The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-24

TUESDAY, January %. 1866
SENATE.

TUESDAY, January % 1900
SENATE.
Lieutenant. Governor CowPER in the chair'
Prayer by DIR. Hopson
DISTRIBUTION OF THE CODE
M Zorro from the Committee on the
| library. reported that the committee my
that there are on hand five thousand COPIES -
the Code. and recommend that copy De III,
nished 10 each member oil the Iehel"'
bly,. ,.,,,,u,rg
The following bills, defining the condition Oh
the negro, were taken up and passed 10 'iieh
engrossment;
TIL. bill amends and re-enacts the louLlh
section of the Code of Virginia for 1860 III reIa
| lion to offences against the sovereignty Oh tio
State. ,;,.o ,,,i,, n
| colored person to make instruction, oy III
citing the colored population to make war
mon the white populatio OF the STATE, OF
| with any person to induce the MAKING Vi suei
| insurrection he shall, whether such lhsuIIec-
| ton no made or not, be punished by CONNIE
ment in the penitentlary lot not ieSS 'ii''i'
five nor more than ten years: ,.-...u.o >,
"This act shall be in force from its passage
The bill was engrossed, read third Tune,
| and passed.
RAPE AND ABDUCTION.
"a bin 10 amend and enact the fifteenth
! and sixteenth sections of chapter one huhdreu
and ninety-one OF the Code Of Virginia, IN
| relation TO rape and abduction was read,
amended, and ordered its engrossment'
NEGRO TESTIMONY.
"a hill TO amend and re-enact the ninth
section of chapter one hundred and three OF
the Code Of Virginia for 1860, defining Il
mulatto, providing for the punishment OF
offences by colored persons ana 1or the au-
mission of their evidence III legal lnFestiSa-
tons and to repeal all laws and parts OF laws
| i'm relation to slaves and slavery, and for other
purposes" was amended and ordered 10 its
| engrossment.
UNLAWFUL MARRIAGES.
ga bill 10 amend and re-eDact sections one,
three, five, seven and sixteen of chapter one
hundred and ninctysiX of the Code OF If.
ginia in regard to unlawful marriages, &c,
was ordered TO engrossment.
BAsTARps.
"a bill to amend and re-enact the trst sec
ton of chapter one hundred and twenty-five
Of the Code of Virginia in relation 10 the nam ,
tenance of illegitimate children, was amended
and ordered 10 engroSsment.
REGISTERS OF MARRIAGE.
"a bill to amend and re- enact the fourteenth
section of chapter one hundred ana elSht OF
the Code of Virginia for 1850 in regard 10 regis
tiers of marriage and TO legaliZe the marriages
of colored persons now cohabltlhg us huSpaho
and wife was ordered 10 engrossment.
The bills were not all reached. They are ten
in number, and have been prepared by the
Committee on Courts OF Justice win great
care and after long and patient toll. 1nelf
general tenor is the recognition of all the new
ly-acuuired rights of the freedmen ana the
amPlest provision for his protection III al ilis
relations, both with the white man ana Win
the negro. In word, it endoWs HIM win ne
enlarged rights and fixes upon him the
increased responsibilities incident to freedom
as far us il can be done without dttrlulelt 10
the white race. The bills were discussed NJ
great length in the Senate, and the almost uni
yrrsal feeling being kindly and fostering TO the
negro and anxious 10 elevate and protect nm
and make him Il useful laborer OH the soil
where he has already tOled so long.
Al a late hour the Senate ADJOURNED
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
House met at 10 o'clock. Noprayer:
Under the new rules the Journal OF yester-
daY was read,
THE MORNING HOUR.
Under the new rules, after the reading OF
the Journal, one hour, to be called the morn
ing hour shall be devoted TO the dispatch OF
business on the SPEAKER table which consists
of the reports Of committees, bills and Joint
resolutions sent from the Senate ana TeSOll-
tons requiring rhe Judgment OF the House.
! Anresolutions other than the last mentioned
shall be referred to the proper comm tees
I without being presented to the House
From the Committee on Courts of Justice,
report of their consideration OF q resolution
from Mr.. STRAuGHAN, inqulrlnS INTO the eNl
diency of prolonging the present session, was
presented. They recommend the Adoption
of Il concurrent resolution prOlonging the pre-
sent session of sixty days for Il period OF not
more than thirty days. The report ana rcSo-
luton were agreed 10 by vote of ayes, -
noes. !.
Mr.. STRAranAy moved n reconsideration OF
the vote, which was refused.
The unfinished business of the " morning
hour of Yesterday was taken up as next III
order and the discussion of the report OF the
Committee on Claims adverse to the compen-
sation of certain parties for furnishing pro
visions TO the penltentlary ana certain other
State institutions during the war was
resumed.
MIR. WILSON argued in favor of the claims.
They were created for the feeding OF criminals,
and i'm support of institutions provided Tor
long before the war. These claims We're not
created by the usurped government, or In AID
of the rebellion, and the clauses OF the Consti-
tuition quoted he did not think applied TO
, them.
Mr.. ROBERTSON quoted the case of that por.
ton of Maine called CASTLE, which during the
war of 1872 was disputed territory. After the
United States had gained control over it, the
question arose rs 10 whether or not the taxes
and duties due from CASTLE should be paid to
the United States. The decision returned was
to the effect that no duties due from CASTLE
during the time when il was under the control
, of the Britich Government were 10 be paid
to the United States. He thought that this
decision would apply in the present case.
Mr.. WATKISs's amendment to Mr.. LEE s
motion 10 recommit 10 Committee on Claims
, was agreed TO. The report will, therefore, 60
to the Committee on Courts Of Justice.
EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALES.
Bill providing for the employment of female
clerks in the Land Registers office was put
on its third reading, and, requiring Il constitu-
tional vote, was lost by vote of ayes, A;
noes, 81.
BILLS PASSED.
Bill to provide more effectually for the pun.
ishment of horse stealing was, on its third
reading, passed.
. Bill to amend and enact the provisions OF
the Code of 1850, and the acts subsequent
thereto in regard TO the public printing, was,
on its third reading, passed.
THIRD ARTICLE or THE CONSTITUTION.
The ordinance altering and amending the
third article of the Constitution was put on
its second reading.