Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-05
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

In the Senate yesterday bill was intro
duced to provide for limitation Of ten
years wherein to collect taxes due Virginia
or any corporation or county in Virginia.
The bill to provide for the payment of
judgment recovered by the Kendall Bank
Note Company of New York against the
Board Ct Commissioners Of the Sinking
Fund OF Virginia, was recommittcd 10 the
Committee for Courts of Justice.
The House bill appropriating $4,000 to
nav the claims allowed disabled soldiers and
marines was referred.
A bill was reported from the COMMITTEE
for Courts of Justice, to enable Circuit Courts
of the Commonwealth to change the name,
style, and title of corporations.
The bill to incorporate the Preachers
Home Association of the Virginia Annual
Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church
South, was reported from the committee.
A Joint resolution was agreed to, direct
ing the Auditor Of Public Accounts to in
sttute proceedings for the recovery Of fines
imposed by law against the following clerks
of Circuit Courts for their failure TO report
as required by law City Of Norfolk, coun-
ties of Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Chesterfield,
Lunenburg, Charlotte, Buckingham, Henry,
Bedford, Campbell, Amherst, Nelson, Madi-
son, York, Warwick, New Kent, Charles
City, Matthews, Lancaster, Gloucester, Is
sex, Caroline, Fairfax, Prince William,
Rappahannock, Alexandria, Warren, Roa
noke, Giles, Wythe, Pulaski, Bland, Lee,
Wise, Buchanan and Northampton.
A resolution introduced by Mr.. Heaton
was agreed to requesting the Committee on
Public Institutions and Education to take
into consideration the propriety Of reducing
the salaries of the county and city superiE
tendents of schools of this State, and to re-
port bill or otherwise.
Mr.. Heaton said that there are great
many applicants for these positions, that the
salaries amount to over 1900, and that
the other expenses Of these officials amount
ed to more than Sill ,0G0 additional. He
thought that the salaries of the superinten
dents might be reduced in order that an
appropriation could be made for the pay
ment of school trustees. A per diem, or
some compensation, he thought, should be
paid school trustees for their services.
A resolution appointing a special com
mittee consisting Of three members on tho
part of the Senate and five on the part Of
the House TO report The cost, &c, Of new
public building, TO be erected on the Capitol
Square, was adopted by a vote Of 1G to S.
The building is to be used as public IL
brary.
The Committee for Courts Of Justice re
ported that, in their opinion, the election Of
Judge of the Corporation Court for the
city of Manchester prior 10 the 1st Of Janu-
airy, 1856, was null and void, and that q
Judge should now be elected for that city.
Judge Frencn's term does not expire until
January 1st, 1887 The report Of the com
mittee was adopted, aud sent to the House.
If the House shall concur, and Judge In
gram will be elected over again. in order
that there may be no point raised ~ to the
legality of his election.
In the House of Delegates bill was in
troduced in relation to the immediate COM
mitment of insane persons to the asylums of
this Commonwealth upon their acquittal in
any prosecution on the ground of insanity.
The object of the bill is TO protect the pub
lie against parties who are acquitted upon
the ground of insanity at the time of com
hitting the offence for which they are tried,
by not allowing them to go at large after
such acquittal. Under the law as it now
exists the party so acquitted may be sent to
the asylum, and the next day, if the super
intendent chooses, from the fact that he be
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him and be is allowed to go at large. This
bill provides that when the felony Of which
each person be so acquitted is either homi
eide, rape, robbery, burglary or arson, Or
the attempt to commit either of these folo-
MES, the person SO acquitted shall in no
event be discharged from said asylum with
in ten years from the date of his commit.
ment.
A bill was introduced, having for its OBJ
ect the regulation OF homeopathic practice
of medicine and surgery, and providing for
the appointment Of O board of medical ex-
aminers who shall be residents Of the city Of
Richmond the said board to make exami-
nation Of all homeopathic physicians who
make application to practice medicine and
surgery in the State-the board TO consist
of seven members.
A bill was introduced to amend the char
ter of Danville, which, among other things,
gives authority to reduce the rate of taxa
ton on real estate from II to per cent,
reduces the taxation upon all other sources
one-Gftb, and authorises the city to purchase,
build or lease an armory or armores for the
military companies.
The bill to remove the political disabili-
ties of S. Il. Donohoe and others was passed.
The petitioners had violated the duelliDg
act but the challenge had not been deliver.
ed. The parties were arrested and the chal.
lenge intercepted.
As stated in yesterdays GAZETTE Mr..
Mayo introduced joint resolution 10 re.
gard to obtaining loan from the United
States for the payment of the State debt.
1t says "Wherees the States of this Union
are generally in debt, in the aggregate
about $3.50 900, 900; and whereas, the State
of Virginia especially is heavily in debt to
the amount of about S3O,O00000; and
whereas, owing to the result of affairs over
which Virginia especially has no control,
her people are reduced in property values
so that it is oppressive to her citizens to
meet the taxes sufficient to defray the cur
rent expenses of the State government and
to cover the interest on her vast debt and
TO provide sinking fund therefor. There
fore, be it
Resolved by the General assembly Of Iir
ginia, That our Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress are requested to use their
best efforts to secure the passage of the