Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-18
Virginia I.egisla ture.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WEDNESDAY, January II, 1866.
President CowPER called the Senate to order at
twelve o'clock, III.
Prayer by Rev. Dr. Burrows.
REPORTS PROM COMMITTEES.
Mr.. GILMER, from the Committee on Courts of
Justice reported several bills.
Mr. GRAY from the Committee on General Laws
also reported batch of bills.
soUTH.sIDE RAILROAD.
Mr. KEEN. from the Committee on Roads and In.
ternal Navigation, reported House bill authorizing
the South-Sde railroad to borrow money. The bill
passed.
SOUTHERN ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY.
Mr. HANNAH called up House bill to incorporate
the Southern Accident Insurance Company. The
bill passed. .-....... .....
SENATE PRINTING.
The report of the committee in relation to Senate
printing (printed in this paper yesterday, RECON-
mending that the Senate printer be paid the same
price for work that is charged private individuals for
the like work, was taken up.
Mr. KEEN opposed the adoption Of the report. He
said there was vast difference between what
printer should charge private individual for small
lob and the extensive and continuous work ordered
to be executed by the Senate lie would offer a
substitute for the pending proposition which, if not
acceptable TO Mr. Goode, the Senate printer, would
be eagerly sought by Others if he should resign.-
lie offered the following resolution:
ReSOlred, That the bill be recommitted TO the
Committee on Finance with instructions 10 repeal
the act passed July l6 1861, and to re-enact the
thirteenth section of chapter twenty of the Code of
1860 relative to the printer for the Senate to take
effect from the commencement of the session.
Mr. GRAY and Mr.. Boiling explained the report
of the committee and advocated its adoption.
The ayes and noes were called on the resolution
of Mr.. Keen to recommt the bill and instruct the
committee with the following result-ayes IL noes
~ GO Mr
The following is the law governing the pay OF the
Senate printer, before its repeal at Wheeling, and
which Mr.. Keen desires re-enacted:
The Senate may appoint annually, printer Tor
that body who shall. for his annual salary print
and have bound two hundred copies of the Journal
of the Senate, with the index thereto, and perform
such other duties as the Senate by its rules requires
All other work which he may do, by order of the
Senate shall be deemed extra work, and paid Tor as
is extra work done by the Public Printer"
BILLS PASSED.
House bill authorizing the county courts of the
State to borrow money for county purposes.
House bill to incorporate the Atlantic Dock and
Iron Company.
THE DOVER COMPANY.
Mr.. Gray called up the Senate bill to incorporate
Joseph r. Anderson, William II. Aspnwall, Charles
=. Stone and Joel Parker, and their associates and
SUCCESSORS or majority of them, a body polite and
corporate by the name and style of the Dover Com
pany for the purpose Of holding and possessing real
estate in the counties of HenrcO and Goochland, in
the State of Virginia, not exceeding five thousand
acres and other property, and of mining transporta
ton and manufacturing, who, by that name and
STYLE shall have perpetual succession, &c, &c.
Mr. Gray explained the provisions OF the bill, and
urged its passage as one well calculated TO develope
our resources and bring capital into the State.
Mr.. Gmer moved to strike out New York" rs
one of the places at which the directors of the conf
pany may meet.
The motion was resisted by Messrs. Gray, McRao,
Morcier and Others,
Upon Mr.. GILMER'S motion to strike ont New York
and making the directors meet in Richmond or
Goochland only, Mr.. MEADE demanded the ayes and
nOes-which resulted us follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Alexander, Boiling. Cabell, Crock
ett Gait, Gilmer Hannah Keen, Lawson, Meade,
Mitchell, Peck, Richmond Robinson and Strother-
10.
Noes--Messrs. Boyd, Coleman. Davis, Gray, Lee,
McRae, MERCER, Powell, Power, Saunders Talaferro
and Washington-l2.
SO Mr. GILMER's motion prevailed and the bill
passed.
NORFOLK AND ST. NAZAlRE EXPRESS COMPANY.
Mr.. ROBINSoS presented u bill to incorporate the
Norfolk and st. Nazare Express Company, which
was appropriately referred.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. LEE introduced bills with the following titles;
To incorporate the Virginia Land and Immigration
Company, and to incorporate the Virginia Brick
Making and Building Company.
Mr.. MERCER introduced bill to encourage en-
poyment Of fast coast steamers, and for other pur
poses
On motion of Mr.. SAUNDERS, the Senate adjourn
ed.