The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-01

half an hour after the attack he Was q 10
tive Of Cumberland county, and was Ia 'le
sixty-seventh year of his age.
The General Assembly of Virginia.
MONDAY, March 81, 1873.
SENATE.
Senator THOMAS in the chair.
AMENDMENTS AGREED TO AND BILLS PASSED.
Senate bill, with House amendments, to
authorize the district school boards OF Wythe
county to apply unexpended district funds
TO the payment of teachers salaries, was taken
up and agreed to. ..
The following bills were passed: House
bills: TO constitute conductors and agents
of railroads conScrvators of the peace; to
empower the Board of Supervisors of Ches-
terfieid county to erect a fence on and change
the line Of the district in which the act
passed January &c, 1866, commonly called
the fence law, is in force; to secure advances
for agricultural purposes; TO amend the
acts, &C., rs to duties aud compensation
of certain township officers, approved July
II, 1872, and acts ameDdatory thereof;
to INCORPORATE tho New York, Norfolk and
Charleston Railroad Company House
Joint resolution appropriating money to
replace Houdon's statue OF Washington in
the rotunda of the capitol-ayes %, noes
1; providing for the pay Of CITY and cor
poration judges; Senate bill to provide for
placing on the commissioners books the
lands In the Commonwealth, and to amend
sections 2, IS, 20, %, and q of chapter 81
of Code of 1860, in relation to the sales
Of forfeited and delinquent lands,
and for other purposes; House bill
10 authorize the Board Of super
visors Of the several counties to appoint
nurses and physicians for the poor; TO fix
the Day of the Board of Supervisors of Lee,
Wise, Buchanan, and Russell counties !;
amending the Code in relation to the public
free-school law so "a to allow all increase OF
local taxation for the support OF free schools,
TO build school-houses, 6c.; to authorize the
Board Of Public Works to sell the Suites
interest in the Lynchburg and Salem Turn
pike Company.
TIE LIBRARY.
MIR. WYNNE, from the Committee on the
Library, presented report and resolution
providing for the printing of the memoir of
Houdon's statue which was taken up and
agreed TO.
RESOLUTIONS, &C., PRESENTED.
By Mr.. Penn: a joint resolution instruct
ing the Superintendent OF Public Printing
TO have printed together two thousand copies
of the act to regulate and define the JllrlS-
dic.ion Of the circuit and county courts and
the act ainendatory thereof; the act in refer
ence to certain bonds and rccognizanCes, and
the act in reference TO criminal proceedings
in certain cases. so soon as 1t cln be done;
and the Secretary of the Commonwealth
shall Immediately distribute the same rs acts
of the General Assembly are required to be
distributed. Agreed to under Il suspension
OF the rules.
BY Mr.. NowLlS: \ joint resolution dis
charging the commissioners appointed to
settle the houudarY-line question between
the States of Virginia and Maryland.
Mr.. NowLlS moved to suspend the rules
in order to consider the resolution to-day.
Lost ayes, I; noes, Is.
On motion of Mr.. TAYLOR Of Loudoun
The Committee for Courts Of Justice was dis
charged from the consideration of House bill |
providing fer the pay Of city and corporation
Judges.
BY Mr.. Penn: A joint resolution appro-
printing $4,000 to the Virginia Agricul-
iuIul and Mechanical College.
Mr.. Penn moved to suspend the rules in
order. to consider the resolution to-day.
Agreed to-ayes, IS; noes, II.
Mr. NowLlN rose TO q point of order and
claimed that the General Assembly could
no. appropriate money by joint resolution,
and that il the resolution be regarded as
technically bill then the Constitution re-
1uircs it to he read OH three different days in
The House in which il originated.
The CHAIR overruled the point OF order,
and stated that it was question for each in
dividual senator to determine for himself,
and did not properly come within the vortex
of the order.
The question recurring on agreeing to the
resolution, it was put, and determined in the
negative Qor want Of constitutional ma
Il noes, 8.
coMaiTTEE REpoRTs.
Mr.. FITZPATRICK, from the Committee on
General Laws, reported House bill to amend
sections 46 and 80, chapter 81, Code Of 1860,
rs amended by an act to amend certain SET
lions of chapter 81 of the Code of 1860. and
in relation to the inspection Of tobacco. and
the Sd section Of said ect, passed us aforc-
said.
Mr.. COCHRAN, from the second joint COM
mittee Of conference on the usury bill, pre-
scnted report from that committee.
TIE CENTRAL LUEATIC ASYLUM.
The report of the committee to investigate
the affairs of the Central Lunatic Asylum
was taken up, agreed to, aud the committee
discharged.
TAX ON DISTILLED LIQUORS.
Senate bill imposing stamp-taX Oh dis
titled liquors being the unfinished business
of Saturday was taken up and discussed
warmly, the question being on laying the
bill on the table. The motion to lay on the
table was agreed to-ayes, 10; noes,S.
THE INTEREST BILL.
The report of the committee on the dis
agreeing votes of the two Houses Of the
General Assembly Oh the interest bill, fixing
the rate Of interest at aud 8 per cent, and
for forfeiture Of interest over 6 per cent,
was taken up and the report agreed to-ayes,
81 noes. 8.
-. COUNTY JUDGE 70 DE ELECTED.
Mr.. BoYklN presented joint resolution
providing for tie election OF county Judge
for Nanscmoad county to morrow at II
o'clock, rice Thomas :. Garnett, declined
Agreed 10. ......n..-.
On molion Of Mr.. JOHNSON, the chair was
vacated until o'clock.
Might Session.
Senate met again ut s o'clock. Senator
QUEsENEERHY in the chair.
COMMITTEE REroNTs.
Mr.. ANDERSON, Of Rockbridge, from the
Committee on Public Institutions, reported,
without amendment, House bill reducing
into one the several acts in relation to the
seat Of government of this Commonwealth;