Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-23
The Legislature Of Virginia.
SENATE. I
THURSDAY, June %, 1865.

Il
The Senate met At.ll A. NJ, Lieut. Gov. Cow
i PER In the Chair.
| MIR. Henry Tinsey, Assis'a ant Clerk, called the
roll Of members, and read the journal Of yester
/ days proceedings.
| A message was received from the House trans
hitting number of bills passed by that body
/ with amendments thereto, which were laid upon
/ tho table.
A message was received from the Governor, IN
the folio wing words
From close enquiries which | have made as to
/ the necessary ex penses Of the State Government.
| ind that was in error In my estimate that tif'
i teen cents on the 500 in value would be ade-
i Quate. | now advise that the tax be put Of lot
less than twenty-five cents on the 500 IN
| value"
ON motion of Mr. MERCER, the communities.
/ ton was referred 10 the Committee on Finance.
The bill am, nding certain sections Of the l+th
chapter Of the Code Of Virginia, In relation to the
compensation Of Government clerks, received from
| the House aud reported back from the committee
by Mr. LEMosKY, was taken up for concurrence
| in said amendments
Tho bill was ordered TO be engrossed, read q
| third time, and Was passed.
Senate bill no. J, providing for ascertsining
| the sense If the people on the subject OF al
! amendment of the Sd article of the Constitut on,
passed by the Senate, ami sent back from the
House with an amendment, was taken up and
concurred in without debate.
The bllt Was then passed.
House bill No. 7, apprvpristing S. COO to defray
the expenses OF the extra session VI the Leglsia'
tuIe, was passed
Lunatic Asylums at Stauuton and Williamsburg,
and the Institution for the Deaf, tie Dumb and
the Bind, for the present year, received from the
House, was taken up and passed.
The bill makes no specinc app opriation, as the
wants OF these institutions were not known, but
If l.aNar
nor 10 draw nom the treasury such sums Us taeir
wants IN y demand.
house bill No. 3, liking the time for the holding
of the general state election for members OF Con.
gIess, ana for filing vacancies in the General
Assembly, was passed as received from the
House.
The bill axes the second Thursday in October,
1865.
Mr.. MERCER, from the joint Committee Of
Conference on the disagreement Of the Sc yate 10
House amendment u senate bill No. !, providing
means for the removal OF disability Of certain
persons who are DISTINGUISHED, under article No.
of the Constitution, made report explanatory
OF The House and its smendmeu ts, which being
Glory, the amendments We agls'd to, and
the b II passed.
The Senate concurred in joint resolution from
the House, authorizing the clerk OF the nouse to
appoint an enrolling clerk, at rate not exceed
ing - per day, while actually employed.
Mr. MERCiEa asked leavs ~ ihtIo1u,e bill TO
provide compensation for the Adjutant General
OF the state.
IL lies over und r the rules.
A similar bill was received from the House. APP
propriating ST, 800 TO pay the Adjutant General
ana defray the expenses OF his office, and the
House bill was passed. Ayes-Nessrs. Powell,
MERCER, Iemosey, and Whitshurst. Noes-Mr.
I. \. TEAMS.
House bill, No. 6, TO amend and re-ensct the
36th section Of the 55th chapter Of the Code OF
1850, was laid upon the table, on motion OF Mi.
MEaClER.
The bill proposes to amend the law in relation
10 the inspection Of -four changing the rates
from one 10 two cents, 80 as 20 leave out the
words "a at Richmond, one cent"
Mr.. WHlTEHURSr, OF Norfolk, asked leave TO
offer the following bill. He offered it, he said, at
the suggestion Of the Governor
An Act for the Organization of City, Corpora.
ton and Courts of Hastings.
"section !. Be it enacted by the General As
gembly of Virginia, That in the organization of
CORPORATIONS and Courts OF Hastings, under the
restored gOvernnent Of Virginia, the Governor
shall proceed in the same manner as prescribed in
the ordinance attached to the Constitution for
organizing the cOuntes-of this Commonwealth.
Section 9 1his act shall be Ia force from its
passage"
The bill was put upon Its passage and passed.
House bill No. II was received from that body,
extending the time wherein certain civil officers
of Norfolk and Portsmouth may qualify and en-
ter upon their duties.
Mr.. MERCER asked for some information as
10 the necessity of the bill. The members from
9TH those districts were in their seas, and could
probably give il.
Mr.. LEMUSEY, of Portsmouth, said it was the
first time he had heard OF the bill.
Mr. WHlTEHURST, Of Norfolk, said he be-
lieved the bill was introduced TO meet the case Of
the Sheriff cf Norfolk, who had failed to qualify
within the required time. The bill proposed TO
extend the time to August, 1865.
The bill WAS laid over uader the rules. Suisse
oueutly the rules were suspended and tie bill
passed
The hour of one o'clock having arrived, the
House communicated 70 the Senate the fact that
the House was ready 10 60 into the execution Of
the order Of the day-the election Of Register
Of the Land OF e. The House was informed OF
the readiness OF the SenIte TO proceed TO an cleo
ton.
Mr.. MERCER nominated for the position R. E.
Nash. ESQ, Of Norfolk county, and no other
nominations being added the nomination was
communicated TO the House.
The Senate was informed that the same gentle
man was in nomination in that body, without op-
position.
The vote for Mr.. Nash stood fve-Messrs. lie.
mosey Mercier, Powell Tennis and Whitehurst.
In the House nine votes-makiDg the joint vote ID.
The Pres dent declared Mr.. Nash duly elected
Register Of he Land once.
Upon the announcement Of the result, the Sen.
ate took a recess until 7. Nj.