The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-12-19
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA,

SENATE.
TUESDAY, Dec 1s, 1856.
The SENATE was called to order by Mr.. CaTLErT,
Ihe Clerk read a communication from the House
b;,i. iDe'egates' announcing the passage of sundry
BILL READ TWICE AND REFERRED.
OF Prince Edward. s
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
BY Mr.. LOGAN, from Committee on General
Laws; increasing annual appropriations to the "
NJ l. Institute; ascertaining the boundary line of
Virginia and Maryland, and other bills.
by MT DENEALE, from Committee on Roads. in.
cooperating and increasing the capital stock of va
rious Turnpike Companies to repeal the act in.
cooperating the Pittsylvania and Lynchburg Turn.
pike Company, aud Incorporating the Lynchburg
and North Carolina Railroad Company /; to author.
ize loan to tho j. II. e. Company for the pur.
pose OF improving tho Kanawha river; to provide
Tor the completion of the Norfolk & Petersburo
Railroad and for loan to said Company :
By MT STEESRoD, from Select Committee. for
House OF Refuge in Wheeling Ordered to be
printed.
fs RESOLUTIONS
by DIR. HUDDLEsoN: For a Lunatic Asylum In
Northwestern Virginia, in Preston county
/ by Mr.. DESEAIE For authorizing the clerks nj
the county and circuit courts of the Commonwealth,
to receive taxes and licenses up to the Let of Orto
Der IN each year, and to pay over the same to the
Commonwealth all taxes not paid in by the time
nptSlhtu 10 ut pldCcu III tfe nanQb OF COnstabieg
and requiring tax payers who shall fail to pay in to
the clerks on or before the first day of October to
pay commission of five per cent. the amount
OF their respective taxes as compensation for
their collection.
BY Mr. CREIGH For exempting Superintend
en's of Lunatic Asylums from attendance as wit
nesses upon Courts as experts. e
BY Mr.. CAMPBELL: For repeating all laws au
thorzng the county courts to certify that any per
son having negro mixed blood, is not a negro.
RV Mr. DESEAIE. That when the Sanafe ad
journ on Saturday next it will, with the concur
renee of the House, adjourn to Monday, the 31st
inst. T..
JAMES RIVER AND KANAwHA COMPANY.
The bill providing for the payment of interest and
certain bonds of the company. having been amend
ed, on motion of Mr.. DESEALE, so as to authorize
the sale of certain lands belonging to the company
was ordered to be engrossed and read third time
LAID on THE TABLE.
On motion of Mr. PARKS, the bill making loan to
James River Company was laid on the table for
the purpose of offt ring certain amendments. The
same disposition was made of other appropriation
bills. ..ry- Is s-
A message was received from the House of Del.
egates by Mr.. CHRISTIAN, communicating the pas
sage of Joint resolution by the House for 500 new
maps of internal improvements in Virginia, which,
on motion of Mr.. HARRIS was taken up and adop-
ted
Mr. HARRIS moved to take up the Coyington and
Ohio Railroad BILL for the purpose of reconsidering
the amendment offered to that bill by Mr.. JOHN
SON, requiring the road to receive and deliver free
of charge, freight to and from tho canal, and to
construct the depots necessary for that purpose.
Mr.. HARRIS stated that his object in the motion
to afford several Senator'S who voted upon the
measure, whenlast before the Senate, without hav-
ing given it the proper attention, an opportunity
TO change their votes. The motion was opposed
by Mr. DESEALE, who stated that if the amend.
ment were pressed, he and large number of mem
bers, who had intended to vote for the COvngton
BILL would be compelled to vote against it; and
A. II g
mend, would not leopard the bill by putting such
an amendment upon it. The Senate refused to
take up
The joint resolution to pay A. r. Tatem, former
page of the Senate, $40 for five days services, was
adopted.
The report of the Committee of Courts, against
the resolu ton for depriving the clerks of the coun
ty courts of the right to take acknowledgements OF
deeds, was taken up and Mr. DAUGHTKEY ad
dressed the Senate in support of the resolution, and
moved that the report be recommitted, with in
structions to report bill
On motion of Mr.. STEENRoD, the Senate ad
journed