Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-11-28
THE LEGISLATURE

LIZ ALuAoAn UhE.
In the State Senate on Wednesday Mr..
Heaton introduced bill to transfer to the
Sinking Fund Commissioners the States
interest in the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road, and to authorize them to sell the
same and invest the proceeds in bonds of
the State.
The bill to authorize the Seaboard and
Roanoke Railroad Company 10 invest in and
operate railroads and transportation lines
chartered by other States, with a proviso
that the Seaboard and Roanoke R. r. Co.
and its leased, dependent and connecting
lines shall be required to observe or main
tain said ditierential rates in respect to
traffic consigned to or from any railroad Of
this State, &C., was passed
| Bills were passed to amend the act to
secure to taxpayers in cities and towns the
right of public school education for their
Children for the relief of Hugh NJ. Patton,
late deputy treasurer of Culpeper county;
to provide the times for holding courts in
the Ninth judicial circuit; TO amend the
act requiring railroad companies to con.
struct cattle guards; to amend the Code in
relation to service of process against or
notice to a corporation to repeal the act
authorizing u review by the county court OF
the decisions of justices of the peace in cases
of misdemeanor; for the relief of the Shen-
andoah Valley and other agricultural soci-
cites Of the State; fixing the time for hold
ing courts in the Fifteenth judicial circuit;
and to pay Waller R. Staples and John w.
Daniel for professional services rendered
the State in litigation.
In The Senate yesterday bills were passed
to quiet titles Of purchasers of delinquent
lands sold under the act of April 2, 1878;
10 amend the acts in regard to assessment
of taxes ON persons, property, invoices, &c;
TO authorize the Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company to invest in and operate
railroads and transportation lines in this
AID other States, with the House amend
: menls to authorize the supervisors of Fair
fax county to borrow money and issue
bonds TO authorize the Seaboard and Roa-
Doke Railroad Company TO invest in and
opera' railroads and transportation lines
in other States; authorizing the Board Of
Visitors Of the Virginia Military Institute
to sell and convey certain lots of land not
needed for the purposes of said institution
to provide for the payment of costs incur
red by treasures or collectors of taxes in
certain cases to provide for the payment
Of judgment obtained by the Kendall
Bank Note Company against the State OF
Virginia; to provide for certifying in judy
ments and preserving evidence of waiver of
homestead and Illegally of homestead claim
!, against certain claims TO direct the Com.
missioners of the Sinking Fund to collect
all interest which had accrued up to and
including July l, 1854, upon bonds purchas-
cd by them and TO invest the same in Vir
giuia per cent. Riddleberger bonds e.,
TO provide for register Of ali the property
of the State and the public institutions Of
the State, real and personal, including cho-
se5 in action; and to amend the act appro-
prating the public revenues for the ii,cal
years 1884 and 1885.
The bill providing for the sale of the
States interest in the Richmond, Freder-
icksburg and Potomac Railway Company
was taken up and passed.
In the House Of Delegates Wednesday
the Senate bill to authoriz; the Richmond
and Danville Railroad Company to invest
in and operate railroads and transportation
lines in this and in other States, after
being amended so as to take away all power
to operate and control other lines in this
State, wss ordered to be engrossed. The
bill was offered by Judge Stuart, who said
it was time for the General Assembly 10
Danville railroad. The meaning of the bill
he declared was to allow the Richmond and
Danvile road to absorb the Virginia Mid.
land. He referred to the fact that the presi.
dent and large number of the directors Of
the Richmond and Danville Railroad Com
pany are not residents of this State, although
the road passes through the very heart of
the State. 1T means that the Slate of Mary
land, or rather the city of Baltimore, will
in the very near future acquire control Of
the Richmond and Danville and the Vir-
gpia Midland, to the injury of the city of
Richmond and the town IN which live |
ask the members of this House to pause a
moment" He referred TO the manner in
which the Baltimore and Ohio road controls
the passenger traffic from Virginia 10 Balti-
more to the detrment of the Virginia Mid
land. and spoke Of how the people in the
Valley objected to it, The universal judg-
ment of my constituents is this: Don't, if
you can, help by your vote TO pass q bill
the effect of which is 10 surrender resident
management to men in New York, when it
should be controlled in Virginia"
Mr.. Gibson, of Culpeper, said he could see
no special reasons why this bill should not
be granted. While he was not defender
of the Baltimore and Ohio road, he did not
think that that road was any more mo-
nopoy than some other roads in this State
He acknowledged that The Baltimore and
Ohio was the best managed road in the
State, and said it was we'll known that it
did not desire to control the Richmond and
DanvilIe
Mr.. Stuart, in reply, recalled the fnct of
having read telegram from New York
three years ago, which said 1.-THE Danville
Railroad bill has passed the General Assem-.
bly,, and we have saved one hundred and
ninety thousand dollars" This $4,000,
Mr.. Stuart said, was gained by the company,
but was lost by the State.
In the House of delegates yesterday, bills
were passed to prevent the spreading of dis
eases among domestic animals to amend an
act requiring railroad companies to con.
struct cattle. guards; for the relief of the
Shenandoah Valley and other agricultural
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