THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1885. Prayer by Rev. Dr. Moses D. Hoge, of the Presbyterian Church. The Journal was read by the clerk. Messrs. BOHANNAN, JONES, and MCCLINTIC appeared and were sworn in by the clerk. A message was received from the Senate by Mr. LOVENSTEIN, who informed the House that the Senate had agreed to House joint resolution providing for the counting of the vote for governor and lieutenant-governor. Mr. ECHOLS, under a suspension of the rule, presented No. 1. House bill for the relief of the tax-payers of the city of Staunton, which was read a first time. Mr. SAUNDERS offered the following joint resolution: Resolved (the Senate concurring), That a committee of five on the part of the House and three on the part of the Senate be appointed, who shall constitute a committee on the state debt, whose duty it shall be to consider and report what further legislation, if any, is required on the subject, and to whom all bills and resolutions introduced into either house, relating to the subject, shall be referred Which was agreed to, two-thirds voting in the affirmative. Mr. SAUNDERS moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution was agreed to; which motion was rejected. Ordered, That Mr. SAUNDERS carry the resolution to the Senate and request their concurrence. Mr. MILLER offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the clerk of the House appoint a stenographer for this body, who shall also be ex officio of one or more committees, to be assigned by the clerk of the House, and who shall be continued until the further order of the House, and who shall receive the same pay that has been given the stenographer of the Senate. The House refused to refer the resolution to a committee. Pending the consideration of which, The hour of 12 o'clock P. M. having arrived, being the time fixed for the meeting of the Joint Assembly to count the votes for governor and lieutenant-governor A message was received from the Senate by Mr. LOVENSTEIN, who informed the House that the Senate is ready to meet the House in joint assembly. Ordered, That Mr. MUNFORD inform the Senate that the House is also ready to meet in joint assembly. Whereupon, the Senate repaired to the hall of the House of Dele gates. The roll of the Senate was called, and the following senators responded to their names: Messrs. Berry, Bibb, Blackstone, Bliss, Brown, Causey, Coltrane, Dalton, Diggs, Duane, Edmunds, Ellyson, Flanary, Gee, Gillespie, Grim, Heaton, Hodges, Hurt, Jones, Keezell, Koiner, Lovenstein, McCormick, McDonald, Meredith, Norton, Pettit, Read, Rhea, Staples, Stubbs, Thurman, Trout, Twyman, Warwick, Wickham, and Williams-38. Thirty-eight senators present. The roll of the House of Delegates was called, and the following delegates responded to their names: Messrs. Speaker, Acker, Arnold, Bandy, Black, Bohannan, Bolen, Bolling, Borum, Brown, Buchanan, Burks, Cardwell, Carter, Chalmers, Chichester, Childress, Crismond, Curlett, Dabney, Dickenson, Downing, Dupuy, Eastwood, Echols, Faulcon, Fentress, Figgat, Franklin, A. Fulkerson, L. D. Fulkerson, Gills, Goad, Harris, Hay, Hoge, Holladay. Huffman, Hurt, Hylton, Johnson, Jones, C. F. Jordan, W. H. Jordan, W. I. Jordan, Keen, Lawson, Leftwich, Lightner, Lockett, Loving, Mallory, Martin, Matthews, Mauck, Mayo, McCandlish, McClintic, Miller, Moss, Munford, Nance, Noblin, O'Bannon, Oglesby, Patton, Payne, Peters, Pollard, Porter, Powell, Reid, Rice, Roberts, Ruggles, Ryan, Saunders, Sebrell, Shields, Smith, Southworth, Starke, Stribling, Taliaferro, Tavenner, Terry, Tillar, Turner, Van Doran, Waddill, Webb, Wescott, Wilkins, and Wise. Ninety-four delegates present. The SPEAKER announced that he had received from the secretary of the commonwealth returns of the election for governor and lieutenantgovernor. The SPEAKER then, in the presence of the Senate and House of Delegates, proceeded to open the returns of elections. The SPEAKER appointed Messrs. LOVENSTEIN, of the Senate, and FIGGAT, of the House, to receive and count the vote. Reaching the vote of the county of Roanoke, there appeared upon the