The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-17
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
THURSDAY EVENING, March Is, IS


The Speaker called the House TO order at
O'Clock.
The House proceeded to the consideration Of
bills on their third reading, of which num-
Der were passed, namely: Bill concerning
the county seat OF Mcdowell county; bill in
cooperating the kanawha Cotton Manutac-
turing Company; bill TO incorporate the Lew
i>burg Female College; bill 10 amend the char
ter of the City of Richmond, and to re-organ-
iZe the Court of Hastings of said city; bill
increasing the tolls on the Buchanan and Bed
ford Turnpike Company; bin establishing
branch bank in the town of Piedmont i'll the
county of hampshire; bill to incorporate the
Grave Greek and Pennsylvania Line Turn
pike Company, and the Rock Lick Turnpike
Company; bill to incorporate the town Of
Pennington, i'll the county OF Taylor; bill to
| incorporate the Bank OF Pittsylvania; bill re-
pealing the prohibition against a mans mar
rying his brothers widow.
The General Tar BiN.-The bill "imposing
taxes for the support Of government'' was
called up motion of MIR. barbour, pursu-
ant TO notice given at the morning sesslon.-
Mr. BARBOUR advocated its passage i'll Il brief
address, and was opposed by Messrs. RICH
ARDsON, of Wheeling, and ROBERTSON, Of
Richmond. MIR. COLLIER, of Petersburg, also
opposed its passage, and said that It's proyl-
sions bore SO heavily on portion OF his con-
stituency, that he would be compelled, though
with reluctance, 10 vote against the tax bill IT.
self.
The roll was called, and the bill was passed
ayes 1c, noes 22
FRIDAY MORNING, March Ii, 1860
The House was called 10 order at 10 O'Clock,
by Speaker CRUTCHFIELD.
A communication from the Sena announced
the passage OF a number of bills; the follow
ing embraced in the list, were passed by the
House, viz F.: incorporating the Columbia Man.
tacturlng Company, IN Fluvanna county ln-
cooperating the james River Canal Packet
Company; incorporating the Lewisburg and
Union Turnpike Compa legaliZlng the sale
Of the Union Academy, in Deddridge county !
incorporating the town of POWeliOn, IN Am
herst county; amending an act Incorporating
| the Traders Bank OF Richmond city; tor the
payment of S995.E to John r. Ballard a. Co.,
| for enter tanning p B. STARKE, Commissioner
from Mississippi, as the guest Of the State
The COMMITTEE Clerks.-The following resou-
| ton. reported from the committee tO examine
| the Clerks Office, was adopted
| The Clerk of the House of Delegates shall ap
| Committee of Courts of Justice and OF Schools
and Colleges; one. of the Committee OF PROPOSE
Committee on Finance anotheI, : of Privileges nd
| Elections. and OF Asrlcul are and nuttctufes :;
ry aars "s and amatnSr Of the commlttee @ On
| Roads and Internal Navisatinn. Ssld clerks ID
be removed h, the Clerk OF The House of Delesates
or b, the Commute. or Committees of which they
are Clerks; that The Clerk OF lhe House of Dele
gates may command the services of any of sad
Clerks to assist him sdns at the Clerks table.
and IN ensrossins anu enrolling bills, at such times
as they mas not be employs sd by their respective
Committees, and that u shall he the d0ty OF the
| Clerk OF the House Of Delegates to soc that All
hilis reported from the Committees are written IN
| q fair and le- ibie hand
| The Central Agricultural Socisty.-The bill To
| incorporate the Virginia Central Agricultural
| Society, aud eNempting It's property from tax
| ation was taken up mo ton of Mr.. ToNLIN,
| who advocated the bill i'll an earnest ana able
| manner.
| Mr. KAUFMAN proposed an amendment in
the shape OF ryder, exempting all other agri-
! cultural societies iE the State from taxation,
aud conferring the same privileges
| Mr.. MYERS proposed 10 amend the ryder by
! inserting the words, 'all real properly held
| in fee simple"
The proposed amendments were rejected
and the bill being put on its passage was car.
ried-ayes So nays 10.
! 7hs Agricultural IntereM.-Mr CowAy, ol
Pres ton county, with leave, introduced bill
| "exempting the real estate OF the agricultural
| societies of Virginia from taxation," which
was read the first and second times, and being
on ITS third reading, was advocated by Mr.
CowAN and opposed by Mr.. BAssELL, ON thu
ground that the bill inangurated perniciou'
system of legislation.
The bill passed--ayes 81, nays s.
| Bils Passed-The following biils were pass
ed, viz: For the relief Of the securities Of th'
lnte sheriff of Alexandria county requirinl
Commissioners Of the Revenue " furnish th
Auditor with lists 0f lands In new counties
purchased for the Common wealth AS delin
uuent: an ncs for the relief OF VIM. Nd. Patton
late Sheriff Of Richie county Jor the relie
of the securities Of ]. n. Is. SteWnrd. laH Ser
osant of the city of Pstersburg. for the pay
msut OF damages on . jodgment oesaine'
tagsinst than IN The Ctrcvit Court % "son