The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-26
crXF ;i1 =. ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
THURSDAY, January %, 1860.
SENATE.

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HOUSE bills INFERRED. 81. II.
| An act for the assessment. of persons, pro.
| perty, income and salaries 10 committee on
| Finance.
An act providing for the sale Of lands or
| scrip donated by Congress for education. To
| Committee on Public Institutions
An act to incorporate the Mantua Coal.
Mining Company. To Committee on deherai
| Laws. D.
An act TO incorporate the town OF Port re Ire.
public, in the county of Rockingham 40
| Committee on General Laws.
| An act authorizing the County oouf VI ~ ~,
folly county to borrow money, and for other
| nurnoses To Committee on Iehelai i-aN ~
| An act to amend and re-ehact secIoh s,M
! of chapter sixteenth OF the ,oie' Az ~
| Of Justice.
| mr. senate hill incorporating this company
| uas returned from the House with an aihela
,,an, which was agreed 10 by the Senate, ana
| the bill passed.
CHARTER OF ALEXANDRIA.
| An act TO amend the charter of this city was
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.
BY Mr.. CALI:
| I. Pesolped Jv the General assembly Of Virginia,
| That the Secretary of the Senate and the clerk
of the House of Delegates give pubic nolice,
| the said notice to be renewed at the beginning
! If every session. that in all applications maze
/ 10 the General Assembly for acts incorpo-
rot;no ;oint stock companies, the bill shall be
| printed at the expense of the applicant ana
| copy OF the same laid on the desk OF each meh-
! Der of both Houses. Laid over.
| RAPE AND ADDICTION.
| Tho Senate passed the bill furnishing the
! first of these offences, at the discretion OF the
Jury. by death or imprisonment in the penn.
teniiary from five to ten years. The second is
| punished by confinement In the pehlteh'ialS
| not less than three or more than ten years.
MARRIAGES OF CoLoRED PERSONS.
! The bill amends the fourteenth section OF
! chaDter one hundred and eight of the Code
| II proyides for the register OF marriages. &c.
! IL further declares that "where coloreu
+! persons before the passage OF TINS act, sii;.ll
! have undertaken and agreed 10 occupy wv
! relation to each other of husband and wife, ana
| shall be cohabiting together as such ~ lhe
! time of it's passage, whether the rites OF mar
| riage shall have been celebrated between thelh
! or not, they shall be deemed husbana anu VIE
| and be entitled to the rights and privileges,
! and subject 10 the duties and Obligations, OF
that relation in like manner rs II they had been
duly married as white persons arerequired ny
| law TO be married; and all thelr chiloFeH shtlI
be deemed legitimate whether porn pelofe Vi
after the passage OF this act
| This act shall be in force from its pas
sage" The bill passed the Senate.
UNLAWFUL MARRIAGES..
| The bill amends sections one, three, five
! seven and fifteen OF chapter one huhuTeu anu
| ninety ak Of the Code
/ ~ FURNISHES bigamy with penitentiary Tor
! not less than one nor more than five years;
| 49, If any person, white or colored, shall 60
out of this State for the purpose of being mar
! ried and he married and return to reside IN
! it, they shall be punished as II the marriage
! had been in this State. The fact OF ihGlI
| cohabitati ton here rs man ana VIE snail pe
evidence of their marriage.
(5). Fixes 4 penalty for marriage without
/ license.
~ Furnishes by imprisonment all persons,
white or colored who lewdly cohabit together,
or who, married or not, are guilty OF open or
| gross lewdness.
| 0j). Furnishes by n fine the offence OF pro-
/ fame cursnS and swearing.
This act shall be in force from its passage.
! This bill passed the Senate.
ADMISSION or NEGRO EVIDENCE.
The bill amends and re-enacts section nine,
chapter one hundred and three, of the Code OF
| 1860, defining amulatto, providing for the pun
! shment of offences by colored persons ana lor
the admission of their evidence Ill legal illVes-
legations, and repeats all laws i'll relation TO
| slaves and slavery.
| EVERY person who has one fourth part or
more OF negro blood shall be deemed Il
mulatto":
THAT for all criminal offences committed by
! colored persons the punishment shall be the
same as provided by law for white persoAs
who commit like offences
| THAT in all criminal prosecutions agalnst
colored persons they shall be entitled 10 trial
! by jury
That thereafter the evidence of Indians and
colored persons shall be heard in all legal inVes-
LEGATIONS, at law or i'll equity, TO nave such
weight and credence as the jury, court OF JUS
| tice hearing ii may allow TO it; but such CYL
| deuce shall in all cases, in courtSof equity as
well as in proceedings at common law, DC
given riro r0ce before the tribunal that Is 10
weigh it, and not in the form OF aeposio'o n
! No appellate tribunal shall supercede OF
| reverse the Judgment, order or decree OF an
| inferior tribunal on the ground that such
| Indignant, order or decree is contrary 10 the
| evidence of colored persons, where the trlbu-
nal seeing and hearing the witnesses examined
certifes on the record that 1t did not give ere
dence 10 such witnesses. The evidence Oh
colored persons, so taken, may be reduced 10
writing and spread on the record or 1lled In the
cause when desired by any party to the pro
ceeding or deemed proper by the court: pro
vided, that when the parties to the proceeding
are all white persons, the evidence Oh no
colored person shall be received 10 prove facts
| occurring prior 10 the lst day of January, 1865.
This act shall be in force from It's passage
The bill passed the Senate.
REPEAL.
A bill TO repeal an act entltied an act
relating 10 witnesses, passed by the IeheTal
| Assembly of the Restored Government OF VIZ
ginia on the 29th day of January, lS6+' was
! passed.
| MASTERS AND APPRENTICES.
The bill amends the fifth section, chapter
! one hundred and twenty-siX, OF the Code OF
i
any minor is bound an apprentice shall spe-
city his age, and what art, trade or business
he is to be taught. The master, whether II Is
expressly provided therein or not, shall be
bound to teach the same, and shall be bound 10
teach him reading, writing and common arith-
! metic including the rule of three.
| "This act shall be in force from its passage
The bill passed the Senate
MANASSAS GAP AND WINCHESTER AND POTOMAC
! RAILROAD COMPANIES.
A bill to amend the charters of these com
| panies was called up on motion OF Mr.. MEADE
! The bin grants the Manassas Gap Company
the authority TO construct q railroad IRON
| Winchester 10 Strasburg 1t was amended
and passed unanimously.
VIRGINIA WHITE LEAD, PAINT AND OIL COMPANY.
An act TO incorporate this company passed
REPEAL or OATH LAW.
| A bill TO repeal en- act, passed by the Alex
| andria Legislature rs war measure, pre-
scribing oaths in certain cases" was passed
| NATIONAL MERCANTILE EXCHANGE COMPANY.
! A bill TO Incorporate this company, the prln,
| cipal Office OF which shall he in Richmond and
i whose business shall be "to facilitate Inc
\ exchange of commodities and productions ma
| 10 make purchases for others; 10 sell Ill the
| best markets the various productions OF the
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