Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-04-23

| House bill No. 81, to amend and re enact the
1st section Of the act entitled IAN act to incorpo-
rate the Atlantic Dock and Iron Company"
aa HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
| The Speaker announced that mistake was
| made on Saturday, in counting the vote upon
the usury bill, and that instead of being rejected
| by vote of ayes 34 noes 81, the vote stood
passed by majority of one vote.
Mr.. Evans moved to reconsider the vote by
which the bill was passed
Mr.. Dunnington moved to pass by the motion.
| Lost
Mr.. A. J. Clark moved to postpone until l
clock on Tuesday.
MIR. Garnett opposed the motion, as did
Messrs. Patterson, Strayer, Dickinson and Bent
| ley.
The postponement was advocated by Messrs
w. L. Clark and Goode, and lost by asyote of
ayes. Sc; noes, 36.
The motion to reconsider prevailed by a vote
OF ayes, Al noes, 80.
Mr.. Garnett moved to postpone the further
consideration of the bill until Wednesday, and
that it be made the order of the day. Agreed
The following bills were passed.
House bill SO, to amend an act Incorporating
the Lynchburg Mining and Manufacturing Com
pany. 1s4
House bill 43. to legalize coupon bond for
ST. 900, issued July l, 1854 Ayes, 81 noes, O.
House bill 64, to provide for taking list of
all persons killed, wounded and missing in the
late war. Ayes 50 noes, O.
SENATE, Tuesday, April 10th. The following
were reported from Committees: @
by Senator Trout, from the Committee for
Courts of Justice-House bill No 80, to amend
the lst section of chapter POI of the Code of
Virginia, edition of lS60,) in regard to grand
jurles In county courts with amendment. re-
subsequently taken up, and the amendment
being agreed to, the bill was read third time
and passed.
By Senator Keen, from the Committee on
Roads and Internal Navigation HI ouse bill No.
73, to incorporate the Arlington Turnpike Com
pany without amendment.
subsequently taken up, read the third time
and passed .aaa
BY Senator McRae, from the Committee on
Finance-House bill No. 63, amending an act
entitled ''an act, amending the 3Sth chapter of
the Code, edition of 1867 in relation to the
| assessment of taxes on licenses passed Feb
| 18th, 1866 with several amendment.
subsequently this bill was taken up and the
amendment proposed by the committee was
Senator Boiling moved to amend the bill fur
| ther by providing that merchants licenses taken
out for the year from the LIST of May to the 3Oth
Of April shall be valid when paid for, one half
| at the time when taken out, and the remaining
| half on or before the lst November each year,
and all collections from such licenses shall be
| paid into the treasury within one month from
| the date OF their collection.
This amendment was discussed at considerable
length by Senators Boiling, McRae and others,
and finally rejected by the Senate-ayes, 9; noes,
/ 13.
| On motion of Senator Coleman, the bill was
then laid on the table and made the order of
the day tor tomorrow at O. clock.
! Several other bills were reported from the
standing committees FPS
Senator Alexander, from the Committee to
examine Enrolled Bills, reported number of
| bllls correctly enrolled
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
A number OF bills and resolutions were pre-
sented and referred
The Consolidation Bill coming up Mr.. A. j.
| Clark moved to pass by Lost
Mr.. A j. Clark offered an amendment, pro
viding that the said Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio Railroad Company should assume and
| bind itself to pay the semi annual interest on
the stock guaranteed by the city of Lynchburg,
and give approved security to the Common
Council of Lyncnburg for the punctual payment
of the same.
The amendment of Mr.. Clark was rejected by
a vote of ayes %, noes 81
| Mr.. Evans offered an amendment to section
4, providing that if one of the four roads men,
toned in the bill declined to join the other three
| In the formation of the Atlantic, Mississippi
and Ohio Railroad Company, the Board of Pub
lie Works shall offer to sell to the Atlantic, Mis-
sissippi and Ohio Company the road refusing
to join that company, all the stock held by the
State In all four of said roads, the highest bid
der to take the property of the four roads; pro-
vided, however, that such interest shall not be
sold for less than an equal amount of State
bonds
| Mr.. Crump had been throughout the steady
friend of the BILL but the Senate bill now under
consideration contained a provision which, if
continued in, would change him into a determin-
ed foe. That provision was the one which did
not compel the purchase of the State stock in
the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad
until twelve months after the organization of
said company. He moved. therefore to post
pone the bill until Thursday in order that it
might be printed
Mr.. Goode opposed the postponement, and
rftimated that the friends of the bill would
make no further concession
| Mr.. Wilson urged the postponement.
| Mr.. Crump attacked the provision already
alluded to. His object in supporting the bill
had been speedily to relieve our people from
| load OF debt and taxation, but under the bill as
at present framed, the company might not Or
ganize for ten years.
The motion to postpone was rejected by a
vote of ayes, Sc noes, 46.
The Ugly Club of the University.
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