The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-13
General Assembly of Virginia.
EEyETY-NHNT1I DAY.
TUESDAY, March -, 1872.
SENATE.
Dir. QUEsEsBEEEY in the chair. NO prayer


Mr., OrrsrsnErry in the chair. No prayer
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
The following House bills tins da! com
mun;cated from the House were passed.; Wv
rule requiring their commitment having peel
suspended: .,,..;o, =
TO extend the time for the application o
t,,c rc;issc .smcnt flands in Richmond count.
and AcXandria city and county, ,.,.
TO Incorporate and establish the fuiaSh
Agricultural and Mechanics! ASSccation.
10 incorporate tine Young Mems IhlC>'l"i
Association Of Alexandria.
To amend the charter Of FREDERICKSBURG
For the construction of Il railroad from 1I'
West Virginia line, in Pcndleton count!
through Highland, Bath, ana A'icshal:
counties, in Virginia, to the CHESAPEAKE an'
Ohio railroad. unoh;,,.to,
Auditorium. the trustees of washington
school district of the county OF AleAanarI
to use district school funds to pay teachers .
public schools. c.;,. :,
10 incorporate the town Of DUMMIES, Il
the county Of Prince William.
10 incorporate the Pittsylvanla anu Nenl.
Railroad Company.
For the relief of Thomas Jennings, acting
TAILOR of Pittsyivania county (Wtn amcho
ulcnts.)
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
TO fix the compensation of the n'cmner
If thc Board of Supervisors OF Lee, Wise
Scott, Buchanan, Russell, and Blaha couh
ties, and for other purposes.
To authorize the Roanoke Valley 1'aIlroas
Company to borrow money and 70 secure Ii
payment.
TIE RESIGNATION OF JUDGE JoYNEs.
\ message was received from the Cover
nor, by his secretary Colonel Ovens, en-
closing the resignation OF William I.Joyncs
iHdre Of The Supreme Court OF Appeals.
Lie; on tho table and ordered TO be printed
31r. rESS offered the following rcSolu
tons:
"Resolued, That the Senate Of Virginia lla'
heard with profound regret of the necessity
that has caused the resignation OF the hon
William /. Joyucs, ono Of the judges OF tlt
Supreme Court of Appeals, whose learning
and purity Of character at this time rendtl
his services or incstinlablc value 10 the State
Resolved, ,. That the President of thu
Senate i,e requested to communicate Il copy
Of these resolutions to Judge JovncS.'
The resolutions were unanimously adopted
The senate agreed to House Joint rcsolu
ton this day communicated by Mr.. Booker
fixing Monday the 18th at / O'Clock Z. u
as tic time for the election Of 4 judge 10 Ill
the vacancy.
BILLS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES.
House ILLS For relief Of the heirs at law
of Bennett Aldrilge, deceased; to provide
for the appointment Of cricrs or persons t
perform certain duties where there are ne
shcrilis Or sergeantS. Senate bills !: To amcnt
Code III relation to interest: for the relief OF
CAPTAIN Isaac C.. Russell and others; for rc
lief Of s. I. Gayle, OF the city CT Ports
mouth: 10 rc-Illlic the fees Of Sbcllll>; i:
relation 10 sending legal process from opt
county to another in this state adversely
to provide for Il general registration OF tl'
yC.ers OF Petersburg.
EEEEEELD.
A number OF House hi.!s were read twice
and referred.
ALLOWANCE OF SERGEANT OF RICHMOND.
Lousc bill concerning the allowance q GER
taii officers, authorizing tic Judge OF The
Hastings Court 0i' the city of Richmond Il
make iii allowance to tic Sergeant of Salt
city for services rendered, for which there i
now 10 compensation provided by law, wa
taken up, on motion CT Nj. NowLIS; and, Of
motion OF Mr.. HEREDoS, the rule requiring
lis reference to 4 committee was suspended
The passage Of the bill was advocated b.
Messrs. HERSDoS, NoWLIS, and Johnson; bu
Mr.. TAYLOR, OF LoUdoun, raised the ohlcc
ton that it so altered the law as TO make LIZ
same rule applicable to shcrits, aud at h!
suggestion il was referred to the Comnlttc
ior Courts Of Justice, to amend it so as onl.
to apply to the Sergeant Of Eichnond.
WASHINGTON, CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS RA1LEoA.
COMPANY.
Senate I'LL entitled an act to incorporat
the Washington, Cincinnati and st. Loui
Railroad Company, with the amendment
proposed by the House Of Delegates, wa
taken up aud the amendments were agrect
to.
CARE or RECORDS.
House joint resolution authorizing tn
clerk Of York county to deliver to the trus
tees Of the Protestant Episcopal Theological
Seminary and High School in Virginia tn
parish register Of York county from 1G4S t
1900 was passed, on motion Of Mr.. WAYNE
DEPOSITS OF FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES An!
TIE WEST VIRGINIA CERTIFICATES.
House bill instructing the State Treasure
not to receive on deposit from foreign inst,
rance companies under the act Of the Sd o
February, 1866, certificates for onc-third @
the public debt issued under the third sec
ton of the act OF 30th Of March, 1871, emit
tied IAN act for the funding and payment O
the public debt" this day communicate
Fl, IN the House, was taken up and referred
The bill declares that the State Of Virginia i
not re <ponsble for and will not pay any por
lion OF ,he one third of the public debt 0
Virginia Az created and defined by the fund
ing bill ami Represented by the bonds com
monty known as "West Virginia ce,tiG
Gates"
LAND SCRIP.
Senate bill to appropriate the income arls
inc from the Pre-, ~eds Of the land scrip &c
crllinr to Virginia under the act Of Congress
to the University Of Virginia, Virginia Mil
tarv Institute, and Hampton Normal ant
AGRICULTURAL Institute, being the order of til
day,
MIR. Penn moved to IKE the same up ant
The question being put, was determined il
the aftirmatiye-ayeS, 1G; noes, S.
On motion of MIR. COCHRAN, the Senate re
solved itself into Committee Of the Whole
Senator SMITH, of Russell, i'll the chair.
On motion OF Mr.. QUESESBERRY, it was &c
solved that the proper division to he made c
tic fund is to give one-third to the colore
people and two-thirds to the whites.
\ system Of competitive voting was adopt
cd. resulting on first ballot:
Tcr proposition l. Preston and DIN Inst
tute tYo-thirds, and Hampton Normal Inst
tutc on, ~thiI1l-14.
.. Randolph Macon, Richmond College
and Hampton Institute. 49,,
&. University Of Virginia, Virginia Mill
tar,, Institutr. md Hampton Institutc--10