The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-15
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
fEXTRA SISSTOS1
SENATE.

THURSDAY, March II, 1861.
The Senate was called to order at 10 q o'eIoch
Mr THOMAS, OF Fairfax, in the Chair PRAYER
by Rev. Mr.. BRowx
Bills Pdssed.-Senate bill to increase tho
pay Of certain officers Of the Public Guard
House bill to amend chapter los of the t,oda
concerning births, marriages and dea ,hs IN
motion OF Mr. DOUGLASS, House bill providing
for payment of the Peace Commissioners was
taken up, ana ne offered the following amend
ments To insert $40 per day instead of as:
also to give 90 per day additional to John
Tyler. The amendments were agreed to.
and the bill was passed unanimously
senate oiii Tor the relief of the securities
OF Robert Chambers, Sheriff of Boone coun-
W; Senate bill to incorporate the Coal
and Oil Company of Braxton county
senate Dill to incorporate the Common wealth
SaNihgs bahk, OF Richmond Senate bill to
amend the charter OF the Virginia Car Spring
company; also, to amend certain acts rela ting
10 the charter of the New Creek COMPANY of
Hampshire county; also, to incorporate the
Laurel Nailey Oil and Coal Company, in the
county OF Mason; also, to authorize Thomas
chancellor to erect a wharf his lands ;
Senate bill extending the corporate limits of
| the town of Fredericksburg Senate bill to
incorporate the Burning Springs and Oil-Line
Railroad Company also, to authorize the
| Circuit Court of Preston county to legalze
the Conveyance of a tract of land made by
Andrew Oliphant, as guardian or commi tee
OF William Smith, an idiot Also to incorpo-
rat the Silver Run Mining and Manufac tur-
ing Company House bill to amend and re-
enact the I'd section of an act passed Feb. s,
1860, to revive and amend an act passed March
| lst 1858, entitled ''an act to amend and revive
| the charter of Little kanawha Navigation
Company also, to amend the charter of the
| Sir Johns Run Turnpike Company also, to
| amend an act Incorporating the town Of
| Christiansburg, and extending the limits of
| the same.
| Bills Reiected.-Senate bill for the relief of
| Rowland Fletcher; Senate bill to refund Il
| sum of money to the Virginia Rifles paid by
| them for sword bayonetS, was rejected for
| want of constitutional majority, (ayes "a,
| noes 6;) Senate bill to authorize loan to the
| Western Military College, was rejected for
want of a cons titutional majority.
| On motion of Mr.. TALIAFERRo, the vote by
| which the bill was lost was reconsidered, and,
| on his motion, laid on the table.
| BtHs RepOrtrd.-Mr. BRANNoN, from Com
| mittee, reported House bill imposing taxes for
the support of government and on his motion,
| it was ordered TO be printed He also report
ed, with a recommendation against passing,
| House bill to amend the 35th section of an act
| entitled "an act imposing taxes for the sup
| port OF government" passed March 3lst, 1860.
| Resolution Of Inquiry.-Mr. WIcKHAa Of
| fered the following joint esolution
| Uhereas. there is at this time very large mum
| ber of abie-b bodied convicts in the Penitentiary
| unemployed, and kept at a heavy expense to the
| Commonw ealth ; aud whereas the Capitol of the
state IL getting In bad repair, and 1t may become
| desirable at some future day to construct new
| Capitol: and whereas the State owns valuable gra-
mite quarries within short distance of the city o
| Richmond : Therefore, be 1t
| Resolced, That a select committee OF five be ap-
| pointed to inquire into the expedency of author
| izing the Governor of the Commonwealth to Causs
portion of the convicts of the Pententiary to bt
employed in quarryng and dressing granite, will
view to the future erection of new Capitol.
The PRESIDENT appointed Messrs. Wickham
Dickinson of +. E, August, Paxton and Pen
nybacker, as the committee.
| On motion of Mr.. NEWMAN, the Senate ad
| ourned.