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The Daily Dispatch: February 4, 1862., [Electronic resource], On to Richmond — speech of Mr. Gurley on the army bill. (search)
ve Albert. On motion of Mr. Thomas, of Henry, the bill was laid upon the table. On motion of Mr. Coghill, the Committee on Courts of Justice was increased by the addition of one member. [The President appointed Mr. Thomas, of Fairfax] The war Tax. Mr. Nelson offered a resolution, which was adopted, requesting the Auditor of Public Accounts to furnish the Senate with estimates of taxation upon several subjects mentioned in the resolution. Resolution of inquiry. Mr. Alderson offered a resolution directing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill for the appropriation of a sum of money to repair the road from the Warm Springs in Bath county to the Greenbrier river, at Marlon's Bottom, in Pocahontas county, to facilitate the transportation of army supplies. Covington and Ohio Railroad. On motion of Mr. Christian, of Augusta, it was-- Resolved, That the Board of Public Works be requested to furnish the Se
The Daily Dispatch: February 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 20 (search)
Mr. Johnson, the rule requiring two doorkeepers to the senate was rescinded. Bills reported. Mr. Isbell, from the Committee on Banks, reported a bill to incorporate the Stewartsville Savings Bank, in the county of Roanoke, to issue notes of a less denomination than five dollars. Mr. Collier, from the select committee to whom was referred the bill concerning volunteers, introduced by him a new days since, reported the same without amendment. Resolution. On motion of Mr. Alderson, it was Resolved, That the Committee on Finance inquire into the expediency of extending the time allowed the sheriff of Greenbrier county to pay the revenue of said county into the Treasury. Proposed Recess. Mr. Robertson, of Richmond, offered the following resolution: Resolved, That after this day, and daily during the residue of the session, the Senate will take a recess from half-past 2 till half-past 4 o'clock, and that no Senator be allowed to speak more than ten
The Daily Dispatch: February 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
ve be allowed to strike all dishonest officers from the rolls, reporting to the Senate his reasons for his action in each case. I recommend, also, that as we have several men now holding commissions in the militia who are disloyal, that authority be given to the Executive to strike their names from the rolls, and have their places supplied by new elections. This I regard as exceedingly important, and request that early action shall be taken upon these questions. Bills reported. Mr. Alderson, by leave, introduced "a bill to compensate Thomas Reynolds for enrolling and mustering the militia of Webster county." Mr. Robertson, of Richmond, by leave, reported from a special committee "a bill to authorize the Governor to organize and call out certain military forces for the defence of the State." Mr. Mann Spitler, by leave, introduced "a bill to amend an act incorporating the Shenandoah Cotton Manufacturing Company." Engrossed bills. The bill authorizing certain
The Daily Dispatch: March 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 30 (search)
Petitions. Mr. Thomas, of Henry, presented petitions of citizens of that county praying that John Tylee and Joseph Echols, of said county, be exempted from military service. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Bills passed. A bill making an appropriation to the Civil Contingent Fund; a bill providing for the trial of persons charged with offences committed in counties now in possession of the enemy, or threatened with immediate invasion. On motion of Mr. Alderson, the following communication and report were taken up and considered: Executive Department, Va., March 18, 1862. Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives: I have received from Col. A. C. Bailey a communication, accompanied by a receipt from the Paymaster of the Virginia forces, which are herewith transmitted for your consideration. A personal interview with Col. Balley has satisfied me that he did not intend to defraud the State in the transaction referred to in
The Daily Dispatch: March 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], General Assembly of Virginia. (search)
The Senate was called to order at 11 o'clock A. M., the President in the chair. A joint resolution of the House of Delegates exempting the Printer of the Court of Appeals, at Lewisburg, from military duty, was taken up, and advocated by Mr. Alderson, and the question being upon the adoption of the same, it was rejected. Bills reported. House bill, without amendment, to amend the 2d section of an act incorporating the Thorn Cemetery, at Staunton. House bill, without amendment ts within the United States to property, real, personal, or mixed, in the State of Virginia. Bills passed. A bill compensating David W. Trobell for services connected with the militia of Nicholas and Greenbrier counties, (advocated by Mr. Alderson.) A bill authorizing the receipt of Confederate States Treasury notes in payment of taxes and other public dues. A bill appropriating the public revenue for the fiscal year 1861-'62. A bill to legalize the use of certain State securities hel
The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], Evening session. (search)
tion than five dollars to the amount of ten per cent of their capital stock, and authorizing the city of Richmond to issue notes of a less denomination than one dollar to an amount not exceeding--hundred thousand dollars and also authorizing every other city and town in the Commonwealth having a population of 2,000, to issue notes of a less denomination than a dollar, to double the amount of the State tax upon the property, real and personal, within their corporate limits. The substitute was adopted. Mr. Robertson moved to fill the black in the bill by inserting the word "five," so as to authorize the city of Richmond to issue $500,000. Agreed to. The bill was then ordered to its engrossment and third reading. The vote by which the joint resolution concerning Messrs, C. W. Purcell & Co. was rejected, was, on motion of Mr. Newman, reconsidered; and, on motion of Mr. Brannon, the resolution was laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Alderson, the Senate adjourned.
