Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-03-20
from Richmond.

correspondence of the Alexandra Gazette
RICHMOND, March l9-Thc House of Dele
yates to day took up its tax bill DISGUISE it for
long time, amended it by reducing the rate OF
taxation on land from fifty to fortycents on the
one hundred dollars Of value. BY vote of &c
to Is refused to reconsider this vote, and
then laid the bill on the table aud took up
the Senate's bill which was ordered to be
printed
The House passed bills to provide fur livi-
dinr the counties into townships ; for the relief
of the sureties of Chas. Milton. late collector of
Rattletown township, Clarke county 10 amend
the charter of the Farmers and Mechanics
Savings Bank of Alexandria to amend the
act for the reasseSslncnt Of lands in the Com
monwealth. and then took recess until night.
The Senate after considerable discussion
nassed the bill imposing taxes for the support
of government and free schools, and to pay the
interest on the public debt. by v"te Of ayes,
~ noes, &
The House amendment TO the Senate bill in
reference to the unpaid taxes for the years
1866, 1861 and 1879, was agreed to; and the
House bill to prevent the destruction of par
tridges and other game III the Commonwealth
was amended and passed.
The bill providing for furnishing artificial legs
to soldiers who lost theirs III the late war; with
the amenements, giving the value in money to
those who have stumps to which artificial legs
cannot be attached and to those who lost arms,
was passed-ayes, %; noes, none.
An executive session of the Senate was held
for the purpose of confirming the appointment
of four Brigadier Generals of Militia and
of the trustees of the new Virginia Agncl'-
tural and Mechanical College at BIacksburg.
The Senate passed the following bills to
authorize the Common Council Of the city Of
Petersburg to borrow money and Issue and
sell bonds Of said city to an amount not exceed
ing S200, 900, bearing interest not exceeding s
per centum per annnm: to authorize the
Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad
Company and the Lynchburg and Danvllle
Railroad Company to lease or otherwise acquire
certain railroads to incorporate the Shenan-
doah River, Boom and Dam Improvement
| COMPANY to amend the Session Acts OF 1869
10, in relation the fisheries on the Potomac !;
for the relief of suretes Of George ;. Cady,
late sheriff of Culpeper county
| The Senate bill to provide for the repair OF
the State Capitol on its passage. was decided
in the negative (tor want OF constitutional
vote-22)-ayes 20 noes I. Absent, ~
At the night session of the House the bill to
prescribe the mode for the recovery OF debts
contracted prior to the 10th Of April lSij was
passed, ayes ~ noes 33
The House bill to regulate judicial "a les and
| prevent the sacrifice of property; was also pass
ed by vote of ~ ayes to % noes
1t is nor at all certain that there will not be
another extension of the session aud it is also
predicted that the tax on land will BIZ re-
luced to fl cts. and less revenue raised this
year than last.
Since those last reported the following bills.
passed the Legislature, have become laws: Tor
the assessment of taxes on persons, property,
income licenses, &c to adjudicate the claim of
Washington and Lee University against the
State: to authorize the trustees of the Luthe-
ran church at Woodstock, Shenandoah county,
to sell the parsonage belonging TO said church
&C.. to amend the new charter for the town OF
Charlottesville to amend an act to prevent the
sacrifice of personal property at forced sales !:
to incorporate the Mutual Benevolent A>>ocia
ciation of the Orange, Alexandria and Manas
sas Railroad Company; to provide for suhmis-
sion to the people of the proposed amendment
to the Constitution of Virginia in relation to
ITsurv: to amend the acts OF 1869 70 in relation
to roads: to provide for the payment of interest
on the public debt to Incorporate the liarrl-
sonburg, Bridgewater and West Augusta Rail
road Company to amend an act NC, to pre-
scribe the times for the holding of the terms of
the Circuit Courts Of the State. so as to change
the times 70; holding the terms of the Circuit
Courts in the Fifth, Tenth and Fifteenth Cir
cults to authorize the qualified voters OF the
county of Prince William to vote on the qnes-
ton of removing the county courthouse to Ma
nassas; prescribing the duties and compensation
of county officers; to arportlon the represen-
tation of the State of Virginia IN the Congress
of the United States to authorize the super
visors of certain counties to impose tax on
dogs; to prevent the destruction OF wild fowl
in the State to revise the laws tor the assess
ment and collection of taxes, &c. to authorize
an election of certain officers in the town OF
Jefersonville to authorize the corporate au-
thorities of Winchester to borrow money to en-
large water works, DC, Joint resolution to turn-
ish to the Judges of the State copies OF the re-
ports of the Court of Appeals at actual cost of
publication to incorporate the lnebrlates
Home in relation to judgment liens; IN reIa
ton to pilots relating to fences, and for the
protection of crops; in relation to Mathew f.
Maury's plan for system of crop reports and
meteorological observations in relation to fire
companies; in relation to fences.
Rev. Henry w. Watkins an aged Baptist
minister died in this city yesterday.
The following were the Brigadier Generals
Amounted by the Governor and to-day confirm
ed by the Senate: j. C. Hill, Third brigade;
Morton Marye, Fifth brigade; Thomas w.
McClung. Thirteenth brigade: William Skeen
Twenty, second brigade. z.
The Building Association Case.
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