Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-26
LeRiaIu(urc.


The Senate was not in session on Saturday
having adjourned from Friday until Tuesday.
The House had a short session, the proceed
ings of which we condense from the Virginia
papers of yesterday morning:
Mr.. benson, from the Judiciary Committee
reported favorably on the Senate bill entitled,
AN Act to amend the Civil Practice Act "
(relating to Special Contracts). Agreed to.
Mr.. Parker, from the Committee on Ways
and Means, favorably reported, with amend
ments the House bill to provide for the taxa
ton and regulation of foreign Insurance
Companies doing business in the State.
Agreed to.
Then followed a long discussion about the
Chaplain question.
Mr.. Walters, from the Select Committee to
which was referred the duty Of consulting the
Attorney General in regard to the length Of
the sessions of the Legislature, reported that
the opinion of the Attorney General is pos
tive and unequivocal that the Sabbath day,
as also days of adjournment, are included in
the ninety days, as prescribed by the Consti-
tuition, and that the aforesaid instrument will
admit of no other legal Interpretation. Re-
port accepted.
Mr.. Bond moved that when the House ad-
journs, it do so to meet again on Tuesday
next, at II o'clock A. NJ.
The motion prevailed.
INTRODUCTION OF HILLS.
BY Mr.. Cutter, by unanimous consent-An
Act for the relief Of the Virginia Fire Depart.
ment. Requires the City Treasurer to sci
aside $4,000 out Of the first moneys received,
for payment of hose, etc. Read first time
This bill produced long and somewhat
heated discussion, the result of which was
that the rules we're suspended and the bill
considered in Committee Of the Whole, and
reported the bill back and recommended its
passage.
The bill was then read third time under d
suspension Of the rales, and passed BY the
following vote: Affirmative, 81; negative
none absent, 7 {; excused from voting, l /; as
follows:
Ayes-Beck, Brown, Bolan, Bien, Bishop
Bond, Cary, Cutter, benson, Epstein, Haw.
kins, Haskell, Lee, Myrick, Mayhugh, Nc
Keeby, Nichols, Parker, Patten, Rosenblatt
Rigby, Sine, St. Clair, Walter, Wellington
Young and Speaker.
Absent-Bearss, Greedy, Leavitt, Small
Shackleford, Smith and Toombs. Excused
Hinckley.
Mr.. Parker gave notice Of motion to recon,
slider; which keeps the bill in the House un
til next Tuesday.
Pursuant to notice, and by consent, Mr.
Hawkins introduced bill entitled An act to
amend and supplemental to an Act to pro.
vide for collecting and assessing county and
Territorial revenue. Referred to Committee
on Ways and Means.
Mr.. Rosenblatt got leave to introduce bill
and before the same was read Mr.. benson
rose and said he desired to be considered as
Directing 20 dispensing with reading bill the
first time. He did not feel that confidence in
his perceptive faculties that many of the
members did. He desired every bill read
through the first time for information. He
could understand very little of the general
purport of bill by hearing its title hastily
read, although he should insist for the entire
first reading of bill, he would be willing
that the bill should be read second time by
title.
Before Mr.. Rosenblatt's bill could be read
on motion, the House adjourned, pursuant to
order, till IL o'clock A. NJ, Tuesday next
Union. a"'