The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-17

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ley, Coclr,i Fitzpatrick. Grccne Holiday: Ohm NJ
son, kirkpatrick, Lewis Msen,' Perrin Taylor u
LoudouD, Terry, and Ihornas--h
The resolution was then agreed to, and:
communicated to the Governor.
BILLS PASSED.
Senate bill to establish State reform
school-ayts, 90; noes, H.
| Senate bill providing for the redlVision oil
| thc comfy of Fairfax into townships.
TO amend The G1st section of an act I'M
| posing tax for the support of Government
and free schools, and the payment of interest
ON the public debt f'rhis is the bill imposing
| n tax on charters of incorporation.J
In fccardto judgments by motion OF officers
/, and their s,Ircties.
House bill for the relief Of W. NJ. Buck,
with amendment. wv,
| For the relief of G. Guvernator, Z. Wcna-
| ,ingcr. and +. LohmaD, securities OF IL
| King. late sheriff of Surry county.
House bill repeating the act authorizing
the SUPERVISORS of certain counties 10 impose
tax on dogs.
| r... LAID on THE TABLE.
The bill to authorize and empower the
CounclS of the cities of Richmond and Pe-
| tcrsburc 10 increase the salaries oil the Judges
of Chancery, Circuit and Husting Courts,
with amendments from the Senate commit
tee, was taken up and laid on the table.
THE INTEREST BILL RErEALED.
On motion of Mr.. COCHRAN, House bill
rcpcaing the act entitled can act to provide
for the payment of interest on the public
debt" was taken up and read the second
time. -..
The ayes and noes being demanded, the
bill was passed by the following vote:
Ayrs.-Mcssrs. Cochran Fitzpatrick French,
Graham, Greene, Grccvcr johnson, Lacklani, Nor
ton Noalin, Pridcmore, Qucscnherry, Roller, Rue
M0EeMcssrs. Anderson of Pittsylvania, Beazley,
Conn1lly Iiolla,ay, kirkpatrick ok, Alarin, hleeil'
Penn. Perrin. Taylor of Loudoun, Taylor Of Nor.
| folk, Terry, Thomas, anu Wynne-li.
TIE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
House Joint resolution providing that
| when the General Assembly adjourns on
Saturday the 2lst it adjourn to meet again
on the I'd OF January, 1873, was taken up.
Mr.. COCHRAN moved to strike out Satur-
day the DIST and insert Monday the ODD.
Mr. OuEsENBERRY moved to insert Tues
day the Nth.
Both amendments were defeated, and the
question then required upon the resolution
as it came from the House of Delegates.
| Mr.. NowMN moved to strike out I'd of
January and insert 3Oh December. Lost.
Mr.. NowLiS then moved to insert Tues
dav, 3lst December. instead of january I'd.
| LoSt-aycs, IA noes, u.
| Mr.. PR1DEMonE moved that when the, SEN
ate adjourn on the 21st instant it aa35hrn
| to meet again on the 18th instant.
Pendin. this motion, Mr.. HUSDLEY at 2:3O
moved to adjourn. Lost.
The question then REQUIRED on Mr.. PRIDE
MoKE's amendment, and the vote being taken
by ayes and noes, it was dctcated-ayes IL;
noes, %.
The pending question was then ordered,
and being put, the resolution from the House
was agreed to-ayes %; noes II.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met at the usual hour, Speaker
HANGER presiding.
Prayer by Rev. Joseph Il. Tyler, of the
Seycnth-Street Christian church.
| RESIGNATION OF A JUDGE.
A communication was received from the
Governor inco>inS the resignation Of Judge
James i. Heath, of northampton county. TO
take effect 1st january, 1873.
BILLS, &C., REPoRTED AND PLACED on THE
| CALENDAR.
An act authorizing the formation of sub
school districts in Mt. Gilead and Jefferson
townships, in Loudoun county. To declare
Banistcr river, in Pi,tsylyanil county, Il law
| FIJI fence
TO declare New river from the county line
| between Giles and Pulaski counties to the
county line between Giles and Warren coun-
ties lawful fence.
For the relief of George W. Wright, as.
SCISSOR of the township Of Taylor, county of
| Orange.
For the relief of Robert NJ Heterick, late
superintendent of schools for Rappahannock
county.
House Joint resolution memorializing Con-
grcsS to abolish the internal lax on all liquors
made from fruit.
TO provide artificial limbs for citizens of
the Commonwealth who lost their limbs
during the late war.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
Mr.. DANIEL asked leave to make a personal
explanation. 1t referred to the passage Of
the bill on Saturday repeating the act "to
| provide for the payment Of interest on the
| public debt" When suspension Of the
| rules was asked for the introduction of the
| bill lie thought The object was to repeal only
the 4th section, which provides that those
| who should receive interest under the law
should be held to acquicsce in the law for
| bidding the receipt of coupons for public
dues-a thing entirely proper after the deci-
sion of the Court of Appeals the day before.
| Under this impression he voted for the sus-
pension TO his surprise he found that the bill
repealed the whole act, embracing the appro.
priation of four per cent. to the interest on
| the public debt. He could never designcdly
| have part or lot in interfering with that act
| of tardy and imperfect justice to the public
| creditor. He was not less surprised at the hot
haste Give or ten minutes having been en-
pended in the procesS) in which a measure
| had been repealed which had engaged so
| many days OF deliberation last session. No
reason connected with the public interest,
indeed none had been vOuchsafed for the
| repeal. No time allowed to consider the
question of power to repeal it. Nor should it
| be forgotten that the repealed act had been
bought with price. An arrangement had
| been made by which (as avowed OH this
| tloor) votes had been obtained to override
the Governors veto of the law allowing cou-
pons to be received for taxes by this conces-
sion Of four per cent. to the creditor. This
did not touch him, for he was no party in it !;
| but might he ask, Why those who were par
ties to that arrangement now diSreSardcd ii!
And, further, Have gentlemen considered
that the repeal Of the four per cent. law may
leave the previous sir per cent. law in opera
ton? Why this haste? \ mandan,uS may
compel the payment of SIR per cent.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
- Mr. CLorros offered Joint resolution that
when the General Assembly adjourn on Sa-
| tur1ny the DIS instant n adinIrn tn thp Od