The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-27
;ENERAI=A ssEMpLY OF VIRGINIA
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.


TUESDAY Jan. 20.
communication'w received from the House.
announcing that II had passed Senate Dill inco,
poratins the Preston Coal AMI Iron Company, wHn
amendments One amendment was agreed 10, anu
the other disagreed to by the senate.
Bills Etportsd. -Exempting the hremen OF NOT
folk from service on juries; Incorporating the fan-
ters' Savings Bank Of Petersburg Incorporating
the Laurel Iron and Coal Company IN the soah.bs
Of MonoDgaiia and Preston; bill amenaihg .he
act appropriating az 600 to the Inauguration OF the
eauestrian statue Of Washington was to increase
the sum appropriated to $4,000. or
Resolutions Of Inqmry.oy Mr: w ma p.,srs'
burg Railroad; by Mr. FLOYD OF authorizing tns
extension Of the Richmond and Danviile Railroad
to some point, and removing certain restrIc'ions
now in the charter Of said road by Mr.: IhoA.s
Of more effectually preventing the dealing WIN
slaves by ordinary keepers. "a petition on tue
same subject from citizens OF Fairfax was PIeseut
ed i by Mr. FRENCH, of reporting piii 10. tne 10
lief of the Sheriff of Tazewell; by MT, hfL,' vi
antboriyinr the Board of Public Works to make
title to W Dinwiddie Of Albemarle to the site OF
his house as pertains by condemnation 10 tue due
Ridge Railroad.
Fsttions Presented of B. /. Bcoton, for release
of the Common wealth's claim on an estate, IN his
favor a remonstrance against the extension OF
the corporate limits Of the town of Charottesvilie
of Thos. N. Williams asking for compensation for
clothing furnished a Virginia volunteer In the
Mexican war.
University Of Virgnid. "A bill amending the law
so as to make the keeping of a billiard table with
in We miles of the University Of Virginia, subject
to penalty of not less than SO nor more than
500, was put upon its passage and defeated
Ayes II nays TO- The vote was then re-considered
and the bill was laid on the table
Bills Pnssed-Amending the charter Of the Me-
chanics Savings Society of Petersburg 90 as TO re-
duce the number of Directors: incorporating the
Virginia Water Power and manufacturing Company
for the relief of VIM j. Murray, Deputy Sheriff OF
Car 1lne county; authorizing the Union Female
Collegiate Institute of Henrco to confer collegiate
degrees bill authorizing less than a majority OF
School Commissioners in certain counties to act as
a quorum; prohibiting the Board Of Public WORKS
or other agents ofthe State from expending larger
sum on any work of internal approximations that
appropriated by the legislature. and making them
nyidualIy RESPONSIBLE for any such excess incorpo
rating compsny for the improvement OF the naVi
CATION of Acquotink Creek for the relief OF Barmah
J. Grey of Isle of Wight; to amend the act lncorpo-
rating the Rowiesburg Lumber and Mining 20
for the reIiet of jeremiah III. King, of Wetzel, by
refupdng him the amount of license improper
ly paid; releasing to the county OF Fauquler the
states interest in the Leeds Manor turnpike; TO
Incorporate the Bealeton andSprings Road Turnpike
Company; to amend the act Incorporating the
Monument House Company, Richmond; amending
the act Incorporating the st. Mary's Female Acad-
envy and Orphan Asylum of Norfolk
The bill making it lawful for a wife to insure
the life of her husband for her own benefit was ia
ken up.
Mr.. CLAIBORNE, patron of the bill. explained its
merits, giving as 1t did the power to woman to
save herself from penury after the death OF her
natural supporter and protector.
Mr.. STUART humor0usly remarked that he
thought the title of the bill misnonier. 1t
should be "a bill giving wife the power to insure
the death of her husband" being in fact nothing
less than bonus to married women to make way
with their husbands. As n married man, he did
not feel in position to vote for 1t.
Mr. AUGUST confessed that if he ever had enter
tanned any hopes of matrimoney, considerable
damp had been thrown on them by the remarks OF
the Senator from Augusta.
Mr.. CAMPBELL wished the bill amended, rs to
give the husband the right to insure for the bcne
fit of his wife, in order that he might stop paying
for the policy, when he felt his life in jeopardy
lie thought it a bonus for second marriage.
Mr. CLAIBORNE hoped that any Senator who was
afraid his wife would make way with him, would
vote against the bill. and in case his wife insured
his life, himself the notifying reflection in
the next word of having voted for his own execu-
ton.
After some further discussion in the same hn-
morous spirit, the bill was laid on the table.
On motion, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met at II s'cleck.
Aduerw ReporfS--Mr. BARBOUR. from the Com |
mittee of Finance, presented reports adverse to
the following propositions:
To change the mode of taxation as regards mer- |
chants licences.
For the payment of certain per centage to She |
riffs who shall fail, wholly, in part, to pay in
the revenue in the time prescribed by law.
He also presented a report adverse to the SEN |
ate bill authorizing the payment of interest on !
certain treasury notes.
Board Of P,,Jljc I0rkS.-Mr MARTz, from the
special committee on the subect, presented the |
following resolution:
Resolved, That in the opinion of this committee.a
Board of Public Works is necessary, and the COM |
mittee ask to be discharged from the further con-
sideration of the subject.
The Young RepaJlicdn."-A bill from the Sem |
ata riZin ChaEp of he mis- Of ara
usry Ito be called 1.-The Young American Repub |
lican'') from Vim. r. Barbee, and appropriating
$1,000 for the purpose, was taken up and discuss
cd at considerable length. The bill finally re-
iected-ayes Sc, noes 10; whereupon, Mr. SPITLER
moved reconsideration of the vote, in order that
the bill might be laid upon the table, The motion
WAS rejected-ayes SIS, noes So.
The KaHdwha Rjwr.--A bill from the Senate pro-
vidng more efectual means for the improvement
of the Kauawha river, was taken up, whereupon
a prolonged discussion ensued Before arriving at
any result
On motion of Mr.. LYNN, the House adjourned.
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