The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-01-08
General Assembly 81 Virginia,
Iuuaspar, Jsaaary I, 1875. 3
Lieutenant. Governor WrTaERs 10 The cbalr

HOUSE BILL REFERRED.
House bill Il. authorize the Board OF ST.
.,eryisors Of York county to borrow money
10 rebuild the courthouse, jail, and cieFk,s
office Of said county was taken up, twice
read. and referred 10 the Committee on
General Laws. 49,
coNArTrEE REPORTS. 81 el
Mr.. THOMAS, from the, Committee for
Courts Of Justice, reported Senate OIL 10
amend and r. e TACT section of chapter 10 OF
the Code Of 1873, in regard TO the constfuc-,
ton of s:a,utes. -1.
amend the 46th section Of chapter 81 OF the
Code of 1873, concerning the building anc
repairing of bridges by The county. -
Senate bill, with amendments, in relation
to the larceny OF property conveyed undef
t,uat deed or affected by lien or execution.
Senate bill with the recommendation tnat
it do not pass) in relation to pleading statu :es
or right derived therefrom. sl,h,
A report declaring it inexpedient TO legls'
late on the subject of resolution as TO
amending the law for the relief OF s6er,ifs 10
The service Of civil process of other counties
than the one in which they reside.
A report declaring it inexpedieDt to leSis-
late on the subject Of resolution as to
amending the Code so as TO provide thht
jurisdiction in cases of assault ana battery
mot felonious) shall be in the county court'
except in cities. ..,,. --.;,.o
General Laws, reported with the recon-
mendation that it do not pass) Senate bill to
re peal an act for The Incorporation OF the
southern Association for the benefit oil Inc
widows and orphans of the southern States.
Senate bill, with amendments, for the pro-
| lection of passengers travelling in s'sges and
! other vehicles against losses, accidents, and
| injuries.
Mr.. CHlTcHgR, from the Committee on
Roads, reported without amendment senate
oll to authorize the Washington and Ohio
| railroad 10 issue certificates Of Indebtedness
in PAYMENT Of claims against the company.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
! ~ Mr.. GR1MsLsy: A bill to more effectu.
allv preserve the public peace and good order
within the Commonwealth.
| By Mr.. SMITH, Of Nelson: A bill to repeal
an act approved April q, 1874, entitled an
act TO require western tobacco coming lnto
the State TO be inspected before II can De
sold or offered for sale.
PASSED.
Senate bill TO amend and rec oact section
II of an act approved March 81, 1871, emit
tied an act to incorporate the Life Insurance
Company Of Virginia. ...
Senate bills transferring to the Commls.
s;oners of the Sinking Fund certain bonds
of the Commonwealth re- eiYed by the Au-
ditor of Public Accounts in equitable settle
meuts Of claims in favor Of the Common.
wealth under section "a Of chapter 40 OF the
Code of 1873.
House bill to Incorporate the Agricultural
and Mechanical Society Of Alexandria.
House bill 10 amend AMI roenact the 1871
section of the act passed January s, 1856,
entitled an act incorporating the Firemen'>
and Merchants Insurarc, Company OF lie
tersburg.
House bill for the protection of deer in
the county Of Giles.
House bill to protect the city of Richmond
in making subscription to The capital
stock of the Richmond and Trans-Allfgbany
Mario W. Gauge Railway Company.
House bill for the relief Of William T. AL
bright, late sheriff of Montgomery county.
| House bill to provide for new registra.
ton OF voters in Torrence's-Store voting.dls-
tlict, in the county Of Chesterfield.
Senate bill TO provide by Communication for
| soldiers OF the late war who lost limbs in The
service Of this State, and are citizens there
of, was taken up and discussed until ad-
j0urnment.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met at II M.-Speaker HANGER
In the chair. No prayer.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
By Mr.. O'NrAL: Bill to authorize the He
brew congregation Of Alexandria to borrow
money.
By MIR. MCMILLAN: Resolution directing
the Finance Committee to provide in the as.
>essment bill for listing for local taxation the
capital of merchants.
By MIR. BRocKS: Memorial Of the super
visors of Chester field praying the renewal OF
penitentiary convict> employed at the granite
quarries in that county.
By Mr.. BROOKS: Bill to authorize the
! Chesterfield Land and Improvement Com
pany TO build q railroad.
By Mr.. HILL: Resolution as to the expo
deucy OF providing by law for the removal
| of the boundary lines OF different tracts OF
| land in all the cOuatieS of the State al least
once in every ten years.
BY Mr.. HALE: Bill to appropriate an add-
tioual sum TO purchase artificial legs or fur
| uish commutatlcR for such soldiers AS have
not received the benefits Of the act of 1873.
By Mr., A. |, CLARK: Reso 'ulien as to The
expedieucy of reducing the merchants IL
cen>e-tax, and i'm posing q stamp-taX on con-
tracts.
By Mr.. ROUND: Bill appro priating 81 900
% enable the Ladies Memorial Association
of Manassas 10 enclose the cemetery under
THAR nharra with a Snhsianflal fence.
REPORTED.
FaroraLM.-S Senate bill 10 relation to ~
ries in criminal ca,eS; House bill to authorize
the county of MiddleseX to vote on the qaes-
ton of the purchase of the Rlvanna toil-
bridge, in order to make it free bridge.
Uafacorably.-House bill to amend the
law in relation to the pay OF county JUDGES
House bill defining the fees of Justices re-
lieying the State of criminal cases; House
bill relative to juries in criminal cases House
hill to amend the law In relation 10 taking
oysters in the waters Of the Commonwealth !;
House bill in relation to distractions to The
free passage of fish House bill tor better en-
forcing of and payment into the treasury OF
all zines, forfeitures, and penalties incurred
for the violation of the revenue laws House
hill TO amend the charter OF the Columbia,
Fairfax and Prince William Railroad Com
pany.
OYSTER NAVY.
The committee On the Chesapeake and its
tributaries reported that it is inexpedient to
legislate on the subject of restoring to actual
service one of the steamers OF the late oyster.
navy. The report was agreed to, but the
vote recoDsidered and report laid on the
table, on motion Of Ssr. BAGwELL. Messrs.
NEgLEY and TALIArsRRo indicated that they
approved the committees report, .'.