The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-24
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA
tEXTRA SESSION.
SENATE.

Prayer by the Rev Mr.. READ, of the Pres
byterian Church.
"A communication was received from tb,
House announcing the passage of sunfiry bills
and requesting the concurrence of the Senate
Reports Of Comm ihees.--A bill to amend the
charter of the Bank of Phillippi; bill tt
amend the charter of the Bank of the Com.
monwealth; a bill amending an act incorpo-
rating the Princess Anne Savings Bank. in
Princess Anne county passed Feb. 81, 1860
RESOLUTIONS of Inquiry, de.--The following
resolutions OF inquiry, &c, Were adopted and
referred: BY Mr.. Pate of reporting bill in
cooperating the Amber Oil and Coal Com.
| pany by the same, of reporting a bill incor.
porating the Hughes Greek Oil and Coal Com
pany by the same, Of reporting a bill incorpo-
| rating the Fayette Oil and Coal Company
by Mr. Gatewood, petition of Fanny Mathews,
1or leave TO enslave herself and child to Ga
| briel Jordan, of Page county: by MIR Nash
of amending the 47th section of chapter IS OF
| the Code of Virginia; by Mr. Douglass of
| compensating John Critcher for services in
prosecuting one Samuel Hubbard charged
| with murder. in the Circuit Court of Wes +
moreland county; by Mr.. McKennv of re-
porting bill providing for the payment of
Z l-& per centum upon the invoice value of all
goods imported by steamers from Europe to
any port OF Virginia; by Mr.. Dickinson of
| Trayson, OF reporting House bill No 456
Tor making railroad companies liable tor
damages III certain cases by Mr.. Isbell of
amending the 2oth section of chapter 26
| OF the Code, so as to authorjZe volunteer
/ companies in contiguous counties to form
themselves INTO regiments, as now pro-
Flded by said 10th section for the formation of
such regiments i'll single counties; by Mr.
Paxton. of withdrawing bill No - from the
! HES oil the Senate providing that railroad COM
! pdnles shall only use in the construc ton re-
| pilrs ana operations of their roads, machine
| Ty, materials, md other supplies manufactured
IA liie State and that the same be referred to
the Committee on Roads by Mr.. August, OF
changing the law regulating the granting of
Appeals from decisions of the Circuit Courts :
r. i n 0rtr ti-xiro
reserve corps OF white males over 45 wears of
age py Mr. mstrons, of amending the act
Incorporating the town of Bath, in Morgan
county. so as to give to one or more of the otfi
GERS OF said town the powers OF a Justice of the
peace; by Mr. Brannon of making further
appropriation to the Euttons vile and Hmm
teIsViile Road, or OF surrendering the same TO
the coGIrol OF the County Courts OF the conn
Ties throusL winch it passes by Mr. Paxton
OF lnq,n.ing into the causes which have led to
| the frequent failures of the trains on the
orange and Alexandria and Central Railroads
10 connect AT Gordonsyllle, and to report such
measures as may be necessary to remove the
grievance, and 10 cause the more certain and
speedy transportation of the mails and pas
sengeTS on those roads.
BiNs Passed When the bill for tho raliaf
OF the executor of Holden, late Sheriff of Har-
rison county, came up on its passage Mr.
BRANNoN supported it, and read a statement
from the Auditor of Public Accounts admit
ting the justice of the claim
MI DIcKfSsoN, OF Prince Edward. opposed
the passage of the bill, and argued il impolitic
10 release by legislation the revenue officers
Ilef suretleS, or perS onal representatives
from liabilities incurred in the DISCHARGE or
failure to discharge their duties The revenue
officers are clothed by law with full power to
enforce the collection OF the public revenue,
ana are amply compensated for such service
and every consideration of duty and safety
demands that they should be held TO a strict
account. The amount involved in this bill
did not constitute, with him, the chief obiee-
isl nI iS mn oh,
more TO be apprehended. He was unalterablv
opposed 10 the Inauguration or countananca OF
a system of relief for defaultng officers
During his services in another branch of the
General Assembly he had yainly endea yored
10 arrest 1t. He thought then, and so predict
ed, that the legislation of last session. by which
ABOUT lorty bills had passed releasing Sheriffs'
securities from damages awarded against them
would he regarded as an invitation to default
with the expectation of relief here. To avoid
lnat stat OF things, we required the Auditor
OF Public Accounts to advertise semi-annual
lists of defaultng officers. At the expiration
OF the first six months such published list en-
braced some forty or fifty detaulting Sherilfs
Inc Ea1uirer OF this morning gives the Audi
tors list of 80 delinquent Sheriifs since Ist
J uly, 1850, 125 delinquent clerks and almost
as many delinq uent notaries public 1t seemed
that since we had been dispensing public
charity to defaulting public officers, their de-
faalts are rapidly growing upon Us What |
was prophecy last session was history this
Let us beware, lest the errors of to -day become
the controlling precedents of tomorrow At
the laSt session we released suret,es at this !
we are asked to release the principal and dam |
ages ; at the next we may be asked to release |
the debt.
The bill was finally passed
Also, an act to amend the 25th section of an |
act entitled an act imposing taxes for the sun |
port OF the Government, passed March 81, 1866: |
and an act to amend the 4th section of an act |
the Jefferson Insurance Com |
pany.
the Million Appf0pTiai0n.-Whe the Sc |
nate adjourned yesterday, the bill appropri- /
ating one million of dollars for the defence of |
the commonwealth was under consideration |
lie Dill was taken up again, when Mr.. PAN |
ToN withdrew the amendment proposed by |
hlm on yesterday, and offered a substitute for |
the first clause, as follows:
BE it enacted, by the General assembly That the |
Colonel of Ordnance be and is hereby authorized |
and required under the direction Of the Governor
to procure such arms, equipments and munitions
OF war, may be necessary for the defence of The
state. The said officer is also authorized to con-
tract. under the direction of the Governor for the
in this state, of euuipments and
munitions of war, and may buy materials to be
nsed IN the manufacture Of the same, and may
contract with parties for atering and improving
Il this state, cannon and small arms, OF uay in
his discretion, purchase machinery and materials
FOR such purpose, If the same cannot be done bv
not Than $500 ,JUJ shall be expended for such
purposes, which is hereby appropriated out OF
any money ill the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated
MIR. NEWTON moved the following amend
nent:
The arms to be purchased shall be so distributed
hat the militia Of the state along and near the
border Of the non 5 aveholding States, and along
he borders OF the Chesapeake Bay nd the navi- |
gable streams tributary thereto, shall be put ON
3qual footing, in the supply of arms with the
militia OF any other part OF The Commonwealth.
Adopted.
The following, by Mr.. PAXTON, was also
adopted:
Propided, horercr, That the said Engineer shall
irst submit his plans, with the cost Of executing
he same, to the Governor for his approval and ii
ueh plans be approved by him the same shall be
executed.
The bill as amended. was adopted unani-
nously
Adjournment PropOSed.-Mr. THoMAs, of
Henry, proposed the following joint resolu-
ion, which was laid over under the rules
Resored, (the House of Delegates consenting) |
That when the Senate ad journ On Monday next, il
will be TO the 18th of February, 1851.
On motion, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 23d, 1851
The House was called to order at II O'Clock