Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-03
uo0iSI,tiya Notes.

The House bill giving Increased pay TO
Conntv ,Judses came before the Senate Tues
day with committee amendments which tho
rcugbIv eluascuiotel it. They were adopted
and change the bill in The following important
nart;cujar 'Iustead Of the judges being paid
out of the Country Treasures, their pay Is to
come out of the State Treasury. Three hun-
dred dollars was subs; ituied for four hundred
as the pay O fjudges 10 counties with less than
10 900 population, and $50 was Inserted instead
of SIS for every Thousand over 10000 popu'a'
ZION, When two counties constitute a district
he Senate amendment provides hat theJudge
shall ouiy receive $500 with $50 tor each thous-
and over 10, 900. The bill was further amend,
ed 30 as to give the Judge OF Buchanan aod
Wise only 500 for salary and mileage. Inc
bill as amended, was first rejact"d-ayes a.
noes I7-then reconsldered by = vote ~ II "
s, aud iuaIly recommltIed Itch Enquirer.
So far from absolute secrecy uelug the ubJect
of the ballot, 10 many of the States the custom
prevails, enforced by law, Of uuubcrlug the bal
let with the same number which Is 5 opposite
the pane of the voter vino casts 1t. ln case OF
contest it is very easy then, by comparing the
ballots with the names corresponding to the
number. to ~ascetaiu il any fraud has been
committed, or to throw out the votes OF those
who it shall subscqu? ntly appear have Vo'tu
illegally. To a certain extent secrecy is the 90
iect, and is secured, but not at the expense ol
the purity Of the election or the rights 10 me
people and Justice Of the cJntes'ant.-Itlch
Wig.
Mr., CIark's Senate bill to provide temporary
headstones for the gravcs Of Genera }. h. b.
Stuart and A. L. Hill (rccallcdfrom the Housc)
was passed 10 the Seuate agalu yesterday With
amendments. Mr.. Clark explained that Gen.
Stuart's brother was 10 the city making ar
rangenen,s himsslf 10 have a handsome monu-
ment ercci.d over the grave Of III: great Con-
ledcrate cavalryman. General Stuart's lame
was then stricken from the bill aod General
Edward Johnson's name substituted. On MIR.
Cri;chcr's mctiou cx- President } lha Iylcr's
name was also added, aud the appropriation
Increased TO $500. The bill vas theu passed.
MIR. C. u. Williams, Of Richmond. yester-
day introduced 10 the House i bill proposing
to tax persons who drink, chew, smoke, " take
spuf, Two dollars per year, ani Those who To-
dulge 10 p~rofanc language five dollars per year.
Il IS proposed TO make each male iDEabiIant
take oath whether he INDUCES 10 auy o! thts2
things. Ii be swcars yea, be is to be taxed. Ii
he swears DAY, he is to be exempt. Ladies,
not being mcntioued.-Rich O@pntch.
The House Committee Oh Cou1lles, Cities
and Towns, TO whom vas referred a resolution
"epooiriug into the expedieocy Of amending
the Code S, as TO require the Board Of Supervi.
! sors OF each county to order the county on all
male persons over the age Of twenty. oac years,
aud on all property assessed With State tax
within the county instead Of a certain per cen
tum upon the amount OF State tax reported
it was exnedient to legisIate upon the subject.
Rich. journal.
The senteuce Of every CONVICT seat to the
Penitentiary by our State Courts is 10 the Ell
feet that he shall be kept contiued therein at
hard labor. And yet on yesterday, in the
! House of Delegates, we find Colonel Gilman
and other popular representatives OF the peo-
pie, presenting petitions froU uniformed per-
sons in Lyuchburg, Richmond. and other
places, asking the Legislature to set the con-
VlClS lWuOSt puUiSineol aoN Il "ooS ~
has already been prescribed by jury. judge and
law to digging a canal from Buchanan to Gift
ton Forge. o. course superior power can deal
as it sees fit with persouS unable to help them
! selves, but the question remains, can it be recoo-
ciled and made To appear right by any system
of moral ethics. To the Legislature is conced-
ed the mode of punishment OF c~ouvic.s, here
after to be made, bui those already under cou-
v~iction are also already under contract. Il &C.
ours to an ordinary understanding that the Leg
~isIature might as we'll set them to climbing a
creased pole $50 far as law is conceru@dj asdig-
ging that canal connection from Buchaoau to
Clifton Forge.-Gmde and Nevs.
The Committee on Courts OF Justice met
this morning and took up the case Of Judge
NicoI. The petition Of j. J. Davies in rela
tiop to the official conduct Of the Judge was
read, after which the committee ad journed uu-
til to.morrow afternoon at 4:30 O'Clock, for the
purpose Of giving the judge 40 opportunity to
file his answer, if be has any to file, aud to hear
testimony. The committee was, by a resolution
adopted by the Hou e. empowered to have the
~uetition prirted.-Rtih Journal