Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-12-16
WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA.
Thursday Morning, December, le, 1875.
LEGISLATIVE.

eleoting the officers of the Commons
wealth, and the following officers We're
reelected without opposition. Jas.
Mcdonald, Secretary of the Common
wealth: VIM. F. Tayler, Auditor of
Public Accounts Asa Rogers, Second
Z Auditor t. H. T. Hunter, Treasurer +;
+ S. II. Boykin, Land Officer; r. F.
Walker, Sup't of Pub, Printing;
George F. Strother, Snp't of the Pen~
itentiary. Mr. N. G. Tall aferro who
has been acting General Agent and
Store keeper Of the Penitentiary, was
elected in place OF his brother, W, I.
Taliafero- FIG
In the Senate resolutions were offer
ed and referred instructing the Cons
mittee on Public Institutions to inquire
and report how many convicts can be
spared from the penltentiary to COM
plete the James River and Kanawha
canal to Clifton Forge asking imfor-
nation of the Auditor concerning
amounts paid for twelve months, end
ing June 80, 1875. as jailors' fees to
the iailors of the cities of the State ir-
structing the Committee for Courts of
Justice to inquire into the expediency
of so amending the law as to punish
the persons convicted of felony, by hard
labor on the county roads, instead of
sentencing them to confinement in the
penitentiary also bill providing for
the redemption of tax-rcceivable cou.
pons from the bonds of the State. The
petition of P. H. Starke was presented,
contesting the seat of William T..
Tanner in the Senate for the distric
composed of Richmond city and the
county of Henrico. .
In the House of Delegates, the fol-
lowing bills were introduced and re-
ferred A bill for the erection of a new
lunatic asylum bill to incorporate
the Chamber of Commerce Of Rich
lnond city a bill repeating the law SO
as to prevent convict labor from being
hired out, to come in competition with
honest labor.
In the Senate on Thursday, the
Committee, on Privileges and Elec>
tions made report, asking for power
TO send for persons and papers in the
contested election case of Starke vs..
Tanner and Brady vs.. Gale. The re-
port was agreed TO. A resolution was
adopted calling on the First Auditor
for tabular statement of the reassess.
ment of lands in the Commonwealth.
Bills were read amending the act in-
cooperating the Danville and New RI
yer Narrow Gauge Railroad Company.
and bill amending the charter of the
Warm Springs Company.
The House, after ordering to their
engrossmcnt several bills, one of which
allows the city of Richmond seven
Commissioners of Chancery, heard the
report in the Augusta contested alec
ton case of Opie VS.. Stuart, which was
passed by to allow the minority of the
committee to report. 1t remands the
election to the people.
In the Senate. on rrIuay, The Pres
ident laid before the Senate commun-
ication from the Auditor in which he
says:
81 beg leave to state that have re-
ceived returns from considerable num-
Der of assessors, and have already in
course Of preparation a comparative
statement of values such as the one in
dictated in the Senate resolution, which
will be communicated at as early day
as possible. The proviso contained in
section of the act approved March
l3, 1875, may occasion some delay. 1t
is in these words: 'Provided, That for
good cause shown the judges of the
county or corporation courts OF this
Commonwealth may extend the time
of making the returns of said assess
nents to the LIST day of January next
succeeding"
s.What Plumbers of assessors will de-
lay their returns until that time have
no means of ascertaining. The report
if made now. must be partial one,
bat will, perhaps, be sufficient to fur
nish an approximate estimate of the
general valuation throughout the State.
WILLIAM F. TAYLOR, nj
1sAuditor of Public Accounts
A bill for the protection of game
was presented and referred Mr.. Spit
Ter presented bill to incorporate the
East Rockingham and Page Farmers
Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
In the House, Mr.. Shelley, from the
committee on Contested Elections, re
ported 10 the case of Dodson vs. r. D.
Rufin, that Ruffin (Republican) is en-
titled to the seat he now holds so far
as the evidence before the committee
Indicated The report was agreed to.
The report of the majority Of the
Committee on Contested Elections upon
the case Of Opie VS. Stuart having