Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-05
Legislative.

Or Ccrt3'O CDGU'S utIc - anu ~ plIf'uI luI tNS
collection Of lsxts. a.; 10 aucud the Cvie 10
relation IL tn. e,',l CT suretie>: to ausud the
Code 10 r.!al!cu to forthcoming G0:,ls % exc
cn,iuL< whoa lave b,rn III reDIed ms ks the
penalty double he anouai .! debt levied to1 |;
to euabIe tbs 3 .sri OF Supervisors ct Prince
William county IL barrow money Tor the reI!et
Of William Brown. Of the e2unty Of Loudou0.
from az erroneous assessment Ct about Sll; to
provide for the election OF three commissioners
for the county Of Loudoun; to amend the law
10 relation 10 distress warrants; aud TO amend
the ac;s prescribing the duties OF certain County
Ufhcals
The House bill providing lor the reduction Of
salaries CT the Ulcers of the government was
passed rs it can.o from the House The vote
WAS as follows:
Ayos-Messrs Belts, Bland, Brooke, Daniel,
Dickinson, Elliott Fulkerson, Goode, Griffin,
Grmslsy, Hslrston, HenryH Hurt, j no. L. Hurt
Johnson koiner, Lee, Marshall, injury Nash,
smith, Spisler, Tyler. Mslston, Ward and
| Wood-3O.
Noes-Mtkzra. Chlea, Massey. Norton.
| Pow ell, Sherrard and Stevens-G.
10 the House OF Delegates the Finance Uom.
m,let this morning reported with the reoom
| incubation that II do not pass the bill with
amendments imposing a tax OF one cent tJr
each cigar sold ard TWO cauts for each package
of cigarettes sold, the cigar dcalears to be fur
Dlshed with Mehett register, and TO ring The
bell every time cigar OF package OF clgaret
les Is sold (That Is they are required 70 use
the reg lister Tor selling cigars As the liquor deal
sri do when drinks are sold The amendments
proposed are az follow:
| al ,bat ONO 4
the provisions Of this act whose annual sales
shall be fifty dollars or under shall, instead of
being supplied with the Moflett register, be
furnished By the treasurer Of his county or cor
puratlon, ~ soon after the passage OF this act
as the same can be provided, with as many
stamps 0! the character and denomination here
inaitcr provided AS mag BE- necessary to stamp
ali boxes of cigars and unDrokan packages Of
cigarettes which shall comprise his stock for
any one gear Ct the rate Of one cen. for each
cigar in each box. .od fifty cents for each no.
brokan (wholesaIe) package OF Cigarettes; aud
it shall b, the duty OF every such dealer 10 i'll
me.liately make application - bis treasure. t6r,
and prtcnrc and keep on hand, q .utt :: Mt
number Of such stamps 10 enable him 10 com
ply with the provisions Of this ac:; aol il shs!!
be his further duty Immediately upon the r..
capt thereof 10 stamp every box OF cigars aod
u1brokcn package II cigarettes comprising bis
stock at the rate tereinbct1rc pcntio1ad. that
is to say one stamp 0! the Denomination OF fly
cent, for each tlty cigars 10 III: boS:s -
stamped, and one stamp Of like denomination
tor each u5broktn package q cigarettes c1u.
tainirg 800, aud 70 caoca! the sana and keep
the stamp 81 caocelIci exposed t4Iiy to the
view Of customers. Tie said stamp shall be
affixed 10 the SANE mauner as the lntad
State. I0tcroal Revenue stamp is nos affixed
u the same packages.
Any dealer WHO shall TAI! 20 comp. with the
provisions ct the foregoing sections. or who
shall be IouHd win cigars or cigarettes IN his
place CT business uIstamped or with the stamps
uucanccIIcd shall forfeit, for each offence, the
sun Of $50, 10 BE- recOYcre! as other fines are
DOW recovered ty law, AMI for the sec0od o.
fent2, UPON convection thereof, shall. in add
li0n thereto, forfeit his license.
The other amendments simply deiac the
duties Of the Auditor 10 c1rnact!on WIKI this
matter.
\ bill va, reported u pEocile for payment
Of certain fees t. .IamasLr Field, ". Is. Sea
well and John NJ. Forbes
An adverse report WAS made upon the bill
to suspend periodical payment OF interest upon
the debt OF the Virginia Military Institute.
J..
cffectugI means to entorc. the collection OF the
tax imposed upon foreign Insurance companies
which have withdrawn their agencies from the
State, &c
The bill for the relief OF the hcrs OF James
B,ynes aud John b. Blynes. decreased, late Of
the irm of James Baynes l. Son, OF BAH
more, Md, was passed.
The bill to take the scosc o! the people as to
caug a constitutional convention was made
The special continuing order for to day.
The Senate Joint resolution constituting ser.
tain sections of the fifth article OF the C3nsti.
tullon as applicable to the sessions of the Uoncr-
al Assembly, coming up,
Messrs. Taliaterro, of Gloucester, Dickiu.
son Bocock and Fauo,lcroy c!simed that this
was not the first biennial session under the new
Constitution.
Mcy5rs Cogh and Henry took the ground
that this is the first biennial session.
Mr.. Coghl offered a. substitute for the
Seuate olnt resolution, the following
| Resolved, That the present session OF the
General Assembly j. the first biennlal session
under the sixth sectiOo Of the fifth article OF
the Constitution, and that said General As
scmby cannot convene again except 10 extra
in the Constitution.
The substitute vas RI ltcted.
The Senate joint resolution was then agreed
to-aycs 80, nays 40.
4 VISIT TO THE STATE CApIToI..--A writer
in the Richmond Sunday Transcript says he
paid visit to the Capitol, AMI on Thursday
went into the House and Senate with party
Of ladies', who seemed to think they never
went into Two more dcmoralized looking places
The Senate mas hen. pecked" look, which
is unmistakabe, and we asccrancd on en-.
curry that married men prevailed 10 that body
by large majority. We observed but one
really handsome 'weIl-groomel' man in the
body-the gentleman from Lynchburg, and
another exactly like him, (strange to say,) in
the House, from AIexaodria; but with these two
exceptions, and some few others. We are not pre-
pared to say how well these men might look if
they could establish by act OF Legislature free
barber shops and baths 10 the basement Of the
Capitol, aud compel the representatives of the