Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-26
Legislative.

10 the State Senate, yesterday, the House
joint resolution providing for the election OF
circuit Judges on Tuesday was amended by 10.
sertrg Friday, and Saturday was Inserted IN.
stead Of Wednesday as the time for The cleo.
ton of Treasurer, Second Auditor. Commits.
sioner Of Railroads, &c. An amendment to
strike ont Railroad Commissioner was de-
leaed.
A communication from the Governor official
ly announcing the death Of Judge Gugon was
received and laid On tho table.
The bill to incorporate the Warm, Hot,
Healing Springs anu the Covlngon Narrow
Guage Railroad was reported from the Com
mittee on Rosds.
10 the House Of Delegates bill was intro.
duced to authorize the Potomac, Fredericks'
burg and Piedmont Railroad to extend its road,
to receive donations aud to change its name.
a resolution was agreed to instrucing the
Committed for Courts Of Justice to enquire and
report 10 the House whether or not this is tho
first bicnnia! session Of the General Assembly
under the amendments to the Constitution, and
if not, when sail biennial session first COM
meuccs.
The Committee Oh Asylums and Prisons were
Instructed TO crqulrc toto the expectancy OF
forming a board of examiners, to be appointed
by the Governor, whose duty it shall ba to in
vestigate at stated periods the mental and ply
steal condition of the convicts in the peniten-
tary, and to recommend 10 proper cases par
doos or Communication Of punishment.
Bills we're reported 10 exempt the county Of
Northumberland from the provisions Of chap
ter Of the Code in relation 10 provisioning
lauGs; allowing the school districts OF MOuDt
Vernon aud Lee, Fairfax county, to rebuild
jointly a school house; to enable towns and
cities to confer honorary citizenship upon per-
soos Of distinction; to amend the charter OF the
town Of DaDvillc, and 10 amend the road law.
The bill prescribing the maximum public
free school funds which shall be collected, and
requiring them TO be paid to the credit of the
pubic free school fund and used only for pub
Tic free school purposes, was passed.
The House j lint resolution 10 relation to the
Mccormick telescope Was also passed.
The following is the bill, giving power to
towns aud cities to confer honorary citizenship
upon persons Of distinction. offered by Gen.
Echols -
Bet enacted De-, 1st. That the town oouu.
Gil of any Incorporated town or city 10 this
Commonwealth may, by resolution OF three
quarters Of their number, confer upon any
person of distinction, whom they may desire to
honor, the freedom and honorary citizenship of
their town or city, and may order the cerllf-
cate of such resolution to be presented to the
person designated in snch form and manner as
they may deem most fitting
%. That in each town and city, when this
act shall be put in force, there shall be kept a
book Of frcemen, on which every honorary citi-
zen shall be required to inscribc his name.
This act shall be 10 force from its passage
The Auditor reported to the House that
$l04 900 was borrowed by the State during the
last fiscal year. This amount was paid off 10
full during the same year, so that there was
nothing due on the lst of December, 1877.
The Auditor further said :-"Enlarging the
scope of the resolution, however, l have to re-
port that since the commencement OF the pres
ent fiscal year there has been borrowed from
the banks aforesaid the following sums. which
arc still unpaid: From the Planters Bank,
$47,5O0; from tho Richmond Banking and To-
surancc Company, 1880; from the First Ma
tional Bank, 1000; total, $l45,O00. No ar
rangements have been made to pay the same
other than out Of the accruing revenues OF the
State, very large proportion of which-con-
siderably over million dollars-went over uu-
paid the lst of December last, and is to be &C..
counted for at this Office by tho 18th OF June
next. No arrangements have been made for
fnture loana