The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-02-07
Legisl alive Notes.

l luuTSudyT oollstG0.-IooldGc Ulil W I6Nlot
| and digest the code and statutes of Vir-
ginia was taken up. The bill provides that
Messrs. E. G. BurkS, of Bedford (; j. M.
Mathews, of Richmond and A. r. Blakey,
| OF Alhemarle, be appointed to revise and
digest the code of the Commonwealth.
| House.-Mr. Barton introduced bill to
| amend section of chapter of the code
of 1878. relating to the succession in the
office of governor. [The bill provides that
| when vacancy occurs in the office of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the president pro tenn.
of the senate shall succeed to the said
office with all the emOluments and powers
| thereof, and when a vacancy occurs in the
| office of governor and lieutenant governor
l the president pro tenn. of the senate shall
succeed to the office of governor with all
| the emoluments and powers thereof. Ii
at the time the vacancies hereinbefOre
mentioned occur the senate be not in
session, the person who was the president
pro tenn. thereof at the adjournment of
| the last preceding session shall succeed to
the vacant Office.
By Mr.. Meade: Bill to provide for sub
hitting the question OF liquor license or
no liquor license to the qualified voters OF
l any county or incorporated town or city,
and to the qualified voters of each magis-
terial district or ward thereof.
| Mr.. Cardwell, of Hanover. has introduced
a bill. which was reported to the house
| from the committees for courts OF justice,
of great interest to labOrers and mechanics
generally. Itprovides that judgment shall
| not be rendered upon a guarantee sum-
| mons except for the amount actually owing
to the judgment debtor at the time OF the
service of such summons.
| The contested election case OF Dyer
against PretlOw (DemOcrat) from South
l oonpfu xNac 6Qaidn6 in favor Of
Mr.. RretlOw, the sitting member. There
was no discussion and the vote on the re-
port of the committee stood 81 to 81.
After the adoption of the house bills the
house attempted to take up out OF it's
order the bill granting the Norfolk and
Western railroad company certain privil-
eyes, such as the buying of certain lands,
extending its lines, &c.
The city of Norfolk is now barren Of
representation in either branch of the as
sembly.
The funding of the public debt Of the
State of Virginia goes slowly on. Up to
| this date. only 1888 300 OF the ten per cent
| bonds, bearing tax-receivable coupons have
been surrendered and only $4,000 of the
cOnSol bonds have been surrendered.
The local option people are flooding the
| Legislature with petitions about local option
law. They are all referred to the COM
| mittee on propositions and grievances and
there they will be allowed to sleep the
sleep of death.
Friday-Senate. Senate bill to provide
| for the manner OF choosing registrars and
| Judges and clerks of election for the sew
| eral counties and cities OF the Common
wealth was amended and ordered to its en-
grossment. The bill declares vacant the
offices of all the registrars, judges and
commissioners of election in each city and
county of the State, and that the General
Assembly shall during the session of the
legislature and every four years there
after, proceed to elect three qualified vo-
tiers, who shall be freeholders and resi-
dents Of each city and county for which
they are appointed in this Commonwealth
to be known as the county or city electoral
board as the case may be, who shall go
into Office on the first day of the month
succeeding their election. The said cleo
tOral boards shall have power, and it shall
be their duty, to proceed to fill the offices
of registrars, judges, and clerks of cleo
tiOn. This bill was passed on Monday.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Barham
asking for a joint committee to investi-
gate charges made against the school
board OF the city OF Richmond of having
paid out sums OF money to newspapers and
attorneys for purposes not authorized by
law, and the effect of which may be a di-
version of school funds came up.
Mr.. Lovenstein objected to the resolu-
tion, not that he was opposed to an inves-
tigation, but on the grounds that he did
not think that the legislature had any
thing to do with the matter, as the city
council of Richmond had directed the
school board to employ the counsel to
prosecute the case of turning out the
board selected by the city CT Richmond,
among them the surgeon-general Of the
late confederate states, and their places
filed by the governor.
Mr.. Meredith inquired Of Mr.. Barham
what was the information he possessed in
regard to the matter
Mr.. Barham read a receipt OF Judge W.