Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-25
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

In the Senate yesterday the bill Great
ing bureau of labor and Industrial statistics:
&c., was adversely reported.
The House bill to amend an act incorpo.
rating the Danville and New River Narrow
Guage railroad was placed on the calendar.
A bill providing for a special Court of APP.
pea!s, similar to one introduced in the House
a week ago, was presented.
The Chair laid before the Senate mes.
sage from the Governor transmitting COM
munication from DR.. J. J. Moran, of Fairfax
county, Va, who was appointed by Cover
nor Holida.: to settle, adjust, and determine
all debts or claims due the State Of Virginia
by United States except claims prior to
1912. After giving detailed statement of
the accounts DR.. Moran says: All told the
Indebtedness of the United States to the
State of Virginia amounts to S2,93l ,237 AS.
This amount is now available, and he be
lieves, with proper effort, can be secured to
the State at this session of Congress. In
closing he says:
"If our State Legislature will by resolution or
| otherwise urge its representatives III Congress
to take some interest in this matter aud aid the
State agent in his efforts to secure this money the
State Treasury will soon be relieved of its strn-
gency and be sufficiently able to relieve herself
| from present embarrassment.
Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
The bill to increase the compensation oil
county treasurers was ordered to be en-
crossed.
In the House of Delegates the local option
bill, as stated in yesterdays GAZETTE,
which had passed the Senate was slightly
amended and then passed, ayes, 60 noes,
is. The House amendments were subse-
quently concurred in by the Senate and the
bill now goes to the Governor for his action.
The bill as passed applies to all the cities
aud counties in the State except where &
local. option law now exists. 1t requires n
majority of voters to make the law elective.
MIR. Curlett, (rep introduced resolution
providing for the payment of taxes and sala-
ries of State officials in coupons. He wanted
school teachers paid in money.
Pending the consideration of the bill to
appropriate 900 to establish female nor.
NAL school at Staunton, the House ad.
iourned.
Bills were passed to authorize the board
of commissioners of Leesburg district, in
Loudoun county, to make an additional levy
for road expenditures; to give to each stock
holder vote for each share he holds in in
corporated companies; to regulate the prac-
tice of dentistry; to authorize the authori'
ties of the city of Winchester to establish
water works and TO incur debt for that
purpose, and Incorporating the Pharmaceu-
tical Association of Virginia, to guard the
sale Of poisons, and to regulate the practice
of pharmacy in this State.
The House refused to order to its engross
ment the bill for the establishment Of 4
State female normal school at Staunton. Mr.
Stuart asked that the school be erected al
Alexandria. He thought that the people Of
Staunton ought to be satisfied with what
they had. They have the Deaf, Dumb and
Blind Institution and Insane Asylum il
Staunton, and the Virginia Military Inst
tute and the University Of Virginia near il
Mr.. Payne argued in favor of Warrenton as
J the place for the school,