The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-25
General Assembly Of Virginia
WEDNESDAY, February "a, 1873.
SENATE.

W EDSESDAI, L cDludlS IL 4Oio'
SENATE.
Lieutenant Governor WRITER'S in the chair.
PRAYER by Rev. II. {. Cheatham, OF Union
Station (MelnodisD church.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Mr.. HSLLAuAY, from the Committee on
Roads and Internal Navigation, reported,
with an amendment, the House substitute to
Senate bill TO provide for more specific re-
ports of the transportation of produce on
the railroads and canals of this State; House
bill TO amend and reenact the act to author
ize the formation of the New River Railroad
Mining and Manufacturing Company, &c. !;
also. report declaring it inexpedient to
lerislate on the subject of a communication
from the Governor transmitting a resolution
of the General Assembly of North Carolina
providing for an investigation of the affairs
of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal
Company.
Mr.. THOMAS, from the Committee on FL
nance, reported House bill for the relief Of
r. A. Wright Senate bill for the relief Of
the relief Of j. j. Holmes, surety for J. Q.
A. Barham, late collector of Berlin and Ivor
townships, in the county of Northampton.
migration, reported with al amendment
House bill to incorporate the Northampton
l. md Association.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
By Mr.. LAKELAND: Petition of citizens of
Craig and Roanoke counties in favor of re.
instatng John Goode 10 his rights in the Sa-
lep and New Castle Turnpike Company.
Bv Mr.. FISNEY Petition Of citizens OF
Northampton praying for an amendment OF
the laws relative 10 the shooting aud destruc-
ton of game.
BY Mr. penn: Joint resolution in relation
to defaultiny officers, which was amended 10
read as follows, and then agreed to under i
suspension of the rrleS:
"Resolred by the General Assembly, That
it shall be the duty of the Auditor OF Public
Accounts to publish once week for four
Successive weeks, in some one Or more news
papers in each congressional district of the
State, annually, at The period Of the final set
| Element of the officers Of the State charged
! with the collection of the revenues Of the
| State, the names of the officers in the said
district who may have failed to discharge
| their liabilities, with the amounts so due from
them respectively, and that the publishers OF
| said notice Shall furnish one copy of such
notice 10 the clerk Of the county in which
said defaul.ing officer resides =; aud the said
clerk shall post the same at the front door
of the courthouse Of said county,"
EXTENSION OF THE SESSION OF TIE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
House joint resolution extending the ses
sion for period not exceeding thirty DAYS
, communicated this morning by special mes
senger, was taken up on motion of MIR. Penn
! Mr.. NowLIS moved to suspend the rule re
curing the reference of the joint resolution
Agreed to.
Mr.. TAYLOR moved to strike out thirty ane
insert ten.
Mr. PRIDENoRH demanded the ayes an(
noes, but the call WAS not sustained. Thu
motion to strike out and insert was lost.
Mr.. PRIDEaoRE moved to strike out thirty
and insert fifteen.
Mr.. MEEM demanded the ayes and noes
and being ordered, the amendment was lost
ayes, Is; noes, 81.
The question was then upon agreeing t
the joint resolution as 1t came from th,
House and upon this question Mr.. PRIDE
MORE demanded the ayes and noes. The cal
was sustained, and the vote resulted as fol
| lows:
AYEs.-Messrs Cochran, Dawson, Dufield
Eastman: Evans. Hnney, Graham, Grimsley, Hern
Qou, Holiday, Hundley, Kirkpatrick, Lakeland
Latllrop, Lawson, Maddox, Mofett, Nowliu, Pat
terson, Qutsenberry, Rue, Smith Of Nelson, Sic
vens Thomas. and Ward-25.
NoEs.-Messrs. Beazey, Bland, Greever, Massey
Meem, Newbsrry' Penn Pridemores and Taylor
Under this vote the resolution was defeat.
ed, as it was necessary that it should be
agreed to by three-fitths vote of the Senate;
but Mr.. BLAND rose and said that as it was
evident majority Of the Senate deemed il
necessary that the session of the Senate
should be extended, he would therefore
change bis vote to "aye."
The vote then stood ayes, 20; noes, 8;
and the Chair announced that the joint reso.
luton had been agreed to.
PASSAGE OF THE IMMIGRATION BILL.
House bill for the encouragement of immi.
grafton, and appropriating $4,000 therefor,
being the special order of the day, was taken
up, and after being discussed ut some length
was passed by the following vote:
AYEs.-hlessrs. Beazley, Cochran, Dawson; DUFF
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