The Daily Dispatch: March 31, 1862., [Electronic resource], [correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch] (search)
ed by the General Assembly. That the Bourus of Exemption of the different counties, cities and towns of the Commonwealth be authorized to exemption addition to those stress exempt by law, two moulders of workers in case iron and one worker in wood in every manufactory of plows and agricultural implements in which iron casting are made. The motion was agreed to, and the resolution was adopted and ordered to be communicated to the House of Delegates. Bills passed. On motion of Mr. Alderson the vote was reconsidered by which the bill "appropriating money for the construction of a ed from Parlin's Bottom, in Pocahontas county, to the Salt Works, in Braxton county, was rejected, and the bill being again put upon its passage, it was passed. Bill providing for and regulating the salary of the g clerk in the Auditor's Department Bill authorizing the of a gallery in the Hall now occupied by the Confederate Congress Bill-mending the bill ordinance of the Convention, authorizing
The Daily Dispatch: May 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], A brave standard Bearer. (search)
ession,Senate. Tuesday, May 6, 1862. The Senate was called to order by Lieutenant-Governor Mont Mr. Newman, of March, moved that a committee be appointed to inform the Governor that the Senate was ready to transact business. Mr. Robertson, of Richmond, thought this out of order until it was ascertained that there was a quorum The Chair in this view concurred, and directed the roll to be called. The following Senators responded to the call, viz: Messrs Armstrong, Alderson, Brannon. Rail, Bruce, Coghill, Collier, Dickenson of Prince Edward, Garnett, Hart, Isbell, Johnson, Marshall, Neecon, Newton, Newman, Pennybacker, Quesenbury, Robertson, Taliaferro, Thompson, Wiley, and Whitten--23. The Chair read the rule authorizing the Senate to enforce the attendance of absentees Mr. Johnson, of Bedford, suggested that the Sergeant-at-Arms be instructed to procure the attendance of such members as are in convenient distances of the city. Mr. Coghill, of
The Daily Dispatch: May 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 18 (search)
ion was adopted. The chair appointed as the committee Messrs. Collier, Armstrong and Newman. The committee returned with the Governor's Message, (published yesterday) The reading of which was commenced by the Clerk; but, on motion of Mr. Alderson, its further reading was dissented with. The President of the Senate laid before the Senate another communication from the Governor, requesting the Legislature to provide for the execution of a slave, Clara Ann, convicted in Culpeper coun. On motion of Mr. Collier, the first message was laid on the table and the usual number of copies ordered to be printed. The latter communication, on motion of the same gentleman, was referred to the Committee of Courts of Justice, when Mr. Alderson offered the following: Restoration of Gen. Floyd. Resolved, by the General Assembly of Virginia that, without intending or designing in any way to interfere with the constitutional rights of the President as Commander in Chief of the
The Daily Dispatch: may 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 17 (search)
time. Mr. Quesenberry offered a resolution instructing the Committee of Finance to in quire into the expediency of refunding to Miss Ann M. Fleming a coupon lost or stolen from her and never presented for payment. Read a first time. Mr. Alderson called up the joint resolution offered by himself yesterday, in regard to the restoration of Gen. J. B. Floyd. The resolution was taken up and passed unanimously, and Mr. Alderson was appointed to communicate the same to the House of DeleMr. Alderson was appointed to communicate the same to the House of Delegates. The Senate next took up the reading of the calendar; and all the bills, 14 in number, and herewith attached, were ordered to a second reading. A bill to provide for holding elections to fill vacancies in the representation in the Senate from the 40th and 50th districts. A bill providing for the appointment of additional clerks in the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts. A bill to provide temporary warehouses for tobacco. A bill to establish an inspection of l
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