The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-04

MONDAY, March 3, 1879.
SENATE.
Senator QuEsENpEERY in the clair. n
prayer.
NoTARIEs PUBLIC.
Senate bill to amend MI act in relation t
notaries public, with the amendments pre-
posed by the House of Delegates, was take
up and the amendments agreed 10.
SHAREHOLDERS, &c.
Mr.. HUNpLEY presented bill to provld
for the inspection Of steam-boilers, so o. tn
better 10 protect life from explosions, &c.
which was twice read and referred to th
Committee ON General Laws.
DEATH OF GENERAL EDWARD JOHNSON.
A joint resolution communicated from tn,
House Of Delegates by MIR. LAWSON, pro
viding that when the two Houses Of tn,
General Assembly adjourn to-day they nd
journ to meet on Wednesday at - O'Clock. a:
atribute Of respect to General Edward John
SOD, was, on motion of Mr. UUNDLry, taken
up and unanimously adopted.
TIE ASSESSMENT BILL VETOED By THE GOVERNOR
Colonel Thomas F. Owens, aid to the Go
vernon, communicated to the Senate the fol.
lowing objections of the Executive to Senate
! Dill NO. z, providing for the reSSsessmant OF
lands in the Commonwealth, passed Febru.
ary ], 1872, so Us to enable those counties in
the State which failed to avail themselves of
the provisions of said act to do so. On mo-
ton Of Mr. PRIDEMoRE the communication
was read, and finally laid on the table.
The Governor says: ''This bill is substan-
tally q copy Of the act in force February l,
1877. The. objections to that act which l
entertain, and have already on two different
occasions expressed to you during the pre-
sent session Of the General Assembly, apply
with equal force TO this bill. did not APP
prove of that act, nor can approve OF tins
bill, and for the reasons expressed in my last
annual message, with which | presume
every senator Is familiar, and therefore it is
unnecessary to repeat them here. II the
act Of February /, 1872, were wrong land
believe it was), its reenactmcnt now, instead
OF remedying the evil, simply perpctua.es
and increases IL. believe it 10 be wrong in
priuciple and unjust and demoralizng in
practice. It is no adequate remedy for un.
just and unequal assessments. 1t is tenn
porary expedient Of doubtful constitution
ality, and tends TO increase rather than d.
minish the evils complained OF.
.sThe true system to be adopted, and the
only one which, in my judgment, will ever
sclye tho difficulty without trenching upon
constitutional principles, is that which snail
provide for the revision, correction, and
equalization Of assessments among the sew
crai townships Of counties and wards Of
cities, and then the revision, correction. and
equalization of the assessments among the
several counties and corporations of the
State.o
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
BY Dir. MARTIN: A bill! to INCORPORATE the
Manchester Railway and Laud Improve
ment Company. BY Mr. Massey: The me-
mortal Of citizens of King William county in
yeastien to immigration.
LAID ON THE TABLE.
"A number OF bills were taken up, read.
and finally laid on the table.
Z. ELLIS PASSED.
Senate bills: 10 incorporate the Green
Hill Geiaetery, OF MISUNDERSTANDING,
Frederick county; to regulate the working
cf the roads OF Roekbridge and Lee coun-
aes amending the Code in relation to