The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-09

SENATE.
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The Senate assembled at IL o'clock M,
Lieutenant Governor C0wPER In the chair.
No clergyman present.
The usual communication from the HOUSE
of Delegates by their Clerk vas read
GRANITE FALLS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Senate bill No. l29, to incorporate the
Granite Falls Manufacturing Company,
| with the amendment of the House Of Del
epates. was taken up, and the amendment
agreed to.
| THE WATER WORKS MANUFACTURING CON-
PASY.
Senate bill No. 100, to incorporate the
| Water Works Manufacturing Company,
| with the amendment Of the House Of Del
egates, wa taken up, and the amendment
agreed to.
LAID ON II TABLE.
House bill No. 1S5, to authorize foreign
Iers to purchase or inherit and hold real
estate, was taken up read twice, and, on
motion. of Senator HANNAH, laid on the
table.
IA similar bill has been enacted by the
Senate.]
MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
House bill No. 232, to incorporate the
Ladies' Memorial Association for Confede-
rate dead at lakewood Cemetery, commu'
nicated to the Senate by special messeh-
Ger Yesterday, was taken up, read twice,
and referred TO the Committee on Generai
Laws. r
Subsequently, on motion OF senator
Or,D the committee was discharged from
tho further consideration of the bill; ana
il was taken up, read the third time, ana
unanimously passed.
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES.
By Senator RICHMOND, from Committee
on Privileges and Elections.-House Din
No. l64, establishing the town Oh Danvilne
an election precinct without amenaueh..
By Senator TROUT, from the Committee
for Courts of Justice Senate bill NO. H.
to amend the I'd section of the act TO stay
the collection of debts for a limited period,
passed March 2, 1866, with a recommends
ton hat the Senate concur in the amend
ment proposed by the House of Delegates
thereto.
By Senator MITCHELL, from the Com
mittee on General Laws.-House bill No.
1855, to incorporate the Richmond Land,
Mining, and Manufacturing Company /;
without amendment.
By the same.-House bill No. 1875, for
the relief of the Virginia Iron Manufac-
turing Company in the county Of Henrico;
without amendment.
By the same.-Senate bill No. l52, to
repeal an act passed March 3, 1858, emit.
tied an act to incorporate the town OF
Jacksonville without amendment.
By Senator KEEN, from the Committee
on Roads and Internal Navigation.-Se-
nate bill No. Isl, to incorporate the Poto-
mac and Alexandria Railroad Company
without amendment.
Senator ALEXANDER, from the Commit
tee on Enrolled Bills, presented sundry
bills, which had been examined and found
correctly enrolled.
Senator TROUT, from the Committee Of
Conference, made a report of the result Of
the conference in regard to the bill amend
ing and reanacting the I'd section Of chap
ter So, Code of 1860, in relation to lines
for failing to work on public roads. They
recommend a provision giving power to
the county court to augment or lessen the
amount of the fine.
THE IRGINIA IMMIGRATION SOCIETY.
On motion of Senator LEE, Senate bill
to aid the Virginia immigration Society,
was taken up when, on his motion 10Y
general c~onsent), the bill was amended 50
as to limit the extent OF AID TO De gwen 70
the society to not more than Slo,ooo q
year: and, on his further motion, the bill
was further amended SO as to require the
society to pay into the treasury four dol
lars for each immigrant imported by it,
who shall afterwards become chargeable to
the State.
The question was discussed by Senators
LEE, CABELL, CROCKETT, DAVIS, MITCHELL,
and GUILD, upon the merits of the bill it
self as well as the amendment after which
the bill as amended was passed-ayes, Is;
noes, 6.
On motion of Senator LEE, the same was
forthwith communicated to the House Of
Delegates by him.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
A message from the House Of Delegates
by Mr.. u. TURNER announced the passage
of a bill to regulate Express transportation
over the railroads of the Commonwealth,
Subsequently a second message by the
same gentleman announced that the House
of Delegates insist upon the amendments
to the Senate bill providing for the com.
pensation of the commissioners appointed
to settle with West Virginia, and have
passed a resolution asking for a committee
of conference on the subject of the disa-
greement.
q STATE DEBT.
On motion Of Senator MCRAE, the order
of the day being Senate bill No. ll3, in re-
lation to the obligation of the State, and
securing certain relief to the creditors
thereof; providing for the sale Of certain
assets thereof, and directing the applica-
ton of the proceeds, with the substitute
proposed by the Committee on Finance
therefor, was taken up; and the question
being on the third reading of the bill, Sen
ator McRAE addressed the Senate at length
in behalf of the substitute proposed.
Senator McRAE said he did not propose
to advocate the specific details of any
plan for paying the public debt so much as
the adoption Of some plan for that purpose.
He then entered int q consideration OF
the provisions of the bill before the Senate,
and presented its features, with an analysis
of their claims to the adoption of the Le-
gislature.
At the conclusion Of Senator MCRAE's
remarks, Senator DULANY moved to lay
the bill on the table, and make 1t the order
of the day for Monday next. in order to
afford him time to obtain certain information
which he desired, with a view to address
the Senate at the time.
Senator LEE hoped the bill would not be
laid on the table, and addressed the Senate
in behalf of its immediate passage.
Senator KEEN said it was "a rainy,
drizzly sort of a day." and senators could
not go out. He hoped the Senate would
nrooaod with tbn confederation of this i'm