The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-15
General Assembly Of Virginia
TUESDAY, December IA, 1875.

Lieutenant Governor THOMAS presiding.
Prayer by Rev. S. a. Steel, of the Broad
Street Methodist church.
The CHAIR laid before the Senate deposit
tons In the contested election case OF Brady
Us. John II. Gayle, senator from Ports.
mouth. Referred.
The CHAIR laid before the Senate com.
1nunicatiop from the Executive enclosing
list of appointments made by him during
the recess OF the General Assembly. Laid
on the table.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Mr.. MoFFETT, from the Committee on Gen.
erai Laws, reported Senate bill to incorpC-
rate the East Rockingham and Page Farm
ers Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
Subsequently passed.
Senate bill to amend section II Of chapter
SO of an act, &c., for the protection Of game.
BILLS, &C., INTRODUCED.
By MIR. BLAND a bill to amend section 2
OF an act passed March, 1915, to provide for
a new judicial circuit, to be known as the
Seventeenth judicial circuit, and to alter the
First and Eighth circuits. Referred.
BY Mr.. QUESENBERRY: a resolution that.
when the Senate djourns to-day it adjourn TO
meet at II: 80 A. NJ. on Wednesday. Agreed
to.
Anumber of House bills were taken up,
twice read, and appropriately referred.
BALtGTNa FOR SENATOR.
A message was received from the House
announcing that that body was ready TO 60
into the election of United States senator.
Tbe CnAIR announced that mountainous
were in order; and the following were
made:
BY Mr.. PENN: A. B. Cochran.
BY Mr.. STEVENS: Williams G. Wicknam.
By Mr. NUsN: r. NJ. T. Hunter,
81 Mr., QUEsENBERRY: John ". Johnston,
BY Mr.. HERNpoN: William Smith.
BY Mr.. ELLIOTT: John W. Daniel.
By MIR. tanner: James W. Marshall.
By Mr.. LAWSON: John Goode.
BE- Mr. TERRY: Henry w. Thomas.
The roll being called, the vote resulted SIS
follows:
Foa WIcKHAM: Messrs. Allan, Dawson
Lathrop, Maddox, Powell, and Stevens-6.
FoR THoMAs: Messrs. Beaziey, Eastman
Erbank, Grimsley, Sinclair, Terry, and
Fon HUNTER: Messrs. Bland and Num-
FoR COCHRAN: Messrs. Clark, Daniel, Duff
field, Finney, Hinton, johnson, Moffett, Penn,
Splitter, and Ward-10.
FoR JOHNSTON: Messrs. Claughton, Dick
ipson, GreeVer, Newberry, 1Qaesenberry,
Slemp-6.
FoR DAsIsI: Messrs. Cochran, Csitcher,
Elliott, HairstoB, Hurt-5.
Foe GooDE: Messrs. Gayle, Lawson,
Smith 3.
Foa SMITH: Mr.. HerBdon-I.
FoR PENDLgToN: Dir. MARSHALL. ~
FoR MARSHALL: Messrs. Tanner and
Wood.
Total number Of votes cast, 43.
On motion Of Mr.. EUBANK the Senate ad
jonsned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met at u NJ. Speaker HANGER
in the chair. 81
PRESENTED AND REFERERn.
BY Mr.. DooLgY: Bill to require releases Of
trus,-deeds and other obligations TO be noted
upon the margin OF such record OF such deeds
or obligations.
BY Mr.. DOGGY Bill TO amend section 11e
seof chapter 239 OF the Acts Of Assembly OF
Is54-'75, with reference to taxes on State
bpnds,
BY Ms. CARPENTER (: Petition OF John j.
Stock, former sheriff OF Allegheny county,
for the privilege OF collecting tax.tickets due
In 1880. &. &, ~ ST 81
BY Mr.. GILMAN: Resolution of inquiry
into the xpedteney Of providing bylaw tina.
All eonvicts, at the expiration of'their terms
OF imprisonment in the peDitentisry, shall be
returned 10 the place OF their conviction and
there discharged. I
ITO the expectancy of exsmpting manufae
turing establishments from taxation for
term of years, with a view or Attracting eapi
tel and Immigration TO Virginia.
BY Mr. skELLAA: Bill TO incorporate tlst
southwest Virginia Land, Colonization. q M