Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-02-21
LEGISLATIVE.

In the Senate yesterday the House bill to
impose condition upon all grants, amend
ments renewals or extensions of charters OF
Incorporation was passed.
DIR. Heaton presented the petition OF
Joseph Underwood and other citizens OF
HlIsboro, praying fer the repeal OF the
charter of that town.
A message was received from the House
of Delegates by Mr.. Barton, who appeared
at the bar of the Senate and delivered the
articles of Impeachment against }. l.. Val
entine. superintendent of schools of Han
over County, and asked that the Senats
| take action in accordance Herewith.
The Committee on Public Institutions re-
ported a substitute for Senate bill for the
establishment of a State Normal school.
The committee recommends that the school
shall be exclusively for white female teach
ers, and that it shall be located at Farm
willie, Prince Edward County, on conditions
that that town donates to the State the
| Farmvile Female Academy.
The Norfolk contested election case was
discussed till adjournment.
As stated in Yesterdays Gazette, the re-
port of the Committee on Privileges and
member from Pittsylvania, was ordered to
| be printed
In the House OF Delegates, q report was
received from Auditor Marye, showing the
disbursements and receipts Of the oyster
fund from October '65 10 October 'S3 to
have BEEN Disbursements, sos, 1885, re-
ceipts, s4l5,Oll27. Excess of receipts $780,
6l3.4. Amount paid lSS1-'S2 for protec-
ton of oysters, $l,465.6S; in lsS2-'S3, SIS.
Total, 81 ,540.6S.
Bills were introduced to authorize the
owners or lessees of iron ore or coal mines,
slate or marble quarries, to construct lateral
or branch railroads from said mines or quar-
res TO any railroad, public road or navga-
BILE stream in the State; and proposing an
| amendment to the Constitution concerning
county organizations, so "a to elect all
manisterial district officers for four instead
of two years.
A resolution was adopted directing an in
vestieation into charges preferred against /.
\. Conrad, President of Blacksburg College,
and inquire into the general conduct and
administration Of the affairs of the nstitu-
ton.
The charges are:
l. With absenting himselffrom his post of duty
for about two months during the late campaign
for political purposes.
| > With using the wagons and teams beOngi Dg
to the college farm TO convey negro aud other
voters 10 county conventions and other political
assemblies.
g. That with his consent. ethor expressed or
implied the teams OF the college farm were used
TO convey the colored band OF Backsburg to a
II. inn bal1 NJ uiuh nj
eight ten miles
/. With using the patronage OF the institution
in furtherance of partisan ends.
D. With making the college part Of the polti-
cal machine" of the State.
g. With using his executive authority over stu
dents az means of expressing and damage ng
private Individuals for personal and political
reasons.
T. With dischargine students from positions OF
e,nolument within the gift of the college, and
filling their places with political workers OF his
own political faith.
The Senate bill to incorporate the Vir.
einia and Kentucky Railroad was taken up,
the amendments proposed by the House
Committee Cd Roads agreed to- and the
bill ordered to its epgrossment.
The bill to appropriate $4,000 to equip 81
navy for the protection of the oyster beds
of the Commonwealth was considered.
At the night session the bill was amended
80 as TO appropriate $40, 900 for the purchase
Of steamer. Forty-ive Thousand more is
authorized to be taken out of the income
received from the oyster tax. The bill, as
amended was recommitted to the CON-
mittee on the Chesapeake and its tributa.
ries.
The bill providing for the choosing Of reg
istrar of election was ordered to be engros-
sed-ayes 43, noes Is.
During a speech in the House of Delegates
last night Col. Gibson, Of Cu!peper stated
that the debt could be paid by tax on dogs
that there were six hundred thousand OF
them in the State.
proposition will probably be made at
the democratic caucus tomorrow night to
nominate a Storekeeper Of the Penitentiary
1t is at least doubtful if the Office will be
abolished, and until it is, members, or some
of them, think that democrat ought to
have it.
An extra session Of the Senate for the tri-
al Of the Valentine case will probably be a
necessity.
Nothing was done yesterday towards pass.
ing the apportionment bill over the Cover
nor's veto. 1t is not now clear how the
democrats can do it.