The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-01-18

THURSDAY, January II, 1867.
SENATE.

O'CLOCK Dy inc ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A..
A communication was received irohi .no
House Of Delegates announcing the pas
sage Of several bills. ,y.~o,,,a
| House bill to incorporate the vIs and
Manganese Company was taken ,' Jps
\ passed under suspension oil tne Ipnckinu.
III House bill to incorporate ,ne ,n nnder :
ham Slate Company was taken as. sd
suspension of the rules anu p,n,;ttsa IN r;
MS U.~r.sd that that Committee had
nsIo m,dsr consideration House bill to pro-
.i:Sa nr.;aeiai limbs for citizens Of this
jCsr,n,onwealth who have lost their limbs
~ The late war rccommitted to them with
the disagreement of the House of Dele
gates to the second amendment adopted by
the Senate, and recommend that the Sc
nate adhere to its amendment.
| Mr.. McRAE, from the Committee on
Finance, reported bill exempting certain
persons known as the Polish Immigrants,
recently settled in the county of Spotsyl-
vania, from taxation for a limited period.
The Chair laid before the Senate COM
munication from the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts in reply to resolution OF the
Senate asking information in regard to the
number and amount Of registered bonds OF
the State Of Virginia which was laid upon
the table and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. KEEN offered resolution instructing
| the Committee on Roads and Internal
Navigation to inquire into the expediency
of releasing the States interest in the
| Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company
to the said road upon condition that said
interest shall be applied to the building and
construction Of the Lynchburg and DAN
Vile railroad. Adopted.
Mr.. KEEN also offered resolution in
structing the Committee on Roads ana
Internal Navigation to inquire into the
expediency of releasing the States IN
terest in the Richmond and Danville Rail
road Company to said road, upon condition
that they shall extend their road to the
Virginia and Tennessee railroad. Adopted.
The unfinished business of yesterday
the House joint resolution abolishing
the office of the Register of the Land
Office-was taken up, and Mr.. BOILING
offered substitute for the substitute pro-
posed to the bill reported by the committee
of the Senate, providing for the election Of
the present State officers, with the excep-
ton of the Register of the Land Office,)
and throwing the dutiesof that office upon
the Treasurer.
The subject was debated by several
Senators, when Mr.. MERCER moved that
the pending question be laid upon the table,
and that q special committee be appointed
to carry out the joint action OF the two
Houses at the last session. The motion was
lost.
A very long discussion followed, when
Mr.. MITCHELL called the previous question,
which was sustained and the question
being taken upon Mr.. Bolling's substitute,
it was rejected by the following vote:
YEAs.-Messrs. Alexander, Boiling, Ca
bell, Crockett, Dulany, Kello, Mitchell,
Robinson, and Washington-9.
NAYs.-Messrs. Belew, Carter, Coleman,
Davis, Gait, Gray, Hannah, Keen, Lawson,
Lee, Lemosy, McRae, Meade, Ould, Peck,
Powell, Power, Richmond, Saunders, ST.,
Strother, Taliaferro, Trout-32.
The vote was then taken upon the sub
stitute reported blythe Committee on Gen
eral Laws, and it was adopted, and subse-
quently passed by vote of ayes Il, noes
10. The bill merely amends the 9TH sec
ton of the l4th chapter Of the Code so rs
to provide for the election of Register of
the Land Office at salary of one thou
sand dollars.
TWAS ordered that the bill be communi-
Gated to the House of Delegates, on mo-
ton of Mr.. COLEMAN.
Mr.. GAIT offered the following resolu-
ton:
RESOLVED, That the Senate, with the con-
currcnce of the House of Delegates, will
proceed on Saturday the 18th instant, at
O'Clock, to the election oil Second Au-
ditor.
Considerable debate followed but the
resolution was not disposed of, as it lies
over under the rule.
On motion of Mr.. ROBINSON, the Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The Journal being read, 4 message from
the Senate announced the passage OF Sc
veral bills: which were read and referred.
| Committees made reports, including
several bills which were read and placed
on the calendar.
RESOLUTIONS
were introduced and referred:
| By Mr.. KEILEY.-Into the expediency
of preventing so large use of blank pages
in the printing of bills and public docu-
ments.
By Mr.. MASN.-Instructin the Commit
tee on Finance to report bill to pay the
interest on the State debt, or this States
proportion thereof.
By Mr.. WATKINs.-Into the expediency
of procuring and depositing in the offices
of the clerks of the county and corpora
ton the original or copies of registrations
of marriages of colored persons by the
United States authorities.
BILLS
were introduced and referred:
By Mr.. RoBERTsoN.-A bill relating to
circuit courts--amending and reenactinGl
| the 10th section Of chapter l5S Of the Code
of Virginia.
By Mr.. CRuMp.-A bill to incorporate
the Merchants and Mechanics Savings
Bank.
BY Mr.. EvANs.-A bill prescribing pro-
ceedings in case Of lost or destroyed
judgment, order, or decree.
BY Mr.. WATKINs.-A bill to repeal chap
tiers 81 and 81 of the Code of 1860, and to
provide for common schools.
By Mr.. WATKINs.-A bill amending and
reenacting chapter 70 of the Code of 1850,
concerning the literary fund.
| PETITIONS
were introduced and referred:
By Mr.. ENGLIsH.-Of the pilots Of the
Potomac river in regard to plotting on said
river.
| By Mr.. ESGLIsH.-Of citizens Of Alex
andria and vicinity in relation to the Alex
andria and Georgetown railroad.
| By Mr.. WATKINs.-A petition of 244
citizens of Appomattox county, asking to
be released from the operation OF an act
| nocSad o6fh Of January lS6e pntitled Sc an