Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-02-03

PEAL OF THE CAPITATION TAX PRE-
REQUISITE PAYMENT.
Sc &C., &C.
The Massey Malone fight pretty well
overshadowed legislation at Richmond the
past week.
THE CAPITATION TAX.
The House has passed the joint resolu-
ton repeating the provision OF the consti
tuition requiring the prepayment of the
capitation tax as prerequisite to voting.
The resolution received the votes of five
Democratic Observation-Disclosures. Lyons and
Davis. of Richmond; Lybrook, of Giles,
Mupford, of Pittsylvania, and Staples OF
Gloucester. Mr.. Lyons stated that two
wears ago he had voted against such res
olution but had changed his mind. Mr..
Munford said that he voted for it because
he thought the prerequisite clause had
done much to pervert the purity Of the
ballot and in his own county money was
sent there, from the North and used by the
leading politicians on the Readjuster side
for the purpose of paying the tax for vo-
tiers. The repeal now goes to the people
to be voted on.
The following are the ayes and noes,
from which it will be seen that many Dem
ocrats did not vote at all:
Ayes.-Messrs. W. J. Anderson, Bailey,
Baldwin. Bland, Beard, Champlln, Chase,
Colsman, Cross, B. a. Davis, T. W. Da-
Wis Deyer, Dickerson, Dickinson, Duck,
Dungee, Dunn, FAIR, Frazier, Grandstaff,
Graves, D. Green, A. Green, Grimm, Ham
| ilton, Harnesberger, Hazlewood, Herring,
Honaker, Lady. Lewis, Lybcook, Lyons,
May, Moon, Munford, Norton, Owens,
| Parr, Powell, Richardson, Sandy, Sayers,
| r. Taylor Scott, A. Scott Slemp, Smith,
| SpottEood, Stratton, Stubbs, j. A. Tay-
| lor, JIG. Taylor, Terrill. Tinsley, Turner,
! Vaughan, Ward, J. A. Watkins, Witten,
/ Young, and Mr.. Speaker-6l.
| Noes.-Messrs. Card we'll, Coghill, Con-
rad. Dalton. Evans, Fitzpatrick, Griffin,
Hanger, Kellam, Morgan, Nicol, Pollard,
Skinner, and Stribling-14.
THE JUDICIAL CIRCUITS.
Two bills have been introduced in the
Senate for re-arranging the judicial cir
cults By Senator Bailey'5 bill Augusta
county is put in the 10th circuit, composed
of Rockingham. Augusta, Shenandoah,
Page, Frederick, Clarke and Warren. In
this bill the 9th circuit is composed OF AL
leghany, Botetourt, Craig, Bath, Rock
bridge, Amherst, Nelson and highland
In Senator Powell's bill Augusta is pu. in
the Sd circuit, composed of Roanoke,
Craig, Botetourt, Allegheny, Rockbrldge,
Bath, Augusta and Highland. Under the
already existing Law Augusta is in the
| 18th circuit with Rockbridge, Allegn any,
| Highland and Bath
| RE-DIsTRICTING THE STATE FOR CON-
| GREssMEN.
It is said that the re-districting of the
State for congressman has been decided on
to the satisfaction of the Readiuster aspi-
rants. In Ran. fuckers district they
have managed to throw Readjuster ma
jority of 5000. John Paul's district has
been made sure by taking off Albemarle
trlet has been made Readjuster by extend
ing it down to Newport News including
the black counties. The Alexandria dis
trict they have arranged to be the only
Democratic district in the State out of the
nine.
LOCAL OPTION.
Petitions from the counties of Rock
bridge, Rockingham, Culpeper, Augusta
and Highland in relation to local option
we're presented and appropriately referred.
YACHTING THE OFFICES OF ALL THE
SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
In the House, Mr.. Lady, of Rockbridge
offered joint resolution providing that
the offices of all district School Trustees
in the State shall be vacated on the 31st oil
January, Of this year, and that as soon as
possible thereafter, and certainly before
August list, the State Board of Education
shall appoint three trustees for each schoo
district to serve from one, two and three
years; their terms beginning on the Isl
day Of August, 1882.
THE WHIPPING POST.
The House Committee for Courts of JUS
tice has reported in the House the bill to
abolish the whipping post and chain-gangs,
with the recommendation that it do MOI
pass.
HURRYING UP THE LAW.
In the House, Mr.. Green offered a bill
providing that every case in any court of
the State that has been on docket for ten
or more years, shall be placed on a prefer
red docket and called the first day of every
term, and tried, unless good cause be
shown for it's continuance, and fning $50
any Commissioner in Ohancery or other
officer of the court who wrongfully hind
ers the case going to trial. Where cases
have been on docket twenty years, the
Judge Shall hold special term for their
trial and give his personal supervision to
seeing that commissioners, iduciaries, &C.,
prepare for trial.
| GENERAL LEGISLATION.
The committees Of courts of justice
| reported to the House taat in all elections
by the General Assembly of judges to fill
| vacancies the same are for the unexpired
terms of those previously holding the
Offices. A minority report from the Dem
ocratic members OF the committee asserts
that all elections of Judges by the General
|
as interpreted by the Court of Appeals of
! Virginia. The majority report was adopt
ed by the House.
| A bill has been introduced in the House
to make the robbing of a grave felony
punishable by from five to ten years i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary.
/ PERSONAL.
The new Board of Visitors of the Blacks
burg College has turned out. Rev. DIR,
Buchanan, the President. and put Capt.
Thos. N. Conrad in his place. The Lynch
burg 'sVirginian" (whose editor was a
member of the old Board of Visitors) says
''Capt. Conrad is marplot and intriguer
and caused much Of the damage, as we
happen to know, that the College suffered
in