The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-21
General Assembly of Virginia
Mos Nd, April 30, 1874.
y SENATE.
The LIEUTENANT Governor inthe chair

b $ SENATE. 80
The LieutenantG Governor inthe chair
No nrayer.
Several House bills we're referred.
PROM COMMITTEES.
rro,r III. Committee on Roads and Inter
n,i NayiDntiou A bill to repeal the ON seo,
tion of CHAPTER 81 Of the Code OF 1870 AZ
roIntion TO branch roads or lateral Wolhs. ,t
Mr.. OURsgsDHRRY, from the select coulm a,,,
roo 70 Investigate the affairs Of the Daseiien'
officers, submitted partial report
PRESENTED.
R,Mr. GrAuAr: Bill to smend ana Tn ,ie-
enact section of chapter 100 o. t .ho Com,
| in relation to jnries. heletfcu ~
mittee for Courts or JusI,r s,; ,,,,orizinr the
pa1joter NJ the Land Office to correc. eiAo'
~ 1. nd vorrant. Put on the caiehoai!
III p su'I Mr. FyyBY: Bill to amena anu TN th.
| ~ OH section OF chapter 100 vi .uo
as' Sne NV Tho transfer Of causes iioln .nt
Coue, ,a W. If Amherst and Nelson to the court
| at StauntoD' ,
s.,.ts bill to incorporate the Richmond
fhS SENATE bill to incorporate the Valley Edu-
| .t;onsI Association. of Shenandoah county.
c"1 Wnn.e ;oint resolution asking the Govern
,,a,t ~ the United States for pubic ianas
- he directed 10 public free schools. ,o.,
uons. bill to amend and reenact Inc JUN
.,nuse Of the 7th section OF the 7Stn cnap-
ter Of the Code, in relation to pubic Tree
schools.
Horse bill making an appropriation OF
az of1f1 for repairs to and refurnishing OF the
Executive mansion was put upon Its passage,
and received 10 votes for and 6 against 1t.
For want OF constitutional majority l22
yotes] it failed.
The vote was, upon the motion OF Mr.
DUpr1nLD, reconsidered, and the bill Was laid
on the table.
NOON RoLL-CALL.
The roll was sailed at - o'clock, with the
following result:
PRBsKsr.-Messrs. Bsazley. Clark. Cochran.
Connully, Critcher, Dawson, Dudie!d, EinneT era
s Maaso4 Mssey ass Sa6eTy
Pridemore, Quesenberry, Rag!aHd Smith OF Mel
son, Smith Of Russell, Taylor, Terry, and W7nne-
ABSENT WITH LEAvB.-Me9srs. All-n, Bland,
Eastman. Eubank' Evans, G.s5Ter, ,srin ,a.s
Herndon, Huudley, Lawson, sLcenl. NoW!ln, Penn,
Rue, Stevens, Thomas and Waru-lT
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
was REaDleu 10 SOSSA-IS III EabAkNeNyt
18th instant, he having been noted IS absent
when the roll was called ut II O'Clock on that
day; to MIR. PENN for to-day; to Mr. BLAND
for to-day.
EASTERN LuNAT1c ASYLUM.
A message was received from the House
of Delegates by MIR. EaELy, VINO informed
the Senate that that house had agreed TO the
resolution authorizing tie appointment OF
committee of two on The part Of the House,
and one on the part Of The Senate, to inVesti-
gate certain charges against tho superinten-
dent and directors CT tie Eastern Lunatic
Asylum.
the Senate, on motion of Mr.. pRlpgHoRs,
enlarged the committee to three on the part
of the Senute, and I'VE on the part o! the
House.
Dir. DrFFIRLD made an unsuccessful motion
to further amend the resolution SO az to give
the committee leave to git during the recess.
JAMES RIVER COIL coXaAST.
The Senate bill to iCcargora:a tie James
River Coal Company '2:s aAleuuel aud
ordered to engrossIcat.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
House met at II A. M.-Speaker HANGER
in the chair.
PRAYER by Rev. George G. Vanderslice.
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
By Mr.. MORRIS: A resolution inquiring
whether or not existing contracts for the hire
of penitentiary conyicls can be legally re-
voked.
By Mr.. BAGwRLL: A bill appropriating
one thousand dollars for repairing and rett.
ting Margaret Academy, in Accomac county.
BY Mr. HUDG1N: !. bill 70 amend The char
ter of the Life IIsGraucs Company Of Yir-
ginla.
By Dir. MoSTAGrz: a petition Of citizens
Of Elizabeth City and Warwick counties :.>k-
ing authority to increase the pay ct their
county judge.
The following were
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES.
House bill to provide for the organization
and government of the volunteer militia,
with recommendation that the amendments
of the Senate be agreed to.
House bill TO amend the law in reference
to Injunction bonds.
House bin for the relief of G. Wendlinger,
George Guvernator, and E. Lohman, sure
ties Of F. King, late sheriff of Surry county.
. THE Committee on Executive EXpendi-
t,1res reported that the appropriation of
s.. 900 in July, 1870, was made to legalize
orders for expenditures previously made
mon the Executive mansion by General
CANDY, and that vouchers are on file in the
Auditors Office for so much Of the appro-
priation as had been used. The report was
agreed to.
The report of the joint committee to IN
vestigate the management of the basement
Offices, &C., was presented.
The motion of Mr.. VAN AUksN to recon-
slider the vote by which the report of the
committee Of seven to investigate the charges
against the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
railroad was agreed to, was rejected.
INVESTIGATION OF EASTERN LUsATIo ASYLUM.
The resolutions Of Mr.. NRsLr providing
for the appointment of committee to in
yestigate the affairs OF the Eastern Lunatic
Asylum came up.
Mr.. FULKRRsos offered the following SUBJ
stitute which was agreed to:
"Whereas Sidney Smith, Esq, q citizen OF
| Williamsburg, Va, has made charges Of a
serious character, in printed paper, signed
sTax-payer,' and dated January 34tb, 1874,
addressed to the General Assembly Of Vir-
ginia, against the Superintendent and Di-
rectors of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum;
and whereas. w. W. Vest, Esq, another citi-
zen of williamsburg, Va, has expressed the
belief, in private letter addressed to men,
Der Of the House OF Delegates, that said
charges are true, therefore:
| " ResoIUsd, That committee Of two on
the part of the House, and one on the part
Of the Senate, be appointed to investigate
the said charges and report the result to the
General Assembly. The said committee
shall proceed at once, and is hereby clothed
with power to send for persons and papers"