The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-09-11

terday the following bills were reported
from committees, and read first and Sc
cOnd timesand passed to third reading:
BY Mr.. Dickinson, from Committee Oh
Finance-A bill amending and re-enact-
ing an act passed 2Sth March, 1863, au-
thorizing the receipt OfConfederate States
Treasury notes in payment Of taxes and
other public dues to this State by Mr.
Randolph, from Military Committee A
bill to punish persons for harboring and
assisting deserters. A bill to outlaw de
serters from military service of Confede
rate States.
Mr. Collier presented the following bills'
which were referred to the Committee OIL
Courts of Justice: A bill TO present the
depreciation Of the currency issued by
the Government of the Confederate
States. A bill to reduce and regulate the
prices Of clothing manufactured in this
State, and Of wheat and Indian corn, and
the products thereof
Mr.. James F. Johnston, Senator from
Bedford, was unanimously elected Presi-
dent pro tenn of the Senate.
The following resolutions of inquiry
were presented: by Mr. Carson, that
the Committee OH Military Affairs in
qnire into the exedicncy of reporting bill
No. 81, entitled bill to organize Home
Guards, which was reported by said
committee, and rejected by the Senate at
its last session; by Mr.. Coghill, that the
Committee of Courts of Justice inquire
into the expediency of adopting such
legislation as will suppress extortion and
speculation; by Mr. Johnston, a joint
resolution to authorize the Auditor OF
Public Accounts to receive from the
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Com
pany the sum of 81, 900, 900, loaned to
the Board of Public Works for the use
of said company by act of Assembly, on
the 9th day of February, 1868.
In the House number of resolutions
were offered, among them the following
By Mr.. Walker, Of Rockingham
That the Committee of Courts of JUS
tice inquire into the cXpedicncy OF pass
ing law prohibiting the sale of pro-
perty, either real or personal, by persons
who may have gone, or who may intend
to remove from this State To the United
States to avoid the operations of the
conscript or militia law, and to provide
for the sequestration or conliscation OF
such property, under proper restrictions
BY Mr.. Miller-That the Committee Oh
Confederate Relations inquire into the
expediency of adopting some measures
by which the property of the citizens OF
the Commonwealth may be more secure
from illegal and unreasonable impress
ment by the Confederate Government
BY Mr.. Pendleton--That the Committee
Of Courts of Justice inquire into the
expediency Of so amending the first see
ton Of chapter 3 of the Code Of Virginia
as to exclude from rights Of citizenship
all persons resident of this State who
have voluntarily, since the 18th day Of
April, 1861, held, or may hereafter hold,
any office, civil, military, or judicial, un-
der the Government of the United States,
or under any usurped Government Of
this State, organized at Wheeling, or
elsewhere in Virginia; ana also all per
sons who have voluntarily, since the pc
riOd referred to, or may hereafter, enlist
in the military service Of the United
States, or of any such usurped> Govern
ment or Governments. BY Mr.. McCue,
that the committee proposed to be ap-
pointed On the subject of salt, be author
lied to inquire ON what census Jno. N.
Clarkson, as agent, has based his distri-
button Of salt, and whether injustice may
not have been done certain counties by
the data upon which he has acted. BY
Mr.. Cowan, that the Committee of Courts
Of Justice inquire into the expediency OF
providing by law for the punishment and
prevention of smuggling. BY Mr. Am
bers, that special committee he appoint
ell to inquire into the cause of delay in
delivering the supply Of salt heretofore
contracted for with Stuart, Buchanan &
Co, to be delivered to the counties Of
the State; also, to inquire into the man
ner in which the Board of Public Works
have facilitated or delayed its delivery !.
also, that said committee be authorized
to send for persons and papers, and di
rected to report at as carly day as prac-
ticable.