The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-22

EXTRA SESSION.
THURSDAY, March 81, 1867

| SENATE.
A ouorum not appearing at ii O'Clock
| fthe hour of meeting Is agreed upon ny
rsso,nt;ou Yesterday, the Senate assem-
hlcd AZ 70 o'clock M; Lieutenant over-
! nor CowpER in the chair.
PRAYER by the Rev. M. d. Hoge, d. D.,
of the PRESBYTERIAN Church.
Tho usual communication from the House
of Delegates, by their Clerk, was read.
JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, ETC.
On motion Of Senator BoLLlN0.-That
the Clerk cause the journal and documents
Of the Senate Of the last and present ses-
sions to be published and bound together.
THE ASSESSMENT BILL.
Senator McRAE moved that the Com
mittee on Finance be discharged from the
further consideration of House Dill NO.
63, amending an act entitled an act ame menu.
ing the 38th chapter Of the Code, eui!ion
of 1860, in relation to the assessment Oh
taxes on licenses, passed feDruaIy Tow,
lsGs. with view to take it up ana cons'-
der it to-day. ~ ,ror,d
reGrire constitutional vote, whicn cou ui,,
NOT now be had, and he hoped tue oiii
would not now be taken up. an
Senator MCRAE replied that tne oi'. was
a mere assessment bill, and wonid no' 70.
nnire a constitutional vote, Is IL o'u NV
involve the amount of taxation:
Senator BOILING said that the Couilnit-
tee on Finance had not examined Inc piu,
visions of the bill, and he hoped IL "ouiu
not now be taken up. ,..o
Senator McRAE replied that the AUDITOR
deemed it necessary-that the necessity
was imminent for the passage OF the Dill
before the 10th Of April, in order that ne
might properly prepare the forms required
to be furnished to the commissioners OF
the revenue.
After some further discussion by Sena-
tors BOILING, POWER, KEEN, MERCER, and
MCRAE, the Senate refused to discharge
the comm ttee from the further conside.
ration of the bill.
THE HOMESTEAD BILL.
Senator KEEN moved that the Commit.
tee on Courts of Justice be discharged
from the further consideration of House
bill No. %, to exempt the homesteads o.
families from forced sales, with view o.
taking up and considering the bill to-day
Senator GRAY objected.
Senator MERCER addressed the Senate
in opposition to the motion of Senator
KEEN, but was interrupted by Senator
DULANY, who rose to "a point OF order
Senator DULANY stated that his point o
order was that, in accordance with an &C
of the Federal Congress, General Schoteit
had issued an order forbdding the intiic
ton of excessive punishment" and he
thought the Senator from Loudoun wa'
acting in disobedence of the order.
The President ruled the point mot vel
taken"
Senator MERCER resumed his opposi
ton. and the discussion was further con
tinued by Senators GUILD, CROCKETT, KEEN
and COLEMAN, and the Senate refused t
discharge the committee from the turthe
!, consideration Of the bill.
TOBACCO INSPECTORS.
The motion of Mr.. OULD to take up Senate
hill TO amend and reenact the 9th, 10th, ant
74th sections of chapter 81 of the Code OIL
1860. concerning the inspection oftobacco
being the unfinished business of yesterday
was taken up, and Senator MERCER op
posed the same.
Senator BOILING said that the thinnes
of the Senate and the fact that the co0rdi
nate branch of the General Assembly hat
! adjourned for the recess, rendered it hlghl.
, improper to legislate upon any subject
, Importance, and he moved to adjourn.
The Senate agreed to adjourn-ayes, IL
noes, I.
, ADJOURNMENT.
| The motion of Senator Boiling to ad
t journ having prevailed, the President sal
that previous to pronouncing the Senat
adjourned he desired to express to Sena
tors his sincere hope that their reiinio
: with their respective families in the reces
might be pleasant and propitious, that Go
in his kind providence would grant ther
happiness and prosperity, and that II
!. | would smile in kindness upon the peopl
! of our old Commonwealth and graciousl
promote their welfare and peace.
: The President then pronounced the Sc
nate adjourned until Wednesday the lot
n day of April at IL o'clock NJ.
:, HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Dickinson, 9
the Baptist Church.
> The Journal and the Senate communica
ton were read, and Senate bills placed O
$ the calendar.
, The Committee on Rules reported tina
, it was inexpedient to rescind the joint re
solution for a recess from this day till tn
10th day of April next. The House con
Cured in the resolution.
THE INTEREST ON THE STATE DEBT.
, On motion of Mr.. WATKINS, the bill en-
titled "an act to provide for the paymen
, of a part of the interest upon the public
debt" returned from the Senate with al
amendment, was placed on the calendar
Soon afterwards the bill was taken up, ant
the question being upon concurring II
the amendment Of the Senate,
Mr.. WATKINS addressed the Hous'
briefly. He expressed his regret at th
! action of the Senate in striking out thu
: clause in the bill authorizing the Board o
: Public Works to dispose of the States in
terest in internal improvement corpora
; tions by an exchange of State bonds TO
the improvement shares. That was mos
valuable feature in the bill. He had heart
that the striking out was movement O
Q the friends of consolidation; and by doinl
J so they placed the House under the ne
cessity of concurrirg in their amendmen
or losing the bill. He considered the pay
ment of the interest on the State debt {
matter of such Importance that he would
/, vote to concur in the amendment, in ordel
, to save the bill. He had heard that an ar
gument had been made that 1t were better
for consolidation not to pay interest on the
State debt, in order to prejudice the credit
of the State and reduce the value of hel
} bonds, so that consolidation companies
might thus be enabled to buy at low
price. He was friend of consolidation
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