Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-01-20
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18th.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14TH.
The special message of Governor McKin-
,ey on the debt settlement and the report
Of the State Debt Commission were laid
before the General Assembly yesterday
In the Senate Mr.. Jones offered joint
resolution, which under suspension of the
rules was taken up and agreed to, pro-
viding that the report of the commission,
together with the accompanying Executive
message, be referred to a special joint COM
mittee composed of the Finance Commit
tees of the two houses, the Lieutenant
Governor, and the Speaker of the House,
with instructions to report by bill or other
wise.
The resolution was Immediately commu-
nicated to the House and concurred in by
that body.
Both houses also adopted Senate joint
resolution introduced by Mr.. Berry, in
structing the Superintendent Of Public
Printing to have fifteen hundred copies of
the message and report printed for the use
of the members of the Legislature.
In tie Senate a number Of bills were
introduced ard referred. Among them the
following -
By MIR. Flood, TO amend the Cede il re
lation to husband and wife testifying for
or against each other by Mr.. Hacker,
empowering judges of Circuit, Corporation,
and County Courts to carry out the Pre-
visions of the Code in relation to fire-proof
clerks offices by Mr.. Peters, to amend
the act changing the name of the town Of
Goodson to the City of Bristol, and provide
new charter for the same.
MIR. Hurt offered the following, which
was agreed to-:
Resolved, That the Committee on Fl.
nance be requested to inquire and report to
the Senate whether or not the Pullman Car
Company pays taxes OF their property in
the State of Virginia, and also for the
licensed privileges exercised By them and
if not why not.
Several local Senate bills were passed.
Mr.. Jones presented a memorial from
the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Mill
tary Institute and joint resolution d.
recting our senators and instructing our
members of Congress to endeavor to secure
the passage of bill indemnifying the in
stitntion for the destruction of its property
by General Hunter.
In the House, Mr.. Letcher, of Rock.
bridge county, offered the following =
Resolved (the Senate concurring), That
LILO lT6Sltkoub anu SOHS Cos VI sAo OnibCu
States be memorialized by the Legislature
of Virginia to erect q monument to Mat
thew Fontaine Maury upon the Rip Raps,
in Hampton Roads off Old Point, Va. !;
that the monument he CONN ensurate with
the services rendered by this greatest of
naval and meteorological scientists to his
Government and to the world; that it be in
the nature of lighthouse, appropriately
illustrating the light and benefit that his
laborious researches and grand discoveries
have conferred upon the navigation of the
world and the worlds commerce; that in
the presence of the combined navies of the
world the same be unveiled in 1898; and
that this resolution be forwarded to our
Senators and Representatives in Congress
to be used in such way az they deem best
to secure the attachments of the aforesaid
object.
After remarks of appropriate eulogy of
the late Commodore MauFy BY Messrs.
Letcher, Cardwell, Philip F. Brown and
J. E. Mason, the resolution, under a sus-
pension of the rules, was successfully put
on its second ard third reading and passed
by unanimous vote.
Mr.. STATIONS bill to make Labcr-day
1.-THE first Monday in September) legal
holiday was ordered to its engrossment and
third reading.
The House passed the Senate bill to
authorize and empower the Allegheny Iron
Company to construct and operate rail-
road under certain limitations.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10TH.
In the Senate a number of bills we're
introduced and referred-amoDg them one
by Mr.. Walton, to provide for the working
and keeping in repair of the roads Of the
county of Shenandoah.
When M. Hurt presented the bill to
amend the Code SO that females as well as
males might obtain license to practice law,
he stated that lie did 30 by request of Mrs.
Smith, Of DaDville, and as he could rot
vote for it be, tuned it over to the Senator
from Henry, Mr.. Peters.
The latter moved that the rules be sus.
pended and the bill be placed on the
calendar, and explained that as there was
a female physician in the House, he
wanted female lawyer to keep her in
order.
The Chair decided on viva voce vote
that the motion to place on the calendar
had prevailed.
MIR Eohols called for a recorded vote,
which was ordered and the motion to place
upol the calendar was lost-ayes, 16; noes,
IS.
Mr.. Hurt offered resolution that 4, 500
copies of tie report of the Debt Commits
sion with the accompanying message of
Governor Mckinney be printed for the use
of the members of the General Assembly.
The bill to amend the charter of the Old
Point Villa Site Company was passed.
The bill to appropriate So, 200 to the Con-
federate Soldiers aud Sailors Monument
Association was passed unanimously.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18TH.
In the Senate, Mr.. Mushback presented
a petition of the Board of Trade of Alex
andria protesting against legislation tend
ing to hamper the railroads of Virginia in
the execution of their present policy of
aiding in the development of the natural
resources OF the State. The petition, which
went to the Committee on Roads, is in the
form Of preamble ard resolutions. That
the policy of the railroads has caused III
Vulnerable towns and villages to spring up
along their routes, that the State neecs for
its development further capital, and that
any legislation that tends to interfere with
this policy would be disastrous to the best
interests of the citizens of the State.
Among the House bills passed by the
Senate was the bill to amend the act in
cooperating tho Irish Creek Company.
. The bill to regulate the use of steam
boilers in the State was ordered to its third
reading and engrossuent.
a number Of Incorporation bills we're
passed, and a number of bills introduced
and refereed.
CONGRESS-