Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-09-11
LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA.
EXTRA SESSION.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1865.
SENATE.

,,Snrl House Oh the -i4tu August last. The
meeting was not humeruusIy attended, nor
md any general notice OF It's convenIng or OF
its purposes and Objects been glven; but IL
was cmluently Respectable Ill character ahu III
Intelligence, Numbering among It's members
| u,uuy vi our must practical and successful
| farmers For this reasvn, SIR, IL ciaillS my
respectful attention., though cannot regard
its resolutions III the light OF Instructions
from III. body vi tue people. But DO leei
| INSTRUCTED, by the voice VI circumstances, u
end Use tue action of that meeting as tendinS
| - u wise and judiciou5 measure OF legisi'i-
ttvn tor the ruiIei Vt asrlcultusea Inc LABOR
of euuiusIus "ur feius, always ieIt as one VI
I Tue most vnerous burtheus 70 the iariner, mas
uecvme almost, in mahycases, quite III lmpos-
| s.Dility, OWING " the great lUes OF laoof'ih
| ticled on us by the war. AT TIE Same lline'
| there has been very great reduction Ill ue
| Quantity Of cattle and other STOCK senefally
,nruugh the country, which renders the TASK
OF con1iniug them much easier ana the Dehe-
lit more evident. Ii the operations VI Tue
farm are u be Carried Oh with any pruhtuDle
result to the turIner or ~ the cunsuluers Vi
Trend there. are extensiSe districts vi our
,nu,,{rv in which the law of enclosures must
he ubrvgpled for u time at least. My county,
| regret to say, is wIihln tue biighted region,
ana hence / checr.ully cooperate Will the
-cntieluull composing tue meeting referred ~,
aud ask lur the Legislation lnucatei Iii my
resolution.
The resolution was received and adopted.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
The SPEAKER appointed the following stand
lug Committees!
ON G,ncyal Lams.-Me,srs. Logan, Alder
sun, G.rIcit, Hart, Mlicr, GARRISON nnu
JVnes.
On Roads and MterH9l NGrty1tioh.-
Mess.s. Jvnn-vu, Christian u AuausIa, liar',
| MarsDali, Mi.ten, biieS, Urlce, SIlniers, anu
Stevenson.
Un prtrsleycS 0ad E,ectioRS-Mcssrs. New
.yu. S,,,tcr, u ii.vn, SLILua and cnrlrcr.
On Courts If JuS!ice-Mcssrs. t9ghlii,
| A.esou, Uay,. Cnrisl.an ul M.luicsex, baii,
| rruzi.r, Nash, Collier anu Guy.
IN PaOtic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Christian
Of iIiud.esex, branch, hart, Christian Of Au-
-u.ta Bali, Nc n.ain, Garl.ett ami Billiard.
On Erecuiice OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Day,
Newton aud Gotham.
On LiGrary.-llcssrs. Lewis, Peters anu
| Jones.
ii. Bonds Of Iu5lic QJictrs.-Me:Srs.
| Newman, Gricc uuI Iay iuf Vi MontsUm-
| cry. -
On Pubiic HiHliuy--MesSrS. liart, lay
| .or Vi NuTiv!k, and IdOVrc.
On EnrotieU BN!S-MeSsrS. A!lcraOi,
,luesenb.rry, Dliiaru, Jones, oaunQess a.
Surlrer.
10 Examine First Aadtor'S O!gj"e.-Messrs.
Nash, Neeson aud Ball.
10 Eramins .SccvH2 -inGiior'S o@cc...--
Mcssrs. Wiley, Carson and Guy.
10 EGamtns Registers CWT. Messrs.
Bruce, billiard and uarrtson.
10 Examine CTe,k's OWce.-Me:srs. John-
son, Lewis uuu Cutler.
70 EIan.iae IreaSurer's QDice.-Messrs.
Splitter, Branch and Uuiauey.
VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD.
