The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-01-22

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
SENATE.
MONDAY, Jan q, 1856.

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MONDAY, Jan q, 1856
The Senate was called to order by Lieut. Gov
McCoMAs.
A communication, from the House Of Delegates
announcing the passage Of several bills. was read
by the Clerk.
The House bill providing for the payment Of the
guaranteed bonds Of the Chesapeake and Ohio ca
nal Company, was read twice and referred.
RESOLUTIONS.
Nv Mr. HARRIS Referring the report of the
Visitors of the Deaf and Dumb Institution to the
Committee on General Laws.
By Mr. BRAxToN: To inquire into the expedi
ency of increasing the compensation of members
of the General Assembly.
BY Mr.. WHITE: For providing by law that no
woman, who may hereafter become . widow, shall
be deprived of her distributable share IN the per
sonai estate of her husband, to which she Is now
entitled under the 10th section of chapter 123 OF
the Code by reason Of any transfer, deed of gift,
deed of trust, or other conveyance whstever. un.
less the same shall have been made for valuable
consideration, or unless the wife shall have first
united in such transfer, deed or conveyance in the
manner required by the 4th section of chapter 12l
of the Code, for theconveyance of such article.
By Mr.. JOHNSON: That the Governors Message
respecting the Philadelphia Monument at Inde-
pendence Hall, be referred to q committee of five;
and Messrs. JOHNSON, BRAxToN, CATLETT, MAR.
SHALL and TURNER were appointed the commit.
tee.
BY Mr.. CAMPBELL: That the Committee on Fl
nance inquire into the expediency of reporting q
bill recurring the Board of Public Works hereafter
to advertise for loans to be taken at tho Treasury
and prohibiting said Board from delivering out any
evidences of debt of this Commonwealth to any
person whomsoever, until actual sale of the same
shall have been made, and the proceeds of said
sale actually paid into the Treasury; and also pro-
viding by law that whenever the said Board shall
propose to raise money to be lent to any company
of Internal Improvements, or to be paid as sub.
scrption to the stock Of any joint stock company,
or to be paid for the construction of any public
work wholly ON State account, that said Board
shall distinctly make known in said advertisement
the specific purpose to which the amount so pro-
posed to be raised shall be applied, authorizing the
said Board to apply the respective amounts SO
raised to the respective works set forth in said ad
vertisement
~ BILLS PASSED.
The bill allowing additional compensation to the
Commissioners of the Revenue, advocated by Mr..
JoHNsoN)-ayes 81, noes none.
A bill to authorize the Clarksburg and Buchanan
Turnpike Company to extend their road-ayes &,
noes none.
A bill compensating Clerks of the County and
Corporation Courts for registering births, deaths
and marriages-ayes %, noes none.
A bill incorporating the South Branch Turnpike
Company.
A bill amending an act concerning the Junction
Valley Turnpike Company-Passed January 19,
1880
A bill authorizing Francis NJ Boykin to construct
wharf on James River, in the county of Isle Of
Wight.
Bills to incorporate the Pioneer Mining and Man.
ufacturing Company, in Kanawha county, and the
Franklin Mining and Manufacturing Company.
A bill to incorporate the Rappahannock River
Agricultural and Mechanical Society.
A bill to enlarge the powers Of the Common
Council of Petersburg, in relation to paving the
streets and taxing the costs thereof.
A bill and an act concerning the salaries of GER
tain officers of the General Assembly, &c-ayes
80, noes none.
stage.
On motion of Mr.. JOHNSON, the Senate ad-
journed