The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-15
General Assembly Of Virginia.
TUESDAY, March IA, 1870.
SENATE.

TeCeQeQ lfOIu us lOiulel utsaSi eSihSn"'
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
Senate bill, with House amendments. pre-
scribinp the duties and compensation OF Ger
tain township officers, approved July llth
1870, was taken up, and the rule belng sus
pended, the bill was recommitted to thu
Committee on County, City, and Town Or
ganization.
CHARTER FOR STANTON.
Senate bill, with House amendments, pro
yidlng charter for the city of Staunton
was taken I'D, and the amendments agreed
to.
AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION.
House joint resolution proposing ar
amendment to the Constitution in article II
of section 81, also as to usury, was taker
UP and referred to the Committee for Courts
of Justice.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Mr.. FITZPATRICK, from the Committee or
General Laws, reported back Senate bill tc
regulate the taking of fish for the purpose
of manufacturing oil or manure.
Mr.. WADDELL, from the Committee or
Finance. reported back House bill to pay
the Der diem of commissioners appointed in
relation to the removal of the penitentiarY
also, bill to provide for the payment o.
certain claims due by the State of Virgins
on account of the construction of the
Covington end Ohio railroad, with m
amendment.
Bills, ETC, INTRODUCED.
The following bills, &C.. were introduced
and appropriately referred:
By Mr.. BEAzLEY A bill to incorporate
the Charlottesville and Scottsville Railroad
Company.
By MIR. ROLLER a bill to amend the 10th
section OF chapter 1877 of the Code of 1850,
in relation to writs of JfeT1 facaas.
By Mr.. GR1MsLEY A bill to amend sec
of chap. $50 Of the acts of '59 and go, en-
titled an act to incorporate the town OF
Gordonsville. This bill was subsequently
Bv Mr.. PENDLEToN A bill to amend the
7th section of the school bill.
THE SENATORIAL ELECTION.
The hour of - o'clock having arrived,
Mr.. SHowDEN moved to proceed to the exc
cution of the joint order, viz: the election
of United States Senator to I'LL the Vacan,,
CIV caused by the expiration of the term OF
the Hon. John w. Johnston.
MIR. GREEyER nominated Hon. John w.
Johnston, of Washington county.
MIR. j. AMBLER SMITH Of New Kent, NOM
mated Col. John R. Popham, the delegate
from Bath.
Senator GREEvER was instructed on the
part of the Senate to inform the House OF
the nomination of Messrs. Johnston and
Popham. The following is the Senate vote
For Judge Johnston.-Messrs: Anderson, of
PittsylvanIa, Anderson OF Rnckbr1dge, BeaZley
Campbell, Courtney. Davis, Fitzpatrick, French.
Greever. Grimsley, Harris, Herndon, hendrlcs,
Latham, Lewis. owen. Patterson, Penn Roller,
Smith Of Henrico, snowden: Jr, taylor Of LOU
of
dell IS.
For CO.. Ca T,s gree sos, Ham
Smith OF New Kent. and Teamoh-l0.
The PRESIDENT announced that Senator
Johnston was elected for the term Of six
years.
Joint session.
BILLS PASSED.
To authorize the Orange, Alexandria and
Manassas Railroad Company to connect the
eastern portion of their road with the
southwestern extension from Charlottes-
vile to LYnchburg.
To turn over the Southwestern turnpike
r0,i to the counties through which it
passes.
TO incorporate the towns Of Middleburg,
Hillsborough, and Hamilton, in the county
of Loudoun.
To incorporate the town Of Blacksburg,
In the county of Montgomery.
To incorporate the Farmyllle, Charlottes-
vile and Stanardsville Narrow-gauge Rail-
road Company.
LAND SCRIP.
The bill appropriating the funds arising
from the sale Of the land scrip donated by
Congress came up as unfinished business,
the question being the adoption Of MIR.
CorpnSpy'c cuhsfjtuta
Mr.. GREEvER moved to strike out Hamp-
den Sidney College and insert Emory and
Henry College, supporting his motion in
handsome little address setting forth the
merits of Emory and Henry and the advan-
tages to be gained by giving third to that
college.
MIR. PENDLEroN requested that the ques-
ton be divided so as TO vote first on the
proposition to strike out, This was agreed
to.
The yeas and nays being ordered. the
Senate refused to strike out-yeas, II;
nays, 81.
The question then required on the adop-
tion Of the substitute.
Mr.. GREENE demanded the previous ques-
ton.
The call was not sustained.
Mr.. CAMPBELL laid before the Senate
petition from severa! hundred mechanics
and others of Richmond, asking that a por-
ton of the fund be donated to Richmond
or it's vicinity. He hoped this petition
would he regarded before the vote was
taken on the adoption of the substitute.
Mr.. HARRIS, on the question OF the adop-
ton of the substitute, demanded the yeas
and nays; the Senate rejecting-yeas, Is !;
nays, 10.
ing amendment to the committee bill, to
come in at the end OF the 1st section:
Provided, houeuer, That each institu-
ton receiving portion Of the income arls-
ing from said funds shall be required, as
condition, to educate annually, free of any
charge for tuition or room-rent, at least
one student or cadet for each 800 of said
fund annually received by either of said in
stitutions."
The amendment was agreed to.
MIR. COURTNEY then presented a substi-
Of the fund to Richmond College, provided
that the said college shall first appropriate
$50, 900 for the purchase of an experimental
| farm-the said farm to be purchased under
the direction and approval OF the State
Board of Education.
| Mr.. AUSTIN moved to amend Mr.. COURT
HEY's substitute by dividing the fund into
two equal parts, giving one-haf to the CO:
lored school and the other to Richmond
College-each bearing the same proportion
to the whole that the colored and white
| population bears each to the whole popu'
lation Of the State.
The amendment was rejected-yeas, II
nays, 20,
| The question then required on the adop.
ton of Mr.. CoURTNEY's substitute which
was rejected-yeas, 10; nays, 81.
Mr.. PENN then offered his substitute
which provides for the establishment of ar
independent agricultural school.
Mr.. DAVIS then moved to insert in thu