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n and forty-five, exempt on account of such employment, and the number of employees detailed in addition to those exempted, with their respective ages and the kind of duties performed by them." The following bills were read the third time and passed: To authorize the Auditor to settle and pay the accounts of William F. Ritchie, Public Printer. To repeal the fence law as to certain counties, so as to make the remedy for trespasses more effective and summary. To relieve G. W. Butts. To relieve W. W. Forbes, late sheriff of Buckingham county. On motion of Mr. Johnson, the vote by which the bill for the relief of the securities of John E. Lewis, late sheriff of Greenbrier county, was rejected, was reconsidered, and the bill laid upon the table. On motion of Mr. Brannon, the bill to amend the thirty-eighth section of the Code, relating to licenses, was taken up and read through by sections. Various amendments were made to the bill, and the question bein
ppropriating one million of dollars for the relief of the families of soldiers residing in counties under the control, or within the lines of, the public enemy, was taken up as the order of the day, and, after some discussion, its consideration was again postponed, and made the order of the day for Wednesday at 12 M. The following bills were passed: Bill amending the Code so as to increase the fees of surveyors. Bill to amend an act amending the Code so as to increase the pay of clerks and sheriffs of counties and corporations. Bill for the relief of G. W. Butts. Mr. Tomlin, from the Finance Committee, being granted leave to make a further report, reported, a bill to change the mode of paying the members of the General Assembly. At 2 o'clock the House went into secret session, and when the doors were opened, at 3 P. M., adjourned. [Messrs. Rutherfoord, of Goochland, and Custis, of Williamsburg, are detained from their seats by reason of illness.]
Virginia Legislature.[Extra session.] Senate. Tuesday, February 21, 1865. At 11 o'clock the Senate was called to order. Prayer by Rev. Dr. Converse. A communication was received from the House of Delegates announcing the passage of the following bills and resolution: An act to amend the second section of chapter one hundred and eighty-four of the Code, so as to increase the fees of surveyors. An act for the relief of G. W. Butts. An act to amend the law so as to increase the compensation of clerks and sheriffs for public service. An act to increase the allowances to officers having the care of lunatics. A resolution of thanks to Major-General Henry Heth and the officers and men of his command. The House resolution of thanks to Major-General Heth and the officers and men under his command was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. A bill was reported, by Mr. Coghill, from the Committee of Courts of Justice, providing for a