Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-04-01
The Legislature.


law, with Mr.. Fulkerson's substitute,
were taken up-the question being On
agreeing to Mr.. Paul's amendment to
require one fifth of the tax to be paid in
money for the payment of the salaries
of public school teachers. Rejected
ayes, IL; noes, II.
In the House, the debt bill was taken
up as the special order.
Mr.. Barbour moved to amend so as to
submit the bill to the people at the gen
eral election in May. Rejected by the
following vote: ayes So; noes 65:
VanLear voted aye, and Echols and
Hanger no.
Mr.. Niche proposed to amend SO as
to reserve to the State the right "to de-
mand and enforce the collection in mon
ey of such of her revenues as she may
deem necessary" Voted down as fol-
lows: ayes Al; noes Y.
VanLear voted aye-Echols and Han
ger no.
Mr.. McCabe offered to amend by strik-
ing out of the bill all that portion
which exempts the bonds from taxation.
Defeated, as follows: ayes So; noes 70.
VanLear voted aye-Echols and Han
ger no.
The bill was then ordered to be en-
crossed and read third time by a recor-
ded vote-ayes, rs; noes, 81.
The bill was then passed-ayes, 76 !;
noes, so. The vote was recorded as fol-
lows:
AYEs.-Messrs. Adams, Anderson,
Ashton, Atkisson, Bernard Bland, 30 :,
cock, Bohanan, Brown, Burger. Coghill,
Cox, Crutchfeld, Curlett. Dance, Davis,
Dyer, Echols, Edmunds, Edwards,
Fickli Finney, Goode, Graves, Gray
Green, Hall, Hanger, Hardesty, Healy,
HenkIe, Henry, Henson, Hiner, Hun
ter, r. D. James, Abel T. johnson,
James D. Johnston, Jordan, Keyser,
Kyle, Lowell, Luck, McCraw, McMul-
Myers, Nelson, Oglesby, Pitts, Popham,
P1lliam, Ragland, Reese, Robinson
Sandidge, Shannon. Shelburne, Shri-
yer, E. III. Smith, VIM. B. Taliaferro,
Warner, T. Taliaferro, Trout George
Walker, VIM. M. Walker, Wallace,
Walsh, Waring, Watson, Whitacre,
Thomas M. White, Wilkinson, Wing
field, and Mr.. Speaker-76.
NoEs.-Messrs Akers, Barbour, Burn
ham, John r. Carter, Chase, Coleman,
Crank, Davidson, Dickerson, Dicken-
son, Evans, Farr, FauntIeroy, Fowler,
Frazier, Fry, Fulkerson, Fulton, Grigs-
by, Fl. ii. Harrison, Reuben N. Harri
son, Harvie, w. T. James, Kelly. Lacy,
Lady, Lee, McCabe, Mcconnell, Nc
Daniel, Niche. Moffett, Parrish, Pow
ell, Ryland, Shumate, J. Howard Smith,
Southwark, Spessard, Stevens, Andrew
J. Taylor. William Taylor, VanLear,
Joseph Walker, Smith, J. R. White,
Whitmer, Witten, Wright. Young-5O.
In the Senate. Tuesday, the Mofett-
register bill and ubstitute-were taken
up.
Mr.. Fulkerson's substitute for the
bill-to return to the specific license
system-was defeated by the following
vote: ayes 10; noes 10.
Koiner voted no.
The bill was then ordered to be en-
crossed and read third time.
The House was occupied in passing
Senate and House bills of no general in
terest.
The House passed the Senate bill au-
thorizing the M. E. Church at Waynes-
boro' to sell and purchase property.
In the Senate, Wednesday, the Moi
fete Register bill was passed by the vote
of ayes %; noes Is.
Koiner voted for it.
At II O'Clock Mr.. Brooke called up
the special order, which was the Nc
Culloch- Debt BILL The bill was taken
up, the question being on concurring in
the five amendments to the bill adopted
in the House.
Amendments offered by Messrs. Full
kerson, Massey, and Johnson were re-
Ijected.
Mr.. johnson spoke for an hour
against the 9TH amendment Speaker
Aliens and in favor of his mOdifica-
tions.
Messrs. Fulkerson, Massey, and Paul
spoke in opposition to the Allen amend
ment.
Messrs. Daniel and Koiner spoke in
favor of it.
The question on agreeing to the Allen
amendment was decided in the atfirma-
tive, and the vote was recorded as fol-
lows:
AYEs.-Messrs. Belts, Bland, Brook,
Daniel, Dickinson, Gayle, Good, Crit
fin, Grimsley, Hairston, Hurt of Hall
fax, Hurt Of Pittsylvania, Koiner. Mar
shall, Moulton. Murry Nash, Sinclair,
Smith, Tanner, Tyler, Waiston, and
Wortham-23.
NoEs.-Messrs, Bliss, Chiles, Elliott,
i Fulkerson, johnson. Lee. Massey, Nor
ton, Paul, Phlegar, Powell, Quesenber-
rY, Sherrard, Slemp, and Wood-15.
Each of the House amendments to
the bill were concurred in.
In the House, under a suspension of
the rules number of bills were placed
on the calendar. A number of bills
were reported from committees
In the Senate, Thursday, a number OF
House bills were passed, among them
the bill authorizing the trustees of Me-
thodist Episcopal church CT Doe Hill,
Highland county, to dispose of real es-
tate belonging to said society, the pro-
ceeds to be applied to the improvement
of said church property.
The Senate adopted the House joint
resolution to adjourned sine die on
Wednesday, April End, Ito morrow.
The canal railroad supplemental bill
was passed.
MI. johnson offered joint resolution,
that our Senators in Congress be in
structed and our Representatives. re-
quested to urge upon Congress to pro-
pose the following amendment, or one
similar thereto, to the Constitution of
the United States. for their ratification
Article XVI. "Neither the United
States nor any State shall assume or pay
for any loss or damage to any person or
property, or for the use, occupation or
consumption of property OF citizens of