The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-11
General Assembly of Virginia
FRIDAY, March 10, 1876.
SENATE.

LieuscuSnt Governor THOMAS IN the CnalT
No prayer.
PAY OF COUNTY JUDGES.
House bill to regulate the pay Of the coun-
ty Judges of the State, with the disagree
ment of the House OF Delegates TO thu
amendments proposed by the Senate, wa:
taken up.
Nr. uERYDos moved that the Senate insist
upon its amendments.
Mr.. GREtvEr demanded the ages and noes,
and being taken the Senate insisted upon it,
amendmeuts-ayes, %; noes, 4.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Mr.. DANIEL, en- behalf of the Committee
on Privileges md Elections, moved that the
CONTESTANT in toe case Of Brady against Gayle
NE alluwed the privileges of the floor of the
SrO.te during the discussion Of the case.
Agreed 10.
Sir. FlsEBY, from the Committee o.
County, City, aud Town OrgaEiZlt!ors, re-
por.ed substitute for Senate bill 10 open aE d
alter the roads 10 Carroll and Grayson coun-
tie$. Also, the following House bills:
70 amend the charter OF the city of Nor.
! fox, and to repeal certain sections OF the
same; which was passed.
To amend the charter Of the city OF Man
chester; which was passed. ..-.....,-
To incorporate the town Of Franklin, in
Southampton county which was passed.
Mr.. CRITcHER. from the Committee on
Rnsts, reported Senate bill to incorporate
| TIE Clifton Forge Coal and Iron Mario W
Gauge Railroad Company; also, Senate bill
% detipc the corporate rights and privileges
of the Fredericksburg and Piedmont Rail.
road Company.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
By Mr. QUEsENDgRRY a resolution to
amerd the election law so as to prevent the
|appointraent Of improper officers to conduct
elections.
BY Mr.. MARSHALL A resolution as to the
expediency of amending cha pier IS ct the
Acts, approved February %, 1916. providing
tor the submission OF the constitutional
amendments, so as to provide for their SUBJ
mission separately.
PASSED.
Mr.. ALLAN presented bill TO amend sec.
ton Of an act to incorporate the Roanoke
Valley Railroad Company, approved March
26, 1875; which WIS passed under suspen.
sion of the rules.
Senate bill for the relief of j. II. Van
Ausep, tic treasurer Of Sussex county, was
also passed.
THE TOBACCO BILL. .....-.
Senate bill to repeal the f'ty-siXth section
Of the tobacco law, 10 relation to compulsory
ins pection, being the special order of the
dav, was taken up, the question being on The
motion Of Mr.. ALLAN to reconsider the vote
by which the bill was engrossed.
MIR. ALLAN said since making the motion
be had investigated the subject, and found
that several Of the sections following the
ifly.siXtb would have to be amended so as
to make the TEST Of the bill conform.
Mr. DANIEL said that the other sections
would be repealed by implication. .s f..
MIR. ALLAN said that it would be bungling
sort of legislation if the other sections were
not amended. ....
Mr.. HINTON sid be hoped the motion
would prevail. He hsd amendments that he
de.lred to offer, which, when read, he though
would be acceptable. In bis opinion the
proposition to repesl the 56th section would
not be countepauced by the mover himself
when the arguments were heard. ...
Mr.. ALLAN indicated an amendment that
he would present if the motion to reconsider
prevailed. The amendment which be pro-
posed was in the nature of substitute for
The seth section, authorizing the expectation
out of the State of manufactured tobacco
without inspection if the merchant or seller
will subscribe to an oath that the tobacco is
Understandable. u ,.~
Mr.. HURT inquired whether the PROPOSE.
rion was not virtually the same as that EN-.
braced in the minority report.
Mr.. ALLAN said it was.
Mr.. HINTON, by way of argument, had
read by the clerk resolutions Of the Rich
'moud Tobacco Exchange, and a report of a
special committee OF the Exchange 10 rela.
non to the appointment Of agenesst sampler
for the city, &c.
Mr.. HINTON thanked the Senate for the
courtesy that had been extended to him. He
then informed the Senate that he ,odS to-
pacco inspector, as the Senator from Nelson
had on one occasion Informed the Senate
with great gusto. Ia proceeding With bis
argument be said that certain legal gentlemen
who were members ofthe General Assembly
bad last year, as. counsel, taken cases IN reia-
ton TO tobacco warehouses outside OF the
General Assembly, and had advocated the
question in the General Assembly.
Mr.. JOHNSON inquired who, they were. /
Mr.. HiNroN replied that Messrs. Ould &
Carringten had been gem pleyed outside in
advocating the claim of Mayors warehouse.
Dir. HINTON read an extract from the cor.
ye,popdeDt Of the Petersburg Ne1cS In.
Which he was represented by Mr. SMITH TO-
have said that he the Senator from Peters.
bury bad acted from sslfish and sordid mo-
tiYes. He desired to know whether he bad
bern reported correctly ados Z! ts@e 4, 2 ! !.
Mr. SMITH explained that bis remarks.
we're general, but that the Senator from Pc.
tersburg miehfcoffStfrles hfs remarks as he