The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-11
General Assembly of Virginia"

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General Assembly Of Virginia"
SENATE.
| SATURDAY, July 9, 1870.
The Senate met ut 10 o'clock-Lieutenant-
! Governor MARYE in the chair.
BILLS TABLED.
| Senate bill to incorporate the Castleman's
| Ferry and jefferson Turnpike Company.
| Senate bill to provide for the funding OF
| the State debt and the redemption thereof.
Senate bill for the relief of George w.
| Marshall, late sheriff of Caroline.
Senate bill reGnacting the thirty-second
| section of the general election law, and re-
| pealing the act amendatory thereof.
Senate bill repeating section ~, chapter
IS, Of the Code, concerning the inspection
Of flour.
BILLS PASSED.
Senate bill to authorize the appointment
Of commissions to report on the ~eXpedlcncy
Of establishing i new lunatic asylum.
Senate bill to incorporate st. Johns
Catholic College in Norfolk.
House bill incorporating the Appomat-
tox, Campbell and Pittsylvanla Railroad
Company.
Senate bill, with amendments, legalizing
the toI-bridge built by William L. Hardy
md Leslie Hardy across James river at Fat
tonsbrg. &c. ,
House bill incorporating the Virginia and
Maryland Railroad Company.
House bill for the relief of the sureties OF
James c. Robertson, late sheriff of Page
county.
House bill amending the act incorpo-
rating the Real Estate Savings Bank of
Lynchburg.
House bill for payment of rent of office,
&C., to j. j. Palmer, late superintendent of
Public Printing.
Senate bill to repeal chapter 81 of the
Code, providing for the storing and sampling
OF leaf tobacco.
Senate bill fixing the fees of the clerks of
county courts, DC.
REPORTS CONQUERED IN.
Committee report on 4 resolution in
] during into the eXpediency of re-diStrict-
ing the State for the election of members of
Congress. Legislation at this time deemed
ineXpcdient.
Committee report adverse to increasing
compensation OF clerks, &c.
HUsTINGs COURT OF RICHMOND.
Mr.. COURTNEY presented a bill to enlarge
the jurisdiction of the Hastings Court of
Tile tibS Vi hlCillIltlt tiiu ~ otHCl puI-
poses; which was read once and ordered to
i second reading and referred.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT..
Senate bill to establish u Insurance De-
p,artment was taken up, read the third time,
and passed.
JUDGE OF STANTON.
House joint resolution postponing the
| election of the city Judge Of Staunton until
! the 9TH Of October was agreed to.
| BILLS REJECTED.
| Senate bin authoriZingthe Hartford Steam
Boiler Inspector and Insurance Company
to do business in the State without making
| a deposit of securities, &c, was taken up,
| The question being put on its engrossment
and third reading, was determined in the
affirmative, and the bill then rejected.
MORE ABOUT ADJOURNMENT.
MI. HERNDoN offered a joint resolution thai
| when the General Assembly adjourn on
| Monday, 18th, it adjourn to meet on the
| first Monday in December next.
After some discussion, the resolution was
laid on the ~table-ayes, %; noes, 8.
BILL ADVANCED.
Senate bill amending an act prescribing
the mode of electing trustees for the tow
of Farmville, &c, was taken up and or
dered to its engrossment and third reading
f..... BILL PRESENTED.
By Mr.. TEAMoH.-A hill to provide {
remedy for children improperly excluded
from the public schools.
RICHMOND AND PENINSULA RAILROAD.
Senate bill amending the charter Of thu
Richmond and Peninsula Railway Com
pany was up, on motion Of Mr.. SMITH, 0
New Kent, and passed.
A number of bills from the House wer,
read and referred to appropriate commit
tees, after which the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met at 10 O'Clock.
PLACED ON THE CALENDAR.
Senate bill supplementary to the home
stead law.
Senate bill prescribing what counties ant
corporations shall compose the first judicia
circuit.
House bin in relation to the assessment
and collection Of the public revenue for thu
year 1870.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
The private calendar rule having beer
} suspended, the House took up its engrosse,
+ bills and passed the following:
Bill for the relief of w. w. Cosby, eX
ecutor Of r. Payne.
Bill to amend the Code in relation to in
sane persons.
Bill to amend the Code in regard to duel
ling.
Bill for the relief Of one who has bough
or sold an office, or the deputation thereof
between the I'd of March, 1867, and 10th o
january, 1870.
For the relief Of Joseph A. S. Barham
late sheriff Of Surry county.
For the relief of James q. Robertson, lat'
sheriff of Page county, and his sureties.
For the return of certain bonds to JOSEPH
Il. Anderson u Co., by the State Treasurer
Providing compensation for the clerk OIL
the Hastings Court of Richmond, 81, 800 pc
annum /; five dollars for every felony case
one dollar for every case of misdemeanor.
RICHMOND CIRCUIT COURTROOM.
Senate bill for the payment Orient of Rich
mond circuit courtroom to Franklin
Stearns. Faiiedfo want Of constitutions
majority.
CRIMINAL JURIES.
House bill amending the Code as to juries
in criminal cases and change Of venue, came
UP as unfinished business. After. discus
sion, the bill was passed.
| PASSED By.
The road bill and the oyster tax bill were
passed by.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
Senate bill to amend and .reGnact section
| 5S OF the election law.
I TO amend the Code In relation to the or