The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-13
Speaker HANGER in the chair. No prayer.
PUT on TIE CALENDAR.

Senate bill to encourage donations to the
University of virginia. and to constitute tile
State of Virginia the trustee thereof; Senate
bill to amend section 3 Of an act passed Jan
uary Is, 1881, incorporating the Danvilie
Female Academy; Senate bill to amend sec
ton of an act to authorize the circuit courts
TO grant charters of incorporation, &c., and
to repeal sections 4, 5, 6, !, S, 8, and l0 OF
chapter g., and section 81 Of chapter 81
of the Code of 1860, approved March ~
1871. &c: House bill to encourage mining
and manufacturing in the State; House tail
to preyent the placing of distractions ID
Sycamore creek, in New Kent county
House bill to amend sections Is and AZ OF
chapter So of the Code; House bill to amend
section - of an act to establish uniform
system of public free schools House bill to
provide for the publication of new edition
of the Code House hill in relation to in
spectors of tobacco. Under a suspension OF
the rules. on motion of Dir. HEAD, Senate
bill to amend the act incorporating the Po-
tomac and Manassas Railroad Company was
placed on the calendar.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
From the Committee on Schools, report
ing adversely to the resolution requiring the
county treasurer and superintendent of pub
lie schools to make annual reports of the dis
bursemcnts of county school funds to the
board of SUPERVISORS of their respective
counties. Agreed to.
TOBACCO INSPECTORS REPORTS.
The SPEAKER laid before the House COM
muncations from the inspectors of Sea-
brooks warehouse, in Richmond, and Oaks
az rix-
reports, dc.
THE EMBEzzLEMENT BILL.
On motion Of lIr. SMITH House bill No.
11G was taken up out of its order. He Their
made 4 lengthy speech in its behalf. He
also made personal explanation in regard
to the remarks made at the Tobacco EX-
change some days ago. lie then moved to
add as an independent section: eff any per-
son obtain by any false representation from
any banker or broker, consi@nee or commits
sion merchant, money or other property
with intent to defraud, he shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished
us provided in the preceding section"
Mr.. DooLEY offered the following Us sub.
stitute for Dir. SMITHS amendment: Any
farmer who shall obtain from commission
merchant an advance Of money or mcrchan-
disc upon a promise to send to said commits
sion merchant his crops when ready ior
market, and shall by his own act or fault
fail or refuse to do so, shall be deemed guilty
of nlisdemeanor, and punished as PROVIDED
in the preceding section."
Mr.. DOLBY advocated This substitute at
some length.
Mr.. GILLIAN also advocated the substitute !;
pending which the hour Of Z. NJ. arrived,
and the House took up the special order,
which was
THE COURT BILL.
DIR. O'FEERALL continued bis remarks in
favor of his substitute, which was offered
yesterday. Mr.. WALKER opposed the suljsti-
tute. He was followed by Mr.. RIDDLEBAR-
GER, who favored the substitute. 1t was
t!ea further amended and Gna ly rejected
ayes, 46; noes. 81. The pending question
then being on the engrossment and third
reading Of the bill, the Huuse refused to CT.
der it TO eugros-lncnt by the following vote:
AYEs.-aIessrs. Ale. Pernard. Fishop, Rolling,
Rouion, bro kc. j. q. Brown. Bryant. turkhol :el
Butler, Jack CATER, Cummings, Dalton, Daniel,
Deiic;p. Don3ld, Elicit, Fitzgerald Fuikerson,
j. 5. Gillian, n. Gillian, Ci.uIlun. Gray. 'iarGcsty
Hill, james, knchcl1c, I.assiLcr, Lovcnstcn Mil
Ter. Munscy, Nealr. Noble, PAYNE, Po2Sua, Queen
k'tclin, smith, snidow 81 John StGyAi val sou;na
son, and Wharton-i1.
NoEs.-,le>srs. E#svc!!. Beaten, Berger, Booker,
BorlaId, 81 tow. Campbell, z. j. Carter, Chop
ton. Coleman, Cottrcll, Cox, delaney, Dungey
Early, Evans Fletcher, Gilman, Graves. Griffith
Hamilton, Head. Irvine =. 4, Jones, L. :. J0ueS,
V. r. J"ncS. kelly, lawson; Levi, panl Iightner
Lipscombc Matthews, AtcMu!lan Minor. NickcnS,
Norton. Hown. UrrrrAl!. Pdrks. Patterson, had
ford, Eiddl"ba:gcr. Eolcr. Russell, SanGs'er,
Scruggs, stephcn5. SIrothrr. Swami, suherln, suit
tie, ialiafcrrc, IlIIin. Wake Waits, Wentworth,
Young, and Mr.. >Ec ikcr-53.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. BoUToN: TO amend section Of
an act to incorporate the Gordon,vilie and
Chester Cup railroad. BY Mr. CoTTEELL:
To authorize the Judge of the Sixth Judicial
circuit to entertain jurisdiction in the case Of
the Commonwealth Us. John j.. CroSSlcv, Of
Dove township, in Goochland county. BY
Mr.. GRAVES: TO amend section l., chapter
II, Code OF 1860. BY Mr. WHARTON: Peti-
ton Of John d. Scott and others to refund
moneys, &c. BY Mr.. GRAVES: To amend
section 80, chapter AL, acts OF 16G3-'70. BY
Mr.. BoLIIHG: Petition Of landowners Of
Prince Edward county to have lands reas-
sessed.
Adjourned.