Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-16
Efrgiuin LEGISLATURE.

La tho 6eoate, o. Saturday, bills were pass
ea declaring tha tie terms of all the circuit
juiee5 expire on D.c'mber 81, 1878. except 10
the Seven eenth and Eli sbteenth circuits, whose
tcruI5 opt Dsceuber 81, 1888; to incorporate
the Plaote,s Savings Bank at Chatham, and
60 Incorporate the Uoi,n Bridge Company ct
Dan7lHe.
Adverse reports were made upon tho raso.u
ton 10 relation TO tho election OF circuit judges,
and upon the bill to re.arrange tina jutlcla!
c!rcus.
a rill to amend section 10 Of the act revising
the crlulual Laws vas referred.
A series Of resolutions adopted by the Coun-
~ School B lard of Kicg George cluaty were
refe,red to tn. Committee on Edusasiop. and
q plumber OF bills were advanced to their en-.
gsos; m sat and third readlng.
4 resolution that the CJnmittee for Courts
OF Ju5Iica Inquire whether or not toe coG5t,tu-
tiooal amerdmeat and the ao5 passed pursuant
thereto, restricting tie right OF euftege, is 10
vioIarija Of the oundi!ioos upon which the State
of Fitgoa Was admitted to representation in
the Congress ct the Uoitud Safes. WAS dis
cussed at length, but tioally Indefinitely post.
ponsd by vote of 10 to ID.
Mr.. Sinclair was granted lasva Of sbsenco
lor two days.
Ia tie House Of Delegates the following reso-
lu;iouS Rero io,roduced and referred:
Resolved, That our senators la Congress be
instructed. and our representatives be request
-, 10 cnieavor 10 have the banking laws Of the
Unlted States SO amended as to provide that
tue peaaity for receiving, reserVlag, OF charg-
lug rate OF lctcrcst greater than that allowed
by The laws CT the State or territory where the
baok IL located shall coufJfm to the laws Ct
suoh State or Territory.
Resolved. That the Governor be requested
to forward copy Of the Foregoing resolution to
each OF cur senator's and eS5ntatVe6 10 the
Coz gress Of the Uaised States.
also the following: That the Joint committee
on constitutional amendments bs and are hereby
instructed to Inquire into and report upon the
expedjepcy Of iocroasing the capita.ion tax for
free schcoi purposes.
Bills we're iuts otuced to exempt parsonagcs
from taxation; to amend scc!ioa of chapter
lei Of The Code Of 1873, 10 relation to the
com penaation Of Commonwealth attorneys;
to amend section II OF chapter !, in re-
gard to registration bceks; rqairiug rail-
roads TO be fspcsd; to amend sect DDS and 8
Of an act to incorporate the Lee Monument
Association, allowing 40 equestrian or such
UIGET 6lalue " uCut ~ Uc oTeC.eu dS tDay
hereafter be adopted, and ullowiog tho com
inissioncrs to select the city CT toWn and loca.
tlcn therein Ter the statue.
The committee % Constitutional amend
neots Waa instructed to Inquire iuto and re-
port up,a the expedlescy OF aboshirg tho
otileo CT comfy treasurer and county superin-
tendens Of schools.
Bills we're passed 70 establish the Church
Home Of The city OF Nolf,Ik; to Incorporate
tbs Planters Savings Back of Chatham, Va;
p'oV!tiog for submitting the repeal Of the fercs
law, in Rholo or 10 part, to the voters Of Mt.
eeIEcn and Centrs1iiIe districts, of Fairfax
coua!g, and ia r,ls,ioo 10 the delivery of dein
Qusps lists;a the bill reduciog pay Of commrs
si1pers Of election fprm So to 81 per day Was
ordered to be engrossed.
TIE bill to secure tie tiIIs FIR legal printing,
and to allow ,hsm to be collected pretty much
like tsxes, upon which an adverse report was
made, vas postponed uotl the 22i Of February.
Joshua Walker, of Newport, r. l., Satur
dap hight purchased Quantity Of pork, and
taking 1t bone proceeded to salt it dowo. His |
wife 5000 after discovered that he bad beeo |
ltyiog to make biine with white sugar. She |
was selZ!d with fit of laughter which contio-
Ged for several u;iuutes, when she suddenly |
expired. Mrs. Walker Was only twenty years
CID, and had been but recently married.
Direct Information from Gov. Hampton Sat.