The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-21
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
BILLS REPORTED.

BILLS hkfOhIEDs
Senate bill to provide for the funding and
Of the public debt; Senate bill TO
authorize the Orange, Alexandria and Ma
nassas Railroad Company to endorse or
guaranty bonds of the Lynchburg and Dam
Vile Railroad Company, and of certain
cities, counties. and towns, for subscrlp-
tions to the stock of said last-named COM
pany.
House bill to amend the act for the relief
of the sureties Of Washington Dearmont,
late sheriff Of Clarke county.
MR.. MATTHEW, OF LoUDoUN,
asked to be relieved from further service on
the Finance Committee.
BILLS PASSED.
The following House bills: To amend the
Code in relation to the fees of sheriff. SER
ceant, or crier; for the relief of 5. ).
Reeder, late sheriff of Russell county to
enlarge the corporation of the town OF New
Market, Shenandoah county; to declare
Smiths river lawful fence, in the county
of Henry to amend sections and 5 Of
chapter so of the Code; to incorporate the
Exchange Bank of Goodson. ...
THE PENITENTIARY.
House bill to amend the Code in relation
to the penitentiary came up. The House
TofllS6u GO uISUlISS Vi w IL w go
then variously amended and ordered to en-
grossment.
House bills to supplement an act incorpto-
rating the Potomac and Manassas railroad !;
to regulate costs in cbancery suits in GER
tain cases to abolish the infection of stripes
under process of law.
RELIGIOUS MEETINGS.
House bill to protect religious meetings,
and to preserve order at the same, came up.
1t was amended and ordered to engross-
ment.
Various House bills were amended and
ordered to be engroSsed.
At o'clock the chair was vacated until
SP. NJ.
Night Session.
At roll-call the following members failed
| to respond: Messrs. Andrews, Bodeker,
Boiling, Bowen, Bradley, Burkholder,
Clark, Coles, Cox, Daniel, Davis, Edwards,
Gilmer, George Graham, q. W. Graham,
Guy, Hill, G. E. Hodges, j. @. Hodges,
Jackson, B. +. Jones, P. K. Jones, Kelly,
lLipscomb, Lovenstein, Mahood, Mason,
Massie, McCracken, J. 3. Miller, Jr., Moss,
| f. S. Norton, r. Norton, Owen, Patton,
Peatross, Poore, Popham, Seaton, Segar,
| Shelton, Stevens, Stewart, Strother, ,. ..
| Turner, Wentworth, Wilson. Wood, and
WoodWorth-49; S. were present.
ORDERED TO ENDORSEMENT.
The following House bills were consid-
cred, amended, and ordered to engrossment
and third reading:
To amend the act prescribing the duties
and compensation of county officers (pro-
yiding for an examination of the bonds of
county officers at any time, and to require
new bonds or additional security where
necessary; to amend the road law $50 as to
| fix the pay of the overseer at 8 per day, to
| fine him for neglect of duty, &c.; to amend
the Code in relation to interpretations by
circuit courts (enlargng and defining the
authority of the courts in this NATTER; to
amend the Code as to draining lands through
the lands of others for the relief OF VIM.
B. Taliaferro, authorizing trustees of the
Gloucester Charity School to remit interest
accruing during the war on debt due by
said Talaferro to the school; to relieve the
suretes of Samuel Trenary, late sheriff OF
Frederick county; to amend the Code as
to the treasurer of the Eastern Lunatic
Asylum.
Adjourned at 10 P. NJ.