Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-12-20
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Authorizing the union of the chesapeake d
Ohio Railway Company and the Richmond u
Allegheny Railroad Company, and to issue
additional stock and bonds for that purpose.
Authorizing the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Company to give deeds OF trust or mortgages
upon its works and property.
Authorizing the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail-
way Company to acquire or guarantee the
stocks and bonds OF any steamship company
OF companies now or hereafter running to or
from any port or ports i'll Virginia, and to take
stock in enterprises along its line
ELECTION OF JUDGES.
In joint session the following Judges
were elected to fill vacant places on the
bench, caused by death OF resignation-J.
K M. Norton, Hastings Judge Of AleXan-
dra city; John w. Gillett, County Judge
of Accomac; Geo. p. Barham, County
Judge of Greensville; f. w. Sims, County
Judge of Louisa, and VIM. Gordon Robert
son, Hastings Judge of Roanoke.
HOW TO PROCURE LICENSE TO BECOME
LAWYERS,
A bill has been introduced in the Senate.
by Nh Sands, which provides that those
persons who desire to practice law in Viz
ginia shall make application by petition to
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petition may be filed either in the clerks
office or presented in open court. At the
next term of the court the judge is required
to appoint an examining board consisting
of not less than three competent lawyers to
make an examination of the applicant in
open court (if practicabie) as to his quallfi-
cation, and the court, if Of opinion after
such examination that such applicant is
qualified, shall permit such person to prac-
tice law. AS the law now stands all persons
desiring a license are required to make ap-
plication to two judges of any of the courts,
with the exception of the county OF corpora
ton court, and the judges may after eXaml-
nation, license any one so applying. The
bill offered proposes amore thorough eXaml-
nation than now exists.
PRESIDENT DAVIS BURIAL PLACE.
MI Curtis of Richmond, introduced in
the House q resolution providing for the
appointment of q joint-committee of two on
the part of the House and one on the part
of the Senate, together with the President
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House,
to wait Oh the family of the late Honorable
Jefferson Davis and express an earnest
wish that his remains will find its last
resting place in the city of Richmond.
COLoRED ORPHAN ASYLUM.
A bill has been introduced in the Senate
to incorporate the Southern Negro Orphan
Asylum, to be under the control and man
agement of board of trustees consisting OF
F. NJ. Whittle, A. M. Randolph, Fitzhugh
Lee, Thomas J. Kirkpatrick, G. M. Black
ford, T. NJ Carson, e. j. Follles, VIM. M.
Lille, F. L. Lee, Edward Schafer, A. II.
Burroughs, Randolph II. McKim, John S.
Lindsay, G. r. Lewis, Samuel Tyree
Alexander Mcdonald and A. JAEGER. The
asylum will be located in Campbell county
about one mile from Lynchburg.
INSURANCE.
In the House MI. Cochran introduced 6
bill ITO requ ire insurers after notice tC
them OF their agents of any loss OF damage
sustained by reason of peri Is insured against
upon application in writing to deliver te
the insured OF to any person to whom The
insurance money is payable, forms for pre-
liminary proof of such loss OF damage.