The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-02-17
Appeals, yaGarlt, BIZ reason Of bis holding
military oifscs under the Federal Govern
ment. was read affst trne.

DufG anu hAhiSy EpIlhGn AunplhS SoAn
pary. Sent to the Governor.
Hoass bill extending the. charter OF the
Franklin Society and Library Company, OF
Lexington. Sent 70 the SENATE, >.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
House bill to provide for the appointment
and qualification of Superintendent OF
Public obstruction was read second time:
Mr.. GILMER moved to make the salary OF
the Superintendent $4,000 instead of $1,000,
as propuBed BY the committee.
Messrs. BELL, McCAULL, and JACKSON,
favored the salary proposed by the COM
mittee. -r
The amendment was re.ected-ayes, Al;
noes, n. ss@'st
The bill was then ordered to be engTessed
for third reading. ...
READ A SECOND TINE. ..-
House bill No. 6, providing for the print
ing of private acts Of Incorporation, was
taken hp, read q second time, and ordered
to be engrossed for third reading.
PRINTING.
Mr.. KELLY, Of spotsylvania, presented
the report of the Joint Committee on Print
ing, setting forth that, having taken large
amount of testimony, they recommend that
the present system be CONTINUED and that
the General Assembly proceed as soon as
possible to the election of superintendent
of Public Printing. The committee Will,
however, at an early day propose amend
| ments to the act passed March LIST, 1866,
constituting the Office of Superintendent of
Public Printing, and the committee ask
leave to continue in session. The report
| was agreed to and indulgence granted.
THE HOMESTEAD LAW,
The House then proceeded to the conside-
rati6n cf House Bill No. 5, "To PROJECT
property Of householders and heads OF fam
lilies until the provisions of the homestead
law can be carried into effect" The bill
proposed by the majority Of the committee
| is as follows. go,
"WhcreRs tie Constitution provides that
| eTeiy householder or head of family shall
| be entitled to hold exempt from levy, seizure,
garnisheeing, or sale; Nnder any execution,
| order. OF ether process, his real and per-
sonal property, or either, to the value OF
not exceeding two thousand dollars, sin I'D
dition to the articles now exempt by law, to
be selected by him
"And whereas it is made the duty Of the
General Assembly to provide in what man
| ner and on what conditions such house.
holder or head of family may set apart
and hold for himself and family such home
stead and whereas il lis. probable under
executions and orders salts may be made
| Of property which debtors may be entitled
to set apart and hold as such homestead
before the General Assembly shall be able
to prescribe the manner and conditions on
| which the same may be set apart and held !;
therefore, to preserve thc benefits of such
homestead unImpaired until further legis-
lation can be had in the premises,
Il. BE 1t enacted by tie. General Assem-
| blu, That no sale; or extent, IT so much OF
| the real md personal property, or of either,
| OF such householder Or head Of family
rs he may select, not exceeding in value
two thousand dollars, in addition to articles
now exempt by law, shall be maze under
any executisG, order, or other process
FToridcd, Such householder OF head of q
family shall make oath that the cash value
of the property so selected by him does not
exceed in value two thousand dollars. But
no lien created by any such execution.
order. or process, shall be released by ope-
ration of this act and the General Assem-
bly, may hereafter provide by law that any
such householder or head of family may
select for his homestead any ether estate,
either real or personal, or both, in lieu of
the property selected by him under the
provisions of this act: Prorided, That the
debtor, in making such new selection, shall
be chargeablc at its cash value at the time
when selected with 81 much Of the pro-
perty selccted under this act as may not be
| Forthcoming at the time Of such new seltc
ton.
90. The officer to whom such execution,
| order, or other process, is directed. may
administer the oath required by this act.
"3. In all cases where such executions
have been levied the property so selected
as aforesaid shall be left with the debtor
and at his risk.
a. Such householder or head Of a
| family making such SELECTION as aforesaid
| shall deliver to the officer to whom such
execution, order, or process, is directed an
accurate description Of the property so Sc
lected by him as aforesaid, with his cash
valuation of each article thereof; under
oath, which shall be returned by such cfi-
Ger to the clerks office of the court from
which such execution, order, or process,
issued together with the aIhdayits required
by this act, to he preserved by the clerk
thereof.
as. This act shall take effect from its
passage, and continue in force until the
passage of a general act under the 5th
| section Of the lIth article of the Constitu-
| tion.'
Mr.. Walker, on behalf Of the minority,
proposed the following substitute; which he
Supported III stme able and extended re:
marks
"Whereas article II, section l, of the
| Constitution of Virginia provides that
every householder or head of family shall
be entitled to have set apart as a home
stead property not exceeding in value two
thousand ddllars; which shall be held exempt
from levy, seizure, garnishceing, or sale, il
addition to the articles now exempt from
levy or distress for rent; and whereas sec
ton S Of the said article makes it the duty
of this General Assembly to prescribe al
its first session under said Constitution the
manner in and the conditions under which
the said homestead may be set apalt anG
held; and whereas by section of thu
said article the General Assembly is pro
hibited from passing any law staying thu
collection of debts, except so far as thu
same may be necessary to carry out thu
provisions of said article of the Constitu
ton; and whereas in order to carry out thu
provisions Of said article it is necessary t
prevent the seizure and sale of property
under legal process until the necessary en-
actments for carrying said provisions into
effect Can be made; therefore
81. BE henactedby the General assembly
| Tint there shall be 10 sale under any exc.