The Legislature.
In the
Senate, Saturday, the committee appointed to wait upon
Gen. Morgan, and invite him to visit the
Senate Chamber, reported that they had done so, and that the
General would make the visit on Monday, at 1 o'clock P. M.
The bill amending the Code in relation to the hiring and employing of slaves, was amended in several particulars, and laid on the table on motion of
Mr. Marshall.
Mr. Collier, by leave, introduced a bill to prompt and aid conscription in the armies of the
Confederate States, which was referred to the
Committee for Courts of Justice.
The bill increasing the appropriation to the Virginia Military Institute from twelve thousand five hundred to twenty thousand dollars, was passed unanimously and reported to the
House.
The Senate then adjourned.
In the
House of Delegates, the bill amending the Code and providing for an election of Attorney for the
Commonwealth in cities where Circuit Courts are held, was read and referred to the
Committee for Courts of Justice.
A bill to increase the salaries of the
Professors of the Virginia Military Institute was introduced from the
Committee for Schools and Colleges.
Mr. Robertson presented the memorial issued by the late Teachers' Convention; which was referred to the
Committee for Schools and Colleges.
The Speaker submitted to the
House a letter from
Gen. Morgan relative to the invitation extended him to visit that body, and accepting the same.
Monday, at 2 o'clock P. M., was fixed upon as the time, and
Messrs. Richardson,
Buford, and
Worsham appointed a committee to wait upon
Gen. Morgan and acquaint him of the action of the
House.
The bill to repeal the law regarding exemption on religious grounds was discussed and laid on the table.
The bill appropriating $150,000 to liquidate claims against the
State for tobacco destroyed at the public warehouse last spring was passed.
Adjourned.
