The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-18
The General Assembly of Virginia
FRIDAY, january II, 1873.
SENATE.

Lieutenant-G overnor MARrE in the chair.
No prayer.
ELECTION OF A JUDGE.
House Joint resolution fixing Thursday,
Esd instant, at O'Clock p. NJ, for the cleo
ton Of a county judge for Roanoke, was
taken up and agreed to.
RELIEF OF snERIrFs.
House bill to amend and reenact an act for
the relief OF the late sheritfs of the Common.
| wealth, approved February q, 1872, with
the disagreement Of the House of Delegates
to the amendment proposed by the Sena,e.
was taken up, and OH motion of Mr.. QUE
sENBERRY referred TO the Committee for
Courts Of Justice.
YORK RIVER RAILROAD.
The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate n
communication from the Board of Public
Works in response to resolution of the
Senate calling for information as to the tinan-
cul condition Of the Richmond and York
River Railroad Company and the reason of
their failure to pay the State tax. In the
opinion of the Board, from best information
in their hands, the road is in Il state CT in
solvency. Laid on the table.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Mr.. GRIMsLEY, from the Committee OH
County, City, aud Town Organization, re-
ported with the recommendation that il do
not pass) an act to amend and reenact Sec
lions G. and II Of an act entitled can act
to amend and rceuact All act prescribing the
duties and compensation of certain township
officers" approved July II, 1870, and the
acts amendatory thereof, approved March Il,
oil
vidiug for all accurate map Of the several
counties Of the Commonwealth; to amend
the charter of the town of Berryyille as
contained In the acts approved 18th October,
1870, and the Esd March,. 1871.
| Mr.. THOMAS, from the Committee on FL
| nance, reported bill to empower the Cir
cult Court of Wise county to direct the sale
of certain lands belonging to the State of
| Virginia situated in said county, aud pro-
| viding for the conveyance of the same to the
purchasers thereof, and for other purposes.
Mr. JOHNSON, from the Committee on Gene
ral Laws, reported an act for the relief OF
| Robert III. Hetericks, late superintendent OF
schools for Rappahannock county: to declare
James River and kanawha canal in the
county of Amherst lawful fence; proyid-
ing for the future extension of the corporate
| limits of the city Of Richmond; for the relief
of A. w. Vaughan, collector of francisco
| township, in Buckingham, in the year 1871
Mr.. ROLLER, from the Committee on Fede.
raj Relations, reported back House joint reso'
luton memoralizing Congress to abolish the
internal revenue lax on liquors made from
fruits; joint resolution instructing the Sena'
tors and requesting the Representatives oil
Virginia in the Congress of the United States
to secure the abolition or material modidca-
ton Of the internal revenue taxes aud the
system OF their collection; and he, from the
same committee, presented the following
resolutions
"Resolued, Tint the Auditor of Public
Accounts be requested to furnish to the
Committee On Federal Relations an itemized
statement of the amount expended by the
commissioners on the boundary line between
the State Of Virginia and Mnry land"
Joint resolution In relation to the appoint
ment OF commissioners to. ascertain and de-
fine the boundary line between Virginia and
West Virginia.