The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-06
GENERAL ASSEMBLY or vIR1,INia'


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TUESDAY, Feb. :.
The President laid before the Senate an Execu
tive communication, transmitting statement oI
the condififion OF the Bank Of Wheeling. and 4
communication from the Board of Trade of Rich
bank capital In said city
A communication was received from the House
OF Delegates announcing the passage OF the Peters
burg Custom House bill with amendments, which
were agreed fo-ayes 30, noes none.
REPORTS.
by Mr LOGAN, from Committee on General Laws
TO amend the 2d and 26th sections of chapter 50 Of
the Code; requiring the Board of Public Works TO
within thirty days after each meeting amending an
act aufhorizing county and corporation courts to
act upon militia fines in the hands of collectors Of
the same, and upon claims against the militia fund.
70 Pronion internal improy yement companies, to
which the State Is subscriber, from paving or
agreeing to pay in capital stock Of such company
Tor work done, or material furnished for its use.
BY Mr.. THOMPSON. from Committee on Agricul.
ture, to incorporate the Southern Virginia Nayisa-
tion Company
RESOLUTIONS OF Enquiry. fts
BY Mr.. AMBLER: OF providing by law that eyerv
officer or agent of the State authorized to contraet
for any work to be done on behalf of the State
shall be personally responsible for anv amount be-
yond the appropriation made by the law under
which the contract may be made.
various resolutions, petitions and re ports of
local character were presented
BILLS PASSED
To authorize the County Court of Albemarle tn
purchase the roadway. rights and franchises of the
kivanna and Rockfish Gap Turnpike Company
A Dill to form new county out of Lee, Scott and
Russell was called up by Mr. MCILHENNY out of its
place ON the calender, and having been explained
by him passed-ayes 81 noes none The new
county is to be called Roane County
On motion of Mr. DESEISs, the bill authorisng
the payment of q sum of money to John Cook and
others, as contractors the Floyd courthouse and
HiiisVlle turnpike road, was taken up and passed.
Ayes 20, noes 5.
bill changing the time prescribed by law, for
the meetings of the Board of Public Works
bill TO incorporate the Raccoon Ford Turnpike
Company.
A bill authorising the issue of eoupon bond 10
e. buckingham Co, in place Of one lost.
5 bill to amend tue 36th section of chauter 1e4
OF the Code OF Virginia, by authorizing the county
Courts OF those counties where the fees Of the clerks
do not amount TO five hundred dollars, in its dis
cretion, to allow sum not exceeding three hundred
dollars.
A bill directing that deeds of trust, after the
death Of tho grantor, be enforced only in court Of
equity, alter discussion, i'll which Messrs. AM
BLER, REGER, SAUNDERS, JOHNSON, CATLETT.
WHITE and LOGAN participated was laid On the
table.
On motion of Mr.. REeER. the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF DELEGATES. s
TUESDAY, February5 1856.
A message from the Senate announced the pas
sage of sundry bills which were read once and
the bill "to enable the James
River aud Kanawha Company to borrow money
or the Improvement of the kanawha River and
70 pledge the tolls on said river for this purpose"
This bill the House proceeded to consider 1t hav-
ng gone through its third reading, it was briefly
explained by Mr.. DEANE. The question of its pas
not a majority of the whole House in its favor as
required by the Constitution.
Mr.. GARNETT moved the reconsideration of the
vote, which motion prevailing, the question was
again upon the passage OF the bill Messrs. IMBo-
DEN, HoGE, BoNDURAET, DEANE, SMITH and
FLOYD briefly explained and supported the BILL
Messrs. RUTHERooRD and ANDERSON intimated
hat they were entirely satisfied of the propriety
and justice of the bill after the explanations that
nad been made; and though they had voted against
{ when the vote was Just taken. they would vote
or the bill now. Messrs. GREGORY and NELSON
briefly opposed tine bill. and Mr.. BASS said that he
should vote against it because it authorized the
payment of seven per cent for loan to make the
The vote being taken, the bill pass
I'd by ayes 81, noes 81. The bill is therefore a law
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The House took up the joint resolution from the
Senate proposing to go into the election of the fol-
lowing officers on "Wednesday next (to-morrow):
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer, All
litor of Public Accounts ID Auditor for the unex-
oired term of William L. Jackson and for the en-
suing term, Public Printer, Superintendent of the
and General Agent and Storekeeper
,f the Penitentiary.
The question being ON concurring with the SEN
lte was decided in the affirmative.
Committees were called for reports, and num-
Der OF bills were reported, which will come up in
,rder.
RESOLUTIONS
Resolutions were offered, adopted and appropri
ately referred.
BY Mr. DAVIS of G.; OF incorporating the Green
sulphur Spring, in Greenbrier county. By Mr.
EDWARDS: Referring the petition Of Jesse Brooks,
% be allowed to build a dam across Blackw ater XII
Ier in the county of Franklin, TO special commit
zee. BY Mr.. LUSDY: of authorising the county
.ourt of Sussex to change tire boundary of the
ground on which the court house is erected.
BANKING cEPITAL. zs
Mr. ELLYsoN presented the petition of Thos. r.
Price, ID. p Gooch and James Z. Wadsworth, com
nittee on behalf of the Board of Trade, asking an
Increase of the Banking capital Of the city Of
and referred to the Committee on
Banks. 4
Mr.. CLAYBRooK presented the petition of citizens
If Lancaster for change of the law in relation to
he retailing of ardent spiritis-referred
THE BANKs.
On melton of Mr. EDMUSDs, the Bank question,
which had been made the order of the day for to
lay, was postponed until tomorrow at o'clock,
md for each day thereafter at that hour until DIS
posed of.
NoRTHwEsTERN RAILROAD.
The House proceeded to consider the unfinished
)rder upon the Dill fOr renewing tu5 NorthWeeeeIu
Railroad from certain restrictions, and Mr. PAUL.
addressed the House in opposition to the bill
When he concluded the bill was passed by for the
present it being understood Mr.. JOHNSTON will on
o-merrow reply. - sss4 81
The explanation of this bill and the contest on
t is, that when the North Western Virginia Rat
,oad was incorporated it was required that before
hat road should go into operation, the Baltimore
md Ohio Railroad company should lay down
louble track to the city of Wheeling 1t IS chiefly
o relieve the company from this restriction that
he bill was introduced growing out Of the immune
able petitions which have been poured into the
Legislature the present session from the Northwest
This restriction was inserted at the instance OF
Wheeling who desired that the road to that city
,tould be the main stem of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad aad her argument now is that to relieve
lie road from tue restriction viii be to make the
branch to Parkersburg the main stem, greatly to the
injury of the city of Wheeling. In that event, she
,laims to be relieved from her subscriptions to the
stock of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company
and her endorsement of its bonds; and this is the
purport of the amendment proposed by Mr.. PAULI4
In behalf of Wheeling, the history of the Charter
and the proceedings of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad company were addnced to show the rela-
ton of that company to the Northwestern Railroad
the proprietor and constructor of that
road Mr.. PAUL. asseyerated that citizens of the
Northwest only subscribed @l70,0C0 to the road
(which cost $4,000, ,00o) in Land damages In reply
it has been declared that the Baltimore aud Ohio
Railroad company was not the owner of the
fed