The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-19
General Assembly of Virginia.
MONDAY, December Is, 1871

General Assembly 0l 'lISllld'
MONDAY, December Is, 1871.
.rs SENATE.
The Iieutenant-Goy in the chair.
4 communication from the Clerk oil the
House informing the Senate OF the passage o.
a number OF bills was read.
TIE HOMESTEAD LAW.
On motion of Mr.. LAcKLAND, 1t WINS re-
solved that the Committee Tor courts VI ous
t;ce inquire into the expediency Of so amend
inc the ed section of the act approved june
9TH. 1870, known as the homestead act, as W
abolish entirely the right OF waiver OF hotiie-
stead. as provided for in said 81 sectl0n' alSo'
that the committed inquire whether inc llsn'
of homestead cannot be secured 10 tiie noI Is.
holder, &C., by a mode OF proceeuhs ee'
extensive than is now provided ny Ii" M,G'
that they inquire into the expeoiehey ol ;ti.
king out so much Of section as plCLiur'
that after the death ormarriaee Oh Tue MiuVm'
and after the youngest child becomes t wv s,,b
one wears Of age, the homestead Shall pe SUI.
iect TO all the debts Of the household, &C.
also that said committee inquire whether any
additional legislation is necessary ID oIael "
assnro and carry out fully the right OF NOME
stoad as designed to be conferred Withih Tue
tr1Ir spiri: and meaning OF lie present I'VE
stitution.
COMMITTEE REroRTa.
Ar urprnos from the Committee Tor
Courts of Justice, presented Joint Icso.'t
,;on authorizing the funding Of certain re-
ristered stock belonging to Ward Z. hoDlti'
son. /,,,;+ +.o -,
Mr.. JOHNSON, from the select Committee Oh
Il f,tln
"yhc committee on Rules, to which the
resolution in regard to changing Rule 90 OF
fine Senate was referred, report rs follows
they recommend that rule be changed tc
read thus:
"Rule 90. All bills originating in tho SC,
nate shall be read three separate days, ano
after they have been reported by commit
tee and have had their first reading shall be
printed, i'll case they be Of general nature
EXECUTIVE EXPENDITURES.
On motion of Mr.. PATTERSON, it was
"Resotued, That the Auditor of Public
Accounts be, and is hereby, requested to fur
uisl the Seuate with detailed account OF
executive expenditures for the last 1isca
year.
THE OLD ARMoRY PROPERTY.
Mr.. GREEvER offered q resolution, which
WAS agreed to, instructing the Committee on
Public Institutions to ascertain and report
what disposition has been made OF The
arnlory property; whether the same has been
nut up at auction or bid for by private BIDS
and if so, what was the amount oHereu Ill
either case, and what is the value placed Oh
the property by the Board of Public v ofks
and whether any portion Of 1t has becn leased,
and If so the terms Of sad lease.
THE JoIST ORDER.
Mr.. NowLIS offered the following rtsoiu'
ton:
"ResoIred by the Senate (thc House Of
DeFegaies concur'ng), That the joint order
which las for its object the election OF Ger
tain State officers at l o'clock p. NJ. this day
be postponed until y O'Clock 7. NJ. this
day"
Mr. NowLIS explained that he desired to
give the precedence to the consideration o'
the House joint resolution to suspend the
funding of the public debt, which was also
az order for the day.
After some colloquial discussion in refer
e,,vc to the suspension of the rules the reso'
luton was withdrawn by its mover.
Subsequently resolution was received
from the House asking the Scnatcs concur
renee in the postponement OF the JOINT ordel
from to-day ut ] o'clock 10 Wednesday al
d p. NJ.
The rules were suspended for the immc-
diatc consideration OF the resolution by q
vote of Is to II.
Mr.. HEHypoN suggested the amendment OF
the House joint resolution by inserting
l o'clock instead of u O'Clock.
Mr.. KIRKPATRICK opposed the change con
templated by the House.
NIr. PATTERSON thought if the officers were
elected at any time before the 1st Of January
it would do.
Mr.. Thomas saw no reason for the Senate
changing its arrangement Of orders. With
the concurrence of the Republican members
who seemed to he interested in speedy action
on the funding bill, the election of State Off
GERS could be quickly disposed of. If they
would make no nominations all OF the officers
might be elected at one vote.
Mr.. HuNDLEY thought the tactics Of the
opponents Of the funding bill resolution were
postpone1nent and delay.
Mr.. PATTERSON did not think Mr.. TuoMAs's
plan good one. In his opinion the COnsti-
tuition required each officer to be voted fol
separately.
DIR. JOHNSTON spoke at some length against
the suspension Of the joint order, as proposed
by the House of Delegates.
At minutes ito l O'Clock Il O'Clock
being the hour for the joint order of the day
the election of the State officers and two
county judges Mr.. NowLlN called the pre-
vious question.
The CHAIR stated the pending question to be
the adoption or rejection of Mr.. HERNDoN's
amendment to the House resolution pro
posing a suspension of the joint orderof the
dav. The Senate refused to sustain the cal
for the previous question-ayes, II; noes, 10
Afr. ANDERSON, of Rockbridge, moved that
the House be now informed Che hour of ]
o'clock having Iriyed) that the Senate is
ready to proceed with the execution Of thu
joint order.
Dir. GARDNER, of Hanover, from the House
of Delegates, informed the Senate that the
House was ready on its part to proceed
with the execution of the joint order.
All the matters and propositions relating
to suspension Of the joint order having
been Laid OH the table for the purpose, OF
motion, Mr.. QUEsESBERRY was Instructed K
inform the House that the Senate was also
ready to proceed with the execution of tht
Joint order.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
After the customary interchange of mes
sages with the House the Senate proceeded
to the election of judge for the corporation
court of Fredericksburg.
AIr. HERSDoS nominated John I. Cool
rick Mr. MASSEY nominated James b. Sener
Result of joint vote: Goodrich, 119; Sener
u.
The President declared Mr.. Goodrich duly
elected.
For judge Of the county of Spotsylvania
the same gentlemen were put i'll nomina
ton. Result: Goodrich, 10; Sener, %.
For judge of the county of Frederick
Joseph FL. Sherrard was the only person pu,
in nomination, and he received IL votes OF
Joint ballot. and was declared duly elected