The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-04-11
THE DAILY DISPAICH
yI.GINIA LEGISLATURES.
senate.
FRIDAY NIGHTS SESSION.

FRIDAY NIGHTS SESSION.
A motion to Indefinitely postpone the biii -
-.-nlste the scale of voting in incorporates
s,nnsnies in which the State is interes'eo'
Was rejected--ayes 8, noes Is.
The following bills were passed:
incorporating the Huguenot Springs anu
Mining Company; c,, Mas.
To nyeyeni the taking OF oysters from vas
wadox creek, for the purpose OF plan'Ihg -, -
elsewhere. or carrying them beyond TIE ''''''S
oT the Commonwealth; ,oo
.'',hnr;siug the expenditure OF SlO0 upon
mad in the county of Bath, &c.;
Amending an act incort oratihg tue ~ o'o
mac Coal and Iron and The petersburg low
ing Company; u.c.,a,sv;ls and Rio
To incorporate tne hcoa'ey s'"ie ""' A''o
i1 Tdapns,ning The Georges Creek Coal and
Iron Company, &c. -,
THE Senate amendments 10 the tax Dill
which had been disagreed TO by the House,
we're reeeded from.
The bill providing for re-assessment OF
real estate in the town of fredericksburg, was
laid on the table.
SATURDAYS SESSION.
The following bills passed:
To amend the 36ih section OF chapter ls4 OF
The Code cf Virginia. Thebiii allows the cor
narration court 10 fix the compensat on OF the
To incorporate the Planters Savings Bank
in the county of Nelson.
Incorporating the Virginia Coal Company
in the counties of Hampshire and Hardy.
To amend the act in relation 10 the issue OF
Coupon Bonds. 1t provides fer the issue oil
certificates of the debt bearing less interest
than six per centum. r
To amend the 18th section of chapter 81 OF
the code of Virg mia in relation TO the scale OF
voting in meetings of incorporated companies
in which the State is interested. Ayes 90
noes 3.
Increasing the compensation OF oouitnls-
sioners of the Revenue.
Amending the charter OF the Planters bahK
OF Virginia tn Richmond'l ~
Amending chapter Is Of the Code of Viz
GINA. concerning the duties and privileges OF
the General Assembly, and the officers there
ef-wi,h substitute therefor. The substitute
is "An Act concerning the terms OF office OF
The Clerks of the two Houses OF the General
Assembly, and amending and re-enacting the
5lh section Of chapter l3 of the Code OF Viz
ginia concerning oaths OF office"
Providing for the correction OF some OF the
assessments of lands and lots which were re-
assessedIunde the act of the Goth March, 1850.
The Senate insisted on It's amendments TO
the larry bill. The two Houses disagreeing,
committee of conference IVES appointed on The
part 0! lhls body.
House of Delegates.
A Senate bill amending an act Incorporating
the Potomac Coal and Iron Company, and
the Petersburg Towing Company, was taken
up. on motion of Dir. Wallace, and passed.
4 bill Incorporating the Virginia Coal Com
pany was also passed.
Also, a Senate bill Incorporating the Board
OF Trade in the city of Wheeling.
message vas received from the Senate in.
forming the House that the Senate had agreed
10 the House bill enlarging the vote OF the
Commonwealth in incorporated companies IN
which the State owns stock.
A conference committee was appointed TO
consider the subjects of disagreement between
the two Houses in relation TO the bill proyl-
ding pay iojurymen.
resolution was adopted requiring the
Public Printer TO print 5000 extra copies Of
the report of the Auditors exhibiting the
amount of the public debt Of the Common.
wealth.
Amendments IF the Senate to the bill i'm
posing taxes for the support of Government,
were agreed to.
A Senate bill amending an act authorising
the issue of coupon bonds so as TO provide for
issuing certificates of State debt bearing less
interest than six per centum, was passed.
At 2 o'clock the House took recess, to
meet at its pleasure, to enable time to the
Speaker 10 sign enrolled bills, of which there
were about six hundred to receive his sigma
ture.
Mr.. JOHN S. MEM, of Shenandoah, has been
detained from his seat in The House of Dele