Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-02-12
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
SENATE, Saturday, Feb 1.-The Senate was
not In session to-day, having adjourned over
from Friday until Monday to give committees
time to perfect reports.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The Committee on Asylums and Prisons re-
ported adversely upon the petition of Mrs. Ju-
liet A. Boyd for the removal of William Boyd,
a lunatic, from the asylum in Nashville to the
asylum at Staunton and same committee re-
port adversely to the proposed amendments to
the laws relating to lunatlcs In both OF which
| reports the House concurred
Senate bill reducing the fees of jailors was,
upon the question of its passage, rejected.
BILLS PASSED.
The following bills were read third time and
passed
Senate bill Incorporating the Wythe Mining
and Manufacturing Company ; and the follow
ing House bills; bill for the construction of a
railroad or the improvement OF New river from
Central Depot to the mouth of Greenbrler river;
bill to incorporate the Ashland Savings Bank
bill to amend and re-enact the I'd and 9th Sec
tons of 23d chapter of the Code of 1861 alter
ing the brigades of militia in the State; bill
to incorporate the Metropolitan Savings Institu-
ton of the city of Richmond; bill to incorpo-
rate the Merchants and Mechanics Savings
Bank of Richmond; bill to incorporate the
Richmond Club; a bill to incorporate the Hot
Springs, in the county of Bath a bill extending
the limits of the town of Tappahannock; a bill
to incorporate the town Of Stanardsville, in the
county OF Greene; bill to incorporate the
Tuckahoe Coal Mining Company a, bill relating
to qualifications and requirements of the voters
Of the town of Manchester; bill to establish
Holland S warehouse, in the town of Danvile;
bill establishing the Planters warehouse in
the town of DanVile; bill to incorporate the
Mutual Building Fund and Dollar Savings Bank
of the city of Richmond a bill to incorporate
the Savings Bank of Scottsville; bill to incor-
porate the Cape Charles Hotel Company a bill
to refund to John L. Lacy license tax-68 to
7 a bill for the relief of the Virginia Iron Man
ufacturing Company, in the county of Henrico
ayes 60; noes 90.
SENATE, Monday, Feb A.
BILLS PASSED.
Bill to extend the corporate limits of Tappa-
hammock, in Essex county Senate bill incorpo-
rating the Laurel Hill, Norfolk county, Horti-
cultural Company; House bill to amend the act
incorporating the James River and Kanawha
Company, passed 1882; House bill incorpora-
ting the Bank of Portsmouth; House bill pro-
viding for the repair and insurance of the Vir-
GINA Medical College; House bill to authorize
the city of Portsmouth to sell certain real es-
ltIo OSiidto ptlI 70 Tie OltiZSuS
Bank of Richmond city; Senate bill to incorpo-
rate the Merchants and Mechanics Savings
Bank of Liberty, in the county of Bedford. =
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
BILLS PASSED. 5 so
The following Senate bills were read third
time and passed:
A bill to authorize the Danville Railroad
Company to secure certain liabilities of the
r cd
rate the James River Marine Railway and Ship
building Company and bill TO incorporate the
Henrlce Manufacturing Company.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr.. Jones,
of King and Queen, for five days. m ,s
After a long discussion on the Homestead bill
the House adjourned. aEa
SENATE, Tuesday, FEB. 5.-NIr. McRae,
from the Committee on Finance reported. =
House bill making an appropriation to defray
the expenses of the commissioners appointed to
settle with West Virginia, with amendment,
allowing the commissioners ten dollars per day,
together with the necessary expenses while in
the discharge of the duties assigned them SUBJ
sequently taken up and passed-ayes "a nays,
The bill extending the corporate limits of the
city Of Richmond was passed.
Mr. Strother introduced bill to take the
sense of the people upon the call of a convention,
and providing for organizing the same: which
was read twice and ordered to be printed.
i. HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The Senate bill to amend and reenact an act
entitled an act for the incorporation of Martha
Washington College, reported from the Com
mitteeo fSchools and Colleges with amendments,
came up in order. The amendments were not
material, and were concurred in by the House,
and the bill passed.
The following Senate bills were read third
time and passed: tEI
A bill declaratory of the true meaning and
intent of acts Of incorporation Of insurance and
other companies;
A bill to incorporate the Harvey Manufac-
turing Company;
| A bill to incorporate the Granite Falls Manu-
| featuring Company;
| A bill to incorporate the Water Works Manu-
featuring Company;
A bill declaring the Rapid Ann river a law
full fence from Raccoon ford, the line between
Culpeper and Orange, to its junction with the
Rappahannock river;
| A bill to incorporate the Pittsylvania Salt and
Coal Mining Company.
| The following House bills were also read a
third time and passed:
A bill to incorporate the Alexandria Dock
Company;
A bill to authorize foreigners to purchase, or
| inherit and hold real estate. 4
| The Senate bill in relation to mechanics liens
came up in order and was passed.
|
Bad Reports About the Prince of Wales.
The Prince of Wales is going in badcompany,