The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-27
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.


The House was called to order At II
O'Clock. and was opened with prayer By the
Rev. Or. Hoes.
communication was received from the
Ssna to Informing the House that that body
had agreed TO tn joint resolution to aeosI-
tain the amounts with which the several
CORPORATIONS of the State would b ASSESSED
under tho act OF Congress to provide war
tax.
Also. tho resolution in relation to the Con-
mittse on the Penite tiary and Armory.
The following resolutions Of expedisncy,
10 were adopted:
eial committee to confer with tho Presid cat
OF tho Con fedsrate States b instructed to In
suire " hat, II any, legislation II necessary
more .fsctuaily to di.Pe.s o. rHrs9a' ar, Ar
Comr1onw Ga lth.
BY Mr.. McDosALp: or requiring BY law all
ministers of the Gospel At the time OF being
licensed to celebrate the rites OF mAtrlAony
by any court, TO take an DATA TO support the
Cons itu ton Of the State and Of the Csafeds-
rate 6tates.
insurance companies
Mr.. barbour rose TO person al explanation.
When the vote was taken yesterday On Al In.
ternal improvement bill, he had stepped
down to the oftioe OF the Board OF Public
Works to make some inquiry with regard t.
the present value OF bonds. He now felt 1t
his duty to say that those bonds commanded
a. good q market uow a. they have At any
previous po1lOos 1O NOpOu, b0cI0IOAcp su0e
such bill. as that OF yesterday would Be
thrown upon the Internal improvement
Fund.
House bill amending An act relating to
Com mi ssioners in Chancery.
Mr.. RurBBRyooRD explained tho Amendment
aud urged the immediate passage Of the bill,
the ground that In many counties all the
Commissioners IN Chancery had gone into
ers the Courts TO appoint, in saeh o. ses, ten.
porary Commissioners. The bill was passed
On motion OF Mr.. RoBIxrsoH. Of Richmond
the bill amsndicg and re- snacting sec. ], chap.
~ Of the Code, was taken up. Mr.. +. OK
planned his amendment, which exempted
from tho fotfsiture OF their charters untti
March l, 1853, or such other time as tho 4sn-
eral Asssmbly may hereafter prescribe, such
Banks Of this UommonweAl.h ~ may fail to
redeem their liza bilities in spccte. The bill A.
amended was pa ssed.
On motion OF Mr.. MALLoRY, the Senate bill
authorizing the Governor 70 organize and call
out certain military forcss for Tie defence of
the ci ties and to WINS Of the OemmoAwsaltA,
was taken mp. Mr.. AALLoRY su& gested several
consequelt ial alter atoms, which me ChAlr
Mr sH.rr.r) stated had already been made
BY tho CLERK.
Mr.. RosERfsos renewed his motion of yes
terday. to add AZ or "and other towns OF tho
Oommonw wealth" the words land the conn
mr.. BARBOUR: This would be equivalent
to comforting upon the Governor the author
tty to apply the act TO tho whole State, Be.
capss he need only n ms Any town he pleased,
aad the "cont is nous couAuoo' would DO I'm
mediately EN- brAced.
The amendment was rsteeted-ayss a,
nays rs.
Messrs. GnsEH, FosBH. AcDoIALp. And
other members, proposed other amendments,
pending the discussion Of which the hour
FOR the special order, being the Prolongaucn
Of the session, arrived.
Mr. RoBsafsos presented tho resolution for
this purpose, - fcllews:
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