Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-08
LEGISLATIVE.

LEGISLATIVE.
In the State Senate yesterday the Com
mittee on Roads and Internal Navigation
reported Senate bill to amend the act to in
corporate the Virginia Mineral Railway
Company; and House bill to limit the time
within which the South Atlantic and Ohio
Railroad Company shall commence and
complete its road.
Mr.. Atkinson, by leave, presented bill
to provide for the appointment and pre-
scribe the duties Of school directors for each
public school in the Commonwealth and to
| repeal chapter l6l of the acts of Assembly,
1878, to provide for the division of school
districts into sub districts, Sc.
| Mr.. Keezel presented bill to incorporate
the Woman's Temperance, Coffee and Lunch
House and Reading Room Association of
Harrisonburg, which was placed OH the
calendar.
Mr.. Meredith presented bill, which was
placed on the calendar, to authorize the
trustees Of Roscoe Chapel, in Prince William
county, to convey the property held by
them as trustees.
Mr.. Grim presented joint resolution
|
o'clock Monday, March 10, 1854 Under the
rules il was laid over until to-day.
House bill to lessen the danger Of travel
ling On railroads, and to require them TO
erect suitable depots and To fence i'll their
roadbeds, came mp rs the unfinished bust
ness of yesterday. The question being on
agreeing TO the substitute proposed by the
Committee on Roads and Internal Naviga-
ton, pending which it was passed 10y and
made the special order for to-day at
o'clock.
\ good deal Of time Was consumed in
discussing the House hi! requiring railroads
TO fence in their tracks The Senate com
mittee reported IA substitute, in effect that
where railroads are fenced in, the railroad
companies may cause to be punished all
persons found trespassiug OH their tracks.
The bill was finally passed by.
At the night session the Senate proceeded
TO consider the tax bill-a House BILL
The bill proposed to levy on property
tax of 80 cents on the 500 for support of
the Government and to pay the interest on
the public debt" and a further tax of 10
cents Oh every 500 ito support the public
schools An amendment proposed hy the
Senate Finance Committee to strike out
"and 10 pay the interest on the public debt"
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words were left in it might, and most prob
ably would be held that the whole would
I've sulvabIe in coupons; but strike them
out, and the simple provision is to support
the Government. This must lire. 1t can
only he supported by sufficient tax being
paid in money for that purpose. Inasmuch
az the money is essential to the life of the
Government, the courts, it is presumed, will
hold that the tax set apart for its support
must be paid in money and not 10 coupons.
The interest is provided for by the license
tax all Of which, under the Fitzpatrick bill,
il payable only in money.
Mr.. Bailey moved to strike out "hiry'
and insert ten" which was lost-ayes s,
noes %.
Mr.. Turner moved to strike out "Mirtyn
and insert "tventy fre," which was also lost
ayes ~, noes IS.
Mr.. Lovenstein moved to make the ex-
empton from income tax all salaries and
incomes which are less than $1,000 which
was rejected.
Pending further consideration of the bill,
the Senate at 1926 adjourned.
In the House bills were passed to provide
for a new registration in the city of Dan
vile; and directing the Board of Education
to place upon the list of books presented for
use in the public schools the two works Of
J. Esten Cooke, entitled respectively, "Fir-
glna a History Of Her People," and
Stories of the Old Dominion" Mr.. Meade,
of Clarke, was instrumental in securing the
passage Of this bill.
The Chair announced that the time for
the consideration of the special order--the
Newman case-had arrived.
Mr.. Muuford, of Pittsylvania. was declar-
ed entitled to the floor, and spoke in defence
Of the action Of the minority reports of the
Committee for Courts of Justice which rec
commended the removal of Newman.
He was followed by Mr. Barton chairman
of the committee who spoke in advocacy Of
the majority report, which was in favor of
| Newman.
Pending further discussion the House adj
ourned.
| House bill 455 was taken up and advanc-
ed to its third reading. The bill provides
for the preparation of q muster roll of Con-
federate soldiers and sailors, to be printed in
book-form and kept in the office Of the Adj
jutant General, the Adjutant-G General to SUI
pervise the work. An appropriation of
| 81 800 was asked for.
| AT the night session the case of Newman
was again taken up and postponed until
Monday
House bill to incorporate the Southwest
ern Lunatic Asylum was taken up, and the
Clerk was proceeding to read it second
time, when Mr.. Barton, Of Frederick, moved
to pass by. This motion was rejected, and
after some debate.
Mr.. Stuart Mr.. Pollard in the chair
moved to recommit the bill to the Commit
tee on hsylums and Prisons and it was so
ordered.
A DEsPERADo's END.-Frauk Rande, the