The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-18
General Assembly 81 virginia.

..s,sE- strEZG SEN AIEi. 49, ~
= The Senate met ut Ill o'clock A. M
Lieutenant Governor MARYE IN tine ciiaat. /
No prayer. ,nonrs
Mr.. HsRspos, from the Committee Tor
Courts Of Justice, reported Without ainenn-
mont House bill No. 8S, entitled an act ex.
tandina the time for repair or rebuilding Of
mills destroyed during the late war, which
was taken UP and passed. =,
The same committee presented Dill 10
amend and reenact section 4 Of chapter 10
of the Code of 1860 in relation to incorpo.
ration by circuit courts. -.
The same committee reported, with re-
commendation that 1t do not pass, Senate
bill No. 1872, for relief of debtors.
The same committee reportedy with the
Recommendation that it do not pass, Senate
bill No. 81, to prevent the sale of property
act for fully carrying out article IL OF the
Constitution.
The same committee reported in relation
to resolution of inquiry defining by law
whether the sureties on official bonds shall
make affidavit that they are worth the Pc
nalty of the bond after deducting two
thousand dollars, the value Of the home
stead, &C., &C., that legislation is unneces-
| sary, and asked TO be discharged:
The same committee presented report
in relation to resolution of inquiry, of the
in the city of Richmond, &C., that lcglSia-
ton is unnecessary, and asked to be dis
charged.
The same committee presented q report
| in relation to a resolution OF inquiry INTO
| the cxpediency of fixing eight hours rs
| lawful days work, that il is inexpedient to
| legislate, and ask to be discharged.
The same committee presented report
| in relation to a resolution OF inquiry into
the propriety of preventing the lntroduc-
ton of pauper immigrants into the State,
&C., that legislation is inexpedient, and
| asked to be discharged.
The same committee presented a report
in relation to a resolution requiring sufh.
cient allowance Of estates sold by DEGREES OF
courts where provision is made IN wills 10
reserve burying-grounds and keep the
same in good condition, ETC., ETC., that II IS
ineXpedient to legislate upon the subject.
RESOLUTIONS, BILLS, ETC.
Mr.. RIDDICK 10y leaye) presented Senate
bill No. 1873, authorizing the trustees OF
"Zion Baptist Church." in the city OF
Portsmouth, to borrow money and execute
deed Of trust on a lot of land which, on
his motion, was read and referred to the
Committee on General Laws.
/ COTTAGE TOLL-BRIDGE COMPANY.
Senate bill No. 103, amending and re-
| enacting Can act to Incorporate the Cottage
Toll-Bridge Company" passed 1st Febru-
airy, 1860, was taken up and passed.
ASSESSMENT OF TAXES.
Senate bill No. 1863 in relation to the as
sessment of taxes on licenses was taken up
and passed-ayes, %; noes, O.
AMENDING TIE CODE.
Senate bill No. 1T to amend and reenact
sections l, 4, 5, 6, s, 10, II, u, IA, 10, %,
and repeal sections 3, 8, 81, 20, 80, 81, 81,
and 80, of said chapter as to juries gene
rally, was taken up and ordered to its Sc
cond reading.
Also, Senate bill No. 1853 to amend and
reenact section 13 of chapter $50 Of the Code
of Virginia, edition Of 1860, was passed.
PEOPLES BANK OF NORFOLK.
Senate bill No. 167 to amend the charter
of the Peoples Bank Of Norfolk, Va, was
taken up and ordered to its second reading.
JURISDICTION OF THE CORPORATION COURT OF
NORFOLK.
Senate bill No. Is, amending and reenact-
ing an act amending and rcGnacting section
of chapter 157 of the Code, edition of 1860,
in relation to the jurisdiction Of the corpo-
ration court of the city of Norfolk, and Gre
ating the office of judge Of the said court,
passed January Goth, 1866, &C., &c, was Or
dered to be engrosscd and reada third time.
CHESTERFIELD LAND AND IMPROVEMENT COM
PANY.
Senate bill No. 90, to incorporate the
Chesterfield Land and Improvement Com
pany, was taken up from the calendar and
ordered to its engrOssment and third read
ing.
PROTECTION OF TIE PROPERTY OF MARRIED
WOMEN.
Senate bill No. IS for the more effectual
protection of the property of married Wo-
men, reported from the Committee for
Courts of Justice with recommendation
that it do not pass, was taken up, read the
second time, when
MIR. TAYLOR, of Norfolk city, moved to
amend the bill by adding the following pro-
viso to the third section:
'Propided, That in all elections in which
a question may be submitted to the votes of
freeholders, women owning real estate shall
be entitled to the right of suffrage without
distinction as to race, class, or previous con-
dition."
The question being OH the adoption of the
amendment, was decided in the negative
ayes, 10; noes, 16.
Mr.. FITZPATRICK moved to amend the bill
by adding the following proviso to the third
section
-" Prouided, That such married women
shall take, and hold to be, the head Of the
family, and as such shall be responsible for
the support of the same" Lost.
Mr.. TAYLOR also presented the following,
which he afterwards withdrew:
" PROVIDED, That all unmarried women
who will not, on entering the married state,
waive herights hereby granted, be required
to wear 'Bloomer costume for the infor-
nation of calculating, unmarried young
gentlemen seeking alliances"
MIR. RIpDICK moved to amend the bill by
adding at the end Of the third Section the
words "but the said property, both real
Of said married woman contracted by her.
self or by her authority" Adopted-ayes,
IA; noes, 49, The bill was finally ordered
to it's engrossment and third reading.
The discussion was engaged In by MeSsrs.
HERNDoN, TAYLOR Of Loudoun, SMITH of
Henrico, FITZPATRICK, and others.
JAMES RIVER BRIDGE COMPANY.
| Senate bill to incorporate the James
River Bridge Company was taken up, dis
cussed, amended, and finally laid on the
table, and made the special order for to-
morrow at o'clock.
| PUBLICATION OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE IN
| GERMAN.
Senate bill No. IS to provide for the pub
LEGATION of the laws of the State in German
was taken up, read the second time, and
the question on ordering the bill to its en-
grossment and third reading being put, was
determined in the negative. The bill was,
therefore, stricken from the calendar.
On motion of Mr.. SMITH, of Henrico, it
was ordered that when the Senate adjourn
| to-day If adiourn IN moot tr-morrnrp ord