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General Assembly of Virginia,
TUESDAY, March %, 1916.
| SENATE.
Lieutenant. Governor THOMAS presiding.
| THB NEW ASYLUM.
The CHAIR announced that Messrs. HINTON
and HURT would serve on the part of the
Senate on the special joint committee under
the resolution to select site for the Central
Lunatic Asylum.
SPEECHES LIMITED.
MIR. SMITH presented resolution pro.
bibitipg any senator from occupying the floor
| Of the Senste longer than ten minutes.
Mr. EASTMAN moved to strike out "ten "
and insert tive.'
A resolution to table was rejected.
The amendment was rejected, and the re-
solution agreed to.
MIR. H1NToN moved that when the Senate
adjourn to-day itadjourn to meet at P. NJ.
| tomorrow.
Mr.. MARSHALL moved to lay on the table.
Lost.
The resolution was then agreed to.
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
House joint resolution asking for com.
mittee of difference on the diSagreeing votes
of the two houses on the appropriation bill
was taken up and agreed to.
Afr, HERNDoN presented resolution au-
thorizng the clerk OF the Senate to employ q
clerk to assist him for thirty days 10 getting
up the work Of the body. &c. Agreed to
ayes, 81 noes, 8. s
NEXT YEARS. APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr.. JOHNSTON presented resolution au-
thorzing the Auditor to have prepared and
printed the appropriation bill for 1S76.'77 by
the first day OF the next session, SC. Agreed
| to.
ATLANTIC, MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RAILROAD.
Mr.. SMITH presented resolution looking
| to the protection Of the States interest In the
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Com
pany, and making inquiries as to act Of con.
solicitation, DC.
After lengthy discussion the resolution
was referred to the Committee for Courts of
Justice.
THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Mr.. QUEsENBERRY moved to take up House
| bill to repeal the charter of the Southern AS
ISOLATION for the Benefit Of the Widows and
Orphans.
A warm debate ensued after which the
pending question was ordered, the ayes and
noes taken, and the bill taken up by the fol-
lowing vote:
AYEs-Messrs. Beazley,, Bland, Clark, Glaugh.
ton, Dawson, Easthnu, Elliott Enbank, Finney,
slemp, Tanner, Wood, and Wortham-1S.
NoEs.-Messrs. Allan, utfeld, Gayle, Hinton,
| Hurt. johnson, Lathrop, Maddox, Num-, Penn, and
Stevens-1l.
Mr.. HINTON moved that the bill be inde6-
nitely postponed. He addressed the Senate
in advocacy of the motion; during which
Mr.. COCHRAN moved to lay the bill on the
table in order to take up the report of the
second conference committee on the appro-
| priallon bill.
Mr. QUgsENBERRY asked that paper which
he held (petition of ministers) be read as an
argument WHY the bill should not be tabled.
The bill was tabled, and the conference
report was taken up and discussed; during
| w
ready to elect judge for the county OF Mel.
| son. 'e~
The two houses then proceeded to execute
the ioint order. and Mr.. John Thompson
Brown was duly elected judge of the County
! Court Of Nelson.
The appropriation bill was resumed, and
the report of the conference committee agreed
to-aJes, q; noes, g..
House bill to amend sections 5 and Oh
| an act, &C., 10 relation TO forfeited delinquent
lands, vas passed.
House bill for the relief of Thomas c.
| Cook, of Ware township, of Gloucester
| county.
| House bill for the relief of James W. Mo.
disett, formerly sheriff of Page county.
| House bill to provide for working and
keeping in order the roads Of Fairfax
county.
House bill for the relief of A. F. Cree.
collector Of Marshall township, Fauquiel
county.
SUIT BEFORE TIE SUPREME COURT.
Mr. JOHNSON presented q joint resolution
authorizing the Attorney-General to defend
the States interest in the suit now penang
in the Supreme Court of the United States
from the Supreme Court of Virginia, OF the
Commonwealth uS. McReady.
Mr.. QUEsENBERRY moved to take up the
Southern Association bill. Agreed to.
Mr.. HURT moved to adjourn until to-mor
row at M.
Dir. HINTON moved to adjourn. Lost
ayes, II; noes, %.
Mr.. OuEsENBEREY demanded the pending
question which was ordered on the motion
to indefinitely postpone; aud being taken
the Senate refused TO indefinitely postpone
the bill-ayes, IL; noes, IL. - Z
Mr.. BLAND demanded the pending ques'
ton, which was ca the third reading OF the
/ bill.
Mr.. Penn called the ayes and noes, and
being taken the pending question was or.
dered- ayes, q; noes, ..
The bill was then ordered 10 It's intro
reading.
On the passage of the bill Mr.. Penn gained
the floor and spoke against the passage Of the
| bill on the ground that the General Assem-
bly, ought to legisiate upon greater evils.
He knew very well how petitions were got
Item up, and be supposed that II petition
was gotten up to abolish all the dramll-shops
/ in this city aud elsewhere all the minister
here and elsewhere would gladly sign: lt
iThere were some things tnat the General Az