The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-14
HOUSE OF UELE0ATES.
HnuanAH MAY IL laaJ


The Ho. &c proceeded to business this morn.
ing without the usual preliminary Of prayer,
no minister being present.
The Clerk announced Z message from The
Senate communicating the passage OF several
measures, already reported, among which was
O revolution TO provide more suitable accom-. .
modations for the Auditors Of tina Com m on
wealth.
THIS resolution. mr. EswroH had under
stood, was passed by the Senate without eEy
examinati ton, and as its eRec: would be to rec
move the Register, mr.. Parker. from his
present once apartment, he moved that II be
referred 10 q select COMMITTEES, which was
agreed TO, and the following COMMITTEES was
appointed: Messrs. Newton, Tate. Nelson Of
sluvs ma, Mcdonald OF Ham oshirs, and MO-
grudsr.
the com mittee on the part ct the House, on
the Senate joint resolution iEQu!rinS into ths
moda Of filing vacancies in the two Houses
OF The General Assembly: Messrs Hunter,
Bouldin, RUTHERFORD, Nc Uamsnt, Basker.
Vile, Burke, and Harrison.
On motion OF MI ANDERSON, Of Botetour.,
Bill Nc. Is, reported on yesterday from the
Military Committee, was taken up. when he
House resolved itself INTO secret session. The
bill reads 80 follows
l Be Il enaesGd BY tAs -Gea5ol Asssabty, That
the Governor OF this Commonwealth be and
be IL hereby authorised to commission John
b. Floyd Major General OF the State Of Vir.
xiuia, with authority to raise by en- iistment.
or by accepting volunteers. force OF ten
thou ,Hnd men, who are not now In the ser.
vice Of this State or Of th0 COnfederase States,
or liable to draft under the act Of Congress,
commonly cllled the transcription law"
approved on the 18TH day II April. 1851
Z. That the said force snail b divided into
two brigadss, to be composed OF i've regi.
msnts. Of not less than one thousand men
each for which brig sdss the Governor Il au.
thor.s d to appoint and commission Two Brig.
adler 0snsrals; bat the said appciutmen .
are not to b. made u I'll at least four regiment
in each brigade shall DO raised. ORGANIC I'd aad
o0lcered.
5. The Governor shalt sppoiut and eon-
mission forthwith, Ten captains for EACH rtgi-
msnt in each brigade. with authority 10 ra 80,
BY opening recruiting stations or Otherwise,
com panies OF one hundred men each. inciui-
tng commissioned, non commissioned cfti si .
and privatas and whenever ten comp all 8
are raiIsd 81 m ustsred Toto service, - re-
aired by u ~ Governor shall cause the
sams 70 Sc org bed into rsginsnt. and
ma n appo mt and commission therefor one
COLONEL, one Lieyt4pant.O olonel and one Ma.
Tor. 10 command the aams. Each OF the eatd
companies shall - snd IL hereby authoriEed
70 efect one 0rAs and two second lienteaAa4;
the said slsssiOns 10 - eupertntended ~ ~
csplatps, and "a b ceHtt0sd 70 tie 0overnorl
and commtasione6 b him. The ca0ealuv q
po.ss tAsTsfsr ~ essosane sad sour e"spo-
!. In each brigade, there pay bs--- q
cavalry aad----of ArtillsFJi and vhtk
the Governor sppotnu--Uspfn Plains atoys-
6sid, $500 Of them In each brig = sshAil b
com ~ ID a. Uaptasns Of okv Try, Aad
--- Of them ~ On pteias OF Artillery.
8 The SD n Of the Major q, ne. . II u con
stat OF one division inspector. w,IA The Ssnl