Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-05-11
A bill Incorporating the Ocean House Conipa-

A bill Incorporating the Ocean House Conpa-
ny;
A billauhorizing the Exchange Bank of Virgil
MIA to establisha branch at Newbern, in the coun-
ty of Pulaski; and
A bill for the selection of State students at the
University of Virginia.
A bill from the Senate authorizing justice of.
the Ieace to issue his warrant against person
offending against the provisions of sections and
1O Of chapter "a of the Code, heretofore reported
from the Committee of Courts of Justice, was
taken up, andth question being taken uponi it, was
decided in the negative.
An engrossed bill to incorporate the Bank of
Scottsville, was read third time and passed.
A bill concerning divorces-and amending the
9TH, 9Th and 14th sections of chapter 109 title 81
of the Code, was read third time and passed.
The following are the provisions of the bill, as
amended:
A divorce from the bond of matrimony may be
decreed for adultery, for natural or incurabe i'm
potency OF body, existing at the time of entering
into the matrimonial contract, for cruelty ADAM
Comment or deserton. or when either of the par
ties Is sentenced to confinement in any pententia-
ny tor life, or for seven years more; and no par
don granted to the party sentenced after d.
yorce for that cause, shall restore such party to
his or her conjugal rights.
divorce from bed and board may be decreed
for any of the causes mentioned in thepreceding
section for which a divorce from the marriage
bond may be decreed, and for reasonable appehen-
sion of bodily hurt.
And be it further enacted, That the 18th section
of the same chapter sh, II be, and the same is
hereby amended and re- enacted, SO as to read as
follows, to wit:
In granting divorce from the marriage bond
the court may decree that the guilty party shall
not marry again, in which case the bond of matri-
IN NOT tn ha n lyod
any future marriage of such party, in any pros
ecutlon OH account thereof. But so much of any
decree as prohibitsa party from marrying again,
may at any time after and upon the petition of
such party, be set aside by the court and thence
forward the bond of matrimony shall be deemed to
be dissolved as to such party also.
Mr.. WALLACE, from the Committee on Banks,
presented bill authorizing the establishment of
an office of discount and deposit at Charleston,
or the Kanawha salines in the county of Kama
wha, which on motion of Mr.. PATRICK, was taken
up and ordered to be engrossed and read third
time.
A message was received from the Senate, infor-
ming the House that they had disagreed to the
amendment proposed by the House to the pre-
amble and resolutions in relation to the recent
outrage committed upon the Executive Mansion
The amendment proposed that the Committee
should enquire whether any Reporter for the
L lCos' III ouuoI iiouse, Ldu participated III Gne
mob last Friday night. On motion Of Mr.. JACK
SON, the House receded from the amendment,
and agreed to the preamble and resolutions as
adopted by the Senate.
On motion of Mr.. RIvEs, of Albemare
Resolved, That the Committee of Roads and In
ternal Navigation enquire into the expediency of
| so amending an act passed March 8, l849, as to
| authorize the Board of Public Works, whenever
the additional sum of $4,000 shall be subscribed
by individuals to subscribe for a further sum of
| $4,000 ON behalf of the commonwealth to the
Staunton and James River Turnpike Company.
By Mr.. BARBoUR-That the Committee on
Roads and Internal Navigation enquire into the
expediency of amending the charter of the Hazel
River Turnpike Company.
| By Mr.. BENNETr-That the Committee en-
Roads, &C., enquire into the expediency of alt-
thorizing the North Western Virginia Rail
road Company to construct branch of said road
from Clarksburg in Harrison or some other conve-
nient point on said road, to Weston in Lewis coun-
| ty.
On motion Of Mr.. KEY, the House adjourned.