The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-12

Grayson for the relief Of the sureties OF
Dennis Fielder. late sheriff Of SAID county,
were agreed to by the House. Inc HOUSE,
also conquered in the report OF same cvna-
mittee that IL Is in~expedient to ieglsiaIo
for the prohibition Of the sale Of intoAica-
ting liquors TO minors. -,
The Committee on Propositions, ec.,
reported against the passing OF a law 70
prohibit stock from running at large Willie
Ave miles of the city of~Portsmoutn. Inc
Uous. concurred.. Same committee re-
norted adversely to extending the hmits
IF the town; of Abingdon, for the want Vi
sufficient notice.. House concurreo'
CITY LIMITS OF RICHMOND.
Tho Senate bill extending the limits OF
the CITY of Richmond came up IN oroer rs
| the. unfinished business OF SATURDAY.
Mr.. WHITE moved an amenollen'
n come in before the LIST section, fequi,
RING the vote Of the people OF Henrlco ana
Of the people Of Richmond, upon tne
ouest;on of extension before the Dill should
take effect. o,
He referred to the action OF the people IN
terested in opposition to the extension
whose resolutions and petitions mad oeen
~disregarded by the committees and the
Senate. He contended for a full and falr
ernression of the will of the people OF
Henrico and of Richmond-the latter es-
necially. because, he asserted, the City
Council of Richmond had repudiated the
hill from the Senate now pending. Assu-
ming that the law requiring notice of in
%tention 10 moye an extension of limits of
any w was in Difference to the will and
the rights of the people proposed to be in
cluded, by an extension OF corporate limits,
If followed as a matter Of course that the
will and wishes of the people interested
should be expressed at the polls.
On this ground he claimed that his
constituents should be heard. He quoted
the act amending the charter and extend
ing the limits of the corporation of Lynch
burg, in which the question was submitted
to the people of the city and the county.
Now the county Of Campbell and the city
of L~ynchburg sent delegates to this House
without distinction as to boundaries.
Upon the ground of the principles OF re-
publican government that the people must
give their consent to a change Of their po-
litical relations, he demanded that the
people of Henrico should give their con-
sent before this extension. To force them
against their wishes to come into the city
would be in contravension of the very prin-
ciples for which they had fought in the late
war, perilling their lives, and submitting
their property to the necessities Of the war
to be ruined by bitches and breastworks
for the defence of Richmond.
Mr.. EVANS opposed the amendment.
The question was not new. Richmond had
for years applied for the extension of her
limits. The people of the county of Hen
rico, contrary to their interests, had always
opposed the extension. They had en-
| ployed the very best talent to oppose the
passage of this bill. Heretofore PROPOSE
tions for extension had been defeated by
being DELAYED SO long that they never were
reached, and thisi is the very first bill which
had ever been brought to its present con-
dition in this House.
Mr.. EVANS demonstrated against the
amendment; it might lead to the defeat OF
the bill to amend it in its present stage at
this time in the session. The bill had met
the appreciation of the Senate, and been re-
ported by the committee of this House, and
there was no necessity for its amendment.
The county of Henrico ten years ago had
upwards of 5000 inhabitants, and the eX-
tended limits included about l2,OOO people.
Fifteen hundred acres only were taken In,
and on this land these 1000 resided. How
could IL, 900 people on that space, without
a municipal government, without ponce,
and without any of the securities a town
ought to have, get along. 1t never was
contemplated that such a population, so
compactly settled, were to be left without
such government. The people IN the SUI
burbs were our citizens. Nine-tenths OF
them pursued their avocations in the city.
They paid taxes, but not for light, not Tor
water, not for improvements in James,
river, &c., the benefits of which they en-
ioyed. They had emigrated beyond the
border. He did not blame them
but it was proper, nevertheless, that
they be included in the extended
limits. Mr.. E. spoke of the man
ner in which houses had been built up
so hat it was impossible to tell where the
CITY ended and where the suburbs began.
He argued the proposition of submitting
TO the voters the question of consenting
TO the extension contending that II
would be manifestly improper to permit
the pecuniary or supposed pecuniary ihte-
rests of the people of the county to oppose
the public welfare. He contended that
the part of the county proposed to be IN
cluded was all save de jure a part OF the
CITY. The deduction of 800 acres OF ter
ritory would still leave Henrico upwards
of $4,000 acres of land while in pepula-
ton it would Still have a greater popu..
lation than four counties now represented
by two delegates on this floor. So they
will lose nothing at the next apportion-
ment. To submit the bill to the people OF
Henrico would be ~surrendering the lamb
10 the wolf. Twice had the limits OF TINS
CITY been extended, and never had a vote
of the people to be included by the extern
sion been required. Several bills extend
ing limits had passed the present Leglsla-
ture, none requiring the popular vote. In
the case of Lynchburg the charter OF the
town was amended.
CHESAPEAKE M OHIO ~ILR0A
In the midst of the. discussion Of the bill
extending the limits of the city OF Rich
mond, the hour of l o'clock arrived, and
with it the bill consolidating several rail-
roads for the completion of the Covington
and Ohio railroad, which was the order OF
the day for this day.
The House proceeded to consider the
bill. 1t being read, Mr.. BALDWIN (Mr.
JONES in the chair offered a substitute for
the original bill, (the substitute offered by
Senator OULD in the Senate,) which he
said had been approved by the friends OF
the bill. This bill differed but slightly
from the original. Mr.. BALDWIN e1-
planned the differences.
Nj. Z. TURNER moved an amendment TO
the bill with the view of continuing the
State,s narticination in the meetings of the