Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-12-20
FROM RICHsMOXU.
LEGISLATIVE.

RICHMOND Dec. l9--But very little OF
special interest was done in either House OF the
Legislature to-day, land a the holidays approach,
and the attendance Of members grows ''bcau-
tilully less the interest in what is going on at
the Capitol dimnishcS.
In the Senate, to. day, bills were introduced
10 repeal chapter .245 of the acts OF 1871 ~
continuing the payment of interest and dlvl-
,lcnrls 10 Incorporated colleges or other semi
uarics of learning in the State amending the
act of incorporation of the Valley Railroad Co.;
amending the code concerning warrants Tor
! small claims, and for the rcliciof Joseph Crane,
jr, OF Page county.
The bills declaring what shall be received in
n,vncnt of taxes or other demands OF the
State, and directing the sale OF real estate pur
chased by the Commonwealth for taxes pre-
yious to the 18th day Of April, 1861, were or
dercd 10 be cngrosscd.
Among the bills passed was one in relation
to the taxing OF Acknowledgements by clerks OF
county courts
The bill continuing the payment of interest
and dividends to Incorporated colleges semi
uaries, &c, was further amended, ordered to
be engrosscd, aud then laid on the table and
made the order Of the day for the 9th of Janu-
airy next and u resolution subsequently adopt
ed suspcnding the provisions OF the present act
continuing the payment, tor thirty days -.
In the House Of Delegates, among the bills
pIaced on the calendar, were the following: For
the relief Of Joseph T. Griffith and Others
surctics of G. \. Miller, late collector of Bat
tlctowu township Clarke county; to amend the
fifth section Of the act to appropriate the income
arising from the proceeds of landscrlp accrulng
70 Virginia under the act Of Congress OF July
I'd, 1862, &C.; to amend the code with reference
to sales of lands Tor taxes; to amend the code IN
relation to the docketlng OF lien judgmentS,a and
for the relief of Samuel Il. Allcbaugh late
sheriff of Rockingham county.
Bills were passed to amend the act Tor the
relief of the late shertis of the Commonwealth
and relieving the Bank of Dauvllle from the
payment Of its notes upon certain CONDITIONS.
Bills and resolutions were introduced to
amend the act prescribing the duties and COM
pcnsation OF certain township officers; III rea-
ton to supcrintendents OF the poor; to amend
section s. of the same act, IN relation to the
oyorsccrs of the poor; to amend the code Tor
preventing crime; as to the cXpculency or
amending the law in regard to township
\ officers so as to enable constablcs to execute
civil process and serve warrants IN civil pro-
ccedings and levy executions III the same !;
to require license to carry certain Wca-
pons as to the cxpcdicncy OF reducing the sc.
curity required OF shcrtis in counties having
less than 10000 Inhabitants to $4,000, with
special security for estates upon winch they
administer; aud to Incorporate the Virginia
Coal Company.
The Joint resolution, iustructing the Attor-
ncy General TO employ Judge Wm }. Robert
son to assist him III the rcargulng OF the cou.
pon cases, in the Supreme Court OF Appeals
was ordered to be cngrossed with the I'M
ders,auding that it should be dismissed to-
morrow upon definite Information that the
| Court had refused rehcarlus.
An adverse report was made upon the cXpcdl-
encv of requiring the land books 10 be made out
by the clerks Of the county courts.
The Committee ON Courts OF Justice report,
ed that under the constitution the Gcucral
Assembly has no right to provide Tor voting
otherwise than by secret ballot.
The 9th of january was fixed upon az the
| time for an election to Till the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Jas. i. Heath, Judge OF
the County Court of Northumberland.
THE COUPON CASE.
As tcegraphed, the Court Of Appeals, to-
day, declined to hear further argument IN the
eases relative to the rccclvabIity OF coupons,
issued under the Funding act, Tor State dues.
The Attorney General made the motion Tor Il
rchcarng yesterday, setting forth the grounds
! upou which he based his application. The
motion was not written down III the ordcr-book
and the court took 10 action AT ALL except mere
w TO entertain the motion until the written
pctition was filled, which was done to-day,
when after consultations the Court decided to
decline a further hearing Of the arguments,
thereby adhcrlng to its former decision. The
mandanus to compel the Sheriff OF the city OF
Richmond to receive coupons IN payment OF
taxes, will, it is supposed be issued at once,
and as a consequence their value will be en-
! HANGED.
TIE pESITENTlARY.
The Committee OF the Legislature on the
pcniteutiary have agreed to report Il bill author
izing the leasing OF that Institution upon GER
tain conditions and restrictions. The bill pro.
vidcs for the appointment OF Il Commission to
consist of the Governor and i've Commissioners
two to be appointed by the President Of the
Senate and three by the Speaker Of the House.
The Commissioners are to stlpulatc that all the
officers of the institution, except the supern-
tcndcnt, assistant superintendent, and surgeon,
shall be dispensed with. The Commissioners
may contract with the lessee tor the removal
of the penitentiary to any site authorized by
law, provided that no cost or liability shall be
imposed on the State by such removal, &c.
COUNTY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
A bill has been introduced in the Senate
which provides that when county shall issue
bonds in aid OF any railroad or any other lm-
provemcnt, the State taxes arising from the
increase 10 the value Of the real estate in that
county, caused by the Improvement aforesaid,
shall be set apart at the State treasury to be
applied in payment of interest on the county
bonds so issued.
THE CASE OF WILLIAM JACKSON.
The conditions on which the writ OF error, to
operate as supcrsedeas was granted by the
Court of Appeals in the case OF VIM. jackson,
sentenced to be hung, in the Circuit Court of
Alexandria, is that the prisoner shall not be
discharged from Jail.
OYSTER COMMISSION.
The Commission appointed by the Governor,
Messrs no. Goode, jr, Mcniweathcr Lewis and
G.. W. Munford, to revise the laws in relation
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