face of the returns the following: "John S. Wise received at Edington's Shop precinct 68 votes for governor, Fitzhugh Lee received 34 votes for governor, Henry C. Wood received 69 votes for lieutenant-governor, and John E. Massey received 33 votes for lieutenant-governor. "The returns from Edington's Shop precinct were rejected, it appearing from the poll-books of said precinct that two of the judges of election had not, on the morning of the election, taken and subscribed the oath required by law, although it appeared that said judges had some time previous to the election taken an oath of office, but not such as is required by law." Mr. MAYO moved that the vote at Edington's Shop precinct be included in the vote of Roanoke county. On motion of Mr. POLLARD, the counting of the vote of Roanoke county was passed by. The counting of the votes of all the counties and corporations except the county of Roanoke being completed, the question recurred on the motion by Mr. MAYO, to include the vote at Edington's Shop precinct; which, being put, was decided in the negative. Senators-yeas 9; nays 22. On motion of Mr. MAYO, the vote was recorded as follows: AYES-Messrs. Causey, Duane, Gee, Gillespie, Grim, Hodges, McDonald, Norton, and Read-9. NOES-Messrs. Bibb, Blackstone, Brown, Coltrane, Dalton, Diggs, Edmunds, Ellyson, Flanary, Heaton, Hurt, Jones, Keezell, Koiner, Lovenstein, Meredith, Rhea, Stubbs, Trout, Twyman, Warwick, and Williams-22. Delegates-yeas 30; nays 60. The vote was recorded as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Acker, Addington, Bandy, Bolling, Borum, Buchanan, Curlett, Echols, Faulcon, Franklin, Gills, Grimsley, Harris, Hylton, W. H. Jordan, Martin, Mauck, Mayo, McCandlish, McClintic, Moss, Nance, Ruggles, Southworth, Terry, Tillar, Turner, Waddill, Webb, and Wise-30. NAYS-Messrs. Speaker, Arnold, Black, Bohannan, Bolen, Brown, Burks, Cardwell, Carter, Chalmers, Chichester, Childress, Cornett, Crismond, Dabney, Dickenson, Downing, Dupuy, Eastwood, Fentress, Figgatt, L. D. Fulkerson, Goad, Hay, Holladay, Huffman, Johnson, C. F. Jordan, W. I. Jordan, Keen, Lawson, Leftwich, Lightner, Lockett, Loving, Mallory, Miller, Noblin, O'Bannon, Oglesby, Patton, Payne, Peters, Pollard, Powell, Reid, Rice, Roberts, Ryan, Saunders, Sebrell, Shields, Smith, Starke, Stribling, Taliaferro, Tavenner, Van Doran, Wescott, and Wilkins-60. Mr. MALLORY moved to reconsider the vote by which the motion by Mr. MAYO was rejected; which motion was rejected. The vote of the county of Roanoke was then counted, and the result of the votes of all the counties and corporations was delivered to the clerk of the House of Delegates. The SPEAKER appointed Messrs. GRIM, of the Senate, and KEEN, of the House, a committee to add up the entire vote, as embodied in the statement by the clerk of the House. Subsequently Mr. GRIM, from the committee, submitted the following report, which was read by the clerk: The SPEAKER of the House of Delegates declared Fitzhugh Lee duly elected governor of this commonwealth for four years, commencing the first day of January, 1886. The SPEAKER of the House of Delegates declared John E. Massey duly elected lieutenant-governor of this commonwealth for four years, commencing the first day of January, 1886. On motion of Mr. LOVENSTEIN, the Joint Assembly adjourned sine die. The following were presented and referred under rule 37: By Mr. CURLETT: A bill to work and keep in repair the roads in the county of Lancaster. Referred to the committee on counties, cities and towns. By Mr. RYAN: A bill to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the election and qualification of county officers. Referred to the committee on counties, cities and towns. By Mr. LEFTWICH: A bill to provide local option for the counties, cities and towns, districts and wards of the state. Referred to the committee on finance. By Mr. CURLETT: A bill to strike out of the oyster law the fiftycents fee for numbering boats. Referred to the committee on Chesapeake and its tributaries. By Mr. ECHOLS: A bill to amend and re-enact section 73 of an act entitled an act prescribing