The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-22
Virginia Judicial Districts - White
Slavery i'm the South.


In the United States Senate Monday,
March 20, ISL
Mr.. JOHNSTON l ask unanimous con-
sent to present and have passed at this time
Il little bill.
The VICE-PRESIDENT Pending the
call for petitions, the Senator from Virginia
asks unanimous consent to consider bill
for the purpose of passing it. Is there OBJ.
lection?
The NICE-PRESIDENT: The Chair
does not know.
MIR. JOHNSTON Il will explain in mo-
ment. At the last session of Congress bill
was passed providing for creating two judi
cial districts in the State Of Virginia. The
bill provided that in all cases which were
transferred from the eastern to the western
district copies of the record should be
made. simply desire to amend the law
so as to require the original papers to be
sent, to save the expense of copies to the
parties. ask that the bill be put upon it's
passage. In the first place, move that the
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged
from the further consideration Of the bill,
which is Senate bill No. IS.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr.. JOHNSTON l now move to pro-
coed to the consideration Of the bill. >
The motion was agreed to, and the Sem
ceeded to consider the bill Is. no. 9S) to
amend an act entitled Gan act to divide the
State of Virginia into two Judicial dis
tricts." =
MIR. JOHNSTON move to amend the
bill by striking out the first section and also
by inserting after the word "removed," in
the tenth line of the second section, the
words. "tosether with statement of all
COSTS" so that the bill will read: -
That the second clause of the sixth sec
ton Of the act aforesaid, of which this act
is an amendment, be amended as follows
Z" THAT the clerk of the circuit or district
court of the eastern district of Virginia
shall transmit the original papers and GER
ceeding which shall be removed for further
proceedings from the eastern to the west
ern district of Virginia, as authorized BY
the first clause Of the said sixth section OF
the act aforesaid, to the clerk of the court
to which such suit or proceeding shall be
removed, together with statement Of all
costs and all further proceedings shall be
had in the court to which the same shall be
removed, as if the said suit OF proceeding
had originally been commenced therein."i
The amendment was agreed to. FL
CoN hLlNo = ttSh W AdfC VIC ltG-
ter portion Of the bill read again-the
enumeration of things which the clerk is
required to transmit.
The Chief Clerk read the bill. : -
Mir. LEWIS: will say to the Senator
from New York that this amendment has
been proposed by the judge and district
attorney, and it is to save expense to the
persons who have business in that court.
That is the only object:
Mr.. CONKLING: Is this the same bill
now before the Judiciary Committee?
Mr.. LEWIS: The chairman of the com
mittee gave his consent to its being report
ed this morning. -45 -.
MIR. TRUMBULL: The Senator misun.
derstood me a little. His colleague brought
me the bill. I did not give any consent
about its being reported one way or the
other. said it was In committee, and the
only way would be to discharge the com
mittee and bring it before the Senate j
have no objection to the bill myself, Us &c
the transfer of records, but the committee
has taken no action in reference to it.
MIR. LEWIS: misunderstood my col
league; but there can be no objection to
The bill was reported to the Senate q
amended, and the amendment WAS con
Cured in. The bill was ordered to be en-:
crossed for q third reading, read the THIRD
time and DaSged. es.t ~ 1874 - |