Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-21
LEGISLATIVE.

In the Senate, yesterday, a bill was passed
amending the Code in relation to pilots; also
a bill 10 reference to commissioners in chan
Gerry. a bill 10 reference 10 corporations gen.
orally was laid Oh the table. A bill concerning
the pay ofthe Hastings judge Of Portsmouth
was passed also a bill allowing the Meth 1dist
church at Hampton to sell its l0t also a bill 10
| relation to mileage of the judge of Wise and
Buchanan counties.
Ii was declared inexpedient to lcgislate on
the subject of paying witnesses before The
grand %juries.
A substitute was reported for the bill pre-
scribing the du les, powers, liabilities and COM
peDsation Of certain county officers.
A preamble and resolution relating to the
| establishment Of 40 exchequer, and to the
tobacco and spirit taxes, was referred 10 the
COMMITTEE oa Finance.
A bill in relation to salaries of county judges
was amended and referred TO the Committee
for Courts of Justice.
The Auditor was called on for the amounts
paid prosecuting attorneys in The State courts
for 1875.
A resolution requesting the Virginia Repre-
sentatives in Congress 10 urite in getting the
cotton tax refunded was laid over.
A bill was presented allowing owners on
water courses to erect wharves, &c.
A communication was received from the
| Auditor containing a statement OF the land as
scssment for 1875, and IF its decrease or in
| crease 10 value siuce 1873. which was ordered
to be printed.
The bill allowing counties 10 appropriate
money to transport articles to the Philadelphia
Centennial exhibition was, after considerable
debate, voted on and rejected.
10 the House the minority report in the con-
tested election case of White vs.. Hudgin was
ordered to be printed.
The bill prescribing the duties, powers,
compensation aod Liabilities of certain county
| officers was debated and amended, and recon-
mitted.
The following bills were reported: To amend
the Code 10 relation to the compensation of
superintendent of the poor; incorporating
the Penal Hospital amending the Code 10 re-
Iation to the appointment Of State assayer and
chemist; to amend the Cole in relation to su-
periDtebdents and trustees OF public free
schools; and to amend the Code in regard to
the sale of poisoDs.
A bill was introduced to amend the Code of
1873 to regulate the size of ballots.
n bill was introduced repeating an act passed
| January 18th, 1911, eutitled ''an act appropri-
ating the money arising from the sale of Glebe
Lauds in the county Ct Orange and for other
purposes" and v%esting said money 10 the
County School Board of Orange county.
The following was introduced and referred {:
Where's the S ate of Virginia is in debt to
the amount of about fifty millions of dollars
and whereas the bonds bring upon the market
only forty-fve per cent. on the dollar, on which
The State pays interest at Is per cent. six per
cent. on face value; and whereas the property
of the State is taxed to its utmost limit,
Be it resolved, That the Committee Oh Fl
nance be instructed to report bill looking to
wards a compromise with the creditors of the
State at a rate not exceeding thirty FIVE cents
90 the dollar, payable 10 thirty days With in
terest.
Messrs. Stuart, Elnunds and Crockett we're
added to the House Committee on Finance.
MIR. Stuart was also added to the Committee
on Federal Relations and Resolutions.
Th7 Senate resolution authorizing the joint
committee on tobacco to have any printing
done they may see fit was agreed to.