The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-02-08
General Assembly Of Virginia.
TUESDAY, Feb. I, 1871.
SENATE.
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Lieut., Gov. MARYE in the chair.

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Lieut., Gov. MARYE in the chair.
cuEsTER's GAP RAILROAD.
Senate bill! to incorporate the Gordons-
Vile and Chester's Gap railroad, with
amendments from the House of Delegates,
was taken up, and the bill and amendments
recommitted to the committee.
LoNGDALE IRON COMPANY.
Senate bill to incorporate the Wetumpka
Iron and Manufacturing Company, and to
change its name, with amendments from
the House of Delegates, was taken up, and
the amendments agreed TO.
RULE DAYS.
Senate bill to amend and resnact sections
| and IA of chapter Ill OF the Code, in re-
lation to the rule days, and declaring when
official judgments shall be final, with House
amendments, was taken up, and on motion
of Mr.. HERSDoN, recommitted to the Com
mittee for Courts OF Justice.
HUsTINGs COURT OF nARRIsoNBURG.
Senate bill entitled san act to amend and
reenact the Sd section of an act entitled IAN
act to provide for the removal Of causes and
the transfer Of all papers. records, judg-
ments, and DEGREES from the Court Of
Hastings from the town Of uarris0nburg
to the county of Rockingham" with
the amendments from the House, was taken
up, and the amendments agreed to.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Mr.. HARRIS. from the Committee on Pri.
vileges and Elections, presented report in
| relation to the case of \. L. Lathrop
| which report states that he is entitled to his
| seat us Senator from Mecklenburg. The re-
port was agreed to.
Mr.. IIERSDoN, from the Committee for
| Courts of Justice, presented the following
! bills, with the recommendation that they
| 10 not pass:
a bin to amend and rcsnact the 1st, I'd,
and 18th sections of chapter l2S Of the Code
OF 1860, in relation to the sale of lands of
| persons under disability.
| A bill amending section of an act con-
corning security for cost Of suits.
A bill amending section II OF chapter 100
Of the Code, fixing the hours Of the clerks
of courts.
Also, the following bills, with the recon-
| mendation that they pass:
A bill concerning commissioners in
chancery, and 4 bill in relation to bail in
criminal cases.
MIR. LATHAM, from the Committe on FL
nance, reported Senate bill to provide for
| the payment Of certain claims due the State
| for the construction Of the Covington and
Ohio railroad.
| DllLS, EN-, lNlhOpoSEbs
| The following bills, &C., were introduced
and appropriately referred:
| BY Mr.. LATHAM: Giving to Capt. George
| W. Rock, the second clerk Of the Senate,
the same pay as that received by the first
clerk.
| BY Mr.. SMITH, of Henrico: A resolu-
ton instructing tho superintendent ofPub-
| lie Buildings TO examine the grounds OH
which the penitentiary is located, and re-
port whether or not the present grounds
are sufficient for such enlargement as will
accommodate all the inmates Of that insti-
tuition also, what would be the cost of
erecting additional buildings for the accom-
| mediation of three hundred convicts also,
what would be the cost of raising the pres
| ent workshops one story higher; such build
| ings to be constructed OF brick.
| BY Mr.. AUSTIN: A resolution instructing
the Committee on General Laws to inquire
into the eXpediency of the appointment Of
4 commission to confer with the United
States Government with reference to pay
ing for the property taken or destroyed in
| maintaining its authority in the State of
Virginia since tue 18th Of April, 1861, be-
lons ing in the following class of persons
| viz: unmarried females, widows, orphans,
| and persons Of unsound mind.
| BY Mr.. FITzPATRlCK A resolution allow
| ing Benz. Brown and Sarah 7. Brown to
withdraw their petition, and the documents
| accompanying the same, which We're pre-
sented to the last session of the Senate,
| praying for relief in relation to certain State
| bonds.
SENATOR RIDDICK's MEMORY.
At this point in the proceedings of the Sem
ate Mr.. HERNDoN stated that before proceed
| ing farther in the business of the day be de-
sired to make known his sentiments in rela-
| ton to the loss which the State, and he, as
a warm personal friend of Senator RIDDICK,
had sustained in his death.
ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAILROAD
COMPANY.
Senate bill amending the charter Of the
Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railroad
Company, reported from the Committee on
Roads, with a recommendation that it do
not pass, was, on motion of Mr.. ROLLER,
called up, he desiring to introduce an
amendment.
MIR. SNowDEN thereafter made an inefec-
tual attempt to introduce an entirely new
bill on the subject.
BILLS PASSED.
Senate bill to incorporate the Norfolk
Savings Bank.
Senate bin to declare the clerks Of coun-
ties having over $4,000 inhabitants clerk
elect OF the Circuit Court, and to define the