the whole question been re-
terred. with instructions to report to the JOINT
committee bill for their consideration. OF
course the features OF the new proposed mca-
sure are unknown. save that the repeal OF the
Funding bill is the basis upon which acrion vii!
be founded.
In the Senate, to-day, the bill to amend the
charter of Winchester, was reported from COM
ml!tce without amendment.
Mr.. Taylor, of Lolldoun. presented i comnIu-
nication from T. c. Rutin in relation to fences
to the Committee on General Laws.
The House bill in relation TO costs in the
| Court OF Appeals. was laid on the table.
The following House bills were passed: In
relation to the meetings and adjournment OF
! Circuit. County or Corporation Courts and to
amend the code 50 as to confer on commissions
erS ln chancery the power to administer Oath>.
The House bill to authorize deputy clerks to
take acknowledgements Of deeds by niarrIed wo-
men, was amended and passed.
! The Senate bill to repeal the act 70 preserve
and extend the time for the exercise OF certain
civil rights aud remedies. was taken up and
amended. so as to provide that the provisions
! OF the bill shall not apply to suits now pending
and undetermined. which were not barred un-
| der the provisions OF the act of March ID. Sob:
and then laid on the table.
| The House bill in reference to balances due
the school fund WAS laid on the table.
| The House JOINT resolution declaring that il
recess OF the Legislature is computed IN the
| five days allowed the Governor to consider Il bill
or resolution submitted to him for approval or
rejection, was taken up and agreed TO-
The Senate bill to amend the code in relation
to dockcting judgments and other liens ota like
| nature. was passed.
| The Senate bill in relation I" the removal ot
| causes was reco,Dmitcd
| Leave was granted the subcommittee. ap-
| pointed by the Joint committee on the Funding
bill. on the part of the Senate, to sit during
the sessions of the Senate unti Il report shall!
| he submitted.
In the House Of Delegates, to-day. bills were
introduced to amend the first section OF an act
to Incorporate the Potomac and Manassas rail
road company: To turn over the junction ! al
lev turnpike to the counties through which it
passes to amend the code in relation to clerks
OF courts: to incorporate St. Patrick Bcuciicial
Society OF I.ynchburg. Va. and 10 amend tho act
10 Incorporate the FarmviIie Charlotte~ ill:
and Stanardsville narrow gauge railroad.
The following joint resolution was passed.
Resolved. By the General Assembly OF yirgi
| nia that uil bills and joint resolutions, which
passed the General Assembly. aud were present
ed to the Governor for his approval within less
than five days preceding the late recess. and
were not returned to the clerk or 10 some other
proper officer of tn" house in which they "spcc
lively originated, with the otj"ct'on> of th.
! Governor thereto. become laws. u take effect.
when not otherwise provided, after tiv" days
| from such presentatlnn
A bill to prevent punishment by stripes. WAS
dismissed.
The joint resolution asking Congress to re-
fund the tax collected on raw cotton in d. III
and 81, was taken up. when Mr.. Cloptou
moved to strike out Honorable before Con
grcss, which motion was lost by u decided ma
ority.
The Committee on Roads and Internal Navi-
CATION reported it iuexpedicut to amend the
charter of the Piedmont and Potomac railroad
company, SO us to make Fairfax Court House Il
point thereon. which was concurrcd in by the
House.
Messrs. Head, Roller, Swan. Van Aukcn and
J. L. Brown have been appointed the commit
tee to investigate the expenditure Of nearly
$4,000 for engraving !ithographing. &C.. by
the late treasurer, under the provisions Of the
funding bill.
The House bill to secure equal rights to all
persons in public conveyanceS. was dismissed
The bill to incorporate the Page County
Savings Bank coming up. 1T was suggested that
the courts have by law the power to pass upon
all such acts and that it is desirable on grounds
of economy. that the Legislature should turn
over all such bills to the courts. Pending the
discussion the House adjourned.
Among the bills, resolutions. &C., presented
we're the following Bills to amend the charter
to the jurisdiction of Circuit Courts: making
County courts, Courts Of Probate etc. and pro-
viding for the transfer OF causes pending in the
same to Circuit Courts plan Of immigration;
resolutions as to the expedency Of repeating sec
tons and 5,chap. !, of the Constitution of the
| State, and directing the Committee for Courts
to report bill to make the Homestead prOyl-
sions of the Constitution effective, and repeal
so much OF the present act as allows the priv
legc of waiver Of Homestead exemptions.
\ bill in relation to exemptions from jury
service, which came up in the House. was
passed by 1t proposes to exempt the Cover
nor, Lieutcnant.G Governor, the aids and sccre
tares OF the Governor. practlcng attornies,
licensed practiclng physicians, officers OF any
courts, all telegraph operators actually cagag-
cd as such, all persons exempt from all militia
duty, bank officers Officers and members ofvo
untcer military companies, milers necessarily
and personally employed in any grist mill, fer
rymen employed at ferries established by law,
fremeu in all towns and cities containing more
than 5000 inha btants, the genera agent and
storckeeper OF the penitentiary and their clerks,
officers in actual service Of any Incorporated
railroad or navigation company police IN cities
and towns, school trustees. teachers in schools,
and professors, tutors and pupils in semuarles
of learning. except during the vacations OF said
seminaries and schools. The exemption has TO
be claimed.
A bill has been ordered to engrossment in the
House Of Delegates which will save the State
| about OUO. heretofore annually expended in