The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-21
HOUSE OF DELEGATES

The House was called to order at 10 O'Clock
by Speaker CRUTCHFIELD
The usual communication Announcing the
passage of certain bills by the Senate was
read to the House by the Clerk
ne Dill absolvlng the Sta te and Treasurer
from al Inability in case of loss of coupon
Donds deposited as security for Bank circula-
tlon, unless the said coupon bonds be con-
Eerted INTO registered stock and prohibiting
coupon bonds from being received in future Is
Snch security, was taken up on motion Of Mr.
HAYMoND, amended and advanced to its third
reading The passage of the bill was opposed
by Mr.. ,. I. WALKER. Mr.. Mcdowell moved
It's indefinite postponement. The House re-
bill passed.
Corington and ohio Railroad. On motion
OF Mr.. CHAPaAS, the rules were suspended
and the House took up and considered the
bill for the partial suspension of the sale of
State bonds, and to provide for complying
with contracts already made upon the Cow
lhgton and Ohio Railroad, which being on it's
second reading, was made the order of the day
Tor to- morrow at II o clock.
Re-chdrtering Banks.-On motion of Mr.
SEDDoN, the House took up the bill to extend
the charter OF the Bank ofFirginia for twenty
years. Being on its third reading, it was
passed. Similar bills were passed in refar-
ence to the Farmers Bank Bank of the Val
ley, Exchange Bank of Virginia, Northwest
erh Bank OF Virginia, Merchants and Me
chanics Bank of Wheeling, and others.
On motion of Mr.. HAYMOSD House hill ax
tending the charter of the Central Bank of
virginia was taken up, read Il second time.
and ordered to its engrossment
Senate Btlts Passed.-Incorporatin the
Ches terfield Car, Locomotive and Agricnltu-
raj Implement Manufacturing Company: in.
cooperating the Coleraine Mining and Mann
featuring Company.
T,oo Sittngs in One Day.-Mr BRowS. of
Smyth, offered a resolution, that ON and after
to to-morrow, the Chair be vacated at two and
resumed at Z! o'clock. Objected to, and laid
on the table.
Charter Of ChdrteSto,on.-The bill amending
the charter of the town of Charlestown in
the county of kanawha, was taken mn on
motion of Mr.. SMITH, of KanaWha, read n
second time, and ordered to be engrossed and
read a third time; and being forthwith en-
crossed two thirds consenting was read q
third time and passed Ordered that Mr.
SMITH, OF hanaWha, carry the same to the
Senate and request their concurrence
House Bus Pdssed.-The bill amending the
I'd, Sd and 4th sections OF an act passed Feb
rnary 2S, 1856, providing for working the coun
ty roads OF Loudoun county. was taken up,
ON motion of Mr.. BENTLEY, and passed.
House bill altering and amending the act
entitled an act to incorporate the BIacksburp
Cahawba Greek and Fincastle Turnpike Com
pany, and to change the name of the same
was read three times and passed.
On motion OF MIR. Bass, the title of the COM
pany was changed I" to the Mon ntgomery. Roa
noke and Botetourt Turnpike Company
The bill to amend and enact the lst. I'd.
Sd, 4th, 5th, and 9th sections OF chapter 81 of
the Code, and to increase and re arrange the
divisions and brigades of the militia of tho
Commonwealth, was taken up, on motion of
Mr.. WATSON, of Accomac Mr. WooLFoJK
moved to lay the bill on the table and the
question being on agreeing thereto Mr. HAY
hoND demanded the previous question, which
was sustained by the House, and being put
was decided in the negative The bill was
then read second time, and ordered to be
engrossed and read II third time, and being
forthwith engrossed, two thirds concurrinp
nA NOS
Disdgreement.-A message was received
through Mr. PAXTON, that the Senate had disa-
greed to the first amendment of the House TO
the bill Incorporating the Southern Express
Company, and agreed to the second amend.
ment of the House.
Final Adjournme Mr. DUcKwALL hav-
ing obtained the floor, announced his purpose
to move to suspend the rules in order To call
up bill for adjournment.
Mr.. COLLIER said he felt constrained to
oppose the motion, in order that a resoIu-
tlon offered on yesterday by him, fixing the
time Tor the hnai adjournment of this Legis-
iature, may be taken up and considered He
added II this Legislature remains in session
until all unfinished bushes is disposed of il
will sit until the expiration OF the constifu
uonal term. All ask is that Il fair opportu-
nifty be extended to those of US who favor the
to test the sense of the House
On the question, and if a majority of this
body favor continued session after the
18th instant, no man will submit to such
we should adjourn on that day, believing
that all the essential interests of the Com
monwealth will be subseryed, that business
will be dispa tched and, in addition to that.
the interests Of the tax payers demand an ad,
ournment of this body at an eariy day. |
wish to record my vote for the Adjournment
md all l ask is the privilege of recording nv |
rote for the resolutions.
Mr. ANDERSON said the best way to adjourn |
peedily was to fix day therefor Ii no day
vas fixed, the Legislature would 90 ON inter |
ninably.
Messrs. DucKwALL and YERBY opposed the |
esolution offered by MIR. COLLIER.
Mr.. MARTIN, of Henry, moved to amend the |
esolution by striking out Monday, the 25th. |
md inserting Wednesday, the 27th inst.
Mr.. WIrrEN offered to amend the amend |
nent by substituting April 1st, for Wednes
lay, the 9th inst.
The amendment was adopted and the aues-
ion was then taken on the adoption of the
mendment as amended.
The amendment as amended was then
greed TO, and the resolution as amended was
dopted. /
Adjourned.
Coz. Ben. McCgLLoU6H EN- RorrE FOR RIcB.
oNp.-Coi. Ben. Mccullough passed through