The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-26
rar coURr BILL.

Senate bill to amend and fcenact "" NV
.ant;r,,iuo thc paynlent OF Interest anu dtVi-
,,cuds to the incorporated colleges or other
se,ninarics of learning in the State, approved
March %, 1872, was taken up.
MIR. NowL1N presented a substitute for the
bill, which WAS read and finally ordered 10 lie
cngrosscd.
Senate bill to authorize the sale of the
States interest in the Upper AppomattoX
Company BY the Board Of Public Works
ayca, % noes, IA. -,
House bill for the relief of Edgar Allen, OF
Prince Edward county.
TIE PUBLIC DEBT. ta,
Senate bill to provide. for the payment OF
interest on The public debt, laid on the taole
Yesterday, was. on motion of Dir. COCHRAN,
taken up. .
When the Senate adjourned yesterday 1t
had under consideration an amendment 20
this bill, which, il adopted, puts the colleges
and other institutions of learning OF lhe
state on the same footing as other state
creditors. 49,.
The amendment was dcfeatcd-ayes, II:
noes, IS.
Mr. COCHRAN moved to add to the amend
mcnt agreed to yesterday these words:
"And tic LIST of July, 1872 The effect OF
this amendment will be to pay back interest.
The amendment was agreed to, ana TIC Oil
was then ordered to be engrossed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES. T..
Sneaker HANGER in the chair. Prayer by
Rev. C. C. Biting, Of the Second Baptist
church.
ErpoRTEp AND rUT on THE CALENDAR.
Act authorizing q majority of the living
trustees of the Baptist church at Orange
Courthouse to sell and execute a deed to GER
tain property in the village Of Orange Court
house and apply the money to the erection
of a house of worship; bill for the protec-
ton of fish in the middle fork Of the Hol-
ston river, in Smyth county; bill continuing
the mowers Of The trustees OF the Gloucester
Charity school. and authorizing tue funds
under their control TO he appropriated to the
use of the poor of Gloucester county, and
repealing the act on that subject approved
March 81, 1871; bill to continue and esfah-
lish a police force for the protection
of the capitol and penitcntiary, and
TO repeal the acts in relation to the
Public Guard a bill to amend section |
of an act passed February -, 1867, to incor-
poratethe Fairfax and Georgetown Turnpike
Company, approved july S, 1870; Il bill to
amend the Goth and GSth sections Of III acfto
provide fora general election. approved May
18th, 1870, and to regulate contested elections
for Governor, Licutcnan;-Goyernor. and At
torney.GcncIaI; Senate joint resolution in
structing the Acknowledgement to inquire
whether any dividends were due the state
on stock held by the State in the Petersburg
and Roanoke. Railroad Company before date
of the transfer thereof in 1S49.
CENTRAL LuNATiC ASYLUM.
MY, MATTHEWS of Petersburg offered a re-
solution that L special comIuittCc OF five be
appointcd--tllrcc from the House and Two
from the Scratc-to investigate the condition
of affairs at tie Central Lunatic Asylum, and
report the lrIle condition of the patients
there, the number of children born in the
institution. aud the condition Of mothers
upon entering the same. Upon 4 Gull OF the
House the resolution was adopted by the
following ~yote-uycs, ~; noes, ".
SUSPENSION OF THE RULES.
On motion of MIR. OFERRALL the rules
were suspended, and House bill to incorpo-
rate the MccklenburS Boat Line was taken
up and put on the calendar.
N lllI W NtlltlOl ~ tllV SIlNi' SObiI - INV
county of Pulaski to decree Il sale and con-
firm, "A caIo Of ,,ItuIu ical estate or Ms. III
zabetll Kent, deceased, was reported and put
on the calendar.
LEAVES or ABSENCE
we're granted Mr.. BRlsrOw for two days,
and NIr. CRITZ for five days.
INTRODUCED And REFERRED.
The following were presented and re-
fcrrCd3:
BY Mir. ROBERTSON: Petition Of citizens Of
Craig county for charter Of IL turnpike in
said county.
By Mr.. w. MATTHEW Memorial Of the
yearly meeting Of tue Society of Friends held
ut Lombard street, in the city of Baltimore,
asking that the deatll-penalty for crime may
be changed to imprisonment at labor for n
term of years, or for life.
by Mr.. LovESsTEIS 4 bill to incorporate
the Richmond Hebrew Benevolent Society.
By Dir. LAsslTER: An act to incorporate
the Dismal Swamp Lumber Company.
BILLS PASSED.
The following House bills were passed :
To amend the act authorizing the collection
Of unpaid taxes of the county Of Orange fer
1868 and 1869 for the relief Of the sure
ties {. II. q. Ware, township collector in the
Estellvlilc township OF Scott county TO au-
tlloriZe the surctips of james s. Barl>dale, Il
late Sharitfof Albcmarle, to discharge thciudg-
mcnt against them i'll favor of the Common
wealth with tie bonds oftlle Commonwealth;
for tic protection OF the coal Lands OF Vlr-
oinia from injury or destruction by fire ; to
amend section IL OF an act prescribing the
duties and compensation Of county officers,
approved March Is, 1872; to amend and re-
enact section Is, chapter rs, Code Of Viz
giilia, 1850, and TO extend the powers Of cir
cult counts in relation TO the estates of i'll
fants to admit persons over twenty-one
years of age into the public free schools on
payment Of tuition fees; to amend 47lh Sec
ton, chapter $40, acts 1S71-'72, in relation to
payment OF capitation Tux by fathers sending
their children 10 the public free schools ;
TO amend and rCGaact 9Th section, 1T2d
chapter, Code of Virginia, 1860, in re!a-
ton to special pleas of sct-otf; to amend and
rrGDact section IS Of an act entitled an act to
establish and maintain a uniform system Of
public free schools, approved july II, 1910
joint resolution giving the consent OF the
state Of Virginia to the Berlin Bridge Com
pauy to build Il bridge across tue Potomac
river ut Berlin to amend and reCnact Sec
lion rs, chap'er 80, of acIs OF 1s71-'72, as to
duties and compensation of certain town
ship officers, approved July II. 1872, and
acts umendatory thereof; declaring Smiths
river, inthe county Of Henry, Il lawful fence
to amend aud reGnact iii act approved March
90, 1872, entitled an art to amend and re-
enact the 9th section of the act approved