Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-03-08

ddrVlo dpp6alcu 10 his duj uSoOA iAN ~
stand firm ard appeal from The Governor
to the people. Mr.. Lee (colored) salo Ihe
members had better not go home I'LL 1hey
settle the debt question. The debate as
skeLched in the Richmond ''DlspaCch~
showed much warmth on both sides. Inc
proposition Of Mr.. Allen to recommlt the
! bill to the Finance Committee was deieat-
ed, ayes 48 noes 50. Mr.. Vanlear Young
| with the adj usters to recommit and Messfs.
Echols a. Hanger voting the other way
| On Friday the House assembled IN an
| extraord iitary temper, and instead ol pro-
! ceedng with the election of Circuit Judges
| as agreed with the Senate, adjourned oy
| by vote of 81 to IS, thus breaking the
| joint orde. Messrs Echols. Hanger and
Vanear voted against the adjournment.
SATURDAY. they came together somewhat
| calmer, for the execution of the JolnS oraer
of the day the election of Treasurer, Sec
| Old Auditor Railroad Commissioner, and
| Judge of the Hastings Court OF Rlchmcnd
in place OF Jndge Guigon. X. M. J.. II I'M
ter was re-rleC.ted Treasurer over Z. L.
! smith of Nels ~ 10y 70 to SO, all the Au-
| gusta delegates voting for Hunter. Asa
| Rogers was cleo ted I'd Auditor over f. M
Mcmillan. of Greene, Ey 55 to- A. IcLols
and Hanger voting for Rogers and Van
! lear for MCMILLAN. T. II. Carter, whose
nomination was 8 acOnded by Gen. Echols,
was reelected Railroad Commissioner. 6.
| l.. Christian (nO,v Clerk of the Court OF
| Appeals) was elected Judge OF the Hust-
| ings Court of Richmond, over James Nee
son by GA to Al. Messrs Hanger and
Echols voting for Christian and Vanlear
for Neeson. The loill providing for new
registration for the city of Staunton was
passed and is now 2 law. A bill for furn-
| ishing convicts to the Staunt0n and Par
kel sburg turnpike, Tor to the Stanton and
Parkersburg Railro.sd) was passed and is
| law.
The bill suspending the payment of in
| terest on the debt of the Virginia Military
Institute was reported from the Finance
| Committee, with the recommendation that
| it do not pass. Mr.. Edlnunds offered
bill, giving the Board CT Supervisors Gn-
stead of the County Court) the power of
| fixing the allowance of sheriffs, clerks and
commemorative attorneys of counties,
and giving the County Court power to re-
| duce those allowances if fifty or more free
| holders complain that they are excessive.
| The House adopted the resolutions of the
| Senate, declaring, LIST, that this is not the
| first biennial session, but that that com
| mencing December 1879 is. and, I'd, that
| the present session is limited to 80 days,
| and can only be extended by three-ffths
| vote. This action seems to be directly in
| the face of the constitution, and will doubt
less bring another veto from the Cover
nor. Messrs. EcholS and Hanger voted
against the resolutions and Mr.. Vanlear
| for them. On Monday Mr.. Ficklin offered
d bill appointing Governor Holiday, Lit.
Gov. Walker, Attorney Gen'l Field, Speak
er Allen, Auditor Taylor and Messrs. Bar
| bour, Bocock and Grimsley d Commission
| to hold conference with the coupon bond
| holders, and to offer them so years 3 IS
per cent. bond, and this was follo*ed by
several other plans, as unlikely OF final
success.
Mr.. Ficklin's proposition for a Commits
sion caused much debate, Mr.. Moffett
earnestly opposing it, as did Messrs. Har-
| vie, Hunter, Dickerson and others, and
during the debate the House was startled
by Mr.. Fauntleroy with motion to ad-
| journ sine ale. Several of the speak ers said
| they had had one 7 to s commission and
didn't want another. The proposition was
amended SO as to put VIM. Malone and
| Jno. W. Daniel on the commission, then
further amended by Mr.. Fowler so as mere
| ly to give the creditors anything left over
in the treasury after government and
school expenses; then further amended so
| rs to make the coupons non-receivable for
taxes, and finally passed as amended by
vote of Sc to 25. The House Funding Bill
table. The bill prescribing the duties OF
| county officials, &c., was amended by
| striking out the 5 per cent. addition on
| taxes not paid before Dec. l, and inserting
| provision allowing a rebate of 5per cent.
on taxes paid before Dec. l., and also reduc-
ingthe compensation of county treasurers
| 1sper cent. on all sums in excess of $1O,0 900
collected by them, and it was then passed
| to its eDgrOssment.
The House on Wednesday passed to its
engrossment a bill offered by Mr.. Moffett
| making the license tax payable in money.
It is an invitation to another veto.
A bill was ordered to its engrossment
48 to As, which appoints james Barbour
| and Allen B. Magruder agents to assist
the State agents in getting the million
dollar claim of Virginia against the Uni
ted States, and dividing one per cent of the
| claim if recovered, between the two gen.
tlemen named.
The acts for the protection of crops in
Augusta and also in Rockbrldge have be-
come laws.
A bill has been reported from the Fl
nance Committee imposing a tax of one
cent on each cigar sold, the dealer to be
furnished with Moffett Register to ring
for each cigar where his sales are under
$50 year, but to be furnished with stamps
where his sales are over that amount.
THE STATE FINANCES.
On Tuesday morning Auditor Taylor
furnished the Joint Committee of Finance
with statement to the effect that from
Oct. 1, II, to March 4, 7S-fve months
there had been $734,523 Of taxes paid in
coupons and 1864, 440 more of them out
standing, and likely to come in at any
time and absorb the amount of taxes due
for the last fiscal year, which is only
81 100000. He says 1.-the people cannot
pay, and are not paying.' Coupons being
at 80 per cent discount, every body is pay
ing in coupons. He says the State owes