The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-12-12
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
TUESDAY, December II, 1866.
SENATE.

SENATE.
The Senate was called to order at II
O'Clock BY the Lieutenant Governor.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Peterson.
COMMUNICATION FROM THE HOUSE.
A communication was received from the
House announcing the passage of bill en-
titled an act to incorporate the Citizens
Savings Bank of Petersburg.
Also, a bill entitled an act to incorporate
the Virginia Express Company.
Also, a bill entitled an act to incorporate
the Fincastle Savings Institution.
VIRGINIA EXPRESS COMPANY.
The bill to incorporate the Virginia Ex-
press Company was taken up in its order,
and Mr.. Meade moved to amend by striking
out the words at the end of the second
section, which are: "No stock shall be
transferable to any person who is not q
stakeholder without an express order of
the Board of Directors"
The amendment was opposed by Mr..
Trout, Of Augusta, who, in concluding, ex-
pressed the hope that the amendment
would be withdrawn. He said, further
more, that the lack of clause of this kind
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Mr.. Keen, of Pittsylvania, opposed hasty
action on the bill, and moved that it be laid
ON the table and referred to a committee.
The motion to refer was opposed by Mr..
Gray, who stated that the Senate had not
much to do, and that the bill might better
be taken up to-day than at any time.
Mr.. Keen said that if the bill were laid
upon the table it might be afterwards
printed.
Mr.. Gray said that he had received a
note from o member of the House stating
that the bill had been printed on the motion
of Mr.. II. Turner, an opponent OF the bill /,
before it had been referred to q committee.
Mr.. Lemosy remarked that the Senate,
in his opinion, had right to print the
bill and charge the expense to the COM
pany.
Mr.. Lee opposed the suggestion to print,
and said the parties interested in the bill
were willing to print it.
Mr.. Keen said that the bill had been so
changed in the lower House that there was
no comparison between them. He moved
to have the bill printed at the expense OF
the State.
The Chair read from the act passed Feb.
ruary q, 1866, to show that such course
would be illegal. He said that he had
like every member, taken an obligation to
obey the laws, but would leave the discus.
sion of the question to the Senate.
Mr.. McRae doubted that the words Oh
the law as expressed by the President did
not clearly express the meaning, and there
fore the bill could be printed without di'
rection of the law.
Mr.. Gray opposed Mr.. McRae's views.
Mr.. Lemosy contended that the law
compelled the printing of charters Of pri-
yate companies at the expense of parties
interested.
Mr.. Lee said that corporations were will.
ing to print at their own expense, and he
opposed the printing at the expense of the
State, for which he saw no necessity.
Mr.. Robinson said that the real question
at issue was the Senate's right TO print
such bills, Sc. He thought the subject had
better he disposed Of now.
Mr.. Gray opposed the motion to print
which was finally rejected.
Some further discussion ensued, and the
bill was laid upon the table.
Mr.. Keen moved to amend the goth
rule of the Senate by adding the words
"without special order, and all bills either
OF local or private nature, whether orr
ginating in the House or Senate, shall be
printed at the public expense, if ordered
by the Senate"
Mr.. Meade called for the yeas and nays
and the amendment was rejected by the
following vote:
YEAs.-Messrs. Keen, McRae, Strother,
Trout.
NAYs.--Messrs. Alexander, Below, Boil
ling, Csbell. Carter, Crockett, Davis, Du-
lany, Gait, Hannah, Lawson, Lee, Leposy,
Meade, Miller, Mitchell, Peck, Powell,
Power, Richmond, Robinson, Sanders, ST.,
Taliaiero, Westinghouse.
BILL PASSED.
House bin to incorporate the Fincastle
Savings Institution was taken taken mp
under the suspension Of the rules, and Mr..
Miller moved to amend by striking out the
words /" twenty five thousand and insert
me $40. less than twenty thousand nor
pafs thsn two hundred thousand" The