Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-03-25
yIE;.iSiA LEGISLATURE.
WYpSg:rAy. MARCH -, 1888.
SI,N AIy'
AFTERNOON SESSlUN.-Thp Senate met at 4"'r"cR.



AFTERNOON SESSlUN.-lhp Senate met at o'clock.
COMMISSIONERS
Whrn TITO Sennfr adjourned Tuesday evening, II hau
un,rr con, Iteration the bill Gomez, ming ComIlss toner's anu
9th, Collectors Of Tie Revenue.
IN, nl was amended in various particulars, on motion
nf al s;HEFrEv,
And then ordered - DC eneinssed and read td the
rrTEESTH Circuit.
message received from the iluase "f Delegates by
Nj EcmoLs announcing hc passage VI hill charging thc
time oil holding the courts OF the Fifteenth Circuit Mr..
TATE moved that tie bill BE- considered but motion o
Mr. WARp Il was referred 10 The Committee for Courts OF
Justice
RELEASING rANgS.
The till 10 refund TO the executors oil Jan"s r. lill dc
ceased the Of Stauntun, the sum OF so.2O being
tho OF inpolrd the estate of their 1esao,
in their hands and exempting said estate from taAanh be-
ing first the calendar was considered M ShsFFEY eS-
planned the bill, and it passed-aycs %, noes y
DAY-JAMEs FRANCISCO.
Mr. CowAS called ueslhe order OF The daya bill 10! The
relief OF james francisco.
Mr. SrovALL explained, and Mr.. CowAs supported it
The roll being called, the bill passed Ayes a. noes j.
WATER coSNrcTloS.
On motion of Mr. FvSs7ss the Senate proceeded TO The
ton of Senate bills the calendar The FIRST in
order was bill authorize loan the james River AMI
kanawha Company for the completion OF the tide water
connection.
The question being on the passage fthG bill il ndvo
Gated al considerable length, by Messrs TAsB LAySE
and AMBER, and opposed by Mess!s SHAcxELr6Rp and
BASEL.
was recunsdcred motion Of Mr AMBER AMI amend
men, greed authorizing the money be loaned The
Mr.. SHAcKELroRD proposed 10 amend, By requiring the
money be expended under The direction OF the Board Of
Public Works NlcssTs Mason and Campbell opposed this
proposition, md alr. SHACKELFoRp advocated II.
Mr. WATSON called for the previous question, and Nj
SHAcKELroRo the ayes and noes. The amendment Was
jecIed a. follows:
AYES essrs Basel, Brent, Boy kin, CatIet Cowan
Muncure Roger, Shackelford, Whe--9
NoEsMessrs, Amber Baldwin, Barnett Campbell Car.
rinslon Cregh. Daniel Funston, Hall Layne Mason Par
ker Paxton Pman, Saund:rs Sh.nds, Shelley sherrnrd,
Stuya, Stuart, Sweeney. Tahb, Tate Thompson, Wade
Ward, Watson, Winston Wirchcr-29.
The bill was then ordered Ia be engrossCd
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The following House bs returned IRON .hs Sens lie,
with amendments. TO which the House agreed
Comforting the privilege Ohio railroads of erecting
bridge OF the Ohio river Nhecng erecting
depots Zlnes Island &C
Extending the time for commencing and completing the
Abingdon and Patonsvc Turnpike;
Authorizing branch Bank in OF Harrisonbug;
Establishing The "l'cntra Savings Bank at Sraunun
incorporating the Nlnrtnsburg Savings Institution;
Incorporating the Trustees Of The Hebrew and English In
stitu,c for teaching the English ard Hebrew languages
the city of NorpIk-and
Amending disrcting the counties authosng the
County Courts 10 re-arrange said districts. &c.
Tile following bills were also passed;
bill authOrising any Two Justices Of The Peace In The
county Of lse of Wright 10 provide hospitals Tor persons
having the small pox, or other contagious dseaSes-and
bill amending The 5t section OF act passed in 1882
concerning the holding o the OF the Circuit Courls in
Montgomery and olhe! counties adjacent.
The following bills, not having obtained constitutional
malori,ics rejected:
bill "a substitute 81 the Scnac increasing the capital
stock Of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Company
bill extending the lime Tor The payment Of The State TAX
Norfolk city the Treasury by the Sergeant of
CITY The This bill reConSdered, and The bill
again laid on the table l-nnd
bill euhoriaiug Stale subscription Of 5000 000n three
yearly instruments 10 the Morgan and Independence Raroad
Company for the purpose Of constructing road
with the Pennsylyania and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads in
Northwestern Virginia. The House adjourned