The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-02

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sATURDAY........ MARCH ., 1857.
GENERAL AsSEn1LY OF vIR6INHA.
81 49, FmDAY, March !, 1867. .
- SENATE.
\. The Senate assembled at Ii O'Clock A..
NJ, Lieutenant Governor CowPER in the
chair. tr trT 6MRtesF! &s'' (
THE pExIrESrIARY BILL.
Senate bill No. n, to amend and re-
enact chapter 2lS Of tho Code Of Virginis,
edition of 1860, relative to the organiI;a-
ton, government, and discipline OF the
penitentiary, was taken up. 49,
The House Of Delegates ins'ss or snI
substitute to the said bill and tne Iesoiu-
ton requesting commute u So"'0i0ne0
was taken up and agreed 20.
Bills were put on the calenoAr' ,E7tE
rHr sfAY LAW. ~ss.
s.nator Trout, from the Committee for
conrts of Justice, reported without amend
ment House bill No. 800, amending the lst
section of an act passed March 2, 1866,
entitled can act to stay the collection OF
debts for limited period, |" SO as to extend
the operation Of said act to LIST January,
1869 which was subsequently taken up,
on motion Of Senator KEEN, and on MS
further motion amended so as to make.it
in force from its passage. The blli as mus
amended was read third time ana pasSeo-
ayes, 23; noes, D. -
On motion of Senator KEEN, the same
was forthwith communicated TO the house
Of Delegates by him.
BILLS PASSED.
House bill No. 295, for the relief w. u.
tya,s;no assignee of the Southslde kali
road Company. Andrew Reilly, John
Ecbo,s. and Robert +. Dennis.
House bill No. I55, to incorporate the
Richmond Land, Mining, and Manufactu-
Senate bill No. 2l9, for the relief of
Samuel Etheridge, sheriff Of Norfolk
House bill No. 222, amending and regn-
acting section l6, chapter l5S of the Code
Of 1860, concerning times of holding the
circuit courts of the ninth circuit, and for
other purposes connected herewith;
House bill No. les, to incorporate the
Fireman,s Banking and Insurance Com
pany Of the city of Richmond;
House bill No. 153, to incorporate the
Portsmouth Water Company;
Senate bill No. So, to authorize the
James River and Kanawha Company to
borrow money, with the substitute there
for proposed by the House of Delegates) ;
House bill No. l22, incorporating the
Manchester Insurance and Savings Com.
pany.
House bill No. 267, to amend and reen-
act section IA of chapter 1872 Of the Code
of 1860, as amended and resnacted by act
passed February goth, 1866, concerning
larceny.
House bill No. 26S, to amend and reen-
act section IL of chapter 179 Of the Code
Of Virginia, and comforting additional pow
ers upon the judges of the circuit courts
in vacation.
AN EXTRA SESSION OF THE GENERAL AS
sEMBLY.
A message from the House Of Delegates,
by Mr.. GARRETT, announced the passage
in that body of joint resolution in regard
to an extra session, which are published in
the House proceedings.
On motion of Senator McRAE, the joint
resolutions were taken up and adopted
ayes, %; noes, none.
when the name of Senator KEEN was
called, on his motion, he was excused from
votingl
The President appointed Senators Nc
RAE and BOILING to constitute the CON-
mittee on the part of the Senate.
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
House bill No. 125, to provide for the
completion of line or lines of railroads
from the waters Of the Chesapeake to the
Ohio river, being the unfinished business
of Yesterday, was taken up and Senator
KEEN having the floor, addressed the Sc
nate at some length in opposition to the
measure.
Mr.. KEEN moved to amend the bill by
requiring the company to deliver the bonds
of State equal to the Indebtedness of the
consolidating roads to the State and the
stock held by the State in said roads, be-
fore they shall be allowed to consolidate.
After debate, this amendment was re-
jected-5 to Is.
The bill was then read third time and
passed-ayes, 81; noes, l.
THE CUMBERLAND GAP RAILROAD.
The bill to facilitate the completion OF
the Cumberland Gap railroad was sent
from the House Of Delegates, having passed
that body.
The Senate, resolving to consider 1t at
once, it was taken up, and on motion Of
Mr.. STRoTHER it was amended by vote of
Is to IA, SO as to require the consent Of all
four of the railroads proposed to be con-
soldated before the consolidation shall
take place. This is the same amendment
which had failed in the House.
Senator DULANEY made an Intellectual
motion to require State bonds for all the
debts due to the State, and for the State
stock in the roads to be paid into the State
before the consolidation shall take place.
Senator CABELL moved the amendment,
which had failed in the House, for secur-
ing to the Orange and Alexandria railroad
equal facilities and privileges at Lynch
burg; pending which, the Senate ad-
.journed.
= HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
THURSDAY, February rs, 1867.
NIGHT SESSION.
The House met Thursday night, and
was so thin and uncomfortable that Mr..
CRCMP moved that it adjourn; which mo-