Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-01-15
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.

citation: and to pro tect sheep 10 Augusta.
Adverse reports were made on resolution
to amend the code as TO cmedy for unlawful
entry or retainer; on bill prescribing how
cattle shall be treated on railroad trains; on Il
bill to abolish punishment by stripes for crime;
on bill to abolish all laws 10 regard to chaln
gangs: and on bill regulating the manner of
making application for Executive clemeucy.
Mr.. Thomas, from the Committee on Fl
nance, reported tie Senate bill proTl!lus tor
| re assessment OF lands in the Commonwealth
as required by the Constitution, which was
made the order of the day for W cdncsday
| next.
The bill in relation to process upon indict-
ments and injuuclons, &c, from the j 'lnt
committee in reference to the disagreeing votes
of the two Houses was reported with recon-
mendatiou that the Senate recede from it,
disagreement to the House amendment, and
| that the amendment oil the House be sluen@cd
| as follows: In all cases where party has
! been indicted before his arrest, ADD Is subse-
aueutly arrested and held Tor trial, no new ln-
dctmeDt shall be required before such trial,
but the trial shall proceed upoo the lodlct-
ment 80 found before arrest The report vas
agreed to-
A bill was introduced directing the enforce
|
and the James River aud karawha Com
pany.
A number Of bills we're passed, among them
! the Senate bill for more specific reports III pro-
duce transported over the railroads aud cabaiS
OF the State
The bill to liquiiate the public debt OF
| Virginia which came up UPON lis passage,
was made the special order OF the day for lucs.
day next.
The House joint resolution on the Louisiana
question was referred to the Committee Oh
Federal Relations.
A number of bills were advanced on the cal
eudar. and the Senate ali ,urucd.
In the House Of Delegates an adverse report
was made upon the House j,ut resolution 10
relation to the construction by the Congress Of
the Uoted States, OF a Tree bridge between the
city of Washington aud the city OF A!cxan-
dria.
The report Of the committee Of conference
10 relation to amendments 10 bill OF process upon
indictments, Information and preseutmentS vas
agreed to.
1t was reported incxpadient to !cg!sIatc on
the subject of resolution enquirlng into til"
e1pediency of providing by law for the renewal
of the boundary lines of the different tracts Ct
land 10 all the counties IN the State, at least
once in every ten years.
1t was recommend that the petition Of the
Alexandria BARRIERS Tor c}mpu!Sary shutting
up of shops on Sunday DC rejected, and The same
recommendation was made III regard 10 the pc
ttion OF R?v Nvryal Wilson relative to sale Of
liquor 10 Winchester.
The House bill for extending the time for
the collection of taxes aud county and township
levies for the year 1874, was passed.
The bill concerning oystcrlrg in P0comoke
Sound and river, was further discussed.
The House joint resolution in relation TO the
late conduct OF United States officials in Loul-i-
ana, reported from the Committee on Federal
Relations, was passed as follows:
"Viewng the recent conduct of the United
States officials, 10 the Safe OF Louisiana, iii
taking possession of its State House, and AS
sumjng to control the organization Of lis Logis-
lature, by the forcbc expulsion OF certain
members, who had been admitted 10 seats by
that body-as a gross ard wapton usurpatlon
of power which cannot safely be allowed TO
pass without disaprova and reDloustrance lcst
precedent be established, which would lead
inevitably to the overthrow Of our Republican
institutions; therefore, the General Assembly
of Virginia, in the name OF the people OF Vlr-
GINA, records its solemn protest against the
| unWarrented and revolutionary proceedings. by
means of which State Of the Union has been
deprived Of the sacred ri ght Of self govern
ment, and Of that control Of its domestic affairs,
guaranteed by the Federal compact, which has
been exercised without question by other States,
and even been held essential TO the maintenance
of peace and good government
1--WE have observed with the prGtDundcSt
admiration the patincc ADD fortltude With whIct
| the people OF Louisiana have borue themselves
under circumstances we'll calculated to provoke
excited action; ALSO lnasmuch as the principal
of popular representation so grossly violated 10
their case, is one. 10 whose dcftuce the other
States of the UOion are equally Interested, We
cherish the hope that their wrongs will be re-
dressed and their rights ampy viudicated by
the freemen of the country, without distinction
of section or party.
Resolved, That copy of this papsr BE- trans
| mitted to our Senators and Representatives in
Congress, and to the Governors of the STATES
| of the Union, with the request that they com
municate the same to their Legislatures.
LoUDoUN COUNTY ITEMs.-The County
Court Judge Bali on the bench coumcncrd
on Monday. The greater part OF the time Oh
Monday and Tuesday was occupied With the
case of Joseph j.. Having and others VS.. the
Leesburg aud Aide Turnpike Company 1t
seems that on the l4,b day OF June, 1869, the
County Court of L9udoun surrendered 10 the
Loudouu aud Aide Turnpike Company, the
old county road bed upon which 10 construct
their pew road, and also the bridge over Goose
Creek at Carriers Mill. BY virtue Of this sur
reuder the Loudoun and Ade Company after
merchandising the road established a toll gate
at the south end of said bridge, ADD exacen
toll from all travellers over the SANE. The
bridge 10 question is at the Junction Of TWO
roadS-the turnpike and the monuau road to
Middleburg The plaintiffs III the case COP
tend that he turnpike company have 20 RICH
to exact toll from those wac travel the u uu
taiu road, and who Use no part OF the turnpike
except the bridge aud low huudEed feet oil
the approaches to the same. The court sus
tanned their position, aud decided that GOT
withstandipg the order of 1869, "the turnpike
b. o xrI, III Of ~. LriG