Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-12-18
LEGISLATIVE.

In the State Senate yesterday Inc House
Joint resolution for the appointment of
committee on Constitutional Amendments
was agreed to.
The Senate bill for the promotion of med
ical science by the distribution and use OF
unclaimed dead human bodies for scien.
tifc purposes was reported with amend
ments.
The first section of this bill provides for
the organization of board for the distribu
ton and delivery Of dead human bodies.
The second section provides that 'alt pub
tic officers, county, city, town, and OF
any and every aims house, prison, nc, nav
ing charge or control over dead human bod
les required to be buried at the public eX-
pense, are required to notify the board of
distribution, or such person or persons as
may from time to time be designated by said
board or its duly authorized officer or agent
whenever any such body or bodies come TO
his or their possession, and shall, without
fee or reward, deliver such body or bodies
and permit and suffer the said board of dis
tribution or its agents and the physicians
and surgeons from time to time designated
hy them, who may comply With the pro-
visions OF this act, to take and remove all
such bodies to be used within this State for
the advancement Of medical science; out no
such notice need be given, nor shall any
such body he delivered except in the case
OF criminals. If any person claiming to he.
and satisfying the authorities in charge OF
said body, that he or she is of kindred or Is
related ny marriage to the deceased, shall
claim the said body for burial, 1t shall be
surrendered for intermcnt nor shall the
notice be given or body delivered if such
deceased person Was Il traveller, who died
suddenly. in which case the body shall be
buried The bill also provides q penalty OF
u fine Of $500 and confinement in the
peniicutialy for not less than live years nor
more than ten years on conviction of any
person ofrobbing Il grave or vault
A bill was introduced to increase the an
nual appropriation to the University Of Fir-
ginia from $3G 600 to 81 600
In the House Of Delegates bills were in
roduccd aud referred, to allow single
Justice to take the privy examination OF
married women as to be the execution Of
deeds to create the office of General Com
missioner of Sales for the several counties
and cities of this Commonwealth and to
prescribe his duties and fix his compensa.
lion; to provide for the compensation o.
the Judge of the Chancery Court of Rich
mond and for the expenses of said court
the object Of the bill is to make the State
pay the salary of this judge, except SO much
as may be paid by the city;) to provide foI
the investment Of surplus funds in the
Treasury.
Mr. Opie presented petition of members
of the Rockingham Bar and citizens tc
abolish the Eighteenth judicial circuit and
attach The county Of Rockingham to the
Thirteenth judicial district, Judge Nc,
Laughlin.
Mr. Gibson offered the following rcsoiu
tons relating to the honesty or otherwise OF
Judge ID. ]. Goodwin, of Norfolk:
Whereas it has been suggested to this body that ID. J.
Goodwin of Norfolk superintendent and director of
association known rs the Christian brotherhood 81
Norfolk Va: an association chartered and approved
February 10th, 1883 has been guilty Of deceit aud cor
rupon. and especially in this, that on or about the Isl
of July, ls, did frauducntly and corruptly aplropr
ate Twenty-Five hundred dollars to- Is own use and has
otherwise frequently violated the said clmrtcr: for IN
stance. he has demanded OF members Of said ssoci
ton annual fees twice with in the space of OIL
eight months, which money of them have paid
rather than lose their insurance or forfeit their policies
therefore be il
Resolved, That it he referred to the committee to ms
a.r noGnnte clmr..- and with power To- send f,r
. THAT the said D. J. Goodwin have notice of the tim,
and places for taking evidence 10 ss ain the aforesaid
charge.
otherwise the proper remedy for the wrongs suggest
ed, and whether or not said Gowin should he rrrnov
ed from said Office aud whether said charter should b,
repealed or new directors appointed.
Referred to Committee for Courts OIL
Justice.
The Committee on Privileges and Elec,
tons, in the case of Grattan and Soule
democrats, against Harnsburgcr aud Her.
ring, Mahoneites, reported in favor Of seat
ing the democrats and turning out the
Mahoneite members from Rockingham.
The report of the committee was uuaui-
nous and was adopted.
The same committee, in the King Will
liam case, unanimously reported in favor Of
Hansford Anderson, Mahoneite
When the time for the execution Of the
Joint order-the election of judges arrived
Mr.. Gibson was speaking in favor of re
frrring the report Of the committee in the
King William case back to the committee to
report upon the merits of the case They
decided in favor of Anderson mainly upon a
technical point, viz: that Gibson, the con-
testant failed to begin the taking of deposi-
tons in accordance with law.
Mr. Bolen introduced resolution calling
upon the Auditor TO know whether .I,:eph
: Mayo, late treasurer is in default: if so,
| VINO are his bOuuSneH, anu WnaI ACTON mas
been taken against them.
Mr. Barton, Chairman Of the Committee
for Courts Of Justice, offered resolutions di-
recting that committee to inquire into the
expediency and constitutionaIty of law
requiring the State tax to be levied upon
property lying in more than one city or
county in each city or county. The object
Of this is TO reduce the the tax bills of rail
roads and other large taxpayers below $500,
so as to prevent the federal courts from hav-
ing jurisdiction, and compelling the receipt
Of coupons in payment for taxes.
The election ofJudges was proceeded with
and the following elected: For Judge OF
Henrico E. G. Minor; of Prince George,
Timothy Rives; ofAugusla county, William
Hudson; Of Richmond and Westmoreland,
Thos. Jones, of Richmond of Isle Of Wight
George Il. Atkinson Of Wythe, G.. 7. Hol-
brook; of Accomac and Northumberland,
B. It. Gunter.
The democratic caucus met last night in
the hall of the House Of Delegates, and aft
er session of four hours nominated J. A.
Wing6eld, Of Hanover, register of the land