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Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
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Virginia Legislature proceedings: Senate discussed public instruction dispute, passed bills on textbooks, Petersburg charter, bridges, and Staunton River Savings Bank. House reported adversely on juror pay, passed bills on land sales, church property, law libraries, judicial circuit, and relief for D. N. Gordon; debated railroad commissioners.
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In the Senate, yesterday, certain papers relative to a dispute between the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Petersburg Board of Public Schools were laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
A bill was reported to regulate the uniformity of text books in the public schools.
The bill providing a new charter for Petersburg was passed; also, a bill to provide new bridges in place of those washed away by the recent freshet.
The bill incorporating the Staunton River Savings Bank in Pittsylvania county was passed.
In the House of Delegates an adverse report was made on the bill to amend the Code in relation to pay of jurors.
Bills were passed authorizing the sale of the commons of the town of Woodstock, Shenandoah county; authorizing the M. E. Church at Staunton to sell a portion of their real estate; providing for a Supreme Court law library at Staunton and Wytheville; establishing the eighteenth judicial circuit; and for the relief of D. N. Gordon, late collector of Cedar Run Township, in Fauquier county.
The bill for the appointment of railroad commissioners for Virginia was debated until adjournment.
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Virginia
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Yesterday
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bills passed in senate: new charter for petersburg, new bridges after freshet, incorporation of staunton river savings bank; reported bill on textbooks. house: adverse report on juror pay amendment; passed bills on woodstock commons sale, m. e. church real estate sale, supreme court libraries at staunton and wytheville, eighteenth judicial circuit, relief for d. n. gordon; debated railroad commissioners bill.
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In the Senate, papers on dispute between Superintendent of Public Instruction and Petersburg Board laid on table and printed; bill reported for uniform textbooks in public schools; passed Petersburg charter bill, bridges replacement bill after freshet, Staunton River Savings Bank incorporation. In House, adverse report on juror pay Code amendment; passed bills for Woodstock commons sale in Shenandoah county, M. E. Church Staunton real estate sale, Supreme Court law libraries at Staunton and Wytheville, eighteenth judicial circuit establishment, relief for D. N. Gordon of Cedar Run Township in Fauquier county; debated railroad commissioners appointment until adjournment.