The Legislature.
Several bills were introduced from committees in the
Senate yesterday.
The first, to increase the capital stock of the Virginia and Tennessee railroad. Second, for the relief of
Wm. E. Prince, of
Sussex county, and the third to commute the pay of members of the General Assembly.
Wm. E. Taylor,
Esq., of Norfolk city, tendered his resignation as
Senator from said city, which was read and laid on the table.
Mr. Frazier submitted a joint resolution providing for an adjournment of both Houses on Monday next, to meet again on the 6th January, 1864. Lies over.
A large number of resolutions of inquiry were adopted.
On motion of
Mr. Randolph, it was
Resolved, That the
Governor be requested to communicate to the Senate whether the officers who resigned their commissions in the United States army or navy upon notice of the secession of
Virginia, and whose services were accepted by the
State, and who were subsequently transferred to the
Confederate States army or navy, were all received in their appropriate ranks and grades; and that he be further requested to inform this body of all matters touching the same subject which he may think it important to communicate.
Adjourned.
In the
House, Mr. McKinney offered a joint resolution directing our Representatives in Congress to use their influence in securing the passage of a bill to double the pay of the privates and non-commissioned officers in the
Confederate service, issue rations of tobacco, and to secure compensation for cavalry horses lost.
A number of unimportant resolutions were offered and adopted, one of which directed an inquiry into the propriety of removing the gilt eagle from the canopy of the
Speaker's chair and the substitution of a more appropriate emblem.
Mr. Haymond's joint resolution, offered on Thursday, for the continuance of the
Salt Committee appointed at the late extra session, gave rise to a debate which was continued till the hour of adjournment.
