The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-25
General Assembly Of Virginia.
WEDNESDAY, January -, 1872.
SENATE.

| WEDNESDAY, January -, 1872.
SENATE.
Iieutcnant-Goycrnor MARYE in the chair
PRAYER by Rev. Mr.. Daslllell.
| BILLS REPORTED.
House bill concerning the Glebc fund o
| Essex county.
Senate bi!l recommended not to pass de
| claring dogs TO be personal properly, ana Il
relation TO the larceny thereof.
Senate bill incorporating the PETERSBURG
| Law Association. 49,
| Senate bill to amend the charter OF the II
.iua Loan and Trust Company. :.
Senate bill prohibiting the sale OF lntoNl'
| eating liquors on the sabbath day.
| senate bill to extend the time within which
| James Fields. late sheriff Of Washington
.nIr,ty. may collect the tiXcs for the years
| lSf;9-'ID.
Sen;,tr bin for the relief of MADISON AI!cn.
senate bill 10 amcud and rCCnact IN act al-
proved July / /. 1870, entitled 'an act 70 III
corporate the Potomac and Manassas hall-
road Company"
BILLS &C., PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
Ry Mr.. ROLLER Bill to amend and rccil-
act the ith section Of an act passed March
18th, 1860. entitled San act to incorporate
the Masonic Hall Association, in the town OF
iImTiscnbur@.'
Bv Smc: Bill 10 provide for the submis-
sion to the people Of the proposed amend
mcnt to the Constitution Of Virginia N rca-
ron to the clause in respect to and entitled
'rSury."
BY same: Bill to amend and rcCnact an act
entitled an act for the protection OF fish III
The Shenandoah river and it tributaries, ana
The tributaries Of the Potomac river west Of
the Shenandoah river, approved November
9TH. 1870, SO aS 10 exclude the Shenandoah
river and its tributaries from the operation Of
sud act.
BY Mr.. Massey: Resolution inquiring into
the cXpcdicncy Of cXcmpting, by law, piac-
Using physicians from serving Oh Jurlcs.
ABOUT ADJOURNMENT.
A Joint resolution was offered by Mr.. Now
LIN that when the Legislature adlourns on
18th February it will adjourn until "thc next
session." An Intellectual attempt was made
BY the mover to get suspension OF the rules
for its consideration. 1t lives over.
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
Mr.. MASSEY, by consent, had entered upon
the journal that mad he been in his seat yes.
serday he should have voted for the bill re-
Dealing the statutes authorizing punishment
of criminals by stripes.
CENTRAL LUSATlC ASYLUM.
Joint resolution for the appointment Of g
Joint committee to consider the report of the
Central Lunatic Asylum WAS taken up and
amended by the substitution Of the Commit
tee on Public institutions for the special com
nittee proposed, and then agreed to.
DOCKET OF SUPREME COURT.
On motion of Mr.. Penn, it was
"RcSoluea, |. That the Supreme Court OF
Appeals be requested to inform the Senate 0!
the condition Of its docket; whether there
are any ca>cS on it in respect to which il mt
jority of the judges thereof are so situated As
TO make it improper for them to sit Oh the
hearing Of the same; whether there are any
and how many, eases on said docket which
cannot be disposed of with convenient dis.
patch by it; and, in its Judgment, whether
the public interest requires the organization
of special court of appeals.
80. That the clerk of the Senate communi
cate this resolution to the Supreme Court Of
Appeals"
DISTRIBUTION OF COPIES OF LAWS.
On motion Of Mr.. Thomas, it was resolved
| that the Committee on General Laws be i'll
| ,truclcd to inquire into the eXpcdiency d
providing by law that specified number o
copies of all laws of general nature be fur
uished so soon us practicable after theil
passage and forwarded to the clerks Of tht
several county courts of the State.
THE SALE OF THE LAND SCRIP.
Senate bill providing for the sale of thu
1 lo,> 10
for educational purposes was taken up ant
| amended SO us to provide that if the colleges
which are to receive portions of said fund arc
| designated before the end OF this session OF
the General Assembly then the presidents OF
rectors thereof shall have the privilege 0,
acting in conjunction with the Board of Pub
| lie Education III the sale Of said scrip. The
| bill was then passed.
CHARTER OF PORTSMOUTH,
House bill amending the charter of the city
of Portsmouth so as to give the president o.
the Council deciding vote in addition to his
vote rs member in cases Of tie was taken uI
on motion of Mr.. Rue, who offered an amend
ment inserting "the mayor" in place Of the
president of the Council"
Mr.. TAYLOR, of Norfolk, opposed the
amendment, and it was rcjccted-ayes, I
noes, 20.
Mr.. STEVENS proposed All amendment pro-
viding for the election of an additional mem
Der Of the Council there now being twclve)
and the thirteenth man to have the deciding
vote. Rejeeted-ayes, 10; noes, 10.
Mr.. GREENE moved to insert in the bill, in.
stead Of the present provision, one providing
that the president shall have no vote where
his vote would produce tie. Rejected.
The bill was then passed.
JURISDICTION OF JUSTICES.
Senate bill to amend and reenact section
I'd Of an act entitled an act to extend the ju.
risdlction of police justices and Justices OF
the peace in certain cases, approved March
30, 1871, was passed.
NORFOLK AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
Senate bill to incorporate the Norfolk and
Southern Railway Company was passed, and
communicated tothe House by Mr.. WARD.
e. BILLS REJECTED.
Senate bilto amend and reenact the 9Th
anu 9TH sections Of chapter I02 of the Code