Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-01-20
From Richmond.


Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
RICHMOND, Jan. l9.-ln the Senate, to-
day, the House bills amending the school law;
amending the law prescribing the duties and
compensation Of township officers; in regard to
abandoned turnpikeS and authorizing the col
lection of back taxes in Orange county, were
referred.
An adverse report was made upon the House
bill limiting the number Of guards for lunatic
while being carried to the asylum.
A resolution was adopted enquiring into the
expediency Of so amending the road law as to
require that no overseer Of roads shall be en-
titled to his per diem compensation unless he
summons at least twenty hands each day to
work the roads
The bill to reduce the per diem and mileage
OF members Of the General Assembly was taken
up, when the amendment giving the speaker of
the House and President OF the Senate $500
per annuln, and members $500, with ) cents
mileage for actual travel, was rcjcctcd-ayes IT.,
noes Is. Another amendment giving the Presi
dent of the Senate and Speaker OF the House
81 per day, and the members 81, the retrench-
ment to take effect from the first day OF the
present session, was also dcieated-ayes IL,
noes 10. A further amendment fixing the pay
of the presiding officers ut s. per day, aud the
members at 81. no pay to be allowed Tor alb
sence longer than one day, except III case OF
sickness, was also rciected-ayrS II, noes -.
The bill reported by the committee fixing
the pay Of the President anGi that OF the Speaker
at SIS per day, land members at So, but no mem-
Der to receive pay when Il recess is taken Tor
longer time than three days, was ordcrcdto he
ellgrossed by the following vote
AYEs--Mcssrs Anderson, Of Pittsylvania,
Bcuzley, Cochran, Fitzpatrick, Greene, Grccvcr,
Hcrndun Houday, Hundlcy, kirkpatrick, Lack
land. Meem N0wlin, Patterson, Prldemorc,
Oucsenberry, Robinson, Roller, Smith, Taylor,
OF Loudoun, Thomas. and Ward.
NnEs-Mcs>rs. Boykin Graham, GrIlnsley,
johnson, Martin, Massey Norton, Penn, Rue
Stevens, Taylor of Norfolk, and Terry
In the House of Delegates bills were report,
ed from committees. to amend the code in re-
lation to the destruction OF wild fowl, and to
consolidate the Indebtedness Of the city OF Alex
andria.
The bill for the establishment Of L special
Court of Appeals was again taken up on u mo.
ton to reconsider the vote by which the bill
was lost. and after debate in which the passage
Of the bill was favored by McSsrs Brooke and
Gray, and opposed by Mr. Dcncalc, the vote
was reconsidered and the bill passed by the
requisite constitutional maority--ayes -,
noes ! l.
The bill for the distribution of the congress
sional land scrip fund, coming up in order,
motion to postpone its consideration was lost.
and pending discussion the House adjourned.
Among the bills introduced aud referred, was
one by Mr. Ncalc. to incorporate the Alcxan-
dria Passenger Railway.
Capt. Richard +. Walker has qualified as
Superintendent Of Public Printing with Chas.
w. Statham, Of Iynchburg. as surety. The
committee OF the Legislature on printing has
made partial examination into the affairs OF
the late superintendent, but are not yet pre-
pared to report The late Superintendent Is
said to be still in Canada
Nothing yet from the Committee on Finance.
and Judging from the number OF leaves OF alb
sence being granted, aud those who are obtain
ing them, it is not probable that anything will
be heard from it this week Or before Tuesday
next In the mean time by the action Of the
Legislature, the financial condition OF the State
is somewhat chaotic, and creditors are IN an
unenviable position, those depending in great
measure, on the anticipated interest for aup
port, being sorcly troubled.
The mailing clerks in the city Postoffice have
Struck i. e., rendered their designations Oh
account Of salaries.
Mr.. 2. V. Daniel .ir. late President of the
Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail
road Company, has actively recommended the
practice of the law 10 this city.
Jacob Dixon, of Fairfax, sentenced to ten
years in the Pcnientiary, for horse stealing, has
been received at that institution.
Judge Thomas having recovered from the
injuries recently received from a Ial, is again
in his seat in the Senate
There was one million eight hundred and ten
thousand dollars in the treasury to day. What to
do with it is the question.
1t is generally conceded that the bill reduc-
ing the pay and mileage Of the members Of the
Legislature, acted upon in the Senate, to-day,
will fail in the HOuSe. y.