Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-01-22

..swallow-tail" or declining to stretch hi
limbs under the Presidents table, he prompt
" chose the latter. ARGUS.
THE WEEK AT RICHMOND.
The most important thing to otaunton,
doue in the legislature last week was tn.
reporting by the Committee of the bill
for The establishing of State Norma
School at StauntoD.
TERMS OF SCHOOL sUPERINTENDENTs
The Senate Comm tee for G urts Of
Justice has reported tue following joint
resolution
Resolved 1.-THE House of Delegates co...
culriug), That the office of county and
city supurinteudeuts vi schools, IN al
Case, shall o. daemed vacAuI un the frs
day Il kus &sse *ud tae regular term q
Eur veal 30 Y Il ~ ~ essi5st Day; ARA
that all appointments and coafirmations
TO fiji vacssscisss 10 me office ut County and
city sup.g Dtepdsnls of SCHOOLS stall be
only fol Jne uRexpifee term of bis prede-
cessor.
NJ nc ion has ye been taken N it.
GREENvILLE.
The bill amen the a. ter Green
vile LII Angus county, has Teen rep0r-
ted.
THE COMMITTEE ON THE PUBLIC
DEBT.
The presiding officers of the two houses
have announced. the following as mem
bers of joint committee to consider all
propositions in regard to State debt: Sem
ators Rhsa, of Washington; Mccormick,
of Clark; Berry of Amherst, and Heaton,
of Loudoun; Delegates Fulkerson. Of
Washington; Sanders, OF Franklin; Mayo,
of Westmoreland; Grimsley, of Culpeper;
Pollard. Of King ard Queen; Munford, of
Plttsylvania; Bolen, OF Carroll, and Buc-
hanap, of Washington.
PERMITTING THE ACCUSED TO TESTIFY
The bill reported in the Senate allowing
persons charged with crime to testify in
their own behalf. has passed tnat house by
10 to l3. Mr.. Koiner of Augusta voting
vito the minority.
FROM THE DEBT COMMITTEE
Mr.. Fulkerson, from the special joint
committee on the public debt. presented
the following:
A Bill to Amend and Re-enact Section 80 OF Chap
ter 167 of the Code OF 1873, in Eelat1on TO Rules
Pleadings, and Evidence.
80 Be 1t enacted by the General Assens-
bly, Of VarQinia, THAI where a bill. declara-
ton, petition, OR other pleading alleges
that any person made, endorsed, assigned,
or accepted any writing, no proof Of the
handwriting Of SUCH person shall b. re-
Quired, unless the fact be denied by affi-
davlt with the answer, plea, or other plead
ing, which puts 1t in Issue, provided, that
NO such affidavit shall be required where
the Signature of the MAKER, endOrser,
asslgnor, or a.ceptor Of any paper is not
not IN the personal handwriting of the
party to De charged, or his agent. nut was
made by machinery. or any other manner
than by the actual or personal han0 writing
OF the party to be charged, or hi R4enJ,
then lu all such Cases, the Duruen vi
proving such paper to be genuine snail BIZ
upon the party relying upon tue paper SO
Offered 10 be read in evidence. And it is
further provided, that expert evidence
shall not be received to prove the genuine
ness of any paper OF instrument m de by
machinery, or In auy other manner tnan
by the actual or personal handwriting of
the party to be charged. or his agent
All acts and parts Of acts inconsisten.
with this act are hereby repealed.
This act shall De III force from its pas
sage.
TEMPORARY JUDGES.
M. A. Fulkerson introduced in the
House bill to provide for the appoinG
ment of special judges in particular CASES
This bill provides that when any Judge Of
any court Of record in this State (excepl
the Supreme Courto Appeals) does no OF
cannot preside IN any cause, the resident
attorneys of the court shall elect one of its
members then in attendance to hold court
for that occasion, with all the powers an6
responsibilities of the regular judge; and
if the person 80 elected fails 10 properly
preside, another shall be elected 10 like
manner, and 80 on till one suitable is
found
DEFAULTING COUNTY TREAsURERs.
BY MIR. A. Fulkerson: Bill pr scrioing
penalty against defaulting county treas
urers aud other collecting officers. Tit
Dill IL aS IOllOWS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly
That any county treasurer or other person
en- trusted with collecting any portion 0
the revenue of this State, or the county
levy in any county therein, who shal
hereafter wllfully fail or refuse 20 pay int
the treasury of the State che revenue col
lected by him, or account for the count,
levy collected by him ia Inc mAnner pre-
,ho6 hvy Iner -hu ttoh NH : IN
revenue of the State or count eyy col.
lected by bin to his Uwu use Or the use o.
any other person, or who snail tender
coupons In discharge OF any liability fol
money collected by him for the State
| shall be guilty of u felony, and upon Con
vicfion OF either of the off noes enumera
ted in this section he shall be imprisoned
IN the peGitentIary not less than one no
mere than FIVE years.
| s1t IL act shall be in force from it's pas
saqb.
HOW MANY COUPONS STOPPED THE
TAXES IN 1885,
In response tc d resolution adopted b
that body, Auditor Morton Marye. IN
/ communication to the House of Delegate
says: THE amount Of coupons received
!! for taxes during the last fiscal year Wa
! $5O,174 SO. Taxes have been adJudge'
paid by the tender of coupons which hav
not been received, to the amount OF SIS.
1855 rs. Coupons have been rendered fl
, taxes and other dues to the state TO
| which no levy has been made nor suit III
| stituted to the amount OF $27 754.Ol
MIR FULKEKsON s PLAN Fur DELIN-
u QUENT LAND SALES FOR THE
FUTURE.
+. MIR. Fulkerson introduced bill In th
! House to provide Cor the sale of lands re
turned delii queit after 1884 The pla
! is entirely No., and the lands are to b
sold every August after the year In whlc
the taxes are due. The sales are to b
conducted by the treasurer and the Iepor
IS co he N .,,r to the county court. Til
h,n rSfa