Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-17
LEGISLATIVE.

In the Senate, on Saturday, a bill was H.
trodueed to amend the Code 10 relation to
criminal process in misdmesnors, which was re-
ferred.
A bill was introduced and rejected, propos'
ing to allow the board of supervisors of the
various counties Of the Commonwealth to make
an appropriation to transport articles to and
from the Centennial at Philadelphia.
The Senate bill appropriatiog $4,000 for the
Centennial came up on its second reading, and
was ordered to be engrossed and read q third
time, aud on question Of engrosslng, vote re-
corded as follows:
Ar .s-Messr-. Allen, Cochran, Daniel, Dsw-
son, Elliott, Eubank. Hinton, Hurt, johnson,
Lathrop, Maddox, Num-, Penn, Sinclair,
Smith, Tanner, Terry, Ward, Worthsm-19
NoEs-Messrs. S~eazley. Bland, Clsugh5non,
Crjtcher, Dickinson, Dufield, Eastman. Fin
Marshall, Newherry, Quesenberry, Slemp,
Splitter, Wood-lS.
Senate bills to incorporate the Madison
Home Mutual Insurance Company, and in re-
Iation to cemeteries and cemetery associations,
were passed.
A resolution instructing the Committee on
Courts of Justice to inquire toto the expedlen-
cy of amending section 3, chapter 1874 of the
Code, so as to exempt the wages OF a laborer
| amounting to over $50 per month, and a reso-
| Iution instructing the Committee Oh Roads to
iDauire into The eXpedieucy OF SO amending the
| road law as t. authuriZ: the CONSTRUCTION oi
new county roads lis We'll As toe alteration OF
old ones, we're ad rpted.
The report of the Com mittee on r lads and
Internal n ,vigatlon 10 relation to the Board
| of Public Works furoishing information 10 re-
| lasion TO the transactions aud liability OF stock
| holders of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
| Potomac Railroad Company, Was submitted,
amending the original resolution by restricting
the examination 10 certain particulars, and was
| agreed to.
Ia the House, House bills we're reported to
| provide for the clccrion or appointment OF dis
| trict officers; 10 amend road law; to require re-
leases of trust deeds and other obligations to
be noted upon the margin Of the record OF
such deeds or obligations; 10 amend the Code
in relation to public free schools; to amend the
Cod in relation to the pay of county superln
tendenls Df schools, With recommending 1t
10 not pass; modifying the charter OF Wash
ington aud Lee University, with recommended
tiou 10 CONCUR in Senate amendments.
The Committee on Schools and Colleges re-
| ported 1t incXpadlent to amend the school laws
so as to allow children whose pareots have not
paid the capitation tax to atten schools, and
the report was c0ncurred 10.
The Speaker laid before the House a com
munication from the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts, stating the amount Of taxes paid IN
coupons for 1874 at 1851 ,09l, aud that it Is
no. at all probable the amount. will be re-
duced for 1875, which was referred.
A resolution providing that the clerks OF the
House be instructed to keep a daily record OF
the name of each speaker ADD the rumber OF
times he speaks, which shall be spread upon
| the journal and read with the proceedings; and
at the end of each sessions he shall publish the
name of each speaker and the number of times
he has spoken during the session, was elected
by a vote of Al TO SO. ,
A bill was presented and referred, to amend
the act requiring title and coatraet for real es-
tate for public uses to be approved or dlsap-
proved by county courts.
.Mr. Kcrrick offered a bill to provide for tie
working Of roads in Fauquier county, which
was referred.
A resolution of respect to the memory Of the
late Hon. ". A. Graham, Of North Carolina,
| was adopted.
The per diem of members was again discuss
ed; also the bill to increase the compensation
of county treasurerS.