The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-10
HOUSE OF DELEGATES
The House met at the nstzaihcur. Speaker
HANGER in the chair.
Prayer by Rev. N. D.Hoge, p.D.
The following
coMxIrrEE ON AMENDMENTS TO iHEoossttit

The following
coNsrrrEE ON AMENDMENTS TO iHE cossrTe-
TIos
was appointed by the Speaker; Messfs.
Lawson, Elliott, Gray, Cummings, BROOKE
Dooley. Wharton, Booker, koDer.son,
Thomas, Taliaferro. Swami, Douglass hahis-
dell, and Sduthall.
BILLS %oRT
The following bills were reported ano
placed ON the calendar: -~
Bill to authorize the City Council OF h1cn.
mond city to increase the salaries OF jugs
of the Circuit and Chancery courts Oh sdiu
city. :. thoso
who lost them during the war: ;.
Bill to extend the sanitary 1urlsulcLion VI
the Board Of Health Of Richmond CITY.
Bill In regard to the mode OF appoln.lns
State students In the University oil t1rgina'
Bill to repeal an act passed May 10, aeo1,
70 provide for the election of certain onleefs
of The city Of Norfolk.
Bill to repeal an act authorizing the super
yisors of certain counties to impose q TAX Oh
dogs. ,ono
Bill to repeal SO much of an act imposing
a tax on dogs, approved March !oth, 1907
rs relates to The county Of stafford.
Bill to amend the charter OF the TOWN vi
Seldom, in the county Of Bland.
Bill TO incorporate the town OF New Mar
ket, in the county Of Shenandoah.
Bill to incorporate the Isle Of wight Lana
and Lumber Company.
MILLS AND MILLERs.
The Committee on Propositions ano 1fle''
ances, to which was referred RESOLUTION : " :
amend the laws governing mills and nlliefs,
reported adversely theretoj when report
WIS agreed to by the House.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
By Mr.. BUTLER : That the Auditor OF u
lie Accounts be requested TO INFORM LIE
House Of Delegates what amount Of money
has been expended under the act OF Assem-
blv passed March %, 1872, In regard TO artl-
fetal limbs furnished, to those who bad lcat
them during the war, aud also report tne
number that remain unsatsf1ed byrcscn OF
the. exhaustion OF funds, and what amount
of money will be required to supply thesc
claims under the bill.
Bv Mr.. GILMAN: That (the Senate concur
.ring) u Joint special committee OF three Oh
the part Of the Senate and five on the part Oh
the House be appointed, whose duty jtsliall
be to consider and report to the Genera as
sembly the best permanent disposition 10
make OF the Houdon statue OF Washington
By Mr.. BROOKE: That the Auditor OF Pub
lie Accounts be requested to furnish the
House Il statement showing the amounts Tor
which the collecting officers Of the Common
wealth are delinquent, and the ounlle
cities. and towns to which they belong, and
the wear for which such dcllnquencies exist
a in BILLS BSGRossED. ne
The following bills on the calendar were
read d second time and ordered to engross'
ment: -5itt. " :,
Bill for the relief of G.. Guvernator, q
Wendlinger, and q. Lehman.
Bill for The relief of William n. Buck.
.-.. LEAVE OF ABSENCE
was granted Messrs. BOILING and GRESHAM
for one day each, and SWAN for two days.
BILLS, So, REFERRED.
Bv Mr.. BOOKER: To incorporate the town
Of M~artinsviIle, in Henry county.
By Mr.. ROBERTSON: To incorporate thu
town of CoyinytoD, in the county OF Ale
ghany. f
By Mr.. FREEMAN: Resolution instl7lctins
the Committee OF Courts ut Justice TO IN
uuire into the c~Xpediency Of extending The
Jurisdiction Of magistrates courts.
: Bv Mr.. L. j. CARTER: Bill to amend and
reenact section 30 of chapter 1IS Of un act
passed March 18th, 1872, to prevent the de
struction of wild fowl in the State.
By Mr.. MCMILLAN: Resolution instruct
ing the Committee of Courts of Justice to i'll.
uuire into The eSpedicncy Of so amending
the claw" as to more ettectually protect the
farmers of the country from loss by the fail
ure of commission merchants, and also pro-
tect the commission merchant in his ad-
yancementS to- the farmer.
By Mr.. FTTzGERALD: Resolution that the
Committee OH Finance inquire into tho eX-
pedieucy of so amending the law rs to c Y
tend the time OF the collection Of taxes to the
1ss of April, 1873. ,y -
BY Mr.. BOOKER: That the Committee on
Finance inquire into the eSpediency Of re-
during the laud-books TO be made out by
the clerks OF the county courts Instead OF the
assessors.
By Mr.. BRowN Of Richmond city: 4 bill
instructing the Committee on .Asylums and
Grievances to inquire into the ~cXpediency Of
more thoroughly pertectinS the claw in regard
to solitary confinement Of conricts, to the
abolition of the peritentiary, and imposing
upon the counties Of the State the duty o!
inaugurating and enforcing a system of solt
tary confinement. 4" 49,.
BY Nh. WALKE Petition Of certain citi
zens of Chesterfield county in relation to the
fence law. ..@ -
Adjourned. on motion Of Mr.. SMITH.