The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-03-05
orxrRaL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA,


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,r~EpAT, ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
SATURDAY, March 3, 1866.
SENATE.
Ijeutenant- Governor CowPRR in the chair'
PRAYER by Dr. Hoge.
CONFEDERATE MONEY.
House bill concerning contracts payapie IL
Confederate notes, reported from loinl con- i'll.
mittee of conference, was taken up and mace tine
subject of long discussion, IN ~ nnd RotI1ss
Mr. KEEN moved to postpone the bill indie
f1nitely, which motion was lost-ayes, % noes
no. 1t was then passed by vote OF 10 " D.
II will be found in another column.
NEW HEATING APPARATUS.
Mr. KELLo introduced bill to provide for
the heating of the capitol by hot water 1t
was passed-ayes, Y; noes, 8.
BILLS PASSED.
House bill amending section forty three,
chapter one hundred and seventy-t"o oi TIE
Code; 80 ona CIV
oh.nter one hundred and sixty Of the Code, In
relation TO the Court OF Appeals.
OYSTER BILL.
House bill imposing a tax on oysters came
mn II was discussed by Messrs. POWER, LEE,
BoLLIYG, and ROBINSON. The bill was Opposed
with great force by Mr.. POWER, VINO iougne ~
to the last. 1t was, however, passeu W "No'o
Of l6 to 2.
Senate bill increasing the capital stock OF the
Richmond and Danville railroad, returned ed
from the House with an amendment, WHICH
was agreed to, and the Dill passed.
RESOLUTIONS OF COMPLIMENT.
The following were unanimously adopted:
sResolred. That the Senate hereby bears tes-
timony to the dignified and courteous manner
in which Lieutenant Governor l.. T. =. Cow
PER has discharged the duties OF presiding
officer of this body.
rendered to Shelton g. Davis, Clerk OF the
Senate, for the able and dgnified manner in
which he has discharged his duties
A similar resolution was passed in regard to
Writ Harrison, Sergeant-at-Arms..,
The Senate then took q recess until o CLOCK
AFTERNOON SESSION.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE
was received, to the effect that, having finished
all it's business, it was ready TO adIourn SINE ote
ANOTHER COMPLIMENTARY RESOLUTION.
BY Mr. TROUT:
"Resolced, That we express the unanimous
sentiment of the Senate when we hereby order
it to be entered on our records that Lieutenant
Governor CowPER has so demeaned himself In
his eminent position as our presiding ofncer as
to meet our Judgment that he has discharged
and so satisfactorily that no dissent has been
heard or appeal been taken from his rulings,
and that he is entitled to, and is hereby len
dered, our cordial thanks.
Mr.. GRAY, in seconding the resolution, was
exceedingly eloquent and graceful. The reso-
luton was unanimously adopted.
PRESIDENT cowPER's vALEDICToRY.
Senators,-The hour has arrived which must
terminate our official connection, which has
endured SO pleasantly during the session now
about TO expire. Coming here as did, q VIZ
ginian-loying Virginia supremacy-my heart
in every laudable effort to restore our noble
mother State, now so sadly afflicted, to that
position of prosperity and greatness when she
once enjoyed, and which, by the providence OF
noble sons, she will yet again attain. came
here, gentlemen, a stranger to nearly every
member of this body; but looking to the ex-
traordinary importance of the duties devolved
upon us, was sensibly impressed win the
necessity that all of us should be cordial, har-
monious, and earnest, in the endeavcr to meet
the exigencies of the situation in which we
were placed.
Senators, the restored government of Vir-
ginia came here to meet you on a footing OF
equality, as fellow-citiZens of common
State government, seeking to weld us all
together as one government, for the promo.
ton of our common and mutual welfare Ii
there were any unpleasant feelings ana PICKER
ings pre-existing, trust-indeed, believe
our association and our mutual endeavors to
promote the common welfare have been instru-
mental in removing, If they have not, indeed,
been entirely efficient In destroying, all past
unfriendliness.
think can see kindling up glorious pro-
mise of future prosperity for our State and
our whole country. Keep the faith OF your
fathers Swerve not from that faith; and
their glorious teachings, patiently observed,
will vet fully secure You that independence
and happiness which you so much covet.
Gentlemen, allow me TO express the hope
that you may reach your respective homes in
safety, and that you may be restored to your
domestic and social relations with promise Of
increased and prolonged happiness for your
selves, your families, and your friends. now
pronounce this body adjourned sine die.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Speaker BALDWIN in the chair.
BILLS PASSED.
Joint resolution authorizing the Sub Com
mittee of the General Assembly to visit the
Eas tern and Western Lunatic, and Deaf and
Dumb and Blind Asylums;
Senate bill to protect the interests OF the
and other stockholders, In
between Weldon and Baltimore
from reckless and injurious competition;
Senate bill Incorporating the Eicnmonu,
fredericksburg and Potomac, ana hicnmonu
and Petersburg Railroad Connection Com
Senate bill for the relief Of John o. Harlow,
Of Amherst county;
Senate bill changing the Times OF hoiuihs
the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit;
Senate bill changing the manner OF enroiiing
acts Of the General Assembly;
Senate bill TO prohibit attachments III Ger
tain cases 49,, p,auo
Senate bin to incorporate the Buffalo Ridge
Mining and Petroleum Company |
House Bin allowing defendants 70 confess
judgment in clerks Office under ger IAN conai'
House bill providing that persons prosecuted
for unlawful gaming shall not be competent 70
testify In sneh prosecutions
Hoilse bill In relation 70 mode OF examining
- Sansts bin 70 incorporate the Commercial |
Trnion Bank OF Richmond
4 Ssaats bill amending charter OF town OF
Aloxnndrin;
] senate bili TO incorporate the Neyada Silver.
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