The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-27
General Assembly of Virginia.

General Assembly Of Virginia.
SATURDAY, March 25, 1876.
| SENATE.
Lieutenant-Goyerno THOMAS In the chair.
No prayer.
S.pate bill, with House amendments. 10
lincorporate the Fsrmvile Manufacturing
| COMPANY, was taken upand the amendments
amended and concurred in.
PASSED.
Honse bill to amend an act to amend Sec
| ton 10 Of chapter n Of the Code, concern.
ing the Board Of Visitors Of the Virginia
Agricultural and Mechanical College and the
Bo.rd Of CuratorS Of the Hampton Normal
Academy.
House bill to amend section 2 of chapter
70 of an act to incorporate company TO con-
struct road across the Warm Springs noun
| taiD.
House bill for the relief OF Joseph 81. Mel.
con administrator, &C., Of W. M. Hume, late
sheriff of Fauquier county.
House bill to amend the charter of the
town Of Lebanon, Russell county.
House bill to ED sections IA, 30, A,
and SO Of an act prescribing general pro7l-
sions, in relation to commissioners OF the
revenue and the assessment Of taxes on in-
comes, licenses, Sc.
House bill TO amend section Of chapter
76 Of the act to provide division Of the
counties of the State into magisterial dis
tricts.
House bill! to amend sections Is and 30 OF
an act pre- scribing the duties OF county OH.
GERS. &C., 10 Increase the pay OF county trea.
surers.)
House bill to amend section 1 of an act to
INCORPORATE the town of Bowling Green, IL
the county Of Caroline.
House bill 10 authorize the trustees OF
Front Royal Academy to appropriate the
funds arising from the sale OF said academy
to the purchase OF public free school build.
ing, Sc.
House bill for the relief of the sureties of
S. 4. G. Beae, late treasurer of Fauquier
county.
House bill for the relief of j. N. Phillips,
late treasurer of Surry county.
REFERRED.
A number of House bills were twice read
and appropriately referred.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Mr.. LAWSON submitted the report of the
committee to investigate the affairs of the
Register of the Land Office. as
Mr.. NUM- submitted the report OF the
committee TO examine the TIeasurer's Office.
TAXES.
| M. MARSHALL presented resolution as to
the expediency Of extending the time for the
collection Of State and county taxes for the
year 1875. Rejected. f.
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
Senate bill appropriatipg the public reve-
nues, &C., for 1s76 was taken up, on motion
of Dir. COCHRAN, the question being on
ayr, eng to the amendments proposed by the
Hou.e-yiz, insert 81 $40 for expenses at
tending funding o. public debt, and 81 900
for preservation of historical papers.
Mr.. MARSHALL asked that the question be
divided. It was so ordered.
The question was then taken on agreeing
to tie g., 500 amendment for funding ex-
pens S, and rejected-ayes, "A !; noes Is.
The second amendment of $1,000 for pre-
serving historical papers, &C., was lost
ayes, IS; noes, 16.
The bill was ordered to be communicated
to the House.
| ADDITIONAL TAX ON WHISKY.
Senate bill imposing an additional tax on
retail dealers Of ardent spirits was taken up,
amended, and ordered to be engroSsed and
read third time. An Intellectual attempt
was made to engross the bill to-day.
PRESENTED.
Mr.. ALLAN presented tue following.
ReSolved, That the Clerk of the Senate be
and Is hereby directed to furnish George S.
Stevens, of Nelson county, Va, a copy of
the paper signed by the members Of the Sem
ate relating to the cause Of removal of said
George S. Stevens from the office of judge of
Nelson County Court. Rejected.
By Mr.. WooD: A bill for the protection
Of deer In Lee, Wise, and Buchanan.
By Dir. MARSHALL: A bill to amend the
charter of the town Of Fincastle. The bill
was subsequently, engrossed.
BY Mr.. WooD: A bill declaring Clinch
river lawful fence.
BY Mr.. MARSHALL A bill to incorporate
the town of Grundg, in Buchanan county.
MISCELLANEOUS. ar Ill
Mr.. COCHRAN moved to adjourn. Lost
ayes, -; noes, 20. --e.. a..:
MIR. QUEsENBERRY moved that the chair be
vacated until o'clock, and demanded the
ayes aud noes. The motion was rejected
ayes, Is; noes, Is.
Mr. PENN moved to take up the joint reso-
luton relative to suspendipg certain appro-
priations to the University and Virginia Mill
tary Institute. Hostages, 13; noes, II.
Mr.. SMITH moved to take up the bill to Ia.
corporate the Jennings Association. Agreed
j TO. .-.
The bill was then passed-ayes, 20; noes,
10.
House bill to incorporate the Friendly Aid
Society of Halifax county was also passed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
House met at 10 A. NJ. '
| ELECTION OF sUDGE.
Senate joint resolution fixing Monday,
9th March, 1879, at p. H., for the election
of judge Of the County Court of Nelson
county, to fill the vacancy caused by the
| removal of George S. Stevens, was concurred
| In.
t% THE SCHOOL FUND.
Mr.. P. j. CARTER, by leave, introduced
the following joint resolution and had it
placed upon the calendar: t ~
Resolved by The House Of Delegates 1.-THE
Senate concurring), That the Auditor OF
Public Accounts be requested to set apart
for the use Of the public free schools, and TO
be used for no other purpose, sill moneys le.
wed and collected for school purposes under
the Constitution of the Commonwealth of
Virginia. !.
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
On motion Of Mr.. CRump, Senate app ro-
priation bill was taken up.
Mr.. CRUAp moved to increase the military
contingent fund from $3.50 to 81, 900 1.-THE
usual amount heretofore). Rejected. Y,
Mr.. SMITH OF Fauquier moved to amend
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