The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-14

mortal Association of Westmoreland county.
House bill in relation to NONRESIDENT S
fishing in the waters of the Commonwealth.
Senate bill to incorporate the Portsmouth
Water Company.
Senate bill to define and set forth the cor.
porate rights, franchises, privileges, and OBJ.
legations of The Potomac, Fredericksburg
and Piedmont Railroad Company, and TO
grant additional franchises to said company.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
The report of the Committee for Courts Of
Justice declaring it to be too late in the seq.
sion to arrange the constitutional amend.
ments to be voted upon separately by the
people was taken up, discussed, and agreed
to-ayes, 10; noes, IL.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
By Mr.. JOHNSON: A bill to incorporate the
State Grand Lodge Of the Knights of Damon.
By the same: a bill to amerd and reenact
section of chapter 122 of the Code of 1878,
in relation to masters and apprentices.
By Mr.. CRITcHER: A bill to allow the
qualified voters Of Northumberland county
10 vote on the disposition Of the Gle5e fund.
By Mr.. EuBASK: A bill to authorize the
Board of Supervisors OF Bath county to build
a turnpike road in said county.
By MIR. GRIMsLEY: A bill to incorporate
the Distric, Grange Of Northern Virginia. 10
enable it to engage in manufacturing and
other business.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met at IL O'Clock a. M
Speaker HANGER presiding.
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES.
Fauorably.- Senate bill to provide for the
working OF peniteptiary conYictS on the
D,nyillc and New River railroad, with
amendment Senate bill TO incorporate the
Germania Bank Of Richmond; House bill
to amend section OF an act passed June ID
1870, to incorporate the Bank of Abingdon;
House bill to amend the charter and change
the name of the Merchants and Mechanics
Savings Bank Of the city of Richmond ;
House bill TO amend section s Of chapter S OF
the Code of 1873, with reference to the ap
poiptment of judges Of election; House bill
70 amend section of chapter Of the Code
of 1873, with reference to the appointment oil
registrars.
LIMIT OF SPEECHES.
On motion of Dir. CLARKE OF Campbell
the rule limiting speeches 10 ten minutes
was rescinded, and it was resolved that
during the debate upon the tax-bill no mem
Der shall speak longer than five minutes at q
time on any question, except the chairman
on the Finance Committee, who shall be al.
lowed ten minutes, and bis time may be ex
tended ten minutes.
On motion of Mr.. WILLIAMS of Richmond
city, the Texas Pacific railroad question was
postponed until Wednesday the 10Th in.
slant.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. PIERsoN: Petition Of citizens o!
Fairfax county for the passage of special
road law for that county.
By DIR. SYDNEY SMITH Bill 10 incorporate
the Richmond and Newport News railroad.
On motion of MIR. CoGHILL, the House IT,
sisted upon its disagreement to Senate
amendments to House bill to regulate the
salaries of county judges, and asked for a
committee of conference.
PASSED.
Senate bill to authorize. the Richmond
Light Infantry Blues to adopt uniform for
company purposes IN addition to that pre-.
scribed by law.
Senate bill declaring liens on baggage and
effects of boarders.
Senate bill to authorize the trustees of the
Methodist Fps .opsl church South at Hamp.
ton to sell lot of land and invest the pro.
ceeds, &c.
Senate bill to change the name of the
Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Railroad
Company to the Potomac, Fredericksburg and
Piedmont Railroad Company.
Senate bill 10 amend the law in regard to
allowances to physicians in criminal cases,
with amendment.
DISMISSED.
Senate bill to amend the law giving county
treasurers the power to collec the fee-blls
of clerks, on motion of Mr.. GORDON.
. Senate bill to amend the law in relation to
limitations of actions, on motion of Mr.
COGHILL.
THE TAX BILL.
Mr.. CRUMP moved to amend so as to re.
quire telegraph companies to report their
gross receipts in the State. Agreed to.
On motion of Mr.. LACY, 1t was provided
that the specific license tax Of $3.50 upon tel.
egraph companies should not apply to COM
panies whose gross receipts do not exceed
$1,000. .-
On motion of Mr.. CRUMP, penalties were
laid upon telegraph companies for not taking
out license.
On motion of Mr.. CRUMP the section as to
merchants was amended so as to provide for
penalties only in cases of fraud. .....
Mr.. CARTER Of Loudoun moved to recon-
slider, and the motion was passed by.
Mr.. SMITH of Fauquier moved to amend
by laying uniform tax Of thirty cents per
hundred dollars on all purchases in excess of
$4,000. Rejected. ....-a
Mr.. POWELL moved to make the tax on
p purchases not exceeding $1,000 four instead
OF FIVE dollars. Rejected.
A motion by MIR. WALKER, intended to
accomplish the same object, was also rejected.
Mr.. SrRoTHER proposed to amend the sec
tion in regard to liquor merchants by pro.
viding that the person licensed shall give q
bond in 81, 900 that he will preserve order at
the place where he sells liquor, and for pay.
ment OF damages which may be sustained by
any party by selling liquor to such party and
making him drunk, or By selling such party
liquor when drunk. Rejected. II 4.
Mr.. MCELRoy moved that it be left discre-
!ionary with the court to grant license to
sell liquor at retsil or not, even after the con-
iitions required by law have been, complied
With. Rejected. t.zs.,l a,e .5i.rs-,
Mr. NORRIS Of Lynchburg moved to add
% the exemption, druggi ts and apotnecarits
who sell liquors upon. prescriptions BY pDy-
,,cians. Rejected, ~ s1,..'t .zs.s4 Is i.
Mr. sTRornsR moved that judges be res