Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-03-01

TO by vote of II to is and the bill as
amended was finally passed by consei'u-
tional majority, MI. Koiner voOins
against it. The Senate on motion OF MI
Koner fixed Friday Today for the eiec-
ton OF Circuit Judges, and Saturday wv
for the election of Treasurer ~
Auditor and Commissioner of Rallfoaos'
Mr.. Fulkerson strongly opposed NAMING
the Office ,f Railroad Comm lssioner as he
wanted it abolished, but he was overruleo'
A bill was introduced to incorporate the
Warm, Hot, Healing Springs ana
Covingtou narroW-gauge railroad. no
House bill providing for the transporIa-
ton of convicts and the insane at reduced
rates was passed, as was a bill offereo Ny
Mr.. Koiref to better secure the Valn'ple
papers ap books If tue offices OF IreaSuf-
er and Second Auditor.
HOUSE.
A concentration from Superintendent
Ruffner as received. showing that the
salaries paid the county superintendent
Of schools amounted TO $33, $50, with incl
dental expenses amounting to s6,70l. I'ie
ave age pay Of county superlntendebts WAS
$35 ana the average each received OIL the
Incidental expenses was $70.53. When the
Barbour tax bill came back from the Sen
ate amended the situation stood thus: the
original biz, after iixiuE 50 cents rs the
tax. set aside % cents for the State govern
ment. 10 cents for the schools, and 10
cents and I'LL other revenues for the credl-
tors. The Senate, OH motion of MIR. Full
kersOn, adopted an amendment, taking
$4,000 from the Moffet register tax, dedl-
Gated 10 pa vment of interest, and turning
it over to the State government expenses
In the House Mr.. Mushback, OF Alexan
dria, fought the Senate amendment, but
it was agreed TO; Mr. 4enry's motion to
disagree being voted down by 81 to -, Mr.
Vanlear voting with the majority and
Messrs. Echols and Hanger with the mi
nority. Mr.. Broeke's amendm ent to the
same bill in the Senate, stating that the
tax bill was not intended to mterpose any
obstacle to the creditors asserting any
legal right they may possess,'' was substi-
tuted by one offered by Mr.. Fowler, differ
ing little in the vefbiage, not because
there was any material difference between
the two. but because, as Speaker Allen ex-
plaiued, the friends Of the bill didn't have
time to analyze it, and suspected there
might be cat in the meal tub. Fowler's
substi ute was adopted by about the same
vote as 4iven above. Mr.. Vanlear pre-
sented petition of citizens of Augusta
county for the relief Of J. Newton Perry
from the payment OF a fine imposed upon
him by the court Of said county. An in
definite leave of absence was granted Mr..
Moffett, who goes to visit an i'll brother
in Iowa. A bill was reported to incorpor
ate the MARY Washington Association Of
America The Committee on Prisons
was instructed to report OF the expediency
Of forming q Board of Examiners, who
shall at stated periods examine the
condition of prisoners in the peniten-
tiary and, in proper cases, recommend par-
dons or communication. The Senate bill
prescribing the manner in which public
free school funds shall be collected, and
requiring them to be paid TO the credit of
the public free school fund and used only
for public free school purposes. was taken
up and passed. Mr.. Hanger presented a
petition of ciJizens of Staunton, asking for
a change in the law as to the powers and
duties of ccnstables. Mr.. Walker intro
duced bill to secure to taxpayers in
If bn irrtf Of, ad,
for their children. A communication was
received from Auditor Taylor, showing
that the State owed the banks $145 900, for
which no provision is made. A bill to re-
organize the Agricultural Bureau, raise
The pay of the chief and his clerk, and tax
each brand of fertilizers sold in the State
$500, SO as to make them pay the expenses
of the Bureau, was advocated by Messrs.
Halyie and Ficklin and opposed by Messrs.
Fauntleroy and McCabe. but was ordered
30 its engrossment, despite opposition.
Mr.. Harvie is leading Adjuster, and this
is a very neat way of siapping tax on
farmers that ''can't bear another cent"
without the taxpayers seeing it. A bill to
lease the penitentiary failed of passage by
Only two votes, and will be tried again.
The bill accepting the $50.000 Mccormick
ielescope for the University Of Virginia,
on Mr.. McC.'S terms, was passed. 1t
also passed the Senate. The Senate bill
prohibiting the reception of coupons for
the school tax was passed. A bill requir-
ing the inspection Of slaves was passed.
The member from Lancaster county intro
duced resolution, which is so fair a hit
at the principle the Regulators are run
ming on, whether so intended by the au-
thor or not, that we reprint it:
Whereas the finances of this Commonwealth are in
such condition that we unable to meet our just
Obligations and whereas the honor OF Virginia pre-
vents our holding property for which we have not
paid and whereas the monument OF Washington In
the Capitol Square was pail for out Of money Dor
rOWed on our bonds; and whereas this monument
will be an unpleasant reminder OF our unpaid debts
and State dishonor-
public auction, and the proceeds of said sale be ap
Piled to payment of some portion of the debt OF Viz
ginia
Of course, though the monument is a
luxury and mere reminder of that article
so derided by the AdJusters- Virginia's
s'honor,'' it was promptly dismissed. Two
reports were submitted from the Commit
tee on Courts Of Justice, one declaring
that this is the first biennial ses sion requir-
ing three-ffths vote to extend it, and the
other saying that the next session is the
first biennial. A bill has passed both
branches of the legislature granting a
charter to the Richmond and Allegheny
Rail-, DAD Company, granting permission
to build railroad from Richmond via.
Lynchburg TO any poiht on the Chesapeake
& Ohio railroad west of StsunsHn, with
authority to construct branches to any
point on the West Virginia State ]ine, via
Craig S creek Or Jackson's river, and to
Fincastle.
THE ADyUs-ERs' FUNDING BILL.
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