The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-01-13

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The first business taken up was the
Report Of Executive Committee.
| la obedience TO the constitution the Exc
cutiye Committee Deg leave 10 make the fol-
| lowing full and detailed report OF all their
acts for your consideration:
GRANGE ORGAN.
| AT the last meeting Of the State Grange
| the committee to whom was referred the SUBJ
| ioct OF establishing Grange organ made a
minority aud a minority report, and the
| grange, refusing to adopt either, referred the
! subject 10 the Executive Committee.
| At our first meeting, held in January, inn
| mediatey after the adjournment Of the State
| Grange. we appointed q sub committee to
| advertise lor proposals for the publication OF
a. Grange paper. This subcommittee re-
| ceirCd proposals from Brother Wedderourn
! of the Granger, Brother Dickinson OF be
| Planter and F1rmer, Brother Rogers OF the
| Eur0i Messenger, from the Grange L0o6out
| published in Tennessee, and from an anony-
! NOUS party at Bristol through Brother j. b.
Dunn. and made their report TO your CON-
mittee at a meeting held on the OH Of Febru.
arv. Your committee gave these proposals
| and the whole subject careful consideration,
| and decided that it was ineXpedicnt to estao-
! lish Grange organ.
The subject was again before the commit
| tee February lob, and after discussion the
| question was Indefinitely postponed.
| FINANCE.
The Commercial National Bank, of Peters
! burg was selected aS the bank OF deposit ior
| the funds OF the State Grange.
| The committee decided that it is eXpe.
| dent TO return a portion of the charter-fees
| Of those subordinate oranges which were lett
| destitute of funds after meeting expenses OF
orca piZ,tion, and recommend that restitution
| be made to the said subordinate oranges By
the State Grange.
DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
The committee directed that the duties OF
the treasurer and secretary Of the State
Grange be prescribed as those fixed by the
second and third sections of article vii. Of
the constitution Of the National Grange, and
that the business of their offices shall be con-
ducted in uccordauce Herewith.
They recommend that the fifth clause OF
section sever, article vi, Of our State con-
| stitution be stricken out, and inserted after
| the second clause Of section eight of said
! article, changing the word "secretary," IN
! the last line, to the word "treasurer."
| BUSINESS BUREAU.
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lowing places have been fixed at the follow
ing amounts: Alexandro, $4,000; Rich
m0nd, SIC, 900; Petersburg, 600; Nor
folk, $50, 900; Danyilc, S15, 900; Lynchhurg.
Sl5, 900: Staunton, $4,000; Farmrille, Sl0,>
900; Fredericksburg, $4,000. At all other
points in the State the BONDS OF the agents
| were fixed at not less than $1,000 nor more
thun 80 900, In the discretion OF the chief
OF bureau.
Your committee recommend that the con-
! sti,ution be so amended nS TO require the
local agents to give bonds. The bonds ol
these local agents have all been executed, and
are now in the custody Of the chief OF ou'
reau.
The treasurer, secretary, and chief OIL
, bureau were all bonded by the committee as
follows: Treasurer in the sum OF $4,000
secretary in the sum of $4,000: chief o
bureau, $4,000. Aud these bonds are al
o in the hands of the proper custodiaE-the
Worthy Master of the State Grange.
! In fixing a tax upon the commissions o
the agents to pay the salary and expenses oil
the chief Of bureau, as required by the con'
stitutiop, your committee gave more consld
Grafton. more time, and more work than
upon any other business devolving upon
them. For the de:ails of this business we
, I
report of our chief of bureau.
In the report for the last quarter you will
, find cheering indications in the increase OIL
business in nearly all the agencies, promis
jnu better returns in the future for sustain.
I ing the bureau.
As no more important subject can engage
, your attention ut this session, we recommend
j that committee be appointed on tie busl
). ness system of the order to report Whai
changes are necessary to make 1t less expen
G sive, more efficient, and IN conformity With
the constitution.
, / CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
0 1t is clear that the number of subordinate
CRANES in the State is now so large as to me-
s cesstate reduction OF the representatives in
G the State Grange on the score Of efficiency
u and economy, and we therefore recommend
= that article OF the constitution be so amend
!. ed ss to accomplish this object.
t We JmmenQ that the amendments t
| the constitution Of the National Grange
). adopted at the ninth session of that body
+ he ratified. And we most respectfully anC
= urgently recommend that you follow the ex
t ample of the National Grange in reduction
of the salaries of the officers Of the State
Grange and in the enforcement of rigi(
K economy in every department OF your ad
S ministration. Let US live up to our primer
b ples, and practice the tene!s Of our brother
/ hood. and convince our friends and foe
alike that we are earnestaDd faithful worker
b in the cause of progress and reform, true t
G the welfare of our order, and Jealous tor th
= best interests of our country men-social
+ educational, and industrial.
LECTURERS REPORT.
The Committee on the Lecturers Rfpor
stlted that while approving the sentiment
and recommendations therein contained the.
| do not Gnd anything requiring legislation b.
0 this body
II LEGISLATION FAVORED.
The following preamble and resolution
, were referred to an appropriate committee
G and will come up for action to-day, and pro
d badly be adopted:
81 Whereas the State of Virginia Is q STOCK
;. holder to the extent of eighty-tbree per cent
r of the entiss stock of the James River ant
. Kapawha Canal Company and whereas ILL
| | extension Of that Improvement 70 a:connec
1 lion With the Chesapeake and ONO rahroas
| at Clifton Forge is of vital importance to hel
prospects; therefore be 1t
: Ressioed, i. That we, the Patrons OF Has
Z bandry of this State, deeply interested IN al
/ that pertains to her welfare, view with deel
!, interest the success of the bill now pending
81 before the Legislature TO eXtesd this grea
! work.
81 2. That we approve the plan propoeed o
extending this canal by the resources OF th'
company alone, without the assistance OF tbs
, | Federal Government, and deem it the ReS