The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-08
General Assembly Of Virginia.
THURSDAY, December 7, 1871.
SENATE.

III
The Lieutenant. Governor in the chair
PRAYER by the Rev. DR.. Preston.
A communication from the clelk Ks of The
two Houses accompanying certificate OF
the publication Of the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution In relation 70
uSury was read and laid on the table.
BILLS, &C., PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
By MIR. PRlpEMoRE Bill to amend and
reSnact chapter 81 of the acts of 'G9-'TO in
relation to pay and mileage of members OF
the General Assembly.
Bv MIR. HUNDLEY Petition of Robert B.
Berkeley couteSting the seat OF A. T. La
throp, senator returnedfrom the fourteenth
district.
BY Mr.. NowL1N: Bill to repeal an act
passed March ID, 1860, entitled "an act
to preserve and extend the time for the
exercise of certain civil rights and RENE.
dies"
By same: Bill to amend and reSnact
fifth and seventh sections of registration
law.
By Mr.. FITZPATRICK: Bill to amend and
reenact an act passed March 10th, 1850,
incorporating the town of Powelltown, In
the county OF Amherst.
By Mr.. WYNEE: Bill to secure the pre-.
Servation of historical papers in the CAPT
tol building.
BY Mr.. GRIMsLEY: Bill to provide fol
State board Of equalization.
BY Mr.. F1TzP ATRlCK: Bill to amend and
reeuact tWenty-eighth chapter OF acts
'66-'7.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
The PRESIDENT announced the appoint
ment of The following standing committees
Privileges and EIectioas.-Messrs. Penn
johnson, Taylor OF Loudoun, Pridemore
and Rue. 81
Courts of Justice.-Messrs. Herndon
Roller, Thomas, Connally, Penn, French
Fitzpatrick, Kirkpatrick, and Massie.
General Laos. Messrs. Fitzpatrick
Johnson, Lakeland, Anderson OF Rock
bridge, Nowlin, Patterson, Taylor Of Lou
doun, Hundley, and Norton.
Roads and Internal Neutrality-suspicious.
Tay lor of Norfolk, Holladay, Cochran
Thomas, Terry, Quesenberry, Ward, j. FL
F3nance."Messrs. Thomas, Cochran
Wgnne, Greever, Anderson of Pittsylva.
MIA, Meem, johnson, Boykin, and La
throp.
Public Institutions. M essrs. Anderson o
Rockbridge, Kirkpatrick, Cochran, Holla
dav, Roller, Perrin, and Greene.
Banks.- Messrs. Roller, Wynne, Penn,
Grimsley, Smith, Lathsm. Lewis, Nowlin
and Martin.
County. city, and To,cn Organizations
| Messrs. Grimsley, Connolly, French, Lewis
| Quesenberry, Hundley, Beazley, Pride
more, and Robinson. ~- .-..--.,-...,sa--.
I'm ami ratton.-Messrs. Kirkpatrick
Grlmsley, Taylor Of Norfolk, Meem, La
| than, Herndon, Lakeland, Anderson O
PittsylvaDia, and Graham.
Library.-Messrs. johnson, Wynne, ant
A 4 ~
Other committees to be hereafter an
| rounced.
RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED AND ADOPTED.
BY MIR. THOMAS: lnstructing the Com
! mittee for Courts Of Justice to inquire
! whether the act passed February IL, 1866
to provide for the punishment of horse
| stealing, Is repealed by the act passe(
March l, 1867, and if not, that they inquire
into the expedency Of repeating or amend
Ing said act of February -, 1866.
/ By same: instIucting the Committee 70
Courts of Justice to inquire into the expe
| diency Of repeating or amending the &C
passed March p, 1871, amending the Code
| Of Virginia in relation to the rule DAYS fo
county and corporation courts, and de
claring when office Judgments shall be final
By Mr.. FITZPATRICK: That so much O
the Governors message as relates to financ
be referred to the Committee on Financ
when appointed, and that said COMMITTEE,
be requested to ascertain what reduction
can be made In the expenditures of tn
Executive branch of the Government. q
well Us the legislative and judicial.
THE DEBT DUE By WASHINGTON COLLEGE.
MIR. ANDERSON, Of Rockbridge, intro
duced bill providing for the payment c
the debt due by Washington College to tn
. literary fund, which was twice read and II
ferred. ---....-..-.... - -'-s-
TAXES.
The joint resolution yesterday intro
duced) providing for the extension of tim
for making returns by collectors and treI
surers was reported from the special con
mlttee (Mr. BoYKIN cbairmaD) with a sui
stitute, and the substitute was adopted an
communicated to the House. The subst
tute postpones the time for making ret,lrr
from the LIST day of December to the /,
day of March, 1872, and the extension i,
cludes county and township taxes.
IMMIGRATIoN.
/ The joint resolution introduced yeste
day by Mr.. COENALLY providing for tt
appointment of joint committee of tt
two Houses on Immigration was so amen,
ed as to refer the subject to the Senate Con
|. mittee on Immigration, and then adoptet
II Adjourned. -.
Il HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Speaker HANGER in the chair. PRAYER b
heN. pr. woodbridge, Of the Episcop!
/ BILLS, &C., INTRODUCED.
The following bills, &C., were Introduce
and appropriately referred: -:
I By Mr.. GILMAN: Bill providing for ft1r