Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-01-27
LEGISLATURE.
THURSDAY, JANUARY s1st,

In the Senate, Mr.. Jones called up
the joint resolution memorializing the
President and the Congress of the Uni
ted States to erect on the Rip-Rips a
lighthouse, which shall be monument
to the memory of Mathew Fontaine
Maury-the monument to be dedicated
in the presence of the navies of the
world.
After remarks by Messrs. Jones, Lit
tie, and Mcdonald, the resolution was
unanimously agreed to and Mr.. Jones
requested to communicate it's passage
to the House.
At O'Clock the Senate took up the
special order, which was Mr., Berry's
bill for the distribution of the direct
tax fund.
Amendments were offered by Mr..
Harrison and Mr.. Walton, and these
gave rise to considerable discussion.
Finally the bill was passed by and made
the special order for Tuesday at 1 o.
clock.
The Senate passed the Senate bill to
amend and re-cnact the second section
of an act approved March 1, 1886, Great
ing the Baldwin District Fair Associa-
ton, charging the powers of the asso-
citation, &C., and to provide for record
tIlC VI tIuSGtOo III tIlc tOloi
ton Perpetual Building and Loan Com
pany.
In the House, Mr.. Mason offered the
following resolution
ResolUed By the House of Delegates,
That the Committee for Counties,
Cities, and Towns be and are hereby
instructed to take into consideration
the question of working and keeping in
order the said public highways, and
frame such general road-law (if the
same be practicable) as the condition of
the country may require.
Mr.. Spencer, of Buckingham, offered
substitute providing that commit
tee of seven be appointed by the Speak
er, to whom should be referred the
question of general rOad-law. The
substitute was lost and the resolution
adopted.
A petition from citizens of Pittsyl-
vania county to prohibit the sale of
liquors within two miles of church
was also presented.
A number of bills we're presented and
referred. Several local House bills
were passed.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22ND.
In the Senate, Mr.. Berry, from the
joint committee to whom was referred
the report of the Debt Commission and
the Governors message accompanying
it, reported the following joint resolu-
ton:
To the Honorable Senate and House Of
Delegates:
Your committee to whom was refer
red by joint resolution of the two
houses the special message of the Gov
ernor of Virginia, transmitting the re-
port of the commission appointed on
the public debt, respectfully port
that they have duly considered the
subject presented in said papers, and
recommend that the agreement be-
tween the said commission and the
Bondholders' Committee, as recited in
the report of said commission be ap-
Assembly. We therefore submit for
consideration and adoption the follow
ing:
Be 1T resolved blythe General assembly
of the State of Virginia, That the
agreement entered into on the 10Th day
of November, 1891, between the Virgin
la Debt Commission and the Bond
holders Committee for the settlement
of the outstanding Indebtedness of the
State of Virginia not funded under the
act known as the Riddleberger bill be,
and is hereby, approved and ratified.
Your committee further reports that
they have provided for the appoint
ment of a subcommittee, consisting of
two from the Senate Finance Commit
tee and three from the House Finance
Committee, to prepare a suitable bill
carrying out the terms of the said
agreement between the Virginia Debt
Commission and the Bondholders' Com
mittee, and the said bill as soon as pre-
pared will be reported by your commit
tee to the General Assembly.
Respectfully submitted,
TAYLOR BERRY,