Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-02-05
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA

mouth, and bill renting fine on Henry
Lee Howard were concurred in by the Senate.
| The Senate insisted on its amendment giving
further time to sheriffs to pay in the revenue.
and asked committee of conference on the sub
ject.
Senator McRae introduced bill relative to
the State debt, to provide some relief for State
creditors, and direct the sale Of certain assets
and the application of the proceeds. Referred
| The bill requiring the Peninsula Railroad
| Company to finish their road in two years, which
was introduced also in the House, was reported
| by Senator Power, and carried through its sew
eral readings and finally passed.
| A bill incorporating the Wythe Mining and
Manufacturing Company was passed.
| A bill authorizing railroads and canal compa-
MES to endorse the bonds of other railroad and
canal companies was made the order tor Mon
| day. ls.sE sg.scN
The House bill authorizing the issue ofregis-
tered stock to Franklin Tory in lieu of two lost
| bonds was passed.
| The two following bills were also passed:
! ITO amend an act incorporating the Kappa
| hammock and West Point Railroad Company"
and
To authorize the Richmond and York River
| Railroad Company to extend its main line or
build branches to the Chesapeake or its tribu-
| taries.
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Nothing of very general i'm portance occurred.
The House concurred in report from the Com
| mlttee of Manufacturing and Mining that it is
| lnexpedlent to appoint State Geo{Oqist
A resolution moved day or two since by Mr..
| Taylor, of Patrick, for imposing fines on ''con-
tfrn,ed bachelors for the support of widows and
| .sold maids attracted the attention of Mr.. z.
| Turner, who is a gallant bachelor of the lovely
Piedmont country. Mr.. Turner introduced
resolution instituting inquiry as to what consti.
| tutes confirmed bachelor" and ditto ''old
maid" He disclaimed all personal interest in
the matter, since the law considered man
| bachelor as soon as he was twenty one p
This raised quite laugh Mr.. Kelley moved
that the resolution be referred to the Commit
tee on agriculture and Mining, and Mr. Scott
remarking that that committee had more than
it could do, suggested the Committee on Com
| ty Organizations. Mr.. Turner fearing debate
and loss of time, withdrew his resolution; which
had occasioned quite a flare-up of good humor
among the serious legislators.
| The bill for repairing and improving the a4sy-
tuns for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, of
| Staunton, was passed by a unanimous vote after
| brief speeches In its behalf by Messrs Baldwin,
/ (speaker), and Waddell. 1t appropriates $15,-
| 900 for the objects of the bill.
/ The bill directing the payment of the money
for the statuary OF the Washington Monument
| to Randolp phi Rogers as it falls due under the
contract with him was passed-79 to 2.
The asu'y question was introduced in the
| form of resolution by Mr.. Atkinson. He pro-
poses that the legal rate Of interest shall remain
at six per cent, but that those engaged in COM
merce, merchants and manufacturers be allowed
| to pay any interest agreed on. The banks, how
ever, he proposes to prohibit from charging
| more than SIX per cent.
The Senate returned to the House the bill
for garing more time to the sherits to pay an the
recenate with a message that it insisted upon its
amendment-viz that the assent of the sureties
ola sheriff must be given before he can get the
that the sheriffs should pay in what money they
had in hand. and the indulgence should only be
given on what they had to collect. The Senate
further asked committee of conference on the
bill and the House asserted. The Speaker ap-
pointed the committee as follows Messrs.
Crump, T. Turner, Dickinson, A. j. Clark,
Patterson Straughan and Bekem.
The following bills were passed "a bill to
provide for taking a list Of all persons who were
killed, wounded and missing while in actual ser
vice during the late war; "a bill providing for
the insurance and repairs fthe buildings Of the
Richmond Medical College" and "a bill to in
corporate the Henrico Industrial Association. .
Mr.. Watkins introduced a resolution inquir-
ing what legislation is necessary for the support
OF the widows and orphans Of deceased Conted-
crate soldiers, without requiring them to go to
the poor house
Mr. White introduced bill to incorporate
the Tuckahoe Coal Mining Company.
Mr.. Herndon introduced bill concerning the
| Peninsula railroad Company. 1t requires the
company to complete it's road within two years
from the 9th day Of February next; and pro-
vides that If they do not, all their privileges
shall he withdrawn and conferred upon any
other persons or company who shall build the
road.
A petition was presented by Mr.. Evans, from
Temple Ellet, clerk OF the Circuit Court of
/ Henrico, who asks for an increase OF his COM
pensation, on the ground that the civil business.
| the main source of compensation and support
to the clerk, is nearly all driven off by the i'm
mense increase of criminal causes. He states
that there is double as much criminal business
in his court as there is in all the other nine
counties in the district lie accounts for this
large increase from the increased suburban pop
ulation of Richmond, including chiefly a very
large population of freedmen The petition
was referred.
| SENATE, Monday, Jan. 2S.-TIouse bill in
cooperating the Association for the relief OF
Southern Widows aud Orphans was taken up
and referred to the Committee for Courts OF
Justice
/
House bill to amend the charter Of the Plan
ters' Savings Bank OF Richmond.
House bill incorporating the Henrico Indus
trial Association.
House bill to amend the act passed January
81, 1862, changing the manner OF examining
polls and certifying elections for certain officers
of the Commonwealth.
House bill to amend the 18th section ofchap-
ter 1876 of the Code of 1860 in relation to costs
in civil cases.
House bill concerning the authority of en-
ployers over minors, &C., employed for limited
periods 1t gives them the same power over
them as is allowed now by law to masters over
apprentices, and makes no discrimination as to
| color.
| House bill in relation to the purchase of law
books for the State Library. The bill appro
pirates $780, the books to be purchased under
the superintendent of the Judges Of the Court
Of Appeals.
Mr.. Ould, under suspension of the rules, in
troduced bill Incorporating the Southern Or
phans' Association. The bill passed.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
LIABILITIES OF THE WILLIAMSBURG LUNATIC
| ASYLUM
House bill to provide for the liabilities of the
Eastern Lunatic Asylum incurred prior to the
lst day of July, 1865, came up, and the amend
ments of the Committee of Propositions, &c,