The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-21
General Assembly of Virginia.
,SE HUNDRED AND SIXTH DAY
WEDNESDAY, March 90, 1872.
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SENATE.
Acknowledgement MARYE i'll the chair.
No prayer.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED
The following House bills this day commu-
nicated were passed: s.
To amend and reuuact the I'll section of IN
act entitled can act fer the reasSessment OF
lands in the Commonwealth"
township officers in the county Of Hanover.
For relief of Lewis F. Glass and others,
sr1reties Of Charles 4. Milton, late collector of
Battletown township, in Clarke county.
To amend aud reenact an act to provide
for the appointment Of criers and persons to
perform certain duties.
In relation to the destruction or injury of
bridges, &c.
REQUIRING the Second Auditor to issue
bonds of the State to Rosser Il McAllister,
with amendment. ~.
..- DEFEAT OF RELIEF MEASURES.
House bill to prescribe the mode for the
recovery of debts contracted prior to the 10th
day Of April, 1863. was read twice, and OH
| motion of Mr.. FITZPATRICK, the rule requiring
| the commitment of the same being suspended,
Mr.. Penn moved that the bill be indefinitely
| postponed. Agreed to--ayes, Il; noes, II.
The Clerk was ordered to inform the
House-this action being equivalent to de-
| feat of the bill.
House bin to regulate judicial sales and
prevent the sacrifice of property was read
| the second time, and Oh motion of Mr.. FITz-
| PATRICK, the rule requiring the commitment
of the same being suspended, Mr.. Penn
moved that the bill be indefinitely post
poned. Agreed to--ayes, IA; noes, IL.
The Clerk was ordered to inform the House.
ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND v1CE-pRESIDENT.
In accordance with resolution passed By
both Houses to-day the Governor returned
to the Senate for amendment
Senate bill 900 to provide for the election
of electors for President and Vice.President
of the United States.
BILLS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES AND PCT on
CALENDAR.
House bill to incorporate the Friends Asy-
lum for colored orphans in the city of Rich
mond. -
House bill, with amendments, to authorize
the qualified voters Of the county of Halifax
to vote on the question of the purchase of the
toll bridge at South Boston, in that county.
In order to make it free bridge.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
TO amend and re1nact the 24th section Of
chapter AZ Of Code. s
To incorporate the Liberty and Rocky
Mount Marrow Gauge Railroad Company.
REPUTATION OF "wEsr VIRGINIA cERr1Fr-
CATEs.o ' $500
House bill instructing the Treasurer of
Virginia not to receive West Virginia certi6-
| Gates us securities for foreign insurance com
panies doing business in this State came I'm
on the calendar. -
MIR. .FITzpATRlcK proposed to amend the
preamble SO as to make it appear that West
Virginia had been "for,ned out of virginia .
emitting the words implying that Virginia
had given her consent to division Of the
y Mr.. KIRKPATRIcK moved to strike out the
whole preamble. Not agreed to-ayes, u !;
noes, IL. u.s. - - ~
3 Messrs. FlTzpA,r1,Rlck, CossAlLy, Nosls
and FRENCH, advocated the passage OF the
bun, these gentlemen claiming; that West
5Virginia had already declared that she was
not liable for the one-third Of the public debt
q Old Virginia, and that 1t now became the
Gnty of Virginia also. to declare that .sbs Is
Messrs. TAILOR, of sLoudoauun,, and Pai1pas-
MORE, opposed the passage OF the bill, .as they
objected 70 the preamble.