The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-25
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Senate bill introduced Ds M a,s JHrI T., the
FL Ill .tot more than one township III Ine
E.sto sbalI-not &have the sa'ae name ""'
amended and ordered to thiro reaoiis'
.nor,,r7,sc; THE SALE OF LIQUORS on THE SAD
No'' BATH.
Tho Senate bill referring to TINS su'yo.ss
5000 IN t.1en u,, ON motion Of Mr.. WYNNE, anu
om,enIed 40 as to leave it optional with Luz
nn,,ncils of the cities Of the Common"eai.iI
- make such ordinances in reference 70 ano
reo1,latinr the matter as they may deein pio-
per.
BILLS ADVANCED.
A large number of bills were aaya !!;' tS 20
n first and second reading; alter "hi'A WV
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Sneaker HANGER in the chair. Iralel y.
Row w. A. Campbell, of the Manclle''e'
Presbyterian church.
mis- REPORTED AND PLACED on THE cALkSDA" =,
Senate bills To render valid ana 10 ali emd
tho chortrr of the Charlottesville Miilis an oi
Notwithstanding Company; to repeal tne GU ~,
.ant;on of the act of March 2otn, lo'V; d.
o,nendcd by the act of March, 1871, direetlas
tho Rosrd Of Public Works to sell the ota.c !,
;n -lt in the various internal improvement
,.omnanics of the Commonwealth; anu "
amrnd sections : and of chapter 2lo OF t!ic
code of 1860, in relation to proceedings Ill
criminal cases against conyicts. r,.
House bills: Appropriating sum OF nlol'e!
for heating the buildings of the Eastern hu.
matte Asylum; to incorporate the New N.Y. =,
Mining and Manufacturing Company 10 Ia.
rornor3te the Amherst Turnpike Company
~ rytend the charter of the Sweet springs
and White SULPHUR. Turnpike Company, III
AlIcchanv county; to amend the law Us u
nrnn1 illries: to simplify declarations ~! II,
actions against insurance companies, VIII,
Senate amendments; to amend and rcenacl
s'.ntinn ~ chaDtcr 81, Code of 1860, IN re-
Cnr,.rce TO the Jurisdiction OF county courts
~ amend and rCenact the act for the protcc'
ton of fish in the Shenandoah river ana IL
tributaries and the Tributaries OF INC oton'.
river west Of the Potomac; 10 alnchu Seetion
Sc of CHAPTER 1G2 and section ~ OF c!'alIei
oOS of the Code. in relation 70 pay Oh Jurors;
with an adverse recommendation 10 a,'lcii''
tbc Code so as to allow shcrill> i've dollars Il
day for attendance upon circuit coult., WIFE
an adverse Recommendation.
Lu3EHEuRG CONTESTED ELECTION.
The Committee on Privileges ana E!ec-
tions presented Il report recommending tl,''
thn election for delegate i'll Luncnbtrg DC dc-
clarrd null and void.
Mr.. p. X. JONES moved to lay the report
on the table. Lost.
Mr.. Cn1rz moved to reconsider the 'ote
lust taken. Lost.
Mr. BrIsrow moved to pass the report ny
in order that the minority of the committee
MIGHT have time to prepare a report. Agreca
on motion of Mr.. p. X. JONES, the report
md evidence were then ordered to DC printed
and laid on the desks Ct the members.
FINANCE.
The Committee on Finance reported 1t i'll
eypcdirnt to legiSlatc OH the petition OF
Samuel Etbcridgc that certain claim may be
allowed him. On motion Of Mr.. WATTS the
report was laid on the table.
NIGHT SESSIONS.
Mr.. SMITH offered resolution providing
for night session in case vote on the land
scrip question was not reached to-day. Re
54; nays, %.
COST OF CoNvICTs.
The SPEAKER laid before the House COM
from the Auditor giving state
mcnt of the amount paid out of the Treasury
for conveying convicts to the penitcntnry
during the year ending September 80, 1871.
The amount of these disbursements was
IS, 227.92.
BILLS, &C., PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
Bv Mr.. POWELL: Bill to incorporate the
Franklin Bank, of Rocky Mount.
Ey Mr.. GARDNER Petition Of citizens of
Hanover and Hcnrico for a repeal OF the
charter of the Brook Turnpike Company.
Bv Mr.. kIScHELoE Petition of Justices of
Fauuuier county fer Il more definite law us to
duties of magistrates, and for an extension Of
their jurisdiction.
By dir. KELLEY: Petitions of citizens of
and Spotsyivania county FOR
the fence law.
Mr.. LEWIS: Bill to incorporate the town
of Dumfries.
Bv Mr.. McMuILEN Bill for the relief of
James Roberts, oycrsccr of roads i'll Greene
county.
By Mr.. PEARcE: Resolution for night Sos
sions OH the land scrip question and funding
bill.
EDUCATIONAL LAND SCRlf.
The bill for the distribution Of the pro-
cceds of the sale of the land scrip being next
in order, Mr. PAIGE addressed the House in
support Of the bill reported by the commit
tee. He favored the Hampton School, the
University of Virginia, and the Virginia
Military Institute.
Mr.. NoRroS was in favor Of an equitable
distribution of the proceeds Of the land scrip
between the two races; but whatever distri-
button was made, he would demand guaIan-
tees that the objects of the act will be carried
out.
Mr.. MATTHEWS was in favor Of the report
of the committee, and spoke briefly i'll its
support.
tcrcsting presentation Of the claims of his
scheme for the distribution of the proceeds
of the sale of the land scrip. He proposes TO
give one-thirl TO the Hampton Normal and
Agricultural College, and to appropriate the
entire residue to the establishment and main.
tenance of one great State institution, whose
leading object shall be the instruction of the
youth of the country, and particularly OF
that portion Of the population known as the
industrial class in agriculture and the me-
chanic arts. The speaker called the atten-
ton of gentlemen to the plain terms of the
act of Congress by which the appropriation
was made, in which it was distinctly and
clearly set forth that it should be i'll
vioE,bly set apart for the endowment,
support, and maintenance Of "at least one
college where the leading object shall be TO
teach such branches of learning as are related
to agriculture and the mechanic arts Could
this law have been studied by those who adj
vance the claims OF institutions where agri-
cultural science was only a secondary course
or an optional branch Of study, and whose
object it was to fit men for professional life
and not to make them farmers or mechanics
This fact was commended to the friends OF
the University and Military Institute, and it
was urged that unless they could show that
agriculture and the mechanic arts were para