Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-03

4 4 As.s Ii. hih, 70 ihe EIysie Elaksis sil'
eject Of severe wnsnd fscslYea ~ shs Sl.s
nittee on Finance doubt EXISTING 30 the costtu
tonay OF such Measure ~ view % the fact thaf MI
h. has not been in attendance at the pcesent session
| Mr. LIVELY .oAesed y resdqtiqnw leh was adopted
uqurng into the ekpedieagy OF the passage OF more
atrngent awsior the projection Of farmers against depfe
~ ca.isd M the bin from, the Finance
Committee for the sale Of certain bonds and stocks OF the
State To meet the expenses Of She State Government
Amongst the bonds oI ~ sS Soy .g
Tho hill nronoses to divide the largest bonds INTO bos
of smaller amounts to enabIethe people more generally
10 participate in the purchase The STATE h'TeAs ~
The internal companies are not to be SOLE
nIe the commissioners Of saes hall deem it Necessary
The bill was orderedto be engrossed Tor uifd read
ing. -; a., Ln,- II pEyn1 +
TIZ moved to strike from il the first section which was
regarded as equivalent TO motion TO reject the Dinot
agreed O--ayes 4O noes o.: 81, -. .-,.,,
no stricken ont he would move proposition 10 sell the
bonds of the Commonwealth "a an amount necessary 10
family of VIM f. herndon the mileage aud per diem due
sad HerndOn member oil the House oil Delegates VINO
meet the expenses OF the Government
ON MOTION OF Nj. DUYAL, bill providing Tor pay
ment 10 James Smith and his company OF partisan
for their services in Western Virginia during the
nrent war Was taken mp and ordered TO be engrossed
on motion OF Mr. ENGLISH, the rules were suspend
ed and House bill Incorporating lhs Nifsina hosPl'i
Relief Association was taken up aud ordered 10 DE en-
"'ossed for a third reading Tie bill appropraies 500
900 As a fund for the Association
Mr. STAPLES from select committee, reported
bill providing submitting tOthe voters al the ensuing
State election the question Of comforting on he next
Legislature the powers OF convention TO eAiN curing
Mr. pEANE from the Same committee presented mi.
norty report declaring that il ineNedent at the PIE
ant session 90 Hesitate the subject of convention
Both reports weNajd ON the table and ordered to he
printed -. q -
Mr. HIETT OF Hampshire, announced % ile House that
his colleague MI MONROE absent IN consequence 81
an effort Join his regiment To repel raid OF the enemy
AT present in the Valley pi Virginia.
Mr. MAGRUDER called up Senate bill making an APP
proprati0n Tor increasing the salaries o the professors
md for keeping operation the educational exercises OF
the University of virginia,
On this bin a lengthy discussion ensued Messrs. MA
GRUDER aud SHACkEl. FORD being the Chief support.
ers of the bill and Messrs BASkERlILL aud TOMl.lN
in opposition to it, The opponents OF the bill based Their
10 tho bill mainly the fact that the war had
drawn OIL nearly all the students except about thirty
wounded soldiers and that the appropriation was Tor The
benefit of the professors and not for the usual object Of
education On the other hand il maintained that
this great State institution would in effect 10 abolished
bv Withholding all appropriation Tor It's support.
The vote on the passage of the bill waS-dyes ~ n0e-
o. Rejected the Constitutional majority
On motion of Mr. BASKERVILLE, the vote rejecting
the bin was reconsidered and motion OF Mr. MAGRU-
DER it was laid on the table and made the order OF the
day Tor Thnrday at II o'clock.
On motion of Mr.. B0UL BIN the bill snspendlng the
ac the last session imposing taxes Tor the support OF
government and regulating the tax on licenses was
taken up and read the second time ana ordered To he en-
crossed for final reading.
The bill giving county courts The power u dispense
with the fence law in certain counties was pas sed
Al three clock the chair was vacated until hali-pas
seven o'clock al which time Mr.. ANDERSON gave notice
he should move TO go into secret session