The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-12
General Assembly of Virginia.
MONDAY, July II, 1870.
SENATE.

| UtHtIdl ASSCNlblJ vi flSillld.
MONDAY, July II, 1870
SENATE.
The Senate met at 10 o'clock-Lieutenant-
| Governor MARYE in the chair.
BILLS PASSED.
House hill to amend and rcGnact section
| %. chapter III, Of the Code of 1860.
Senate bill amending al act prescribing
| the mode of electing trustees for the town
of Farmvile, &c.
CONQUERED IN.
Senate bill, with House amendments, in
relation to the establishment in the State of
a branch asylum for disabled volunteer sol
dcrS, &C., WAS taken up and the amend
mcntS concurrcd in.
JOURNAL OF THE SENATE.
Mr.. ROLLER offered Il resolution autho-
riZinr and requiring the Clerk to have
bound the Journals of the Senate from the
9TH of October. 1869, to the ensuing recess
of the General Assembly, with an index.
Adopted.
ACTS OF ASSEMBLY.
Mr.. CAMPBELL offered a resolution, (which
was agreed to, authorizing and requiring
the keeper of the rolls to have the Constitu-
ton Ut Virginia published with the acts
and resolutions of the present session of the
General Assembly passed prior to its adj
journment on the 18th instant.
ADJOURNMENT.
A Joint resolution by Mr.. HERSDoN that
when the General Assembly adjourn to-day
it do 50 sine die. and another by the same
gentleman that when il adjourn it do so to
meet on the fourth Monday in November,
were rejected.
INSTRUMENTATION MARYE.
Mr.. TAYLOR, of LoudOun, offered the fol-
lowing resolution which, under suSpen-
sion of the rules, was unanimously adopted:
" Resolucd, That we express the unani-
nous sentiment of the Senate when we Or
der it to be entered upon our records that
Licutcnant-Govern Marye has dcmeancd
himself i'll his eminent position as our pre-
siding officer rs to merit our approval; That
he has discharged his duties ably. impair
TALLY, faithfully, and satisfactorily; that no
dissent or appeal has been taken from his
rulings, and that he is entitled to, and IS
hereby rendered, our cordial thanks"
LAID ON THE TABLE.
House bill for the relief of W. w. Cosby,
executor of r. Payne, was taken up, put
upon its passage, and rejected for want of Il
constitutional majority. The vote was then
reconsdered and the bill laid on the table.
OFFICERS OF THE SENATE.
Mr.. AUSTIN offered resolution rendering
! the thanks of the Senate to Mr.. Shelton &.
Davis, clerk of the Senate, for the able, eff
cient, and impartial manner in which he
! has discharged his duties duringth present
session.
The resolution was amended so as TO EN-.
brace "the other officers of the Senute,
and then unanimously adopted.
On motion of Mr.. PENDLEToN, the Senate
| took a recess until IL y O'Clock L. Nj.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met at Q O'clock.
PLACED ON THE CALENDAR OR PASSED.
| House bill for the relief of James G. Ro.
bertson, late sheriff of Page county, and his
sureties.
| House bill providing compensation for the
clerk of the Hastings Court of Richmond.
Senate bin to enlarge the jurisdiction of
the Hastings Court of Richmond and for
other purposes.
senate bill to incorporate the st. Johns
Roman Catholic College, in Norfolk. Suisse
qucntly passed.
Senate bill fixing the fees of the clerks of
the county courts and the corporation
courts in chanccry cases,
Senate bill extending the time for giving
the notice of contest to the officers elect III
Leigh township, in the county of Amelia.
Subsequently taken up and passed.
Senate bill to amend the charter of the
Richmond and Peninsula Railroad Com
pany. Subsequently taken UP and passed
ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE.
Mr.. SMITH TURNER offered resolution
adjourning SINE die. Rejected.
DANyILLE RAILROAD BILL.
Senate bill authorizing the Board of Pub.
| lie Works to sell the States interest in the
Richmond and Danville railroad, and tc
authorize the said road to buy the same
: was taken up,
/ A motion to reconsider the following
amendment Of Mr.. Speaker TURNER wa
carried:
..But the said Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company shall not receive the
benefits conferred by this act until salt
company, in general meeting of the stock
holders thereof, shall agree that said compa
nv shall thereafter be subject to all the gene
raj laws of tins Commonwealth then exist
ing, or thereafter passed by the Genera
Assembly, in relation to railroad companie
in this State"
The amendment was defeated and tn
bill was passed.
CRIMINAL JURY BILL.
House engrossed bill to amend the Cod
In relation to jurles in criminal cases AM
change of venue was passed.
SENATE BILIs PASSED.
Senate bill amending the charter Of tn
city of Richmond.
TO incorporate the Wytheville Savings
Bank.
TO incorporate the Southside Bankin,
Company.
| TO prescribe the duties and fix the com
pensation of officers in cities and towns o
over 5000 inhabitants.
Providing for the payment of the print
. ing of records In the district courts Of ap
+ peal.
, To provide for dividing the townships Q
!, the State In voting districts.
Prescribing what counties and CORPORA
tions shall compose the first judicial circuit
. Bill supplementary to the homestead act
d TO enlarge the jurisdiction of the Huf
, tings Court of Richmond.
Il Fixing The tees Of the clerks Of count
and corporation courts In chancery cases.
Eenata hill amending the charter of Farm