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The Daily Dispatch: December 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], Legislature of Virginia. (search)
mpson, of Dinwiddie, offered the following joint resolution: Resolved by the General Assembly, That the Governor of Virginia be and he is hereby authorized to provide suitable accommodations within the Capitol for the sessions of the Congress of the Confederate States, provided that the same shall not materially interfere with the sessions of the General Assembly. The resolution was adopted, and ordered to be communicated to the House. The wants of soldiers. On motion of Mr. Nerson, it was Resolved, That inquiry be made into the expediency of making an appropriation from the treasury to relieve the distresses and wants of such soldiers in service as have been, by the presence of the public enemy, cut off from their homes and resources in this Commonwealth. Bills passed. The Senate bill to amend an act incorporating the Danville Manufacturing Company, was taken up and passed. The House bill to incorporate the Virginia Chemical Works was, on motion o
The Daily Dispatch: February 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 15 (search)
ry two thousand population, to be selected by the Board herein before constituted." Mr. Dickinson, of Prince Edward, moved to further amend the bill so as to provide for the exemption of Commonwealth's Attorneys. Rejected. Mr. Frazier moved to amend by exempting the Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, except for such special duty as they may be detailed to perform by the officers of the Institute. Rejected. The bill was then ordered to its engrossment. On motion of Mr. Nerson, the vote ordering the bill to its engrossment was reconsidered. Mr. Garnett then moved to strike out the sixth section, providing for a per diem compensation to the Board. Agreed to. Mr. Collier moved to amend the bill so as to exempt the officers of the General Assembly from draft. Rejected. [The bill exempts the members and the Clerk of each House] Mr. Christian, of Augusta, moved to amend the bill so as to include the members of the Board of Public Works and the Secretary
The Daily Dispatch: May 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 20 (search)
trictive character. And all restrictive enactments must be construed strictly. If his interpretation was accepted, there would be no paralysis of legislative power; whereas, If a contrary construction were adopted, there might be a suspension, if not destruction, of legislative action. Mr. Robertson said he was too dull to understand the distinction drawn by the Senator from Marion. He never knew before that the Legislature was sovereign — he thought the people were sovereign. Mr. Nerson said he was misunderstood — that the Legislature was a sovereign, but limited by the Constitution. Mr. Robertson denied that there could be any limitation to sovereignty. He only asked that the resolution be laid on the table for the present. The motion was put and rejected. The question then recurring on their adoption, Mr. Ball called for the yeas and nays, with the following result — yeas 21, nays 6.--The resolution was concurred in The committees were called upon f<