Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-04
FROM RICHMOND.
LEGISLATIVE.

The Senate to-day advanced "a number OF
bills one stage on the calendar.
Several bills were introduced aud referred,
among them the following: Amending the act
for the enforcement Of fines agalnsr delinquent
clerks: TO amend the Code III relation to seals
20 instruments OF writing; to amend an act i'm
posing tax on oysters; to preserve all rights
and remedies imperilled or destroyed: by the
loss or destruction, during the war, of papers
fled in the various public Offices Of the Com,
ronwoal,b, and to incorporate the town of Po-
tomac. -
Resolutions were introduced requesting the
Auditor Of Public Accounts to furnish the
General Assembly with statement OF the
criminal charges paid out of the public treas.
ury for each county in the State during the
year 1872, aud into the expedlency OF so
amending the Code as to provide for the pro
lection d the rights Of adults as we'll as infant
children. in the distribution OF the estates OF
| dcccdents.
Among the bills reported in the Senate to-
day. we're the following Providing Tor the
sale Of land known as the Armory Grounds,
belonging to the Commonwealth of Virginia,
in the CITY Of Richmond; TO provide for Board
Of Equal cation: providing artificial limbs tor
! citizens OF the Commonwealth who lost their
| limbs during the var; for the relief OF the late
| shertis OF the Commonwealth, and extending
the time for the collection Of taxes and county
aud township levics in the Commonwealth tor
the year 1872.
IL the House of. Dele gate, bills were report,
ed lor the preservation OF oysters and to OBTAIN
revenue for the privilege Of taking them within
the waters of the Commonwealth, and to lncor,
norate tho Society of the Alumni of the Uni
vcrsty Of Virginia.
| Bills were passed to prohibit the voters with
in the corporate limits OF the city Of Lynchburg
from voting for county officers for the county
of Campbcl!; to amend the Code in relation tc
appeals, wri,s Of error and superscdcas: &c
amend section five Of the act to appropriate
the income arising from the proceeds OF the
!andscrip accruing to Virginia, under act OF
Congress; for the relief of Joseph /. Griffith
and Others sureties Of Charles A. Milton, late
collector Of Battlctown township, county o.
Clarke, and for the relief Of Samuel L. ALA
baugh, late sheriff Of Rockingham county.
The House took up and passed the joint res
olution proposing conference between the
bondholderS of the State and special commit
tee Of the General Assembly, February 3, with
IL view to a fair and equitable adjustment.
The Senate Joint resolution suspendlng the
navmcnt of interest and dividends TO the lncor
polatea colleges aud other Summaries of learn
inr in the State, was reported upon adversely
aud subsequently dismissed.
The House bill amending the acts OF ~:
as to the collection of tax on coupons was re
| icctcd t,r want Of constitutional majority.
Bills were Introduced to amend the code IL
reference to orders of publication, and to lncor
poratc the town Of New Castle, In Craig county
TIE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY.
The knotty question Of finance still bother
the heads Of the Legislators and in the HOUSE
to-day sundry resolutions looking to solution
the following:
By Mr. Clopton: Bill to abolish taxes BY thu
State on real and personal property-to secure
proper application Of the State capitatou Il,
to the support Of the public free schools-tt
provide Tor the payment of three per cent. IN
tcrest on the public debt-to provide funds fol-
the Commissioner Of the Sinking Fund, ant
for other purposes.
By. Mr.. Cummings: Resolution as to thu
cxpedicncy of the State issuing policies of in
surance and of applying the premiums Thereon
to the expenses OF the State government, ant
the payment of interest on the public debt.
| Dy VT. htQCQc!Oe heSOlullOu as W lH
legality and propriety of increasing the rate o
taxation to one hundred cents on the one hun
drcd dollars of property, payable in coupons o
the State bonds, to be abated by fifty cent
when paid 10 currency.
TIE COUPONS.
To the House Of Delegates to-day the bill t
repeal the act declaring what shall be received
! in payment Of the taxes, came up on its en-
grossment and was advocated by Messrs. Mat
thew, of Loudoun, and Daniel, OF Richmond
and opposed by MesSrs Riidlebarger Of Shen
andoah, and Coghi of Amherst
Mr.. Daniel moved to commit the bill to thu
Committee on Finance. Ayes "A, noes 40. NJ
quorum voting.
Mr.. Anderson moved to dismiss.
Various motions to adjourn failed.
The ayes and noes being called on the mo
ton to commit, the motion was defcated-ayc
-, noes IL.
After various dilatory motions but withou
action, the House adjourned. The object Of tht
bill is to make coupons receivable for taxes, the
act referred to above requiring taxes to be paic
in coin or greenbacks -
RETRENCUMENT
| Nearly $24, 900 having been expended by the
| Legislature during the Christmas holidays, the
cry Of rctrcnchmeut has again been raised anc
to- day, in the House, resolution was intro
duccd inStructing the Committee on Re
| trcnchment and Economy" to report as soor
as possible what reduction can be made in the
expenses Of the executive, legislative and ju
| l;.,,f i oP tba rorornpopt h,ut