The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-25
General Assembly of Virginia.
TnvRspAY, February "a, 1875.
SENATE.

SENATE.
| Prayer By Rev. j. &. Garlick, D. D. OF the
| Leigh.Street Baptist church.
Senate bill, with House amendments, to
amend the act approved February Is, 1915,
| to prescribe the time for holding the circuit
| courts If the Common wealth, was taken up
and the amendments concurred 10.
COMMITTEES REPORTS.
Mr.. HgRapoE, from the Committee for
| Courts of Justice, reported Senate bill TO
| amend section Of chapter 122 OF the Code,
| 10 relation TO masters and apprentices when
was subsequently passed.
Dir. QUEsgSBERRY, from the Committee for
| Courts Of Justice. reported Senate Dill LOT
the relief of the Virginia Military Institute,
and 10 protect the property of the State In
said institution.
Senate bill to incorporate the Farmville
Manufacturing Company-ayes, ~; noes, l..
PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE SESSION.
On motion of Mr.. CLARK, House joint re-
solution to extend the session for period not
exceeding thirty DAYS from 18th Of February
was taken up.
Mr.. CLAUGRToN moved to amend the reso.
luton so as to extend the session for period
not exceeding fifteen days.
Nj. QUEsaEBERRY thought no good could
be attained by amending the resolution. The
House thought that it would require thirty
days to finish their business, and it was
nothing more than courtesy to yield to the
popular branch Of the General Assembly in
tier views. He hoped the amendment
would not prevail, but the resolHtion would
pass as it came from tie House.
On the question of agreeing to the amend.
mcnt, Mr. SpITLER demanded the ayes and
noes; and being taken, the amendment was
rejected By the following vote. fl.
AYgs.-Mcssys. Allan, Clauehton Daniel, Gree
yer. HerEdon, Hinton, la'hrop, Marshall, and
NoEs.NMessrs. Beazley, Bland, Clark. Cochran,
Lawson, Maadex, NtwOer5y. Num-, Penn, Powell,
Terry aS:tWf Ward, Wood. and Wort6asm-2s.
On the question Of agreeing to the resolu.
tor, MIR. CLARK demanded the pending
question; which was ordered.
Mr. Penn demanded the ayes ard noes,
and, being takep, the resolution was rejected
BY the following vote-not three ffths
AYRS.-Me,srs. Cochran, Critcher. Daniel, Daw-
son, Eastman, Elliott, Ru5ank. FinAey, Gayle,
Grimse Johnson. Maddox, Powell, Quesenoerry,
Sinclair, Smith, Stevens, Terry, Ward, and w Or
Ihim-20.
AoEs.-Messrs. Res,z'ey, Bland. Clark, Dicken-
Marshall, Ncwuerry, Num-, Penn, Slenp, Spitier
anu Wood-I6.
. Mr.. LAWSON moved 10 reconsider the vote
BY whca the resolution was rejected.
Mr.. CLARK demanded the ayes and noes
which were ordered.
Jbe motion to reconsider was agreed to
ayes, 81; noes, 1t.
On motion Of Mr.. LAWSON, the resolution
was laid ca the table.
STAMP TAX.
Senate bill imposing tax on stamps upon
contracts, being the special order OF the day,
was taken up, read, and considered by Sec
tons, and finally laid on the table.
THE UNIVERSITY BILL.
House bill to appropriate a certain sum
annually TO the University Of Virginia was
taken up, on motion Of Mr.. DANIEL, and
read twice.
Mr.. DANIEL moved to suspend the rules, in
order 10 consider the bin to-day. Agreed to.
Dir. DANIEL made very pretty little speech
in advocacy Of the bill.
! Mr. BLAND also spoke in behalf Of the bill.
MI TERRY demanded the pending ques-
ton on the passage Of the bill; which was
ordered.
The bill Was then passed by the following
vote:
AYES -3!essrs. Allan, Beazley, Bland, Claughton,
| Crtchcr, Hunicl, Dawson, Dickinson, Duffeld,
Eastman, Elliott Eubank, Gayle, Grimsey, Hair
Penn, Powell Quesenberry, Sinclair, smith, Tan
| NOES.-Messrs. Clark, Finney, Greeyer, Marshall,
| Slemp, Splitter, Stevens, Woods.
On motion Of MIR. HINTON, the Senate adj
journed.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met al ii o'clock a. M.-Speaker
HANGER in the chair. Prayer by Rev. DR..
Peterkin. &c..
| PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
By Mr.. BoGART: Bill to incorporate the
town of Franklin, Southampton county.
By DIR. ALLEN: Petition Of many citizens
Of Shenandoah county for the protection Of
| deer in that county.
BY Mr.. BRooKs: Bill for the relief Of
James A. Lipscemb. .--. ....-
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES.
| Fyuorably.-Senate bill to amend the law
| for the removal Of weirs and hedges In Rap
pahannock creek; Senate bill to allow 2. j.
Rasty to build frame house for residence
adjoining the Roman Catholic chapel at
Old Point, Va. !; Seuate bill to ascertain the
basis of municipal taxation on real estate in
cities and towns; Senate bill to incorporate
the Wytheville Mining and Manufacturing
and Hotel Company, with amendment;
House bill to authorize the Board of Super
vsors Of Rockingham county to offer pre-.
MUM for the scalps of bears House bill to
amend the law in relation to publishing
notices Of sheriff. sales House bill to au-
thorize the Manchester Manufacturing Com
pany to reduce its capital stock, with Senate
amendments.
Adverselu-Sena!e bill to protect owners
of fisheries in Northampton county; Senate
bill to amend the law in relation to hauling
seineS in the waters of Accomac and North
ampton counties. ..-~-. --...-
SHALL STEVENS TELL on THE MEMBERS OF THE
| LEGISLATURE?
The special committee appointed to inves.
tigate the charges against Judge Stevens sub.
mitted q report that George S. Stevens, put
upon the stand on Wednesday as a witness,
was asked, among other questions, the fol.
lowing: State whether or not you have,
since the commencement of the pr esent ses-
sion of the General Assembly of Virginia,
gambled with any member of said General
Assembly other than Captain Fowle!
To which the witness answered Is follows:
I have played ut cards in games in which
] members Of the present General Assembly
were engaged betting at the game.
This answer was followed by the question,
Please give the names Of the members With
whom you have playedI To which he re-
piled, 81 decline to answer that question:
The witness assigned no reason for bis re-
fussl to answer the question. The committee
considered the question competent and per-
| tinent, and do not conceive that the scope of
this investigation, as directed by the House,
| can be comprised without en- answer thereto;
and the committee reports the fact to the