The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-10
General Assembly Of Virginia.
MONDAY, February 8, 1874.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Jieutenant-Goyernor WITaERs presiding.
PRAYER by the Rev Joshua Peterkip, D. D.,
of St. James Episcopal church.
HOUSE BILLS REFERRED.
A number of House bills, communicated
this day to the Senate, We're taken up, twice
read, and referred to appropriate commit
tees.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
MIR. THOMAS, from the Committee on
Finance, reported bills: Providing for the
collection of the tax and county levy for
Manchester township, in the county Of Che>-
terfeld, for 1878; for the relief of George
w. Eldridge and others; for the relief OF
the sureties of Charles Short, late sheriff of
Culpeper; for the relief of w. r. Melton,
late sheriff of Fairfax county.
BILLS, ETC, INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. LAWSON Petition of the Mayor
and Council Of the town of Suffolk Offering
inducements for the location Of the Central
Lunatic Asylum at that place. Referred.
The following bills, resolutions, &C., were
also presented and referred:
By MIR. THOMAS: a resolution proElulnS
for certain amendments to rules 70 ana ~ OF
the Senate. & q.
nv the same: A resolution as to the ex'
nediency of amending chapter 30 of the
Code. 10 relation to leasing the armory
grounds. :,
By Mr.. WARD: A bill to authorize the
| Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society tC
/ borrow money. ..-
| By Mr.. SMITH of Nelson A bill to incor.
! porate the Farmers Insurance Company.
By Mr.. PENN: Resoloed, That the Com
mittee on Finance inquire into the expedi
ency of reporting a bill 10 pay the per diem
and expenses of the commissioners on th,
part of Virginia to ascertain the boundary
line between this State and Maryland.
BILLS PASSED.
The following Senate bills We're passed:
To regulate the granting of ordinary and
other licenses in Bland and Giles counties.
70 prevent the fraudulent conversion o.
money or other thing, &C., and to repea
certain sections Of the Code in relation t
embezzlement.
To amend an act to incorporate the Poto
mac Laud aud Improvement Company.
To incorporate the town of Boydton, il
the county OF Mccklenburg.
To prevent dogs from running at large il
the town of Winchester, in the county Q
Frederick.
Providing 10r the SUBMISSION OF the re
peal of the fence law in MouAt Vernon town
ship, Fairfax county, to the voters of sale
county.
To incorporate the American and Euro
pean Land and Emigration Company.
/ To repeal chapter SO of the acts OF 1872
'7S, to authorize the Board of Trustees Q
Wythe county to keep 10 repair the public
roads Of said county. ..t-.. Il
Declaring portion Of Chapawamsic creel
lawful fence. -
j Reeaacting and amending section q O
chapter 1l8 Of the Code, 10 reference TO proc
of wills where the witnesses reside beyont
the limits of the county where the will is of
i fered for probate.
i To amend and reenact section IL OF chap
ter 1877 of the Code Of 1873, In relation to of
fences against the person. t.''
To incorporate the town Of GIadeYile, II
i the county OF Wise. ,lt@
House bill to provide for The collection Q
ftax aud county levy In Manchester township
lin Chesterfield county,. ID af G ~,
INTOXICATING LIQUORS. *i:lS
Senate bill5to prevent the sale Of intoxi
eating drink on the Sabbath-day was takei
up. amended, aud discussed at length
Finally, at % p. Nj, the bill wss ordered +
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