Mr.. JOHNSON submitted the following pre-
amble and JOINT resolution, which lie over un-
uec the rule, vi the Senate:
Whereas, The General Assembly Of 'ir-
GINA did, Oh the YIN day OF February, 1850,
authorize the Board Ut Public Works 10 loan,
vu Uehait Vt tile Commonwealth, To the |lT-
gInia and Tennessee railroad, the sum OF ole
million vi dollars, to be paid 70 the SAID COM
pauy Us therein directed, upon It's executing
~ the Board OF Public Works u mortgage
upon their whole property, real AND personal,
" secure the payment seml.annually Of six
per cent interest On the said amount loaned
said company and 10 secure the further pay.
meut vi uue-huli ut one per centum senl-aunu-
uiiy Ivr The repay mcnt vi the principal Vi said
loan aud, wAercis, the SAID Virginia anu
Tennessee railroad cUnlpuny. have PAID YarI-
vus sums vi money, wllh interest ut the rate al
seven per ccuiuiu, Ill liquidation Ut sad priit-
clpal, anu are now ueslrUus " liquliasinG
said debt aud obtaining Il rcuse Vi s;t.d mort
snSc; therefore,
lie II resolved by the General Assembly, That
the Second Auditor be, aud he is hereby author
Izcd ~ receive VI said company. the auUnn VI
said lvau sV made to he SAID company, with SIX
per centum per anuum thtrrupuu and III s"it
settlement, lo give said company credit for the
additional ono per ccntuui, With tile Interest
thereon, which has heen paid into the Treasury
by said company and that the Board of Public
Works cause the mortgage given by said cum.
pany TO ne released to said company.
RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were offered adopt,d
aud appropriately referred:
By Mr. DrkiSsoN-That SD much Of the
Governor message relates to the acquisitions
of the Confederate Government tur slaves 10 work
ON the Notifications around Richmond, under the
act Of Sd October 1862, be referred to the Com.
mittee for Courts u Justice.
BY MIR NEESUN-O OF irquiring into the expedi-
cncy Of providing facilities for the sale ard sup
plv of surplus grain and other subsistence in Ger
tain cases.
BY Mr. CARSoN-Of inquring in:o 'he e1pedi
cncy OF reporting Bill No., 81, entitled "a bill to
organize Hume Guards" which VAS reported 10y
the Committee Oh Military Affairs and rejected by
the Senate mt its last srssin,
BY MIR CoGIIILL-Otinquiring into the cxpcii
ercy OF adopting such legislation as will suppress
exturlion and speculation.
By Mr. HEEN-Oi authorizing the County
Courts to appoint Commissioners to fix prices and
appoint press masters Ior PROVISIONS aud necessa-
ries for soldiers families
BY Mr.. SEDDoN-Of clothing either Confed-
crate or State authorities with the power to re-
move MI slaves and free negroes from exposed
frontiers of the State TO some place Of SAFELY.
By Nj TAYLOR frepeslng all laws author-
izing tile counties and cities of the Common
wealth to issue notes of a less denomination
than one dollar.
BY Mr.. eus>ENRERRY-Of further restraining
the injurious consumption OF articles of subsis
tenee by dis.illaiion.
Bv Mr.. NEwMAH-Of reviving the law rs it
existed prior 10 1860, regulating hotel charges.
Mr.. NEWMAN said there was no class of e1-
tortioners to whom we had greater cause Il,
direct our attention than hotel Keepers. The
law referred 10 had existed from the organiaa
ton of the Government, and was dropped dur
ing the revisa of the Code in 1850.
The SrEAKER Lieut.. Gov. MoSTAGUE.) said
that when tho resolution was first read, he
| thought it would he inadmissible under the
rule adopted by the Senate, to "icgisla;c upon
such matters only cs pertain to the existing
war, or are of pressing and immediate I'M
portance" On reflection, however, he be-
ieved that hotel charges were Of pressing
and Immediate Importance, consequently the
resolution could be rereived under the rule.
PRESIDENT PRO TENroRE.
Mr.. NASH moved that tire Senate proceed
10 the election of President pro tenn. which