The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-12
RESIGNATION OF. SENATOR LATHAM.

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RESIGNATION or. SENATOR LATHAM.
The President laid before the Senate the
resignation of Senator THOMAS \. LATHAM,
of the Twenty-frst Senatorial District;
which was laid ON the table, on motion OF
MIR. THOMAS.
Mr. THOMAS presented a resolution eX-
pressing the regret Of the Senate that Ill
health caused the senator to resign, ana re-
Qucstins the President Of the Senate 10 issue
a writ Of election to fill the unexplred term
in the Twentv-firSt District on Friday, De-
cembcr eth. Agreed to.
ELECTION OF COUNTY JUDGES. ...-
Joint resolution from the House setting
apart Thursday as the day for the election Of
a county Judge for Botetourt county was
taken up and agreed to.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Mr.. FITZPATRICK, from the Committee on
General Laws, reported the following bills:
Senate bill to amend the charter Of the
Kanawha Coal Company.
Senate bill! repeating the fence law in GER
tain portions of tie county of Fairfax, with
the recommendation that it do not pass.
Senate bill to exempt certain voters in Ac-
comac county from jury duty.
charter of the town of Staunton.
And he (Mr. FIrzrATRlCKl from the same
committee, presented bill to exempt citi-
zens Of Tangier, SYKES, and ChingoteaSue
islands from jury service.
Mr.. ANDERSON, of Rockbridgc, from the
Committee on Public Institutions, reported,
without amendment, Senate bill authorizing
the formation of Il sua->chool district III
Mt Gilead and Jefferson townships, IN the
county oil LoudouD, and 10 provide for the
erection of school buildings in the same.
He, from the same committee. reported
declaring il inpXpedcnt TO legiSlatc on the
subject OF q resolution inquirinS into the cX-
pediency Of 30 amending the public school
law as to abolish the district and county
School-taX.
He. from the same committee, reported.
asking to lie discharged from The tu.thcf
consideration of the subject, is it has been
referred to a special joint committee, q reso-
luton inquiring into the eXpcdiency OF re-
pIacing the Hoilon statue OF Washington
III its former position, dc.
Mr.. THOMAS, from the Finance Committee,
reported: A bill imposing tax for the sup
port of Government, free schools, &c., with
an amendment.
A bill continuing the payment Of interest
to incorporated colleges aud other instltu-
tons of learning in the State.
Senate bill for the relief Of Houston Rucker,
&c.
BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, &C., INTRODUCED AND
APPROPRIATELY REFERRED.
BY lIr. NowLIS: \ resolution rs to the
cXpedency Of amending section 2, article
Of the Constitution, and section ) of article u.
By the same: Il resolution as to the eXpc-
dency of 80 amending section :, article OF
the Constitution as to provide that the House
of Delegates shall not consist OF more than
one hundred members, and the Senate of
not more than thirty-three.
By Mr.. HUSDLEY: A resolution IA to the
expediency Of enacting Il law requiring rail-
road companies in this State TO secure the
establishment of telegraph Office at each
station along their respective routes, and to
require their agents to telegraph from one
station to the next the arrival and departure
of each train.
By the same: 4 resolution as to the cXpe-
diency Of constituting; negligence on the
part of any official connected win public
convcyances in this State, whereby life shall
be lost OF great bodily injury result to the
person of any one, a felony, punishable 10y
confinement in the pcnitentiary not less than
one nor more than ten years.
BY Mr.. LATuRop: a resolution as to the
eXpediency of so amending tue Code as to
grant the privilege of trial by jury i'll cases
before a justice Of the peace upon demand
of party to the action.
BILLS PASSED.
Senate bill declaring valid DEGREES Of
courts made in vacation.
Senate bill to amend section 4, chapter
1856, of the Code, in relation 20 docketinG
judgments and other liens Of like nature.
Senate bill TO authorize the collector Of
Pungoteaguc township to collect the district
school-taX for the year 1871.
INFORMATION WANTED.
Mr.. THOMAS presented the following rcso-
luton; which was agreed to:
( "ResOircd, That the Auditor of Public
Accounts be requested to furnish the follow
ing information at as early day as practical
BILE: First. What amount of funds there
are now in the Treasury. Second. What
amount now in the Treasury is held subject
for the payment of the interest due January
and July, 1872; what will be the amount of
liability upon the Treasury for the interest
falling due January and July, 1878, at tho
rate OF four per cent. and six per cent, as
also for the two per cent withheld by the
act passed -, 1872 what is his estimate
of the expenditures for support of Govern
ment for 1873, and his estimate Of the amount
receivable from taXes applicable thereto !;
and what in his opinion will he the deficit, if
any,"
THE HouDoN STATUE OF WASHINGTON.
The President of the Senate announced
the names OF the following senators on the
part of the joint committee for the pcrlna-
nent preservation of the Houdon statue of
Washington: Messrs. ANDERSON of Pittsyl-
vania, Wynue, and TAYLOR Of Norfolk. ;. =
LEAVES OF ABSENCE
were granted to MessrS. WySNE aud HoLLA-
DAY until Friday.
TAX on CHARTERS OF INCORPORATION.
Mr.. THOMAS, from the Finance Committee,
presented u report proposing TO amend Sc
nate bill No. - as follows:
"Stlike out all after the enacting clause
and insert in lieu thereof the following:
Section 81. On every bill hereafter proposed
in the General Assembly incorporating any
joint stock company, unless it be for Gene
terry or any object purely charitable, there
shall De paid into the Treasury, for the use OF
the Commonwealth, before the same shall be
passed to its secoud reading, the suui of $50
If the said act shall receive the assent Of the
General Assembly, before the same shall be
good and ettectual in law, or any of the fran-
chiSos therein mentioned shall vest, the said
company shall pay into the Treasury, for the
use Of the Commonwealth, the sum Of - for
every $1,000 OF the maximum capital stock
of said company, as provided in the charter
And whenever charter is amended, if it ill.,
crease the capital stock of the company, there
shall be paid, before the charter 50 amended