Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-24
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

In the Senate yesterday number Of
House bills were advanced on the Senate
calendar, including the bill to incorporate
the Fredericksburg and Valley Railroad
Company bill to incorporate the Freder'
icksburg aud Chesapeake Railroad Com
pany to establish an agricultural expert.
mental station at the Virginia Agricultural
and Mechanical College at Blacksburg; and
to incorporate the Lynchburg Young Mems
Christian Association.
The bill to incorporate the Grand Lodge
of the Order of Temperance Workers of the
State was reported.
A bill to provide that wounded or dis.
abled soldiers, upon obtaining the proper
papers, shall be exempted from work on any
of the public roads and from capitation,
land, and property-taxes, and from license
tax to conduct any licensed business in this
State, was referred.
A bill imposing special license tax Of
$500 on the sale of pistols and cartridges
came up rs the first unfinished business, and
was rejected.
The bill to provide that on sums of SO, 900
and less collected after the first day of Dec,
the county treasurer shall receive per
cent. in addition to the regular per cent.
fee; on sums of between $15 900 and $40, 900
he shall receive per cent, and on all sums
of SAC, 900 and over he shall receive 2 per
cent, was recommitted.
The resolution proposing al amendment
to the Constitution providing that all bonds
not funded within ninety days after the rat.
ification Of the amendment by the people
shall be declared null and void, was also
recommtted.
Bills were passed TO define and punish
barratry TO allow the city of Fredericks-
burg to supply gas or electric light for the
use of said city, and to issue bonds of the
said city to effect said purpose and to au
to collect certain taxes, licenses Sc, &C.
counted for by the late treasurer of said
county and remaining uncollected.
In the House Of Delegates the bill in re-
lation to furnishing books to the children of
the public schools was, after being variously
amended, ordered to be engrossed by vote
of II to 81.
The Finance Committee presented the
bilr appropriating public revenues for the
fiscal years 1856 81, and it was made the
special order for to-day.
Mr.. Fukerson, of Washington county,
who was appointed on the special commit
tee on the debt. asked to be relieved from
serving on that committee. He said the
reason he asked on Saturday that the joint
commission on the debt be discharged from
the further consideration of the question,
and the reason he now asked that he be dis
charged from further attendance upon that
committee, were because the joint commit
tee had the question Of the debt under con.
sideration, and also a plan which they
thought would be effective if adopted. But
in the midst of their consideration of the
question the Governor had thought proper
to inaugurate, without any consultation with
the committee or Legislature, as far as he
knew, a scheme which looked to the APP
pointmsnt of a commission clothed with no
power to settle with the creditors, but sim
ply to inform them as to the condition of
the State and sentiment<of the people that
about the same time the Lieutenant Gov
ernor, representing another branch of the
Legislature, has introduced into the Senate
a bill TO create commission, &C., by which
she saw the Governor and went one better"
by providing for the reopening of the ques-
ton OF the payment OF West Virginia certih-
Gates The scheme of the Governor and
Lieutenant Governor, appointing commits
sion, wes one which had never amounted to
but delay, and it was surrendering
the question for the present. II had
learned" he continued, that when the
white flag was raised and flag of truce sent
10 that it was in violation Of the rules of
war for another gun to be fired pending the
truce. IF this commission ia appointed
nothing could bedone towards forcing a set.
cement until the results of that commission
are known"
The House, by viua uoce vote, declined
o relieve Mr.. Fulkerson.
Among the school commissioners declared
appointed was G. L. Goodwin, of Louisa.
The convict.labor bill, was passed, ayes,
% ; noes,2
A bill was passed to allow the treasurer
81 stafford county to collect by levy certain
Iax-bhis not returned delinquent.
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