The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-03-19

Speaker Hanger in the chair. -.s.
Prayer by Rev. DR.. Read, of the Pres.
byterian church.
REPORTED.
Senate bill in relation to the lease of the
penitentiary. a
UNDER SUSPENSION OF THE RULES,
Senate bill for the relief of Capt. Isaac
U. Russell and others, was put on the cal
endar.
LECTUREBY GEN. WISE.
On motion Of Mr.. Watts, the use of the
hall of the House for next Thursday after
noon at 4:30 P. NJ. was granted General
Henry A. Wise, to deliver his lecture on
THE Physical Structure of the Domain of
the United States,o sc.
.slE ar THE TAX BILL.
House tax bill, the long-deferred special
order, came up.
An amendment, offered first by Mr..
Anderson, to reduce the rate of taxation
on land from fifty cents on the one hundred
dollars valuation to forty cents, caused con-
siderable discussion. Messrs. Matthew,
Daniel, Coghill, Sutherlin, Brooke, Kin
cheloe, Head, Smith, Booker and Gray
opposed the amendment, and Messrs.
O'Ferrall, Riddlebarger, Deneale, Clopton
and Anderson supported it.
The amendment was adopted by sc ayes
TO 45 noes. 1a .
Mr.. Matthew moved to reconsider.
which was rejected by az ayes to 50 noes.
Mr.. Deneale moved to lay the House
bill on the table, as he had learned that the
Senate had passed its tax bill. Not agreed
The Senate bill was Immediately after
ward brought to the House by Senator
Fitzpatrick.
Mr.. Burkholder moved to dismiss the
House stax-bill. This gave rise to a long
debate, which ended in the reconsideration
of the vote refusing to lay on the table,
and the bill was laid on the table.
The Senate tax-bill was then put on the
calendar, made the special order for to-
morrow, and ordered to be printed.
A COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
asked by the Senate on the disagreement of
the two Houses on the bill authorizing the
voters Of certain counties and townships to
vote on the repeal of tho fence law, was
,concurred in, and the Speaker named
Messrs. Hill, Cottrell and Wharton on the
Committee on part of the House.
VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND BOUNDARY.
Mr.. Bagnell, from the special committee
on the State boundary line, made q report,
with a bill, extending the authority and
jurisdiction of the boundary commissioners
and appropriating funds for the same. The
bill was put on the calendar, and the re-
port was ordered to be printed.
f"1rl s'ii efn PASSED.
House bills, to provide for the election of
certain township officers in the county of
Hanover; to amend the act to provide for
dividing the counties into townships for
the relief of the sureties of Chas. Milton,
late collector of Battletown township,
Clarke county; to establish voting dis
trict in Chuckatnck township, Nansemond
county to amend the charter of the Farm
ers' and Mechanics Savings Bank of Alex
andria to amend the act for the reassess-
ment of lands in the Commonwealth.
Recess taken at 2:30 P. M.
Senate.
Mr.. Quesenberry in the chair. a5.
Prayer by Rev. DIR. c. III. Read.
The Senate agreed to resolution asking
for q committee of conference with the
House of Delegates on the disagreeing votes
of the two houses ON House bill to author
ize the voters of certain counties and
townships to vote upon the question of re-
pealing the act relative to fences and for
the protection of crops.
Senate bill in reference to the unpaid
taxes for the years 1866, 1867 and 1869,
with the amendment by the House of Dele
gates was taken up, and the amendment
agreed to.
BILLS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES
-7l1zs AND PUT ON CALENDAR.
House Bills, to abolish the writs Of elegit
Gadversely); to amend chapter l75 section
I'd, with reference to commissioners in
s.haneery in relation to the interest on
money asking to be discharged from the
consideration of the subject) s
.tas.sf - EXECUTIVE SESSION.
At IL O'Clock the Senate, on motion of
Mr.. Penn, went into secret session to con-
slider communication from the Executive
making an appointments of four brigadier-
generals of militia and of the trustees of
the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical
College, The chamber was cleared of all
visitors and other persons, and when the
doors were opened and our reporter return
ed to his seat, he was unable to get the
names of the appointees-the clerk of the
Senate conceiving it to be his duty to with
hold them from him.
THE GAME LAW.
House bill to prevent the destruction OF
partridges and other game in the Common
wealth was amended and passed.
-s18 90 rave THE TAX BILL. s
Senate bill imposing taxes for the sup
port of government and free schools, and
to pay the interest on the public debt, be-
ing the unfinished business of yesterday,
was taken up, and, after considerable dis
scussion, was passed-ayes, p noes, G.
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS FOR SOLDIERS.
S. bill providing for furnishing artificial
legs to soldiers who lost their limbs in the
late war, with the amendments proposed
by MIR. Pridemore and Mr.. Quesenberry,
giving the value in money to those who
have stumps to which artificial legs can
not be attached, and to these who los
arms, was taken up, on motion of Mr.
Massey, and passed-ayes, %; noes, none
-a-Of Fisk and his wife, who was oldel
than he, Boston letter-writer says
9With all his notorious sins against her
there had never been estrangement between
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