Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-20
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.


In the Senate yesterday the Governors
message was ordered TO he printed, and it
was referred to the Comr1i on the Public
Debt.
The House bill to authorize the Board of
Supervisors of Warren county to borrow
$4,000 to pay off bonds on account of sub
scription to the Manassas.Gap Railroad Com
pany was placed on the calendar.
A bill to detach the county of Surry from
the First Judicial circuit, and attach it to
the Second judicial circuit was placed upon
the calendar; as was bill to incorporate
District Lodge, No. Is, Grand United Order
of Odd Fellows of the State of Virginia.
The House bill to repeal the act provid-
ing for new Board of Visitors for the Uni;
versity of Virginia was referred.
The Senate consumed most of the day
considering the Local Option bill. Slow
progress was made, and quite number of
speeches were delivered.
Bills were passed to authorize new reg
istration of voters in Stafford and to allow
the collecting officers of Winchester, Fred
erick, Clarke, Warren, and Shenandoah TO
deposit State funds in the Union Bank Of
Winchester.
A petition was presented from j. W. Mar
tin and other citizens of Loudoun county,
praying an extension to February instead OF
December, without the penalty of per
cent. for non-payment OF taxes.
Bills were passed to authorize tho sale OF
the Moffatt registers belonging to the State,
and to provide for new registration IN the
county of Stafford. :.
Mr.. Mccormick introduced q preamble
similar to the one he offered before the
Finance Committee two years ago. but which
never became a law, authorizing the APP
pointment by the Governor of three discreet
and impartial citizens of the State, whose
duty it shall be TO invite the bona-fde hold
ers of the bonds of the State issued under
the funding acts Of 1871 and 1879, or such
representative as such holders may appoint
10 meet them in the city of Richmond al
such time as they may agree upon, and ia
explain to such creditors the provision Of
the said funding act of 1882, and to urge
upon them an acquiescence in said settle
ment and the funding of their securities
under its provisions,
In the House of Delegates the bill to
amend the charter of the Virginia and Car
DINA Railroad Company, was passed.
Mr.. Stuart (Mr. Cardwell in the chair,
moved to suspend the rules and tax" VI
Senate resolution providing that the offices
of Superintendents of schools in all cases
shall be deemed vacant oil the 1st Of July
1886, and that the regular term of foul
years commence on that day.
Mr.. Waddill opposed theresolution, claim
ing that it was intended only to legislate
certain persons out of office.
| MIR. Stuart said that the resolution did not
legislate these men out Of Office, but it sim
| ply declares what was the true construction
of the Constitution.
Mr.. Mallory offered the following amend
rnent: provided that this resolution shall
not apply to superintendent of counties
whose terms do not actually expire until
the 1st of July, 1887"
Mr.. Mallory's amendment was rejected
and the Republicans ilibustered until
o'clock, when the chair was vacated.
A bill was introduced to require the
Sinking Fund Commissioners and the Board
of Public Works to collect interest on all
three per cent. Virginia bonds held by
them, and invest in other such bonds.
A bill to establish Normal school at
Williamsburg in connection with the collie
gate course of William and Mary College
was referred.
A resolution requiring the finance COM
mittee to report bill for pensioning
wounded confederate soldiers, was referred.
Bills were also passed for the relief of E.
G. Edmunds, treasurer of Fauquier county ;
to provide for the appointment of special
constable to execute processes, civil and
criminal, for the county of Fauquier to
provide that all corporations hereafter char.
tered in this State shall pay their taxes in
money or forfeit their charters to amend
an act to pay to the public free schools the
money set apart by the Constitution and
laws for their benefit for the relief of the
Lutheran church and congregation of Madi-
son county to amend the Code i'll relation
to forfeited and delinquent lands to au-
thorze the school trustees of Brentsville
district, in Prince William county, to sell
two school houses in said district and to
incorporate the Culpeper, Sperryville, Wash
ington and Front Royal Telephone Com
pany.