Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-01
LEGISLATIVE.

pay the pubic Tree SCHOOLS the mohey SCI
apart by the Constitution and laws for their
benefit, and to repeal chapter 24S OF the
Acts of 1877, &C.; and to amend section OF
an act prescribing the duties of certain coun-
ty officers were reported from committees.
Mr. Meredith offered The following which
was agreed to.
Whereas John Johnson is now confined i'll
the State penitentiary undergoing a term OF
Imprisonment upon conviction of grand
larceny before the County Court Of Culpep-
er, and has lately confessed that on or about
the-s!ay Of August, 1882, he robbed Ben
iamin NJ Yancey of the sum OF about 81 ,6O0
in currency, AMI has hidden the same in q
secret hiding place i'll the county Of Orange,
ard is now willing to deliver the same TO
the owner thereof; therefore be it
Resolved THE House OF Delegates concurr-
iug), that William r. Terry, the Superin-
tendent of the Virginia Penitentiary, be au
,horzcd and empowered to deliver unto p.
Pullan, the sheriff of Culpeper county, the
said John Johnson, to be by him taken to a
place in the county or Orange, at the cost
and expense Of the said Benjamin NJ. Yam
cey, and returned to The custody Of the said
Superintendent at the like cost Of said Yam
| cev within six days from the day the said
convict is delivered unto the said sheriff.
Senate bill appropriating the revenues for
the fiscal years 1854 AMI 1885, being the un.
| finished business, was taken up Mr.. kee.
eel moved to amend the clause making an
appropriation to the office of Commissioner
of Agriculture by striking out So 900 and in
sorting 81 800. Agreed to. Subsequently
the appropriation was made $1,000; the
clause making an appropriation of 500 as
salary for Acknowledgement was amended by
making it 5000; the clause appropriating
amended by making it Sl4O,00O. All col
eges in the State are allowed per cent. in
terest on ell State bonds held by them ad
propriating $G5 900 for the completion Of
The new Central Lunatic Asylum, and 800
for engraving the new seal Of the State.
The appropriation for the preservation and
cultivation of fish was increased from $500
10 81 600 The bill, asamended, was passed.
4 joint resolution authorizing the Gov
ernor, after obtaining permission therefor
from the proper authority, to cause the de
vices of the diverse of the new or correct
great seal of the Commonwealth, TO be en-
gravcd on O block of native granite or
marble for insertion in the Washington Ma
| iioual Monument, was passed.
The bill declaring vacant the office OF
superintendent Of schools in certain cases
and TO make it unlawful for the Board Of
Education TO appoint when the Senate is
not in session any person as superintendent
oil schools who has previously been rejected
by the Senate was also passed.
House bills 10 amend the Code in rela-
lion to ferries 10 protect fish in the waters
Of the Commonwealth prohibits the use Of
dynamite (: to repeal the recent act in re-
!ation to the Maryland boundary line; to
authorize the Episcopal High School to &C.
Iuire and hold additional property to con-
firm certain amendments of the Virginia
Midland Railway Company, &c. with an
amendment) and in reference to road tax
| in Warrenton were passed.
Senate bill providing for an eight-weeks'
course of instruction for the colored teachers
in this Stase (having been considerably
amended) was passed.
! The bill to regulate the sale Of the Fir-
ginia Reports was called up and ordered to
be engrossed. 1t proposes to do away with
the present expensive style of printing the
! Virginia Reports, and to cause them TO be
printed hereafter in style that will enable
the State to sell them at about two dollars
per volume; but, at any rate, they are not
TO be sold below cost.
In the House of Delegates most of the
day was spent in considering the case of
Judge Shumate, of Fauquier. The majority
report, which favored the turning out of
Office of Judge Shumatc, for reasons here
tofore published, was adopted.
| The House concurrcd in Senate resolu-
ton extending the session not more than
| II. ! h. Il
democrat in the House voted for the reso-
it, The vote was IS for and 33 against.
The democrats only needed so votes in the
House to adopt the resolution.
The House agreed to Senate joint resolu-
ton to allow John Johnson, q convict, to
60 under guard to Orange county, and there
| point out 81 600 stolen treasure hid by him
some time ago. The money was stolen by
johnson from Benjamin NJ. Yancey, and
| Mr.. Yancey is to pay the expense of taking
Johnson to the county, and is to return him
within six days.
At the night session the electoral-com-
mission Joint resolution was taken up, and
the amendments Of last night were recon-
sidered. The pending question was ordered,
and the joint resolution passed.
The rest of the night session was devoted
to the consideration of the University bill
pending which the House adjourned, at II
o'clock.
In the debate on the question to reduce
the taxes on the ground that the Treasury
was full, Mr.. Christian made an earnest
speech against the proposition, and insisted
that so far from having a surplus in the
Treasury, there was not dollar to be spar
ed. The money in the Treasury ought to
be held as sacred trust for the creditors of
the State DIR. Christian appealed to the
House to stop passing measures of question
able constitutionaity in the shape of 'cou-
pom killers" and TO show that the Legisa-
ture, and especially the democratic party
was in earnest in carrying out their pledge
in the Lynchburg platform.
1t is expected that all the really necessary
business Of the session can be concluded by
March 10Th.
1t is generally conceded that the Danvile
and Midland consolidation bill cannot mass |