The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-03-10
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To incorporate the Atlantic and ALLIE
! phany Railroad Company.
Amending the charter Of the Valley Hall
road Company. .-.F...>r.
Providing what days shall be legal holi-
days in this Commonwealth.
To amend section 4 chapter 10s OF the
Code Of Virginia, in relation to marriages.
Extending the time for the repair or re-
building of mills destroyed during the late
war.
Senate bill to charter the Rappahannock
and Potomac River railroad, with amend
ments. ~
Senate bill to protect the owners OF 1881
+ or stolen registered bonds, with recommen-
/ dation that it do not pass.
Senate bill in regard to printing acts Of
private incorporation, with amendments.
Senate bill prescribing oaths Of ONCE
with a substitute therefor.
The above bills we're reported from com.
mittees, read O first time, and placedo on the
calendar.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
The Committee on Finance reported tha'
it ia inexpedicnt to legislate at present IN
regard to salaries of State officers, except
in regard to county and corporation Judges,
which is now under consideration Dy
| another committee. Agreed to.
T~he.Committee on Propositions and 6rleV-
ances rcnortcd asking that q resolution, TO
them referred, as to the expediency OF
reportinr a bill for the establishment OF a
house of correction be referred to tbe Com
mittee on Labor and the Poor. Agreeu TO-
The Committee on Courts OF Justice re-
ported ii inexpedient to legislate as 10 the
Identification of the statute laws OF the
State so rs to conform to existing laws anu
the Constitution. Agreed to.
The Committee on Propositions ana drieV-
ances asked that O resolution in regard 70
the restrictions imposed on the free use OF
tile North Fork of the Holston River, &C.;
be referred to the Committee on Roads and
Navigation. Agreed to.
ALEXANDRIA,, D AND HAMPSHIRE
RAILROAD.
The bill concerning the Alexandria, Lou
doun and Hampshire Railroad Company
was, on motion Of Mr.. BuDD, taken up out
of its order, hut pending its consideration
the hour for the special order arrived.
COUNTY JUDGES.
On motion of MIR. McLArGHLIS, Senate
bill No. 5, entitled IN act to district the
State for county Judges" was taken up
out its order on the calendar and made the
special continuing order at o'clock t: NJ:
on the day after the homestead bill shall
have been disposed Of.
REFERRED.
The following resolutions, petitions, ETC.,
we're presented and referred
By Mr.. Notwithstanding into the
expediency of enacting n law to prevent
"labor agents" from inducing able-bodied
men to emigrate without making proper
provision for the sustenance of their faml-
lies.
By Mr.. J. II. 4. SMlTu.-Tnquiring into
the expedicncv of releasing Aaron H. Nash
and others, s~urctics Of William Sample,
late sheriff Of Russell county, from certain
liabilities. =.
Bv Mr.. KELLY, of Smyth.-lnquiring
into the expedicncy of reporting a bill fcr
the formation Of the Atlantic, Mississippi,
and Ohio Railroad COMPANY.
Bv Mr.. STEvESs.-Petitions OF citizens
of Sussex and Surry counties in regard to
the fence law.
By Mr.. CLARE.-In1uirins into the ex-
pediencv of reducing the rates OF toll on
the toll-brilgc an1 ferries crossing Dan
river Mt and near DaTllle.
By Mr.. MISUNDERSTANDING IN the ell
| gibility of the delegate from Prince George:
in view of the fact that he has removed
from his district.
Bv Mr.. BowDES.-Inquiring as to what
notice. if any, is required by q landlord to
monthly tenants before suing out a sum
mons for unlawful detainer. .
BY Mr.. SrUBBs.-Asking the opinion OF
the Acknowledgement OIL that portion OF
the law of Congress requiring all officers to
file a certain oath within thirty days after
the admission Of the State with the Secre-
tary of the Commonwealth, ard what ottl-
GERS are required to file said oath in order
that they may continue il Office.
BY Mr.. B. +. JONES.-Asking that a day
be set apart for a notice Of the death OF
John Watson, late q member elect from the
county of Mecklenburg.
THE HOMESTEAD LAW.
The bill in relation to the homestead was
then taken up, and Mr.. KELLEY addressed
the House in support OF his amendment,
which is as follows:
"Be 1t further enacted, That in any case
the householder OF head Of a family may
waive the benefits of this act by expressing
such waiver in the bond, note, or other
| written evidence of the debt, as to which
such waiver is intended to be made"
Mr.. KELLEY submitted an able argument
in support of this proposition after which,
Mr.. STEVENS, OF Sussex, proposed q pro-
yiso "that the said waiver shall not ex-
coed in the sum named therein one-fourth
Of the value Of the homestead or other cx-
empted property Of the householder or head
of the family
This amendment was accepted by Mr..
KELLEY.
Mr.. BELL briefly replied to the argu-
ment of MIR. KELLEY; after which, the
| vote being upon the amendment as amend
ed, it was r~cjected-ycas, 80 ; nays, 6S.
MIR. PopuAM offered two more amend
ments, providing for the exercise right Of
waiver in certain cases which were also
rejected.
Mr.. BELL offered the following amend
ments as additional sections of the bill ;
| which were agreed to:
l6. Any householder or head Of o family
| who shall have failed to select and set apart
O homestead and personal property which
he claims to hold as exempt from levy or
sale, according to the provisions Of the fore
going sections, and who desires to avail him
self of the benefit of the exemptions pro-
yided for in this act against O creditor pro-
| ceeding to enforce the lien Of his judgment
or execution, must file un inventory, under
oath, in the court where the judgment, de-
| cree, or order, is obtained, or with the Off
Ger holding the execution, Of the whole Of