Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-08
Letter from Richmond.

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rCorrespondcnce of tho Alexandria Gazetle.l
RICHMOND, Feb. 7, lS77.-Thc following is
the bill introduced by Mr. Simpson, comforting
Oh the policemen Of Alexandria city certain
powcrs Of cous;abcs II has passed both |
houses -
Be it cuactcd by the General Assembly of
Virginia, That the policemen OF the city OF
Alexandria. from time 10 Time appointed or
elected and qualified according to law, snail,
during their continuance In Office, II addition
to t!eir powers under the ordinances OF said
city, have and exercise within tile limits OF
said city, all power and authority which IS
possessed or can he exercised by a constable 10
said city, except they shall not execute any
civil process.
THIS act shall be in force from lis passage
The House Committee on Retrenchmcnt and
Reform, to whom was referred The Governor )
message, Recommending the abolition o! The
Offices CT Register Of the Land Olllcc and 2nd
Auditor, o.day adopted a resolution declaring
that it is ueyrclcnt to leeisate further on
the subject. So the Offices will not be aboI.
ished.
The special committee appointed to consider
the memorial Of G. Il. Mason and others IN
reference to the lease Of the James River and
kapawha canal, made their report to daJ. The
Committee, in concluding their report, say
Being thoroughly satisfied that the best i'll
tcrcst of the Salc-indccd, the existence Q!
the canal--rcquirds It's extension 10 Chiffon
Forge, the offer made to the House by Z. y.
Mason, Dennis s5hannahao, and ". {. 0.
Rardo!Dh 20 lease it CT The company FORA term
Of wears, and to extend it to Clifton Forge,
could but excite the lve!iest interest, and when
this offer was referred to your committee Tor
consideration AMI report aud the parties max
irg it renewed their ocr in Il more enlarged,
precise, ana definite lorm, your committee
could but entertain hope that the proposition
| referred 70 them might be OF such character
us TO Justify lis acceptance BY tee requisite as
surancc that the canal Woul! 81 speedily CON-
p!etcd to Clifton Forge, and that all appreheA-
sion 0l tue less Of this great interest ct the
State might therefore be dismissed. our
Committee deem it we'll to remind the House
that Tic pcrsons proposing TO lease thc canal
are citizers Of Virgnia Of high social position,
DISTINGUISHED for integrity and worth, CT large
experience 10 public works. and remarkable for
the energy and promptDcss with which they
have uniformly executed the contracts IN when
thew have heretofore been concerned, &c.
Your committee say nothing about the OK
| tension Ct the canal from buchanan 70 Clifton
Forge by railroad because they ere July salts
fed that such ali Improvement would leave the
canal at Buchanan to "besin 10 lie there aud
finally perish in lis whole length.
Your committee arc entirely satisfied that
without the homogeneous extension OF the
water line to Clifton Forge, the James River
and kauaUha Company can peVer be freed
from It's embarrassment, nor the long delayed
hopes and expectations Ct the State DC en-
!argcd; all of which, together with the reports
of the sub committees of the special committee
arc respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM SMITH,
Chairman.
Mir. JOAN j. Wall, the esteemed member oil
the House OF Delegates from Frederick, la
very III.
La the Senate, oGay, Mr. Smith introduced
Il resolution, which wgs adopted, requesting
the C0mmltcc on Finance 10 report upon the
cxpeaicucy OF leasing or selling the oyster beds
owned b. the State.
Among the bills reported in the House, to-
day, was one to authorize the Secretary Of the
| Commonwealth to furnish the clerks Of the
County Courts Of Accomac, Northumberland,
| Wcstmorcland, King George, Stafford, Prince
William, Fairfax, Alexandria, and Loudoun
With coEies Of the map returned hy the couI-
missoncrs to arbitrata the boundary line be
tween Virginia and Maryland,
a bill TO Incorporate the Washington, Gin,
cinnati, ana st. Louis Railroad Company was
referred.
The Governor has issued a reuuislrion 90
the Chief Justica Of the District. 81 Columbia
for delivery to VIM. Ayrc, ir., States agent,
ono John Hcnry Jones, of Fairfax county,
charged with stealing mule.