Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-11
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Mar. II.
SENATE.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
HOUSE.

The Senate was not in session to-day.
HOUSE.
Under the specia order made last
week to day was set aside for the con.
sideration of the bill containing pro-
vision for claims aggregating 81, 200,-
900 reported by the court Of claims I'M
der the provisions Of the Bowman act.
Before the special order was entered
upon Mr. Hull, chairman OF the mill
tary affairs committee, reported COM
plete agreement by the conferees on
the army appropriation bill.
The report was agreed to without de-.
bate.
The House then went into committee
of the whole and took up the special
order.
Mr.. Loud demanded the reading Of
the bill, which covers so pages.
Mr.. DazelI, before the debate began,
made the point of order against the bill
that it was not competent for the war
claims committee to report bill con-
tanning $40 claims, each of which
should be the subject Of q separate bill.
The chairman of the committee of
the whole (Mr. Payne) ruled that the
point came too late.
The general debate then began IN,
der an agreement that it should be
limited to two hours.
Mr.. Gibson in opening the debate
explained the nature of the claims, all
of which were for stores and supplies
furnished to the army by loyal citizens.
The loyalty of the claimants had been
affirmatively proven. The claims, he
said, were distributed as follows by
States: Alabama 60, Arkansas Sc,
Georgia a., Illinois !, Kansas 3, Ken
lucky Sc, Louisiana %, Maryland 70,
Mississippi 100, Missouri 81, New York
l, North Carolina Is, Ohio 2. Oregon l,
Pennsylvania 1, South Carolina ,, Ten
nessee $50, Virginia &c, and West Vir-
ginia 46.
At 4:45 this evening the opponents OF
the bill were still fiiibustering againstit.
WITHOUT AUTHORITY IN CRIMINAL
CAsEs.-The law prohibiting justices of
the peace from issuing criminal war
rants (passed by the last legislature) is
as follows:
l. Be it enacted by the general as
sembly of Virginia, That sections three
thousand, nine hundred and fifty-fve
and three thousand, nine hundred and
ifty=six of the code of Virginia be
amended and re enacted so as to read
as follows:
Section 1855. A Judge of circuit,
CONN.," or corporation court in vacation
as we'll as in TEN, or justice, may
issue process for the arrest of a criminal;
provided, that il cities apd towns ia
which there is police justice or mayor,
who possesses the jurisdiction and ex>
ercises the powers of justice of the
peace in criminal matters, no such pro-
cess shall be issued by any other JUS
tice of the peace unless such police jus.
tice or mayor is absent from his corpor-
alton, or IL his Judgment is too unwell,
or so situated as to render it improper
for him to act; and provided, further
however, that in the city of Richmond
six of the justices Of the peace shall be
designated by the hastings court, and
the city of Norfolk three JUSTICES OF the
peace, to be appointed by the corpora.
ton court, by orders duly entered of
record, each of whom shall have the
right to issue the foregoing warrant for
any such offence alleged to have been
committed in any portion of said city.