Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-13
Virginia Legislature.
FRIDAY, January II, 1866.
SENATE.

SENAIE-
The Senate met at the usual hour, and was opened
with prayer by Rev. Mr. Dashiel Of the Episcopal
Church. :
The Committee on Courts of Justice reported back
the hill introduced by Mr. KEEN, of Pittsylvania, to
divorce Rebecca Spragins' OF Halifax county, IRON
her husband, with substitute authorizing the court
of Halifax county to reAedr 'he case oil MIS- SPta-
gins. The bill was passed.
The Senate agreed 10 the amendment OF the House
to the Senate bill authorizing John NJ Fauntleroy
to establish ferry across the Mattaponi river.
Mr.. GAIT, from the Joint Committee on lmmigra,
ton made a lengthy written report, accompanied
by a bill entitled Il bill 10 promote and encourage
Immigration into the State OF Virginia. The mll
and report were ordered to be printed; 49,
Mr. boiling introduced the following resolution
which was adopted:
RsxoJreJ TIM the Committee on Roads and ln-
ternal Navigation be- and they are hereby, lnsruc-
ted TO enquire into the eXpediency oil authorizing
the Board of Public Works 10 dispose o the interest
of the Commonwealth in the SOuthsde Railroad
Company on account of a loan made to said rail-
Rad ronnany under an act of the Legislature pass
ed the 9th day of January, 1853 upon such terms as
may seem exiedient to enable the said company to
rebuild and re-establish their road.
Mr.. Trout of Augusta, introduced resolution
that the Committee Public Institutions have leave
10 visit the Lunatic Asylums during the session.
Adopted.
and Internal Navigation, in relation to the petition
of Charles W. Button and Others, asking the General
Assembly to pass such acts and resolutions as VIII
restore the management Of the Orange and Alex
andria Railroad to the hands of the President and
Directors,
The Committee recommended the passage of a
resolution to the effect that since John >. Barbour
had been duly elected President of the said road at
meeting of the stockholders, and that certain per-
sons had also been duly elected Directors therefore
the Board of Public Works should not longer run
the road at State expense, and under their own
agents, but that the property ana WORKS OF the
Orange and Alexandra Railroad Company be at
once Turned over by the Board to the President and
directors of said road. The report was adopted
MIR KEEN, of Pittsylyana, called up the Senate
bill to amend the first section OF chapter IL OF the
Code of Virginia in relation to certain officers NJ
the seat of Government, The first sectiOh oil the
bill provides that there shall be elected every TWO
wears by the joint vote OF the Two houses OF the
General Assembly. the following officers: Score
tarv of the Commonwealth, Treasurer, an Auditor
NJ Public Accounts, Superintendent of the Peni-
Tertiary, a general agent and Storekeeper OF the
Penitentary and Public Printer
The second section provides that "the Auditor of
Public Accounts shall assume all the powers and
duties of the Office of the Second Auditor, and may,
from time to time, appoint such clerks as he may
deem necessary.
The third section places the powers and duties
heretofore exercised by the Register OF the Land Ol
flee under the control of the Secretary of the Con-
monwealth, who shall appoint clerk ut compe-
tent salary to perform the duties required.
The fourth section repeats the act in relation to
the subject passed by the Legislature which assem-
bled in June last at Richmond, under call of the
Governor.
Mr. KEEN moved the indefinite pOstponement Of
the bill which motion was dscussed-at considerable
length, and the yeas and nays having been called
on theypOstponement, resulted-yeas Z nays, -.
Mr. COLEMAN, of Louisa, then moved to strike out
of the fifteenth section the words " and a Public
Printer and the yeas and nays having been Or
dered, the words were stricken out.
Mr.. KEEN moved to strike out the fourth section,
repeating the former act. Lost.
The salary of the clerk who performs the duties of
the Register of the Land Office, was fixed at twelve
hundred dollars and the bill was then passed.
Mr.. ROBINSON offered a resolution as to the pro-
priety of allowing the railroad companies of this
State the privilege OF uniting with railroad cOmpa-
MES outside of this Commonwealth to do an express
business on their roads, or become stockholders in
any express company now in existence. Agreed to.
bill was passed in relation to the circuit courts
forcorpOratiOns.
Also a bill to incorporate the James River In
provement Company.
Also the bill in relation to the divorce case of Re-
becca Spragins.
On motion, the Senate adjourned