The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-18
General Assembly of Virginia.
4, ,pn EDITH AND SECOND DAY
SATURDAY, March 1G, 1SI.
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| acknowledgements MARiE III thc .hA''
No prayer. ,.;,r
senate bill amending the acts for WORKING
the roads of Loitdoun county. witltne aIiienu-
ments proposed by the House OF Delesa.eS'
WAS taken up and theamendmcntS agreed w.
a large number of House blil> "eie ~
fcrred.
HOUSE BILL PASSED.
The following House bill, this day COM
m,nicated from the House, was lsss'co ''''u''
suspension Of the rules: ,;.o
TO authorize the trustees OF lork nv
church TO execute q decd OF trust OF u'oit-
rage upon the buildings of said chlllcll 10 se,
curc the payment of debts due lor tho cosI "a
building the same.
BILLS REPORTED AND tut On callahan
Uo,,sc bill giving the consent of this s'a,c
70 the purchase by tho unitrd STATES Oh d
,r,ct nj land in the county Of Fairfax 10 DC
usrd for Il military cemetery, and eXcn>ltlne
The came from State. county. or city taxes.
House bin for relief of David Fl. Roster
surety for John Diggs, late sheriff OF Mat
thcws county. ,,..o
House bin declaring streams in Charlotte
county to be highways. , q
IIo,Ise bill to amend and rccnact section y
rhontcr 179 of the Code. III reference 10 III
functions. ,he
House bill 20 prevent lobbying with TIE
General Assembly with amendmehfs)., o.,
Uou.e bill to amend and rccnact inc 81
section Of an act to amend ana rectact
chanter 134 of the Code, in relation 10 the
recovery of real estate adversely.
House bill TO amend and rccnact sralcn
II cbapter 1877 of the Code OF Virginia, III
in relation to writs of .fe1 tncadS'
| TO amend and reGAact section OF ch'n'rI
% of Code in relation to trespass by ai'ini'is
adversely.
House bin imposing tax on oysters.
| Senate bill to authorize the accused 10 US
fly in eases of misdcmcanor. .,
| House bill to amend and rrellact sect!o'' L.
chantcr 10l Of Code. in relation to fshlhG I'D
the Potomac river.
| Hills AND RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED.
| By Mr. Nowr1H: Bill to authorize the
District school Board of Specdwcll district,
in thc county of Wylhe, to apply unaprio-
miatcd district funds TO the payment OF
teachers salaries. Put on the calendar.
Ey Mr.. GREENE: Joint resolution request
ing our representatives and instrllctlng our
| senators in Congress to oppose the reduction
| or repeal of import duties OH iron, coal, and
salt. Referred.
Bv Mr. ANDERSON. Of E0ckhrldsc Bill
| for iho repair Of the capitol.
THE TAN BILL
| was considered up to the hour of adjourn
ment.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Mr.. WATTS in the chair. Prayer by Rev.
| DR.. Burrows.
PLACED on TIE CALENDAR,
| Senate bill to authorize subscriptions III aid
| Of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical
| College ut Blacksburg. Va; under suSpcn'
sion of the rules.
USE OF TIE HALL.
On motion of Mr.. BOOKER, the ll>c of the
hall of the House of Delegates was granted
to Mr. Henry Bcrgh. of New York, president
| Of the Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
TO Animals, for free lecture lo.rig ht-aycs.
80; noes, 20.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
was granted MesSrs. SHOOT and CRlTz fol
four days each; ST. JONI for three days
| WATSON, EARLY, and BERGER, for two days
each; and FREEMAN for one day.
THE TAX BILL
was postponed (on motion Of Mr. CMTz,
until Monday.
BILLS PASSED.
Senate bills: To incorporate the North RiycI
Railroad Company; i'll relation TO the pay OF
the clerks OF the Court of Appeals and the
clerk Of the Circuit Court of Richmond; to
amend the charter Of the Richmond Land,
Mining. and Manufacturing Company; toau'
thorizc the township hoard Of Tanners Creek
township. Norfolk county, 10 invest money
in the erection Of Il township house ; to
amend the charter Of the Alexandria Dock
Company; for the relief of the executors
of W. :. Smith, deceased, late of Eliza
beth City county; TO render valid q
certain conveyance of land in Rock
/ ingham county for the Use of the Lutheran
and German Reformed churches; to amend
the charter Of the Chesapeake Warehouse
Company, Of Norfolk; TO amend the act III
crc;l>ing the capital stock of the kempsville
Canal Company to authorize the Roanoke
Valley railroad to borrow money and secure
its payment; TO amend the law relating tC
tiduciarics so as to fix the fees Of commission
crS of accounts; to amend the Code in rela
ton to the removal of causes; to incorporate
the Pond Marsh Wharf Company; TO au
thorze subscriptions by the county of Mont
gomcry in aid of the State Agricultural ant
Mechanical College at Blackshurs.
House bills TO amend the charter Of the
city of Portsmouth, and to provide for the
disposition Of the common property of the
city of Portsmouth and county Of Norfolk
to incorporate the Shawsville, Jacksonville
Taylorsville and North Carolina Railroad
Company; joint resolution in relation to tho
removal of the penitcntiary; to authorize
the voters Of Halifax county to vote upon
the question of purchasing the toll bridge 2
South Boston. in that county, in order t
make il free bridge; for the protection c,
fish in the Blackwater river and its tribut:f
rie>; to incorporate the Halifax County Rail-
road Company: to amend the Code in REFER
cnce to commissioners in chancery.
THE GAME LAW
was considered and amended.
Adjourned.