The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-05

Ohio and Mia93otppi, wien MoIo "Aoo
the order OF the day fof future Jays.
Mr. CxrxP assentinB, the oiii was &C
cerdingly postponed until Mondsy next.
WORKING on ROADS.
The House bill amending the law i'm
posing fines for failing to work on roads,
returned from the Senate with, amend
ments. two of which the House
in, and to the third of which It disagreed,
had been returned by the Senate WIN sne
message that they adhered to their amend
ment disagreed to by the House. lne
House Committee, to which II had peen re-
ferred, reported the bill with the recon-
mendation that the louise adhere 10 us
disagreement. --.. !.
The House so. adhered, and proposed q
committee Of conference with the Senate
on the disagreement. The following IS
the committee on the part of the House :
Messrs. Atkinson, Booker, Daniel, Graham,
Graves, Hansbarger, Long, Merritt, ana
Owen. $50
MECHANICS LIENS.
The Senate bill giving to mechanics and
others liens upon buildings to secure the
payment for work and materials done and
used in them came up in order. line
tenor Of this bill has been already pub
lished in this paper.l The bill was read.
The Committee of Courts of Justice re-
ported it with amendments. The first IS
offered as a substitute for the Sd section,
and was agreed to by the House. !it VIII
be found incorporated in the bill puDiisned
entire in the local department OF this
mornings Dispdtch.]
The second amendment proposes 10 IN
sert at the end of the 18th section the
words, " and shall expire at the end OF two
wears from and after the passage thereof"
This amendment was agreed to, and, as
amended, the bill passed.
BILLS PASSED.
The following Senate bills were read a
third time and passed:
A bill to authorize the Danyllle Rail-
road Company to secure certain liabilities
of the Piedmont Railroad Company;
A bill to incorporate the James River
Marine Railway and Ship-building Com
pany; and
A bill to incorporate the Henrico Man
ufacturing Company.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr..
JONES, Of King and Queen, for five days.
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION BILL.
The House proceeded to consider the
order of the day, being the bill exempting
homesteads and certain personal property
from forced sales, and for the relief OF IN
solvent debtors.
The question pending was upon the SUBJ
stitute Of Mr.. WooDsON, and being put,
was decided in the negative. The ques-
ton next in order was upon the substitute
of Mr.. GARNET to the House bill. La
bill which had been sent to the Committee
of Courts of Justice and reported back with
the recommendation that it do not pass.I
Mr.. GARRETT addressed the House in
support of his substitute and in explana-
ton of it's provisions. 1t sets apart the
homestead and 100 acres of land for the
family and their descendants without limi.
tation. The reservation is made dependent
upon the surrender of all property not eA-
empted, which is to be sold after valuation,
provided it brings three-fourths of its value.
Should there be such difficulty in dividing
the land with reference to the homestead
tract as that the residue will be of nc
value, or seriously impaired in value, then
the whole shall be sold, and 81 800 in spe-
Gle shall be deducted from the purchase
money to buy another homestead for the
owner and his family. The bill reserves q
long list of personal property.
Mr.. GARRETT considered that three
fourths of the people of Virginia were
! opelessly bankrupt, and that unless some
measure was adopted to secure to them a
shelter they would be in short time turned
out upon the world without shelter or
support. He urged the House to adopt
some measure that would accomplish this.
He wanted his bill passed. He would
take the next best if that failed but he
begged gentlemen to consider it fairly, and
offer their amendments until it was made
satisfactory, if possible, to the House.
Mr.. HANsBROUGH said My good friend
from Essex, at the commencement OF his re-
marks, said that he did not mean to make
a speech; but l give notice, Mr.. Speaker,
that with your patience, aud the patience
of the House, l shall now make a speech
and if l had the learning, and genius, and
fancy of my friend, l would make as long
a speech as he has made but my funds
are small, and soon exhausted. have been
in debt all my life and the more property
I had the more l was in debt and OF late
years | have been scuiiling, and toillns,
and moiling and during the summers
heat and winters cold, %grunting and sweat
ing under a weary life to pay Off my just
and honorable debts; but / was a great
blockhead (; I ought to have waited for this
bill. Aladdin's lamp has come at last and
I lust rub it a little and say "Presto-
change": and 10 and behold in a mo-
ment, in the twinkling of an eye, am
- o-ar Lord rorop,nunt and
like Robinson Crusoe, Monarch of all |
survey; and l play "Sir Oracle" and
strut like an alderman, and "when | ope
my mouth, let no dog bark" This is not all
this bill legislates me into my paternal
demesnes, "ancestral halls" and "patri-
monial oaks" and it gives me all my
wife's paraphernalia, all the escutcheons,
pictorial paintings, and armorial bearings
of nv noble ancestors. can trace them
back through centuries to King William
III. They came over from Germany,
and were all menials and surfs to the noble
Prince of Orange.
| have said enough about myself, and
have made myself the hero Of my tale
and now, sir, I will carry you to my con-
s~tituents. They don't want land they
have more now than they can support, and
they have no debts to pay, for they never
had credit enough to 20 into debt. They
are poor but honest and merry hearted.
1t would have done your heart good, Mr.
Speaker, to have gone along with me at
Christmas from house to house of their
happy homes, and seen the strnppine
young fellows and blooming, r~osy-chccked
@iassies whirling through all the mazes pfthr
dance to the merry tunes of Kiss me
Sweetly" and "Brindle Bull
Mr.. CRUMP said that if be did not know