Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-19
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

HOUSE OF DELEGATES
The House met Mt the usual hour-thc SPEAKER in
the Chair
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
TO Tie SDe0Ler If Mc House qf Delegates 81 Hc
General assembly d lirgiHiG:
SIR have the honor to transmit, through You,
To the Honorable body over which you preside, the
accompanying memorial OF the officers ol The New
York y Virginia Steamship Company, and the
naucrs thcrcwi tl, asserting Il claim against the
Commonwealth OF Virginia In my opinion this l.
one OF that class OF claims which justice and the
| GOOD faith of the Commonwealth require should b.
satisfied, and, aS Such1 commend u 10 your FAVOR
able consideration.
| have the honor 10 he,
Very respectfully, &C.,
+. il. PE!RPOINT.
The memorial states that the New York ~ VII.
einia Steamship Company-rhartcr-l 10y the State
Of New York in lSjO-wcrc the owners OF the steam
shin, JaIncston, Yorktown and Roanoke and that
said steamers were seized IN April 1851, 10y order Of
Governor Ictclrr for the USE of the State of VIZ.
GINA and that they were afterwards converted into
ouuboats and turned over Ia the Confederate SER
Wee and that the value uf said steamers was S3m
900 in gold The company do not ask pay for The
! Roanoke, valued ut SlaO,OO0 The memorial Is
signed by Francis 9kiddy, President, and also ly
the Secretary of the CompIny-yoluminous deposit
tons accompanying the memorial
FROM THE COMMITTEE OF COURTS OF JUSTICE.
That it is inexpedent to report bill declaring that
any person receiving twenty votes for the office -!
constable may be deemed elected, and ASK Ia hr BE-
Ucvcd from tile further consideration of the same.
! Agreed TO- Also that 50 much of the Governors
message ~ relates Ia the collection OF taxes, referred
Ia said committee be- referred 10 the Committee or
| Finance Agreed 10.
4 bill to amend ana rcenact section fourteen Of
chapter one hundred and nnety-two oi the tndr at
! 1850 The hill make, the stealing OF live dollars
from the person of any grand larceny. pun:shI-
| BILE with confinement IN til. penitentaTy Tor t"rm
| not less than five years II makes the stealing 0l
| twenty dollars, otherwise than from the person,
Grand larceny, punishable wth not ic's Than Three
NOR NOR. than ten years in the penitcntiary II IN
either case the amount reduces the offence 10 petit
larceny it is made punishable with not lr$' than
one years confinement in jail, and at the discretion
of the court, with stripe.
A bill prescribing the duties of Telegraph compl-
| MES.
! FROM THE COMMITTEE on PROPOSITIONS ETC.
| Mr.. GARSETT, from said committee, reported adj
verse to the creation of the Office Of State Geologt
! in the present condition of the state finances.
Also adverse to the establishment, ut TINS time oil
negro poor houses in the counties OF the state, and
| leYyhg . captaton tax upon the negroes ior Tie
| support thereof.
Also, against the expediency Of consideration of
| the petition of Coleman ID. Bennett, Sheriff of Pitt
! sylyania county.
Also, that, rs the subject of the abolition of Sec
| ond Auditor and Register of the Land Office has
already been before The House they deem ineXpe-
dent to express an opinion upon the subject
The request of the committee to be discharged from
the further consideration of the above subjects was
agreed TO.
The same Committee reported blck the following
bills:
bill incorporating the Bath Iron Mining and