The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-03-08
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA,
SENATE.


SENATE
FRIDAY, March 7, 1856
A communication was received from thS House
The following House bills were passed, and are
now laws:
To incorporate the Mutual Insurance Company
Of Upshur county.
To incorporate tho Northern Bank of Virginia
at Wellsburg.
House amendments to the Senate bin for com.
pensating clerks of couaty and corporation courts
for recording births, deaths and marriages, were
agreed to-
First of the House amendments to Senate bill
for allowing additional compensation to commits
| soners of the revenue, was agreed to, and second
disagreed to.
House bill to incorporate the Metropolitan Soap
and Candle Mandatory. was referred to the Com.
mittee on Agriculture and Manufactures.
REPORTS.
Mr. AMBLER, from the Committee on Courts,
reported various House bills relating to fugitive
| slaves, without amendment
Mr. LOGAN, from Committee on General Laws,
reported House bills increasing the number of pro-
fessors and State students at the University to
provide for ascertaining the sanity insanity OF
person convicted of criminal offence after sen.
tence, or during his confinement in the peniten.
tiary.
duce bill to authorise the independent Banks of
Virginia to change their present banking system
THE ARMoRY.
Mr.. DEsKIEs, from joint committee on the Ar.
mory, made a report which concludes with the fol.
lowing resolution:
Resolved, BY the General Assembly, That the Co.
vernon shall be and hereby authorized to grant per-
mission to the parties heretofore occupying she north
end of the west wing of the Armory to continue to
the same for milling purposes, upon such terms
and for such time he may prescribe reserying to
the Commonwealth tho right to terminate the lease
when the public interest may demand the same.
The report was adopted.
HoUDoN's STATUE oE WASHINGTON.
Mr.. SAUNDERS called up the joiat resolution TO
authorise the purchase from Mr. j. Hubbard, of q
bronze cast of Houdon's statue of Washington, to
be pl.ced in the Virginia Military Institute. and
appropriating sum not exceeding $40 900 for that
purpose.
Mr. SAUNDERS made an eloquent appeal in be.
half of the resolution, and it passed-ayes AZ, noes
none.
THE BANK QUESTION.
Mr. THOMAS called up the bill to extend the
charter of the Bank of Virginia. and on his mo-
ton the bill was made the order of the day for
Tuesday next at 10 o'clock, with the understand
ing that the subject will then be pressed to final
termination.
NoRTHwEsTERN VIRGINIA RAILROAD
This bill was called up by Mr.. TURNER, and the
Chair stated the question on the amendment offer
ed by Mr. STEENRoD, to strike out from the 7th
section, all after the words Board of Public
Works"
MIR. WEST, Mr.. STEESROD and Mr.. TAZEwELL
addressed the Senate in support of the amendment,
and Mr.. DENEALE in opposition to it: and the
amendment was rejected-ayes Is. noes24
Mr. HUDDLEsoN moved the following proviso,
which was advocated at length by Mr.. THOMAS:
Provided, however, that before the Northwestern
Railroad Company shall be entitled to the privileges
of this act the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in gen.
eral meeting assembled shall agree carry passen-
gers and sht in both directions between Harpers
Ferry and the Ohio river or the above designated
points, and the point of intersection of any other
Virginia Railroad with said Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road ct such stes per mile to enable such Virginia
road roads, by adopting similar schedule of prices
convey freight and passengers to the city of Alex
audria for amount not exceeding the through
charge between the Ohio and Baltimore, shall
said company be allowed charge for transportation
Of burden upon estimated weight, but upon weight
actually ascertaned and provided further that any
Virginia road connecting with said B. o. Railroad,
shall convey like terms, passengers and freight,
from Alexandria inter mediate points, to its juno
tionlwith the B. l. o. Railroad.
The proviso was lost--ays 1S, noes D.
The bill being put on its passage, was passed
ayes 25, noes l6
Mr. BALDWIN called up the bill to incorporate
the Virginia Machine Shoe and Boot Mandatory,
which. on his motion, was read third time and
passed.
On motion of Mr. JOHNSON, the Virginia and
Tennessee, and the Covington and Ohio Railroad
bills, were made the order of the day for Monday.
On motion of Mr.. YATES, the Senate adjourned