The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-24
General Assembly of Virginia.
MONDAY, February %, 1874

MONDAY, February %, 1874.
SENATE.
Senator THOMAS, President pro tenn, in
the chair. Prayer BY the Rev.W. q. Lump
kin, Of Manchester.
HOUSE BILLS REFERRED.
A number of House bills were taken Up,
twice read, and appropriately referred.
AGREED TO.
House Joint resolution providing for 4
committee Of conference On the disagrcein5
votes of the two houses Of the General AS
sembly to Senate bill to define and declare
the true intent and meaning Of the act ID
force April I'd, 1873, entitled 'Ar act 10
amend and rcGnact sections and 7 OF an act
to regulate and define the jurisdiction OF the
county and circuit courts, to prescribe the
number of terms of the circuit courts, and 10
Fix the pay of county Judges was taken up
and agreed to.
The PRESIDENT appointed Messrs. Hump
LEY and DuFrIELD on the part OF the senate.
BILLS PASSED.
House bill to relieve Henry G. Wax, late
township collector Of the township OF Estil-
vile, Scott county, from the payment Of
damages.
House bill authorizing sale of the Sper.
ryville und RlppahaMnocs turnpike.
House Jill to incorporate tee Germania
Mnnpeychor of the city of Richmond.
House bill for the protection Of mockinS-
birds.
COMMITTEES REPORTS.
Mr.. MEM, from the Committee on Banks,
reported Senate bill to incorporate the Rap
pahannock Banking and Insurance Com
pany.
Mir. KIRKPATRICK, from the Committee On
Public Institutions, reported bill to pro-
vide for the sale aud lease Of certain pro-
pcrty located in the city OF Richmond also,
with a substitute therefor, House JOINT feso-
linton appointing joint committee to VISIT
certain property in connection Wild loca'
ton Tor lunatic asylum.
BILLS, ETC PRESENTED.
By Mr.. KIRKPATRICK: Petition from the
Powhatan Agricultural Club praying for
licenses to he imposed upon dogs; which
was read and ordered to be printed.
By Mr. LArHRoP: A preamble and resolu-
ton adjourning the Senate in respect TO the
memory of General George Washington.
Rejected-ayes, II; noes, 16.
By Mr.. EvANs: A resolution providing
for the reading of General Wa>hngton's
farewell address By the Clerk ut the eXpira-
ton of the morning hour. Rejected.
BY MIR. Smith, of Nelson : A bill to ex'
empt the property Of the husband or wife
from the ante-n4pttat debts OF the other.
| Referred.
by MIR. LAWSON: A bill regulating the sale
Of ardent spirits in the town of Chase City,
in Mecklenburg county. Referred.
1 Ru hp tn
Trustees of the town of Banister 10 elect 6
President who shall act as Mayor, and tc
elect Sergeant for said town. Referred.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
On motion Of Mr.. BEAzLEY, Dir. TAYLOR
of Loudoun, was granted leave OF absence
ior tomorrow.
THE CUMBERLAND GAP CONNECTION.
Mr.. PRIDEMoRE presented the following
resolutions; which wereagreed to:
Whereas, ON the 18th duy Of June, 1870
: the General Assembly passed scan act enti
} tied an act to authorize the formation of the
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad,' BY
> which said act it appears that among other
things the said company in consideration Of
releases and postponement of Indebtedness
, due the State from the, Norfolk and Peters
burg, Southside, Virginia and Tennessee
railroads, and other liberal powers to the said
consolidated company therein granted, they
the said Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Rail
road Company, undertook and bound them
!. selves, among other things, to complete
within six years from its organization
(which was effected on the 18th OF Hoyem
Der, 1s7O,) the railroad known and desig'
mated as the Virginia and Kentucky rail
road and whereas the State is largely In
terested in the enforcement. of the legal and
binding obligations of the said act Of
June II, 1870, and the said Allan
tic, Mississippi aud Ohio Company, the
state having fully complied on her part with
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