The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-01-21
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.


The engrossed bill amending the act incorpora-
ing the Citizens Bank OF Virginia with the amend
inent OF the Senate changing the name of the Bank
TO the Bank of Rockingham" was taken up and
the Senate's amendment was agreed to.
Committees made reports-among them, one from
the joint committee to examine the.Books &c. &C.,
OF the office ofthe Auditor OF Public Accounts stat.
ing that all the books and papers in that Office were
we'll kept and well arranged.
Several petitions were presented of local char
acter.
Resolutions were offered and adopted-among
then1 by Mr. ANDERSON into the expediency of pre-
seribing By law the time within which writs of
supercedeas shall be docketed and prosecuted in
the Court above and BY Mr.. ELLYsoN, into the ex-
pedieney of hsving portion ofthe flint lock mus
kets now in depot at the Armcry changed into per
cussionlocks to be paid for by unserviceable arms
Mr.. MCKENZIE offered resolution for the appoint
nlent OF committee of thirteen, to take into cona
deraton the application for appropriations to inn
provements, and report some equitable plan; which,
on motion of MIR. STAPLES of Patrick, was laid on
the table. ss-s
The bill for the completion of the Covington and
Ohio Railroad was again considered the order of
the day -@
Dir. KoINER addressed the House ia favor of the
appropriation of $3,000,000 to the work. and was
followed by Mr. BRANNoN, who contended for IL
beral appropriation and its equitable distribution
among different sections and works of the State.
The question was then taken on Mr.. ANDERsoN's
amendment 10 fill the blank in the bill with SO 600
600, and was decided in the negatve-ayes A,
noes 96.
Mr. JACKSON moved to fill the blank with the sum
of % 600 900; which motion was decided in the af.
hrnative, as follows:
AYEs-Messrs. Anderson, Barrett, Bass, Beirne,
Brannou, Browne of Cumberlond and Powhatan,
Button, Carter of Fauquer Cassin Christian, Clark,
sey, Dyebe, Eggbom, Eflyson, Epes Fowler, Gally,
Given, Goss. Harvey. Hays Holden. Jackson, Ken1.
per, kirtpatrek, Koiner; Lee. Mallory, Martz: Ma.
nottingham, Parsons, Patrick, Perkins, Power,
Prince Randolph, Renick, Rutherford. Shields,
Shumste, Skinner Of Augusta; Smith of Kanawha,
mers. Talbot Taaferro, Taylor of Rockbridge, Tay-
lor Of Logdoun Thomas, Tiffany, .vinson, Wallace,
Whaley, Whitehead, Wiley-70
NossLMessrs Barnes of Marion, Barnes of Taze-
well, Btkem, Blake, Boyle: Buford Burks, Cheat
ham, Choice, Claiborne Clopton, Collier, Combs,
Dawson Dickenson, Downing, Duncan, Dunn, Ed
munds Ely, Finney, Gallahue, Gatewood, Gibson,
aravely Hancock Of Charlotte, Hancock, ofWythe,
Hancock OF Chesterfield, Hardy, Raymond, Hewett,
Malone, Mcclure, Mckenzie, Mcleod, Minor,
hss Pes Rcheson
Smith IF Brooke and Hancock, Splitter, Weaver,
Yerby, Zinn-65.
The bill then after some consequential verbal
amendments, was erderedto be engrossed
The Senate bill authorising the Board of the Lit
erary Fund to purchase from the Faculty of the
College of Physicians of the Valley of Virginia at
Winchester in the town of Winchester, and the
College buildings thereon, and providing for the
medical education of INDECENT young men at said
College. was taken up on motion of Mr.. MARrZ,
and wac sustained by that gentleman and Messrs.
YERBY and HAYMoND; after which the bill passed:
Ayes ll2-Noes H. aa
The engroesed bill authorsing the trustees of the
town OF Woodstock to subscribe to the Manassas
Gap Railroad Company, was taken up on motion of
Mr.. MEEM, read third time aud passed.
Mr.. DUNN, from the Comnittee of Roads, re
ported {.;5 {tt7
biltto incorporate the Halifax and Pittsylvania
Railroad Company.
On motion of Mr. Mcclure, the House ad.
journed ~ rt TsT3 5