The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-10-12
o IN, counties. From the Committee on

Xiii for the protection fish In the Roam
/ ,ke river west Of The Blue Ridge. Reported
r-nm special committee on shell and otbe1
fish.
Ishensndoah river and its tributaries. From
the same committee.
Bill amending the act protecting the oys
fer beds in the waters of the Common
wealth.
RErAIRs TO ROOF OF CAPITOL.
Mr.. MANHOOD offered q resolution pro
viding for the employment of experts to ex
anime the roof Of the capitol to see whether
any repairs are necessary, the said expert'
to report thereupon.
PLACED ON THE CALENDAR.
I Mr.. GEORGE W ALKER offered bill amend
ing the act prescribing the duties and com
pensation Of county officers; which was
under suspension OF the rules, phcco
on the calendar.
MIR. JACKSON offered bin to revive ana re-
establish the inspection Of tobacco at FARM
vile warehouse which was placed on the
calendar under a suspension OF the ruies'
WEST vIRa1N1A's DEBT.
Mr.. CRENsHAw offered the following -,
"Resolped, That the Committee on FL. =
nance report as soon as practicaDle Join'
resolution in substance as follows
"Whereas the State of West Virginia was
senarafed from this State without the Peo-
ME of this State having the opportunity 70
take action thereon in accordance Win t ellc
| requirements of the CONSTITUTION VI ''A'
United States. therefore be 10. M.
Resolved, That we 40 e Streo 10Th eth for
eign " and domestic, that the State OF VirSl-
Ma holds herself responsible Tor only W. W.
th;rdS of fine debt due by the state OF VIZ,
',;';' IN 1870. believing that she is not Dolihu
o;thor morally or legally for greater pro-
nor.tion Of the public debt, as by that act OF
ienaration at least one-third OF her tcrll1oI!'
urea and value considered, was placeo pe'
yond her control" ,,o,
: The House refused to suspend the rules,
and the resolution went to the ConiniiI'ee
on Finance.
STATE INTEREST IN INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS
THE hill authorizing the Board OF Pupllc
Works TO sell the States interest III her
works of internal improvement was taAch
up and discussed. - t,o
MIR. BuDp offered an amendmenl 10 .ne
lst section requiring the consent OF ,ai
Stockholders other than the State in general
meeting called before any proposal snail DC
received from rarties other than the COM
pany or companies themselves. ,..
MIR. BELL. of Augusta, offered a suDsii-
tute striking out this part of the BILL
Adopted. ,,.;,
dependent section
F." Prouded, That this act shall not apply
to any stock held by the State IN any; COM
pany where permission by law has already
been made for the sale of that stock"
Adopted. 80,
After further discussion, the bill was
passed by.
THE OYSTER WAR.
Colonel Owens, the Governors aid, laid
before the House the correspondence be-
tween the Governors Of Maryland and Nlr-
pinia on the oyster war. The documents
were laid on the table and ordered to be
printed.
The following is the correspondence
STATE OF MARYLAND,}
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, 7
ANNAPOLIS, Oct. l, 1870.
To His Ercellency Gilbert C. Walker,
Governor Of Virginia:
Ny Dear Sir,-My attention has been
called to the arrest in the waters of Tan
ger sound by the authorities of the State
of Virginia of certain citizens of Maryland
who had regularly taken out licenses Ill
this State to oyster, and that these persons
have been carried to, and are now incarcc-
rated within, the State of Vireinia.s
The fact that the line between the States
Of Virginia and Maryland about the point
of the above capture is undetermined and
uncertain, and that these waters are claimed
by the State of Maryland is known to the
people of the two States.
The State of Maryland, in 1868, by the act
of Assembly. appointed commission, oil
three OF the most eminent gentlemen of that
,tx-$ ant
by the State of Virginia to settle and adjust
the boundary line on the eastern shore Of
the Chesapeake bay between the States OF
Virginia and Maryland
/ believe that this joint commission did
not succeed in adjusting the line, and cltl.
zens of MARYLAND believe they have the
right to oyster in these waters.
While it is important that this boundary
line should be definitely and immediately
settled, it is also most desirable that the
comfy and friendship which have SO long
existed between the people OF the TWO
States should not he disturbed when they
can be preserved and cemented by little
forbearance Oh the part Of the authorities
until the line can be settled.
therefore earnestly beg your EXcellency
that these parties now confined III Virginia
NAV be Immediately released by your order,
and their vessels returned to them, and that
Won will also issue orders to your oyster
Dolice to make no further arrests in these
disputed waters claimed by Maryland until
| the line can be fixed either by reassembling
| the commission or by an immediate decision
| of the United States courts.
need not add that while asking this oil
your EXcellency / shall be ready and anX.
ious to cooperate by any concession looking
to the maintenance of good order and good
feeling in these disputed waters until the
| line can be satisfactorily settled.
| / am your Excellency's most obedient
servant,
[Signed] ODEN BOWIE.