The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-04-08
General Assembly of Virginia.
THURSDAY, April I, 1870.
SENATE.

THURSDAY, Ap,il7, 1870.
SENATE.
| The Senate met at y o'clock M-Lieu-
tenant Governor MARYE in the chair.
PRAYER by Rev. Joshua Peterkin, D. D., of
st. Jamcs's Episcopal church.
CoMMUHICATloN.
4 message was received from the House
of Delegates with the following joint 1880
luton which was agreed to:
| " Rcsolued The Senate concurring), That
the House will p, oceed, so soon as the pre-
sent special order is executed or disposed
of, to elect county Judges for the folio wing
cocnties and districts, and in the 0, der nell
toned: ], Bland and Giles; 2, Botctourt ;
3, Floyd; !, Greene and Madison; 5, Lu-
nenburg G, Rappahannock; I. Scott; s,
Shenafiloah 0, Buckingham; 10, Camp
bell II, Carroll; II. Cha:lcs City ana
New Kent; Is, Chesterfield; II, Elizabeth
City and Warwick; l., Gloucester and
Matthews; IL, Henry; II, James City and
Yolk IS, King anl Queen and Aliddlcsex ;
10, Loudoun: 20, Louisa q, Nansemond 3;
%, Northampton -, Northumberland and
| Lancaster y. iliiNt N'Soi "iii '-uAA.'
25, Wythe and Pulaski"
| They have also passed Senate bill au-
thorizing the Governor 10 hire out the con-
yicts of the penitenta,y to labor Oil public
works, with amendments.
| The Senate declined to concur in the
House amendments.
CENTRAL LrNATIc ASYLUM.
House bill to establish tho Central Luna
tic ASYLUM was read q second time and re-
fcrred to the Committee Oil ruOl:c lnstitu-
tions.
RESOLUTIONS: ErC.
/ By Mr.. ANDERSON, Of Rockbridge.-
, l" EcS0lred, That five hundred additional
copies of the report of the Superintendent
of Public Instruction he printed for the use
of the Senate" Agreed to.
BY Mr.. MAsSIE.-" I.c$olred, That the
. Committee for Courts Of Justice I've instructed
to inquire into the expedicncy Of reporting
bill releasing Albert Roane FROM Il fine
and Imprisonment in the county jail OF
King William county," Agreed to.
BY Mr.. GREEvEK.-" iie&ol,'cd, That the
Committee for Courts Of Justice be in
structcd to inquire into the cxpedicncy of
reporting q bill so changing the existing
law lis to require but one notary public to
be present in taking the acknowledgment
of married woman to deed" Agreed to.
| BY Mr.. SNowDEH.-': ReSolued, That the
Committee for Courts Of Justice be in
structed to report bin defining the juris-
dict;on of Mayors Of cities and towns"
Agreed to.
Mr.. LEWIS, by leave, presented memo
rial irom the citizens Of Wcstmoreland
county for relief Of debtors, which was re-
!. fcrred TO Committee for Courts of Justice.
. The memorial was, at the request of Mr..
LEWIS, read to the Senate, endorsing the
course of the Enquirer.
Mr.. TAYLOR, of Louloun, moved to insert
Dispatch and Wing.
ACTS OF INCORPORATION.
The report Of the Committee on General
Laws in relation to acts of incorporation
was rejected.
TIE JOINT ORDER.
i On motion of Mr.. SNowpEN the Senate
proceeded to the election of city judges
lie placed in nomination Mr.. Enoch NJ
Lowe for judge of the hustings court OF
the city Of Alexandria.
Mr.. HERSDoN said that it was with great
pleasure he gave him his second.
The vote resulted as follows: Lowe, 1873
and he was declared elected.
Mr.. WADDELL nominated Mr.. Alexan-
der B. Cochran, of the House of Delegates,
for the hastings judgeship of the town OF
Stanton.
Mr.. Cochran having received 124 votes,
| was declared elected.
On motion, the Senate agreed to postpone
the further execution Of the joint order, SO
far as it relates to the election OF city
judges, until Monday next at l o'clock.
| COUNTY JUDGES.
| Mr.. FRENCH put in nomination Mr.. Phi
lip W. Strother for the judgeship of the
district composed of the counties Of Bland
and Giles; and Mr.. Sirother was elected.
he having received ia votes.
| Mr.. PENDLETON put in nomination Cup
tain Thomas D. Houston for the judgeShlp
of the county court of Botetourt.
The vote resulted as follows: Houston,
liz. He was declared elected.
| Mr.. HARRIS, of Pittsylvania, nominated
Mr.. John Merritt for the judgeship of the
county of Floyd.
Mr.. PENN seconded tho nomination.
Mr.. Merritt received l06 votes, and was
declared elected.
Mr.. GRIMsLEY put in nomination Mr..
Wyatt S. Beazley for the judgeship of the
district composed of the counties Of Madi-
son and Greene.
Mr.. Beazley, having received 100 votes,
was declared elected.
Mr.. HARRIS nominated William II. Perry
ESQ.,, for the judgeship of the county OF
Lunenburg.
Mr.. Perry was declared elected, be hav-
ing received 1l6 votes.
Mr.. LATHAM nominated for the judge
| ship of Rappahannock county James F.
Strother.
He was declared elected, having received
| llS votes.