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egaies is still heavy ana every Is Some nSN
b1Siness i thrown III.
/. Oh TnrssDzr Y. various reso'ptio u inquiry
kcre adopted among sh<ip lhS iollfxias
On Ihbtibn of MI Wail, i! rs
&zs!fed 1hai he eommi!lcs ofroposi.ioas
and lie>ShteS % instructed % end$i ini0 40
ezpedienS{ of reporting bill ll1n<orror<.oI
Winchester Loslss. No IS + o, o.
Mr.. Thomson Ii JuiIsrson ofestaha foIIom-
ing resolution, which, 81 molten. t$ss ycIerrsd
% the select committee raised On nd iahiecs:
Re&,c<3 by nv GEneYai Axsrnl Y'hHf fhS
Governor Of Tie Commonwealth ssfirecfcd e
have prep2Ieda and NJ present 4 s il*f1 N Fran
cls Otway B. III naLiTe ~ Cl1rke county w.
xle1 e : q, s. s = K. g, &
1919 IN the Canada cainpAisn and Liners. 81 iho
Northern frontier. and especially i0>lkc part ~
bore IN the bloody conflicts 1T Chimes Niagara.
or Lundys Lane. as we'll Is Ii tie Sicfe and 81.
lie nom Fort Erie; ahd fariheE oil Us services
under Decatur il The expedition aeAfnst Algicss.
y which he solunseefei A. AZ oficss " ARTILLERY
The Lynchburg and Tennessee E.ilroad hili
VS. ne snsrossing sabiets e AZ ds but sEsis
was No decision
On Fiday, Mr., Lanier, from The committee q
Propositions and Grievanees pfesehied he fsl-
lowing bills: .1
A bill 70 incorporate Henry Diyis:pn, No. is, i
Sons of Temperance, IA he county 81 -..-.--;s-.
A bin to incorporate Libersy Bisispu, No II.
of the Sons Of Temperance.
The.wo Houses re-elec,ed. wi,hdaso ppdsisi6i,
the following otiicers: 3sk 81
James =. Heath. list Auditor; 4
James Brown. ii. I'D Auditor; Il
+ Stafford II. Parker! Register ofslA ESnd ofke1
Fabius NJ. Lawson, Treasurer
Charles $. Morgan, Superintendent Of The Pen.
fteniiary
The election Of Storekeepcr Of Tho Peniscnsis.
rywas postponed until Saturday the i l,h inst
The bin 70 extend the iurisdictidn of i justice
Of tAc peace TO the amount Of titfl dollars, VA
debated at some length, and recommended 'tf
The Senate was occupied several bours Ia de-.
bate, both on Friday and Saturday, bpon / bill
concerningthe Virginia Military INSTITUTE. Tho
bin was passed to-day with amendments.
The Senatesadopied rule, ION motion Of Mr..
Gallaher,) to limit debate, for the remainder or
the session, to fifteen minutes for each member,
on any question. H
The House was occupied the greater part Of
Saturday in discussion Of The bill b extend The
Louisa Railroad from the .sJunctpns" In Hano.
yer, 10 the Dock in the Citypf Richmond
The Committee Of Roads are about 10 repork
a bill to authorize the New Shenandoah Compas
ny to appoin, ten Directors instead Of the present
number--the Board Of Public Works to have
the appointment Of four Of them, whenever thd
State becomes subscriber to the work. RI ID
generally understood than Charles b Fisk, Esq.
will be appointed Engineer to survey the river.f
Various bills were reported and seyeralreso.
buttons Of enquiry adopted This looks very
little like closing the session.
RicHMosA March Z.
The SENATE, on Monday, passed the bill rreas
ting the new County Of Putnam out Of the Coun.
ties of Kanawha, Cabell and Mason. Also, 81
yeral Internal Improvement bills.
In the HOUSE,, bill was reported no ineteis6
the number of Directors in the Newt Shenandoah
Company to ten; a bill 10 incorporate Winches.
ter Lodge, No. 25, independent Order OF Odd
Fellows; and a bill 10 incorporatethe WinchesA
ter and White Sulphur Springs Stage COMPANY
Also, eight or ten other bills 4s
Thus, you see, business is acchmniating II.
most as fast as it Is despatched.
On molten of Mr.. Snowden, resolution war
Eadopted, that the committee on Roads and Inter-
FINAL Navigation enquire into the expediency cf
reporting a.bill 70 explain and amend an act en-
titlel ian set Incorporating the Alexandra and
Harpers,Fsrry Railroad Company passed March
THE CRIMINAL CODE IS
very irppotant bill upon which the commit
tee Of Courss OF Justice have been la6oring tho
greater part of the session was passed with yo-
~ little opposition tits the bill toreduce into one,
The several acts concerning cFimes aid punish-
nientsf and proceedings in criminal cases. ThiS
bill c9hdenses the laws on the subject into i
TNf
be found to DC very great Improvement
bill was passed, upon the joint stock pfinci-
pie, to amend the act OF the last session incorpo-
rating the Moorefeld and North Hranch Turn.
pike Company. II authorizes Subscription cf
three-ffths Of the stock
From present Appearances, ! am convinced
the session cannot be closed before The 25shoe
this month;
RICHMOND, Ma1rh g. 1913.
There are yet upon the table of he HOUSE or
Delegates 260 bills, and others are reported every
day Not single bill was passed yesterday
the sitting bsing occupied with the Considerations
y y The bill incorporating the LynchbnFg and
Tennessee Rail Road Company dI
Amongthe petitions presented on Monday. vas
one by Mr.. McMurran, from citizens Of Je6cr-
son, for an act for the better protection6f sheep
and on Thssdeg a bill was reported TO authorize
the County Court Of Jefersonto impose tar Oh
dogs. #|E
In the SrrArE, on Tuesday, the bin concerning
the Criminal Code was referred to select coma
mitee. Ill. FL I3 Fl sssfE FL vi 8s stsa q n IA
Mr. Thompson, from the committee of Gen
eral Laws, reported the bill Incorporating iks
Sons Of Temperance Of Shepherdst0wn. 81
Mr.; Gallaher reported bill concerning tie
Jail of Frederick county. 3
The bill to incorporate the Mawbrey,s Gar
Turnpike Company, was taken up and passed.
The bill to provide for the construction 81 tie
Jackson's River and Warm Springs and Hun
tersville Turnpike Company was rejected ayes
~, noes Is. IN.
The bin to incorporate the Jordan's Furnars
and Rockbridge Turnpike CampaDg. was passed.
In the HoUsE, Mr.. Thompson of B., from fho
committee on Agriculture and Manufactures,
presented the following bill N
A bill incorporating the Shenandoah Papef
Manufacturing Company in the county Of JET.
ferson:
Mr.. Scott of H., from the committee of courtS
Of Justice, presented an adverse rkporf upon de
petition of WAL Armstrong, ami of the Soc5ey
ty Of Friends or Qnakers, and The following bill;
A bill authorizing the musings konft of win.
chester and the county court offFredericl Re-
spectively, ITO increase the allowance to their
jailors for the supported prisonersf .
Mr. Seymour, according to oder, presented
the following bill
j bill providing more efectuagy for tie BRO.
lection Of public property in w at bnltomn rfh6
county Of Hampshire.
The Sxdses Vote IL Joint Sock Compasies.
The following bill was feportA Is lie HOUSE
Of Delegates on Friday last.
n Be Il enacted BY the General Al embly. fhaf IL
all eases in which the State becomes subscriber
in Joint Stock Company, no 1ocafion 81 IA
route Of the improvement shall b@inade until tie