general provisions in relation to commissioners of the revenue and the assessment of taxes on persons, property, incomes, licenses, etc., approved March 16, 1875, as amended by an act approved March 27, 1876, the act approved April 2, 1877, and the act approved April 21, 1882. Referred to the committee on finance. By Mr. LEFTWICH: Joint resolution instructing senators and requesting representatives in Congress to procure the abolition of the internal revenue system of the United States government. Referred to the committee on federal relations and resolutions. On motion of Mr. LEFTWICH, the House adjourned until to-morrow at 12 o'clock M. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1885. Prayer by Rev. Dr. Moses D. Hoge, of the Presbyterian Church. The Journal was read by the clerk. The unfinished business of the morning hour being the resolution offered by Mr. MILLER, as follows: Resolved, That the clerk of the House appoint a stenographer for this body, who shall also be ex officio clerk of one or more committees, to be assigned by the clerk of the House, and who shall be continued until the further order of the House, and who shall receive the same pay that has been given to the stenographer of the Senate Came up. On motion of Mr. CARDWELL, the resolution was committed to the committee on House expenses. Mr. SMITH offered the following concurrent resolution: Resolved (the Senate concurring), That a committee of three on the part of the House and two on the part of the Senate be appointed to inform Fitzhugh Lee of his election as governor of this commonwealth, and John E. Massey of his election as lieutenant-governor. The resolution was agreed to. Mr. SMITH moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution was agreed to; which motion was rejected. Ordered, That Mr. SMITH carry the resolution to the Senate and request their concurrence. A message was received from the Senate by Mr. WILLIAMS, who informed the House that the Senate had agreed to the resolution. The SPEAKER appointed Messrs. SMITH, PAYNE, and PATTON the committee on the part of the House. Mr. MAYO offered the following resolution: Whereas Joseph R. Jones, a representative from the county of Mecklenburg, was arrested upon the day this body assembled, upon a warrant sworn out by Charles L. Finch, who is contesting his seat here, charging him with stealing a letter from the United States mail in 1883; and whereas said Jones has been discharged by the United States commissioner who examined the case: Resolved, That a committee of be appointed to inquire and report all the facts and circumstances attending the arrest of said J. R. Jones, and whether said Charles L. Finch, in instigating said prosecution, was acting in the interest of public justice, or was moved thereto by a desire to benefit his contest before this House, or to gratify private malice against said Jones. The House refused to refer the resolution to a committee. Mr. STUART offered the following resolution: Resolved by the House of Delegates, That the superintendent of public buildings be and is hereby instructed to have painted and recarpeted, during the Christmas recess of this House, the hall of the House of Delegates. The resolution was agreed to. Leave of absence for three days was granted to Mr. O'BANNON. Resolved, That when the House adjourn to-day it adjourn to meet on Monday next at 12 o'clock M. The following were presented and referred under rule 37: By Mr. HAY: A bill for the relief of T. A. Graves, of Madison county. Referred to committee on finance. By Mr. MAYO: A bill to provide for the more efficient collection of the public revenues. Referred to committee on finance. By Mr. RUGGLES: A bill to allow the board of school trustees of Aquia district, in Stafford county, to use a portion of the county fund to pay district expenses for the year 1885. Referred to committee on schools and colleges. By Mr. BLACK: A bill to incorporate the Danbury and Parkersburg railroad company. Referred to committee on roads and internal navigation. By Mr. BLACK: Resolved, That the committee on propositions and grievances, when |