Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-27
TIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Ia the Senate yesterday bill was intro
duced to amend an act to provide for the
sale of lands delinquen. for taxes and county
levies.
Also bill making it unlawful for any
person to sell pistols or any deadly pocket
weapon of the like nature, or any pistol
cartridges within the limits ofthis Common
wealth, without first having paid and OBJ
tanned specific license of $500 therefor,
said license to be paid at the times and in
the manner now provided for the payment
of license imposed upon merchants; the Ii.
cense to be applied tothe general free school
fund of this State. Any person violating
the provisions of the act shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon convic.
tion shall be fined not less than 500, nor
more than $500 for each offence.
A bill IVES introduced providing for the
appointment by the Governor Of a commits
sioner of labor statistics, who shall hold his
Office for two years, and whose duty it shall
be to collect and present his annual reports
to the Governor, to be transmitted to the
Legislature, giving statistical details relat.
latng to all departments of labor and indus
trial pursuits in the State, especially in their
relation to the commercial, industrial, social,
educational and sanitary condition of the
laboring classes, aud to the permanent pros
perity Of the productive industries of the
State.
A joint resolution to appoint joint COM
mittee to examine State securities, &C., de-
posted in the basement Offices Of the Oapi
tol was passed.
The bill to create building committee
for the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Iu-
stitute and to prescribe the duties thereof
was passed.
Bills were introduced to allow the treas
urer Of Spotsylvania county TO collect by
levy tax. bills not returned delinquent, and
providing that no bond or certificate of debt
of the State hereafter issued shall be valid
and binding obligation of the State, except
it be registered bond Or certificate Of debt,
signed by the Treasurer, courtersgned by
Of the State affixed by the Secretary of the
Commonwealth. A record of all such bonds
shall be kept in the Office of each of these
State officers.
In executive session the Senate confirmed
the following school superintendent George
w. Simpson for Bath; w. F. Meade for
John Temple for King and Queen; r. B.
Richardson for Montgomery J. Barron
Hope fer Norfolk; George II. Hulvey for
Rockingham.
The nomination of J. P. Taliaferro, of
Orange county, was passed by without ac-
ton.
In the House of Delegates bills were in
troduced to fix the terms upon which gene.
raj assignments may be made. 1t provides
that the assignee or trustee in any case
where general assignment is made for the
benefit OF creditors, he shall give bond
with good security, and that no debtor shall
make any preference among the creditors !;
and TO authorize the authorities of the city
of Winchester to establish water-works and
to incur debt for that purpose.
a bill was presented providing for the
taking off ali tax for catching or taking oys-
!ers, and the carrier tax, aud puts q tax of
81 so upon the sale, barter Or trade in oyS-
ters giving the riparian owner five acres
for oyster cultivation, twelve months occu-
pancy, and gives him a title against advers..
claimants ; provides that the dredgers shall
not dredge in any waters less than three
fathoms, and opens tho Chesapeake Bay to
dredgers upon payment of three dollars per
ton OH the capacity of their vessels pro.
vides for planting oysters upon grounds not
occupied, natural bar and bed excepted by
paying annually so cents per acre; author
ises tbs Board of The Chesapeake to increase
or diminish the present oyster police force,
and providing that no license be issued to
dredgers for less period than the season.
The Meek lenhnrg election case was further
considered and the report of the majority of
he committee, seating Jones, the colored
republican, Was adopted by vote of 5S to
1G.
resolution was adopted nquiring by
what authority or law the Richmond and
Allegheny railroad continues to keep up
certain dams aud Instructions across the
James river between Bosherfs dam and the
city of Lynchburg, and what legislation is ne
cessary to accomplish the removal Of such
dams and distractions.
Bills were reported to authorize the dis
trict and county school boards to organize
graded or intermediate schools in the coun-
ties of the Commonwealth ; and to provide
for the establishment Of a reformatory for
youthful criminals in Virginia.
A bill was introduced authorizing the trus-
tees of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, anh the Round-Hill Baptist church,
King George county, to sell and convey
lot of land belonging to said churches.
LETTER FROM RICHMOND.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria GAzHrTBl