The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-01-19
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA
FRIDAY, January Is, 1867.
SENATE.

The Senate met at II o'clock, and was
called to order by Mr.. TROUT, OF Augusta.
Prayer by the Rev. DR.. Hopson, of the Dis
ciples church.
Mr.. KEEN, from the Committee on Roads
and Internal Navigation, reported Senate
bill TO amend the act Incorporating the
Rappahannock and West Point Railroad
Company, passed March 20, 1866.
Mr.. KEEN, from the same committee, re-
ported Senate bill to authorize the extern
sion of the main line, or branches, OF the
York River Railroad Company to the Ches-
apeake and its tributaries.
Mr.. KEEN, from the same committee,
reported Senate bill to incorporate the
Norfolk Screw Dock Company.
Also, Senate bill to authorize the James
River and Kanawha Company TO borrow
money.
Mr.. MEADE, by leave, introduced bills for
the relief of Joseph Ii. Ryan and James
w. Ryan, late sherifs of Clarke county.
The following resolutions were intro
duced and adopted:
By Mr.. KEEN.-That the Board Of Pub
lie Works be requested to furnish the
Senate with statement, in detail, Of the
amount of stock owned by the State in
each work of internal improvement in the
State, the amount of Indebtedness of each
work of internal improvement to the State,
together with all liens, mortgages, or other
securities therefor.
By Mr.. RIcHaoND.-That the Com
mittee on Roads and Internal Navigation
inquire into the expediency Of releasing
the States interest in the Norfolk and Pc
tersburg, Southside, and Virginia and Ten
nessee railroads, upon condition that they
shall extend this line to Cumberland Gap.
BY Mr.. STRoTHER.-That the special
committee to whom was referred the COM
munication of the Superintendent Of Pub
lie Printing have power to send for per-
sons and papers to investigate any ques-
tion which may arise.
By Mr.. CRGCKETT.-That the Com
mittee on Public Institutions inquire into
the expediency of selling the public pro-
pcrty of the State known as the armory
grounds and the public warehouse.
By Mr.. kEEN.-That the Committee on
Roads, &C., inquire into the expediency of
repeating the act Incorporating the Roa-
noke Navigation Company.
By Mr.. KEEE.-That the Committee on
Roads, etc., inquire into the expediency of
authorizing the construction of canal
from some point on Dan river at OF near
the Danville Railroad bridge to some point
above the ferry near said town.
By Mr.. ROBINSON the Secretary
of the Commonwealth be requested to
cause the heating apparatus in the Senate
chamber to be increased by the addition OF
two gangs therein.
The following bills were taken up and
passed:
Senate bill to amend the I'd, Sd, 4th, 9Th
and 18th sections of the act passed May
80, 1862, in regard to the Incorporation of
building fund associations.
Senate bill to amend and reGnact the
LIST section of chapter lO1 of the Code of
1860, in relation to the game law. lit i'm
poses fine for killing deer between the
18th of December and the 18th of August. ]
Senate bill to increase the capital stock
of the Virginia and Kentucky railroad, to
authorize county subscriptions thereto, to
empower said company to acquire lands
for limited period, and to issue bonds for
the construction of the road and branch
thereof.
House bill to authorize the city Of Ports
mouth to issue coupon bonds.
House bill to amend the LIST section of
chapter 1913 of the Code, incorporating the
st. Francis de Sales Infrmary Of the city
Of Richmond.
House bill to amend and reenact section
IL of chapter ls4 of the Code, in relation
to the printing of the records Of district
courts of appeals.
Senate bill concerning the organization
and government of the Virginia peniten-
tiary was taken up, considered, and recon-
mitted to the Committee on Public lnsti-
buttons. Ill .,as sec -s
House bill to provide artificial limbs for
citizens of this Commonwealth who lost
their limbs in the late war was taken up
and laid upon the table.
Senate bill exempting certain persons
known as Polish immigrants, recently set
tied in the county Of Spotsylvania, from
taxation for a limited period, was con-
dered and laid upon the table.
Mr.. DELANEY presented the petition Of
w. X. Mitchell, sheriff of Fairfax county.
asking an extension Of time for payment of
revenue into the treasury. Referred to
the Committee on Finance. 3s-
Mr. MEADE, by leave, introduced two
bills for tho relief Of Joseph n, Ryan and