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correct the journal. and It was accepted
By Mr.. Munford
Whereas the Journal q tire senate stoss that
Rouse bih No. 80 hot pazset By this body in
ne manner prescribed By the constitution % the
state. not having received tvsnty-ons votes. and
No record q TIE yotss esEt having been catered on
tfs Journal. a. Required By Law therefore ~ IL
resolved. That these facts be. and taeT hereby
are sifecied % = spread upon the records a. this
n"ay a. indicating TIE dlsap7rovsl q the senate o.
ne oll IN question, ard % be preserved a. a ne
mortal Of the facts Of the case.
The resolution was agreed 10 by the
following vote.
Ayes-Senators Barksdala, Clayton. Cog
OIL, Dinwiddie, Fairfax. Foster. Glass.
COO, Hartley. Harvey. James. KeezeH
lie cato, Mann. MasSie, MAYNARD. Nell
Walne' Munford. Stands St Clair. steele.
walker, wallace, and Whitehead-2l
Nays-SenaJors Blskoy, pouon9e. Egg
gleston. Flood. Jefries, Johnston. T.vle.
Morris, Ople, Sands Tyler, and Wick
ham-l2
Al to-nlghts session OF the senate Mr..
Didss introduced a bill repeating the Oh
JSeu'hdDie measure. After a heated de-
"d'e 'he OIL was ordered 10 its encross-
meht. nut enough votes could not be Sc
cured 10 pass II.
The midday session OF the bouea v,ae
devoted mainly to the passage OF priy2te
pension bills. about 200 Of which uers
rushed through. These carry. as 4 rule
appropriations Of so.
There was some debate over senate r,fIl
NO. pa 10 amend section - Of the .~ode in
relation 10 the appointment Of county,
sCi Nel OF ana superintendent OF the moor
OF iaZeWeH County. VII en- qad been vo-
tord by the governor. The veto was sf,s-
bill to enlarge the powers Of the Char
Iotte Williams Hospital corporation ypss
passed under suspension OF the r,,Ies on
senator Sands motion. ' '-'
Pos'-mortem salary Measure.
The senate passed unanimously tho rae-
olution allowing Senator A. Nash Jobn-
ston. the successor Of the late Charles q
McCorkle, salary for the entire session
The bill amending The act in relation IN
the pay Of members Of the legislature was
passed. II provides that when a member
snail die the salary for the session shall
be divided between his estate and bis
successor in office, TO be calculated unon
the length Of time of service. In Other
words. the bill is designed to prevent
IN case OF death. the paying of double
salaries There nave been three deaths
during this session. In each one the
estate OF the deceased received the salary
FOR the entire session and the person
CHOSEN 10 fill the vacancy was paid for
the whole session
The Norfolk bridge bill has been de-
ieated. II passed the house after a long
and bitter fight. but it has been pigeon
holed by the senate committee. There
mas been big lobby nere for or against
the measure.
The house committee on courts of ms
uce met this morning, but not for the
transaction of business, for its labors are
at an end. Hon. Pembroke Petit, soon
after Chairman McRae called to order.
arose, and on behalf of his colleagues
presented Mr.. McRae with a very hand
some scarf pin as a token Of their esteem.
Mr. Petit was very happy in his re-
marks, and Mr.. McRae responded in a
most feeling manner. The pin is made of
OLD gold, IN the shape of a dragon, set
with pearls. The committee, after sitting
Tor photograph, adjourned sine die.
The senate and house finally agreed on
| the appropriation and pension bills. In
/ the former the salary of the State treas
urer is fixed at $l,75O, as the senate orig
/ inally directed. The amount appropri-
ated for pensions is $4,000
/ The work of the session closed 81 mid
! night. though the Legislature will be in
/ session until Wednesday. The last mat
| ter considered was the appointment of
electoral boards. Very few changes were
made.