Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-17
LEGISLATIVE,

III the Senate on Saturday. as stated III
the Gazette OF that day, the House bill ito
create the Office Of general commissioner OF
sales for the several counties and cities OF
! this Commonwealth, and to prescribe his
duties and liN his compensation, WAS com
muni"atrd from The House, the House re-
luSinG TO concur in certain amendments The
most important of which was that the COM
mSsioncrs should he elected by the people
instead OF being appointed by the Governor
The question being shall the Senate adj
here 10 lis amendments. the vote resulted
ayes. lG; noes e.
The following were paired Mr.. Wing
field, of Albemarle, with Mr. Rawles, Mr..
Edmunds with Mr.. Powell. Mr.. Smith with
Mr.. Wilcox. Mr.. Hurt with Mr.. Rue. Mr..
Webb with Mr.. Twyman. The first named
Of each pair was present.
The House was informed to-day, and
unless ii rcccdeS Il committee of conference
between the two Houses will BIZ the next
step in course
The bill providing for the organization of
the Medical College Of Virginia was ordered
to be cngrOsScd.
1t proposes TO racatc the Offices of all ris-
tors and OF all professors and teachers upon
the Isl day of May, 1882, and on that day Il
new board of seven members. appointed by
the Governor will enter upon their duties.
An amendment to strike out that pro-
vision removing the professors and teachers,
intending to leave the matter in the hands
OF the new board was rejected.
Bills were passed. directing the Governor
to convey to the United States the title of
the Commonwealth to certain real estate in
Wcstmorcland county and ccding iurisdic.
ton over the same to the United States and
eXcmptlng the same from taxation to cX-
tend the time for the collection of taxes in
the county of Bedford for the year 1881; to
authorize the Auditor Of Public Accounts to
postpone till September !, 1852, the final
settlement for 1881 and 1882 with the several
county treasurers of the Commonwealth ::
and to- incorporate the Atlantic, Wilmington
and Cincinnati railway
The tax bill was made the special order
torto-day.
In the House Of Dcleg;ttcsa bill was intro
duced to amend section Is of the act to
ascertain and declare Hirginia's equitable
share Of the debt created before and actually
existing at the time of the partitian of her
territory and resources. 50 as TO read: That
from and after the passage of this act no
bonds, certificates or other evidences of in
debtedness shall be issued for any portion
Of the debt of this State, nor shall any in
terest be paid upon any portion ofsaid debt.
except as hereinbetOre provided; but moth
ing in this act shall be construed as suspend
ing or interfering with the transferring or
consolidating the one-thrd deferred known
as West Virginia certificates, issued under
the act Of March 80, 1871"
Bills were passed, TO amend the act to
district the State for county judges Senate
amendment agreed to- to amend certain
sections OF an act in relation to the deposits
of foreign insurance companies; and to
repeal chapter 81 Of the Code and all acts
and parts of acts in relation to pilots and
plotting of vessels, and to enact law to
govern and regulate pilots and plotting of
vessels in the waters of this State.
The Senate bill appropriating the public
revenues for the fiscal years 1872 and
1928 was ordered to its third reading.