The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-16
THE LEGIsLATURE.
RICHMOND, March 16, 1871.
Senate.

Lieutenant Governor in the chair. No
prayer
THE RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG RAILROAD
COMPANY.
Senate bill No. SO, entitled an act di-
recting the Board of Public Works to sell
to the Orange, Alexandria aud Manassas
railroad company the stock of the State in
said com pany, and authorizing said COM
pany to buy the same, with the amend-
nents proposed by the House Of Delegates,
was taken up.
Mr.. Pendleton moved to lay the bill
upon the table, print, and make it the spe-
cial order for tomorrow at o'clock.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick moved that tho bill he
recommitted.
The Chair said that the bill would go to
committee under the rules without
vote.
Mr.. Pendleton formally appealed. from
the decision of the Chair.
The decision of the Chair was sustained
yeas 49,; nays 1G.
The motion of Mr.. Pendleton Yves then
diyided--the Senate refused to suspend
the rule of reference--yeas IA nays ~
but the bill was ordered to be printed.
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES.
For the relief of the sheriffs and other
public officers, where official receipts and
papers have been destroyed by fire or 9TH
erwise recommended not to pass.
To amend and re-enact an act approved
11th day of July, 1870, entitled an act
for the relief of the late sheriffs of the
Commonwealth.
To extend the time for the qualification
of A. c. Winston, clerk of the Circuit
court of the county of Dnwiddie (recom-
mended not to pass.)
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
To amend and re-enact section 4, chap
SO, of code as to qualification of deputy
sheriffs and collectors.
TO amend and re-enact section IL, chap
ter 1856, of code in regard to writs of sciTe
facias, commended not to pass.
House of Delegates.
House met at 10 A. NJ. Speaker Turner
in the chair.
BILLS REPORTED.
Senate bills to incorporate the Rocking
ham Home Mutual Insurance company;
to Incorporate the town of Blacksburg,
Montgomery county to amend the charter
of Gordonsville to incorporate the Life
Insurance Company of Virginia to in
corporate the Farmers and Merchants
Loan and Trust company of Norfolk.
House bill exemptng the firemen of
Richmond, Lynchburg and Petersburg
from jury duty, with recommendation
that it do not pass.
FERTILIZERS.
Senate bill requiring manufacturers Of
fertilizers to label their packages with
correct analysis of the same, came up as
unfinished business.
A substitute for the bill, offered by Mr..
Jackson, was rejected.
The bill, as heretofore amended, was
then passed.
ROLL GALL AT THE NIGHT SESSION.
Mr.. McCaull offered a resolution suspend
ing SO much Of the ille requiring the call
ing the roll at the night session
Ga motion of Mr. Segar, the resolution
was laid on the table.
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
Mr.. Campbell had it entered upon the
journal that, had he be- present last night
when the vote was taken on the passage of
the Senate bill, disposing of the States in
terest in railroads, he would have voted in
the affirmative.
The following Senate bills were dis
missed: To authorize re-assessment of
lands in the counties of Culpeper and
Fauquier to amend the act prescribing
the duties and compensation Of county
officers.
FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Senate bill to require deposits from for
eign insurance companies doing business
iu the State, came up, was amended and
passed.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
The following Senate bills were pass i
To amend the charter of the city of AL
exandria.
To amend the act to incorporate the
town Of Liberty, Bedford county.
To incorporate the Atlantic Milling,
Manufacturing, Warehousing and Guaran-
ty company.
To extend the corporate limits of the
town of Manchester.
To replenish the fresh water streams of
the Commonwealth with fish.
TO incorporate the Culpeper, Madison
and Stanardsville Narrow Guage railroad
company.
To amend the Norfolk city water-works
act.
10 incorporate the Middleburg Savings
Blnk.
To turn over tho Southwestern turnpike
to the counties through which it passes.
To incorporate the towns of Middleburg,
Hilsboro and Hamilton, in the county of
Londoun.
To incorporate the town Of Blacksburg,
Montgomery county to amend the act in
cooperating the town of Gordonsvlle.
To Incorporate the Farmville, Charlottes-
vile and Stanardsville Narrow Gauge Rail-
road company, with amendments.
TO authorize the Orange, Alexandria
aud Manassas Railroad company to con-
meet the eastern portion of its road with
the southwestern extension OF the road
from Charlottesville to Lynchburg.
UNIVERSAL AMNEsTY.-In the House of
Representatives, on Tuesday last, during
the debate on the bill to remove all poili-
cal disa tiles, Mr.. Platt said:
In voting for the removal of political disa-
b'lities he was carrying out the instructions of