The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-09
General Assembly of Tirginia.

FRIDAY, July s, 1870.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 10 o'clock-Lieutcnant-
Governor MARYE i'll the chair.
BILLS REPORTED.
House bill for the payment Orient of office
md storage room to j. j. Palmer, late SUI
1eriiltendcnt of public printing.
Senate bill to amend an act prescribing
The mode of clecting trustees for the town
II armvillc, and vcSting them with corpo-
-ate privileges.
House bill incorporating the Appomat-
tox, Campbell, and PittSylvania Railroad
Company.
Hills PRESENTED.
BY Mr.. HAMLETT.-A bill to authorize the
qualified voters of the county ofPrince Ed
ward to vote on the question of securing
the county courthouse to the tow of
Farmvillc.
By Mir. CAMPBELL.-A bill to repeal that
portion of the Code concerning allowance
to clerks of county and corporation courts.
BY Mr.. ANDERSON, Of Rockbridge.-A bill
in relation to the terms Of the circuit courts
i the Commonwealth.
BY the samc.-A bill to reGnact section g
Of the election law and to repeal the act
amendatory thereof.
By Mr.. HARR1s.-A bill to provide for the
funding of the State debt and the redemp-
ton thereof.
HUSTINGS JUDGE OF STANTON.
House jolnt resolution fixing tomorrow
Saturday. July 9TH to elect a Judge for the
musings court of the town Of Staunton to
supply the vacancy caused by the failure OF
the iudge-elect OF said court to quality was
agreed TO.
BILLS ADVANCED.
Senate bill to incorporate st. Johns Ro-
man Catholic College at Norfolk was taken
up, read Il second time, and ordered to It's
eng ossment.
Senate bill to authorize the appointment
| of commissioners to report on the eNpe-
| dicncy of establishing Il new lunatlc
| asylum.
BILL REJECTED.
House bill for the relief Of the sheriff o
Pulaski county was taken up, and bein!
put upon its passage, was rejected.
The vote was reconsldercd, and, on mo
| ton, the bill was laid on the table.
II CHARTER OF PETERSBURG.
Senate bill amending III act to provide fol
the more efficient government OF the city o
Petersburg was taken up, and, on motion
Of Mr.. SMITH, of New Kent, the bill WA:
laid on the table.
NAT HASKELL.
Mr.. AUSTIN, from the special committc,
to investigate the charges against Senate
+. w. Haskell, reported that having full,
examined the evidence offered before them
the charges are unsustained by any proof.
THE RECESS AGAIN.
\ joint resolution offered by Mr.. FITZ
PATRICK, providing that when the Genera
Assembly adjourn on Monday next it do 81
- ..t -, tln 3;,,f Hn,I.p in n,uay,hor
was laid on the table.
THE PUBLIC GUARD.
House bill re0reaniZing the Public Guart
was taken up. Several amendments sub
mitted by the Senate Committee on Public
| Institutions were rejected.
After considerable filibnstering the bill
was read Il third time, and, on motion O
| Mr. P%ENDLEToN, was laid on the table.
WAR CLAIM.
| Mr.. HERNDoN, from Committee of Court:
| of Justice, presented the report of the com
| mittee i'm relation to the claim OF Judge
Richard Parker, late Judge OF the thir
tecnth circuit, for compensation for service!
rendered by him as such Judge, from tle
lst january, 1865, to 10th April, 1865. The
committee reported that, after full conside'
ration of the facts OF the case, the sum o
500 would be il fair, just, and equitable
| adjustment of the demand, and recon,
| mend a passage Of an act for its settlement
| LAID ON THE TABLE.
Senate bill to repeal chapter 81 of the
| Code providing for the storage and sam,
| ping of leaf tobacco, was taken up, and, on
| motion OF Mr.. LATHAM, was laid on the
table.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT..
Senate bill to establish m insurance de
| partment was taken up, amended, and or
| dcred to its engroSsmcnt. The vote being
| taken on its third reading, it failed Tor wanl
Of u constitutional majority.
BILLS PASSED.
Senate bill prescribing what counties and
corporations shall compose the first judicial
circuit. ~
Senate bill supplementary to the act
known as the /" Homestead Act" extending
the provisions of said act to corporations.