The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-04-19
THE DAILY DISPATCl
SATURDAY, April II.

Virginia LoE1el4furo.
SATURDAY, April II.
Seuate.
The rejected tax bill Is still retained Ia the
Senate. The bill was defeated for want OF q
constitutional majority. A member who voted
with the majority, moved to reconsider. This
motion was decided BY the President 10 De eut
oforder: and an appeal WINS taken upon his
ieris;on. The question raised by the appeal
has given rise 20 much debate since the deieas
81 The bin on Good Friday, one side maintain
ing that the bill has been "killed dead, and
the other side contending that il retains lite
shrourh the motion of a plurality member to
reconsider. The further consideration OF the
subject has been postponed To- Fnday next,
when the jury Of inquest will agm go TO work
to ascertain, if possible, whether the corpse Is
dead or alive.
"a House of Delegates.
Bills were reported-fncorporaiin the
Fredcricksburg aud Lowell Manufacturing
Company the Mitchell Mining and Manufae-
turing Company; bill Incorporating the
Cape Charles House Company; bill estab
lishing an independent Bank In the town OF
Winchester. 81
Amessage was received from the Senate, in.
forming The House OF the passage of the bill
providing Tor the election of County officers,
with various amendments. The bill was laid
on the table, and the amendments ordered to
be printed.
MIR. Robinson, of R. City, moved that his
preamble and resolutions, ofiereda few days
ago. relative to the sale of the coupon bonds of
the State TO Selden, Withers & Co., by the
Board Of Public Works, be taken up for con.
sideration. Agreed to.
Mr.. Robinson then addressed the House at
length on the subject. At the conclusion of
his speech,
Mr.. Barbour expressed desire to reply to
the remarks of Mr.. r., and moved that the
preamble and resolutions be laid on the table
until Monday, to afford him more time to do so.
lAgreed to- he then offered the following re-
solution, which was adopted:
KResolved, That the Board of Public Works
be requested to inform This House whether
they have received from Selden, Withers &
Co., any communication explanatory of that
portion Of their contract, requiring said Board
to deposit in some proper Bank in the city of
Richmond funds enough to pay the coupons
at the places where payment may be demand
ed and il SO, that they further be requested to
furnish copy of said communication to this
House.
On molten Of Mr.. VERIFY, it was amended as
follows
sand that the said Board also inform the
House whether, in addition to the resolution
forwarded by H. De Witt, any communication
on that subject was made to their Agent by
Telegraph, and the date of such communica-
ton, and the parport of the same"
On motion of MIR. Robinson, of r. City, it
was further amended, as follows:
And that the Board communicate to the
House the names of the members of the Board
who were present on the 9Th of April 1851, at
the time OF its action in regard to coupon bonds;
and also the names of the members present on
81 III oc ~,~I IL 81.
further acted on; and how the said members
respectively voted on each occasion"
Mr.. Lewis offered resolution, which was
adopted, calling upon the Board of Public
Works to furnish all the information in their
possession calculated to throw light upon
the financial condition of the Board of Public
Works in the spring of 1851"
BILLS PASSED.
A bill concerning the power of county and
corporation courts to change the time for hold
ing their quarterly terms:
Concerning the Bonds of Clerks of Courts;
To secure The collection of tolls of compa-
MES incorporated for works ofinternal improve
ment, and the collection of fines imposed for
violations of their by. laws;
Authorizing the sualified voters of the town
OF Lynchburg to elect certain municipal Off
GERS, fixing the terms of their Offices and pre-
scribng the mode of conducting the election
in said town.
For the relief of James B. Westlake;
To Sauthorize the county court of Lewis
county 10 subscribe to the capital stock of the
West Milford and New Salem Turnpike Com
pany;
To facilitate the repairing and building of
county brdges-and
Providing that the sentences of death shall
be executed in Jail yards in the presence of
twelve citizens, physician, a minister of reli-
gion, &c.
A petition in favor of the Maine Liquor Law
vas presented by Mr. Hubbard from citizens of
Ohio and Brooke counties.
Al near 3 O'Clock, the House adjourned.