The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-20
The General Assembly Of Virginia.
SENATE.

SENATE.
SATURDAY, January Is, 1873.
Senator QUEsENBERRY in the chair. Prayer
by Rev. w. G. Lumpkin.
APPEALS, wRITs OF ERROR, &C.
House bill entitled an act to amend and re-
enact the 10th section Of chapter 1872 OF the
Code of 1860, and the several acts amenda-
tory thereof, in relation TO appeals, writs of
error, and supersedeas, with the amendments
BY the House of Delegates to the amend
ments of the Senate, was taken up and the
amendments agreed to.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Mr.. HERNDoN, from the Committee for
Courts of Justice. reported back the bill
amending the act, &C., for the relief of the
late sherifs of the Commonwealth, with the
recommendation that the Senate adhere to its
amendment; also, in relation to property not
TO be sold by personal representation; re-
port declaring it inexpedient to legislale on
the subject Of resolution as to the expe-
diency Of appropriating sum of money to
defray the expenses of persons who have
l,een tried and acquitted Of a felony to pro-
vide for proving papers filed in the offices of
the Board of Education, &C.. ...
MIR. HOLIDAY, from the Committee on
Roads and Internal Navigation, reported bill
to amend the title of the Virginia and North
Carolina railroad.
BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. LEWIS A bill for the relief of Isaac
w. Busttlc. BY Mr.. GREEN A bill authof-
izins the formation of township cemeteries.
By Mr.. GRAHAM: A bill TO amend section J.,
chapter 125 Of the Code, us to the mante-
nance of illcgitimate children. BY Mr.. MAS
sEY: A bill amending certain sections Of the
Code. BY Mr.. Penn: a resolution request
ing the Superintendent of Public Printing
to furnish TO the Senate an Appropriated
estimate of the cost Of publishing 10000
copics of the Code rs compiled and submit
led to the General Assembly by George w.
Munford, and also Of publishing the same
number of copies, in one volume, Of the acts
Of the General Assembly that have become
laws since the 1st day Of December, 1865,
not embracing charters of incorporation or
assessments and taxation. BY Mr.. QUEsEI-
BERRY: 4 bill TO amend the Code in relation
to fences and the protection of crops. BY
Mr.. WYNNE: A bill to incorporate the Rich
mond Land and Improvement Company.
BILLS PASSED.
Senate bill to empower the Circuit Court
of Wise county to sell certain lands, DC. !;
House bill to empower the City Council of
Richmond to increase the salaries of the
Judges of Circuit, Chancery, and Hastings
Courts.
At 1875 Mr.. MARTIN moved to adjourn.
Mr.. COCHRAN demanded the ayes and
noes which resulted as follows: Ayes, lG i;
noes, II.
The CHAIR declared the Senate adjourned
until Monday at noon.
HOUSE OF DELEGA TES.
Speaker HANGER in the chair.
PRAYER by tie Rev. DIR. Woodbridge, of
the Monumental (EpiscopaD church.
REPORTED AND PLACED ON THE CALENDAR.
The following bills were reported and
placed on the calendar: House bill to amend
section Is, chapter 12S, of the Code of 1860,
and to extend the powers of circuit courts
House bill to define the rights Of married
women; House bill to amend 4lst section of
an act prescribing the duties Of county
officers, sc. House bill to authorize the Coun-
ty Court of Norfolk to appoint commission
ers to divide the roads OF the various town
ships into road districts, &c.
The Committee on Claims reported adj
vcrscly to the petition of Hundley & Canoe
asking compensation for bread furnished the
penitcntiary convicts during 1863 and 1864
the Committee for Courts Of Justice, to whom
was referred claim of Il. Fleming for goods
seized for the Use of the State in 1861, re-
ported that the Constitution forbade "the
payment of any claim created in the name of
the state of Virginia by the usllrped and
pretended authorities Of Richmond during
the war;"
On motion of Mr.. NEALE, the report was
passed by. ......... .........
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
was granted Messrs. BEAToN, TURPIN, and
EARLY, two days each, and Cox, WALKER,
and A. B. LIGHTNER, one day each. ISL
PUNISHMENT BY STRIPES.
The Committee for Courts of Justice re-
ported 1t inexpedient to repeal the law pro-
yiding for Furnishing persons charged with
certain crimes by stripes. Concurred in.
PAY OF ATTORNEYS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH.
The same committee also reported it mex
pedient to change the law in regard to this
subject. Concurrcd in.
TAXES, &C.
Mr.. DENEALE offered the following /" Re-
solred, That the Auditor be requested
to inform the House: First. What net
amount will be realized under the taX-hiIl of
last year after deducting delnquents and ex-
penSes Of collectors. Second. How much
will be realized between this and the LIST of
December next from taxes heretofore levied.
Third. What sum will be required to pay
the July interest on the public debt, sup
posing it all to have been funded under the
act Of March, 1871. Fourth. How much
will be required to pay all other ordinary
demands upon the Treasury from this time
until the 1St Of December. Fifth. The
amount and status OF the sinking fund on
the lst Of January, 1873" The rules were
suspended aud the resolution agreed to.
..a. L INTEREST ON THE LITERARY FUND.
House bill authorizing the payment of
twelve months interest on the literary fund
for the benefit of the public schools (unfiu-
ished business) came up. -
Mr.. MATTHEWS of Petersburg moved to
amend by inserting "two years. interest"
Rejected.
The bill was then ordered to its engross.
ment and third reading.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY Dir. NEALE: Allowing persons accused
of misdemeanors In certain cases to be tried
by a justice. BY MIR. DONALD: 70 amend
section Is of chapter $50 of theact of ls71-'7a,
rs to duties Of certain township officers, &c.
BY Mr. FITZGERALD TO amend an act for
the protection of fish in Roanoke river. BY
MIR. GRAVES: To amend section rs of an act
prescribing the duties Of township officers,
dc. BY Dir. GILMAN: Resolution of inquiry
as to expectancy Of so arranging the system
of the State penitentiary that hereafter no
Article manufactured by conyicts shall be sold
by ret II either from said institution or the