The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-23
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rs THE CASE OF JUDGE MAHooD.
The resolution Of the special committee
Of the House appointed to investigate the
charges against Judge Alexander Manhood,
Of the fourteenth judicial circuit, OF drunk
enness on the bench, and recommending
his removal from office, came up.
MIR. f. W. MAHooD made an able, earn-
est, and feeling argument in opposition to
the adoption Of the report.
He was followed by Messrs. STEVENS and
B. F. JONES (colored) and WooD, DANIEL,
and others, on the same side.
MIR. BELL. of Augusta, of the special COM
mittee, spoke In favor of the report.
The resolution was rejected-yeas, 80;
nays, 48.
THE PENITENTIARY COMMISSION.
House bill to pay the per diem and ex-
penses Of the commissioners for the sale
and removal of the penitentiary, with Sem
ate amendments, came up, and the House
disagreed to the amendments.
TIE FUNDING BILL.
Senate bill to provide for the funding and
payment of the public debt Of the State
was made the special order for tomorrow
(Thursday), after the morning hour.
.a BILLS PASSED.
Senate bill to amend the Code as to the
fees of commissioners in chancery, with
amendments.
House bills: To award premiums for
killing wolves, panthers, foxes. wild cats,
and crows; to authorize commissioners to
sell lot of land in Winchester, belonging
to the Winchester Academy to amend the
Code in relation to the discontinuance of
causes not prosecuted; in relation to
making certain banks of the city of Rich
mond repositories Of public money; to
amend the Code as to personal representa-
tives to amend the act providing courts for
the city of Richmond; to incorporate the
Fauquier Turnpike Company; to amend the
act Incorporating the trustees Of the Glebe
Fund, of Lancaster county; to amend the
! Code in regard to the discharge of accused
parties if not indicted within certain
time; to authorize the construction OF
| tram-roads along the county roads of the
Commonwealth to make Staunton river
lawful fence from the gap of Smiths Noun
tain to Turner's Ford; to allow further
time to the owners of certain lots in Flu
wanna county to build thereon to lncor-
porate the Christiansburg and Blacksburg
Turnpike Company, &c. !; to authorize the
issue of patent to John Lewis, OF ALLIE
ghany county to amend the "road law"
DISMISSED.
House bill to incorporate the town of
Luray, in Page county, was dismissed.
BILLS ADVANCED.
A large number Of House bills were con-
sdered and ordered to engrossmenJ for q
third reading, and at o'clock the chair
was vacated until ?. n.
Night Session.
At roll-cal the following members did
not respond Messrs. Andrews, Atlee,
Bagwell, l.. H. Bryant, Clark, Coles, Cren-
shaw, Davis, Edwards, Glmer, Geo. Ora.
ham, &. W. Graham, Hamilton, j. Q.
Hodges, Jackson, Llpscomb, Maddox, Nc
Cracker, r. A. Miller, j. B. Miller, Jr.,
Moss, F. S. Norton, r. Norton, Owen, Pat
ton, Popham, Segar, Smith, S. V. Southall,
Turner, Wilson, Wood, and Young-37
100 present.
UsURY.
House joint resolutions proposing to
amend the Constitution as to usury, with
Senate amendments, was taken up out of
its order, on motion Of Mr.. BELL, of Au-
gusta.
After some discussion. in which it was
stated that the Senate amendments merely
changed the form Of the original resolutions
as passed by the House, and effected the
same results substantially, the amendments
failed to receive constitutional majority IN
CQelr laNOT.
Mr.. MCCAULL moved to reconsider, which
was agreed to, and the resolutions were
then passed by.
PUBLIC GUARD.
House bill to provide for the reorganiZa-
ton of the Public Guard was taken up. It
failed to obtain the required constitutional
vote.
Mr.. MCCAULL moved to reconsider, which
was agreed to, and the bill was passd by.
IMPOSING TAXES ON NATIONAL BANKS.
Senate bill providing for the assessment
Of the shares OF stock in State and national
banks, and imposing Il tax OH the same,
was passed.
DISMISSED.
The following bills were dismissed i
To require sergeants and sheriffs to
purchase shoes for their prisoners from
the penitentiary to amend the act
incorporating the Petersburg Railroad
Company to turn over the Southwestern
turnpike to the counties through which it
passes; to authorize circuit courts to grant
charters of incorporation to appoint trus-
tees for the town of Newport to amend
the act in relation to the collection Of county
levies, &C.; to extend the time for the quail
fcatlon of Ro. +. Thornton, clerk elect of
the County Court of Sussex.
A number Of House bills were ordered to
enerossment and third reading.
Adjourned at 1915 p. NJ.
Lost STRAYEn IS-c