Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-02-27
FssOTI RICHMOND.
LEGISLATIVE.

RlCuMoND. Feb. Is. - In the Senate, to day,
the report OF the conference committee on the
Sunday liquor bill was agreed TO ayes 81,
noes Is.
The report Of the conference committee on
the chaugang bill was disagreed to, and the
Scuatc appointed another committee.
y petition was presented from cItIz rs OF
Augusta county asking the passage OF an act
restricting the sale Of lnt' xlcatlng liquors.
Bills were reported TO amend the charter Of
the city OF Lyuchburg;cs abllsning Switchboard
of Health; aud to provide ADDITIONAL buildings
for the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical
College.
Az adverse report was made upon bill e.
tablishiug the office Of State geologlst and
chrmlst 1t being provided Tor By law.
The Committee on Finance were Instructed
to enquire into aud make full and thorough
investigation into the facts Of the case whereby
it Is alleged that$ So 900 was palu out OF the lee
u $iGO. 900 in the Chesapeake aud Oulu Canal
cast ulso tue allegation ol the reception ny an
attorney for eight years OF Il Tee Of So OOU per
annuln, besides cOlumlsSOuS, NC, III the Sci
don " ithers case.
n bill mak.ug appropriations Tor the Fast
eru Luuatlc Asylum was Introduced, anu po-
ttiou oi citizens III Farmvlile III relation TO the
| location OF Il new luuaslc asylum at that place
presented.
\ bill to amend the charter of the New York
aud Norfolk Railroad Company was passed.
Thc rhaiu-gang bill was taken up, the vote
| by when it was passed was recousider"d, and
the bill Indefinitely postponed. \ motion to
reconsider the vote was decided out OF order,
aud an appeal from the decision OF the chair
| taken, winch created considerable discussion.
| The appeal was iual|y tabled iii order to allow
time TO consider, and the Senate adjourned.
| la the House Ut Delegates the Seuale Joint
resolution of weicowe and congratulatlou IL
the British settlers 10 Virginia was agreed TO.
Bulls were Introduced To repeal The ACT
regulating the nulubcr OF terms Ut county
aud circuit courts, and prescribing the nunlbel
| OF term5 vi the same aud the pay OF county
Judges amen ling the law granting liquor llcen
scs To eatlug houses, etc., incorporating the
Virginia ard West Virginia Narrow Guag,
Railroad; aud providing fine on Steamboat ol
railroad employees who get drunk wnlt OF
duly
Bills were reported in reference to sales un
der judg u4cnt, etc; incorporating the Che,a
peakc aud Albematie Raroad Company; pro
vidiDg a node Of pay tDr laud condemned To-
roads; douatiug 500 to remove aud r,nter tht
bodies OF Comic ic:a!e Svl itrs buried d. ll"gcr>
tuwu, Md and alncld!ag the CHATTER VI Asl
laud.
A resolution was introduced BY Mr. Pop
ham, OF RappahuuEock, aud agreed to, Tor The
appointment Of Il cutnmlltec ~ investigate cacI
aud every case OF safe, transfer and settlement
of debts or property Of the State made since
the war.
The bill grating new charter to city o
Petersburg was taken up AID discussed, Mr.
Round, OF Prince William. opposing its pas
sage 10 speech of more than Two hours anc
had not concluded when the House adj )urncd
An adverse report was made upon the prop
ostiun lo increase the fees OF sherlti>.
MISCELLANEOUS.
It is said that Mr. James NceSou, a promi
ueut lawyer Of Richmond, is the attorney wh(
has Tor some seven or eight years drawn sal
airy Of 5000 per anhum from the State trl
prosecuting the claim az INST the old firm OIL
Seldom, Withcr> 4 Co
Among the commissions to notarles public
issued tor day, was Que to y. b. Bolts, OF Spot
syvaua.
The resolution introduced in the II )use Of
Delegates, to day, by Mr.. Popham, and, o
course, adopted, directing an investigation late
the conduct of certain State officials in the
sales, assignments aud settlements OF the stocks
bonds and assets generally OF the State that
| have been sod, set over, NC, since the CLOSE
of the war, is general, and authorizes an en-
| quiry into the amount Of fees paid to the att
ncys, which, it is sad, will give piquaucy tc
the Investigation, aud probably produce somt
rich developments. 1t is to be regretted that
such things are, but il is evident that thing
! have been conducted with looseueS~ that re-
quircs looking into. 1t is hoped that lncrl
has been nothing crlmlnaIly wrong.