The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-18
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
SENATE.
SArfEnAN hnr


BY MIR ROBINSON:
.'Eesulr,i, That Joint committee Of thr,c on tho
Iart ~ the senate and hve the part of the House
l." appointed 70 visi, the Eastern and Western
Auuato isy lums, and institutions for the Eduea :
ton ~ the beai and Dumb and Blind. and examine
into their condition and manageme Passed
Ey Mr.. HANNAH:
" RosoIctj That tho Committee Of Courts Of Jus
ii't he instructed 10 inquire into the eXpedienrv
q pTo'hiinS by law enforce the uualtfcatinn or
',r>"eF> "i tn" poor after their eeciion.' Passed
Mf: iAhi hiAEkRk" offered preamble and re-
SSiniion 10 The effect that
Whereas Virginia had conformed To the forms
and conditions required Of her. that ii is her right
nd duty, +" express regret and disappointment, at
having her members elect refused seats i'm tho
Hltrd States couucils.'' ~
After a brief discussion it was Withdrawn.
Mr BonsNsoS offered the following:
. h,s"af,a, That SO mufh of the Governors
and Dumb and Blind and Lunatic Asviums. be re-
icfTed 70 the COMMITTEE on Public Institutions:
Agreed To.
Mr.. ROBINSON also offered the following.
h'spfrtd, That the Committee on Publio In
si'iuii"hs be aud they .are hereby, instructed to
inq Ni!1 it" III, late Arinory, with power to send
fof persons and papers.
On motion Of Mr.. SrRoTHER n bill autho
rixing the Auditor of Public Accounts to nav
claims Of public officers in certain cases was
taken up and passed unanimously.
- Inc ioiioWing bills were received from the
House of Delegates
An act 10 provide for the liabilities of the
l-unatlc Asylum at Staunton, incurred prior
70 the lSt July, l>65. Taken up and passed
unanimously.
An act 10 amend the charter Of the Midlo-
thlan Coal Mining Company and toextend
tAc duration Of the same. The Senate agreed
IL the House amendment.
The report OF The Select Committee on Pnh.
lie Printing was amended by striking out the
resolution 10 go into the Immediate elec ctiOn of
n Public Printer.
Mr. McRAE offered the following substitute
IOr the report OF the committee.
"Rfs0{r~d, That the matter relating to Public
Printer he ree"inmitted 10 the Joint Select Commit
toe, vino requested to advertise for pronosaIs
fol the execution of the public printing"
Mr.. MCRAB advocated the contract system
and The resolution in n few remarks but the
resolution was lost.
Mr.. GRAY opposed, in a short but telling
speech, the appointment of a Public Printer
lie showed tho frauds pcrpetrated under that
system.
Mr. MBADs replied with much force in favor
Of electing Public Printer. He held that tho
'ise Of the contract system by the United States
GoSernment WAS itself 4 strong argument
against il. He wanted Nirginian, and did not
want him ullderbid by Yankee printers.
Mr.. CABsLL spoke i'll favor Of the contract
system.
MI. KEEN opposed the contract system on
the ground that he was opposed to reforms
(as they are called Of all kinds He spoke
with much earncstiess.
Mr.. ROBINSON wanted to stop this debate
allt get to- the vote.
The report of the Select Committee was &C.
copied 10y the Senate--ayes l9; noes Is.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met 1T - O'Clock, M.
The SPEAKER announced the following select
JOINT committee on the pardon of Jefferson
Davis and others, and the restoration of the /.
Nri. of habcas corpus: Messrs. Baylor, Martin, |
Holmes, Bowles, Hancock, Trout, Lewis |
thildrcss, Mann, Parsons, Langhorne.
Mr.. JoYSEs from the Committee on Courts |
OF Justice, reported the following bills, which |
were read and ordered to be printed:
a bill to provide that credit in all suits here !
after brought shall be endorsed on the original
writ.
A bill to amend and re-enact section three of !
chapter three of the Code.
bill providing for the punishment of va |
grants. This bill provides that vagrants may |
he arrested by the overseers of the poor or !
Others having charge of the county police on !
warrant of a justice, and hired out for a term |
not exceeding three months, the proceeds of !
hire TO be appropriated to the support of the |
Eagrant and his family; or, if they cannot be !
hired out, may be sent to the poor-house or !
work house, or put on public works and va |
grants are described to be
!. All persons who shall unlawfully return in
!" any county or corporation whence they have
been legally removed.
''2. All persons who, not having wherewith to !
ina nain themselves and their families, live idly
ard without employment, and refuse to work for |
the usual ana common wages given to other labor
ers IN the like work III the place where they are.
g. All persons who Shall refuse to perform the |
work which shall be allotted to them by the over
"4 All persons going about from door to door, or
placing themselves in streets, highways or other
roads, TO beg aims, and all other persons wander
-. All persons who shall come from any place
without this Commonw ealth to any place within it, |
and shall be found lettering and residing therein |
and shall follow no iabor, trade, occupation Or bu
siness, and have visible means of subsistence, |
and can give reasonable account Of themselves |
or their business III such place.
Mr.. GARNET, from the Committee on Pro-
positions and Grievances, reported back Sc |
nate bill to amend and extend the charter of |
The Midlothian Coal Mining Company, with |
an amendment, which was concurred in, and |
the bill passed.
Mr.. GRAHAM, from the Committee ON Roads,
&c, reported the following, which were read |
and ordered to be printed:
bill to direct the transfer OF certain turn.
pixies and plankroads 10 the counties in which
they lie.
A bin to authorize the Richmond and Dan
vile Railroad Company to borrow money.
a bill to authorize the Richmond and Dan
vile railroad to secure certain liabilities TO be
Incurred by the Piedmont railroad.
Mr.. BowLEs, from the Committee on Agri-
culture, reported resolution that the petit
tion OF Duff Green asking for the incorpora-
ION of the 80 American Indus trial Agency"
and the " Mining, Manufacturing and I'm
prorement Company be granted. The re-
port was accepted.
reported bill for arresting suits against the
Dthhs OIL this State, so that all creditors OF
those institutions may stand upon the same
Iooting: Ordered to be printed but was sub
reconsidered, and amendments being
,nitted. -
House bill to provide for the liabilities Of the
>taunton Lunatic Asylum was passed.
House bill providing that +" when any citizen
Of this state, being twenty ono years Of age.
shaiI reside elsewhere, and in good faith be-
come the citizen Of some other State of this
I nion, or the citizen or subject Of a foreign
State or sovereign, he shall not bs deemed a
citizen Of this State was considered and
passed.
The resolution providing for Joint com. ,
'nittce 10 make contracts for the Printing of
The two Houses was taken up, and motion |
TO lay on the table by Mr.. DuSSIsarox was
rejected. |
On motion, by Mr.. WADDELL, the words en-
the committee to make contracts for =
printing were stricken out, and the resolution
passed.
, by Mr.. WADDRLL.-A resolution that the
ommittee on Public Printing inquire into the ,
Apediency OF appointing superintendent TO {
.rt out and supervise the execution Of the
printing. Agreed to.
~ BIT, PESnLEfox "A resolution that the .
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