Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-04-08
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SENATE.
WEDNESDAY. April 6.
The bill incorporating the town of Bethany,
was considered without reference, on motion of
Mr.. SrovALL, read third time and passed.
PLANK ROAD IN CAROLINE.
Mr. Thomas called up the bill to incorporate
company to construct plank road from Milford,
by Bowling Green to Front Royal, in the county
OF Caroline. 1t passed.
FREE NEGROES.
Mr.. SrovALL proposed a resolution asking a
return by the House of the bill in relation to
coonizing the free negroes of the commonwealth.
Agreed to-:
Subsequently the bill was returned by Mr..
SPEED.
The bill was taken up, on motion of Mr. Sro.
VAIL, and amended at the suggestion of Mr.
SHEFFEY.
a., The title of the bill is-"An act establishing
Colonization Board, and making an appropria-
ton for the removal of free negroes from the
Commonwealth" 1t passed-ayes 26, noes g..
FREE SCHOOLS IN OHIO COUNTY.
Mr.. SHAcKELFoRD called up House bill to
amend sections Sd and 10th of an act passed
March 5th 1916, establishing public free school
system.
The bill was amended, on motion of Mr.
SHACKELFoRD, SO as to make it only applicable
" lu0 CouutIy uisutCt vi OiiiO COuuCys h0Hu b
third time and passed.
APPoRTIoNMENr BILL.
Mr.. DOUGLAS of the committee of Confer
ence on the Apportionment Bill, submitted the
House BILL with amendments
Mr.. DENEALE moved the adoption of the re-
port of the committee of Conference.
Mr.. SHEFFEY demanded the ayes and noes,
which were ordered.
Mr.. DOUGLAS thought it due to himself. from
tl,o ;t,o l,o hoI id
state his position, and he hoped the Reporter
would take notice of his remarks. He had gone
into the committee of Conference with sincere
desire that the result would be agreement on
some plan which would be acceptable to all par.
ties. The deliberations of the committee had
resulted in the changes which had been proposed
They were not satisfactory to himself nor
would the plan be entirely satisfactory to those
he represented; and disagreeable as it would be,
he would yet vote for the bill with the amend
ments which had been proposed.
Mr.. CAMPBELL sa lac had moved the COM
mittee of Conference with the hope and expec-
tation that this vexed matter would be settled by
their report. He glad that the committee
had reported. That he preferred both the
Senate bill and the caucus plan to the House bill
He would cheerfully vote for the report of the
Conference Committee, not because it was perfect,
but because it was compromise, and preferable
to the House bill
Mr. MASON did not see in what respect the
bill as an amended would be more satisfactory to
himself than before. He believed that no othar |
plan could be agreed to- however, and would vote |
Tor the plan as proposed by the committee of
Conference
Mr. THOMPSON said he would vote for the |
amendments of the Committee of Conference as |
compromise between the competing PROPOSE
ions. No nducement could influence him to
support this US an original question.
Mr.. THOMAS said that each gentleman ap-
,eared to be giving in his experience. He had
10 experience to give, only that the COMM tee
lad made bad worse, and he should vote against
he bill.
The roll was then called, and the vote an
bounced us follows:
AYEs-Messrs. Amber, Boykin, Brown,
Campbell, Darlington, Catett, Coyan, Deneale,
Douglas, Funston, Grantham, Greaver, Martin,
Mason, Moncure, Parker, Paxton, Shackeford,
Stands, Smith, Stoyall, Stuart, Thompson. Wade
-24.
NoEs-Messrs. Baldwin, Barnett, Caben,
4ayne, Saunders, Sheffey, Sherrard, Thomas,
Ward, Whte-l0.
Mr.. DENEALE WIS directed to communicate
he passage of the BILL as amended, to the House
# Delegates.
The following is the plan as it passed the Sc
late:
First Observation-Disclosures Westmoreand,
Richmond county, Essex, Northumberland King
md Queen. Lancaster, Gloucester, Matthews,
ames City and Williamsburg. New Kent, York,
" Warwick, Northampton, Accomac and Elizabeth
Cty.
Second District-lsle of Wight. Princess
Anne. Norfolk counties and city. Nansemond,
'urry, Sussex, Southampton, Greenesyille, Prince
ieorge and Charles City.
Thnd Distriet-Rchmond city and Henrico,