The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-22
HOUSE % II DELEGATES.
The House met at 10 o'clock a. d.
o. :. prrI On rHE o,ArgNDAa.

Louicun county; on motion OF MIR. JoR.
nan. 10 authorize supervisor OF Isle Of Wight
to build bridge across Jones's creek lead.
Ikg. from smithfeld to Smiths Neck on
motion Of Mr.. GORDON, to establish Q Bepa-
rate election precinct In Northampton coun.
": on motion of Mr.. MASSEY, TO incorpo.
rate the Virginia Baptist Historical society,
ard to aneSd Code, &C., as to condemnation
OF lands for roads.
REPORTED FROM c3AMrTEs.
Senate bill to amend the Code in relation
to the manner of making James river anu
the James River and Kanawha canal 10 Am
herst a lawful fence SO IS to include Nelson.
4t 4, SPECIAL FINANCE COMMITTEE.
.sanate Joint resolution to appoint spe-
ciaI committee Oh finance sha 'taxauou, osis
dnrinp the recess, without pay, was CONS
coitted to the Committee on Finance, on mo-
ton of Mr.. EDMUNDs. is. ,. - =. J,
+ ~ VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE. !a&
Mr.. LgEcH offered the following, which
!" r ResoIred 6y the House, Of Delegates ehe
Senate concurringL That bis Excellency the
Governor of Virginia be requested to trans
mill to each of our senators and represents.
tiyes In Congress the memorial OF the, Board
of visitors of the Virginia Military Institute
tn the Congress of the United States which
memorial accompanies this resolution. s2s'
SITE FOB NEW CENTRAL ASYLUM. ~.
Senate joint resolutions to appoint q spe.
cial committee to select site for q new Cen
trail Lunatic Asy lum came up on the motion
OF Mr.. BAewELL to reconsider the vote by
which the resolutions were rejected. The
matter was discussed until the expiration Of
the morning hour. - 5tG's1
PRESENTED AND REFERRED. :,,t
By Mr.. CoGBILL: Bill to amend the act to
punish unlawful dealing in pig-iron and rail-
road iron by irresponsible persons.
By Mr. CLAY: Petition Of Brooklyn
Grange, Halifax county, for law to protect
sheep in said county.
BY Mr.. RONALD Resolution as to what
legislation is necessary to secure to the EN-.
ploy e., of internal improvement companies
priority OF lien upon the franchises Of such
companies for work and labor.
EXTENSION OF JAMES BIvsR AND KANAWHA
CANAL.
House bill to extend the James River and
Kanawha canal to Clifton Forge, with Sen.
ate amendment providing for connection
By railroad from Buchanan to Clifton Forge,
was taken o on motion of Mr.. JOHNSTON.
On motion of Mr., a. /, CLARKE, Lynch
burg. ia addition to Norfolk and P Petersburg,
was excepted from the cities authorized to
subscribe to the capital stock of the railroad
company. > SISSY
Mi. HUBARD moved to amend by providing
that none of the stock or bonds of the com.
pany shall be owned by any person not
citizen Of Virginia or West Virginia, nor
any corporation outside of Virginia, except
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Com.
pany and that upon any attempt 10 trans
fer any such stocks or bonds to auy person
or corporation so forbidden TO own them
they shall be forfeited to the State. On
the extension of the road to-; i, Lynch.
bnrg its gauge shall conform to that of the
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad
from Lynchburg to Norfolk, and Of
the Richmond and Danville Railroad Com
pany, unless it be extended to Richmond on
the present gauge Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad. No through freight by un-
broken gauge shall be transported by the
road over the Valley railroad or the Midland
railroad to any point out of the State, but
NAV be SO transported to any point within
the State. Noperson interested In the railroad
com psny shall within fifteen years take any
step to foreclose any of the mortgages on the
James River and Kama wha Canal Company;
aud no mortgage upon the railroad shall be
made but upon the express stipulation that
it shall not be foreclosed within fifteen years
from the organization of the company, &c.
It was rejected-ayes, 80; noes, 30. ~
The Senate amendment was opposed by
Messrs. HUBARD, MORRIS of Lyuchburg,
DooLEY, STUART, and SMITH of Fauquier. 1t
was advocated BY Messrs. JOHNSTON and
LACY. =, ."'"5 -.. -.."~ r..,a ?"
MIR. STUART moved to strike out the sixth
section of the Senate amendment, authorizing
the company to borrow money without limit
and to make mortgages to secure the same.
This was opposed by Messrs. JOHNSTON
and Others, but was finally agreed to, and
Mr.. JOHNSTON offered another section proVi.
ding that to equip its road the company may
borrow money not to exceed three fourths OF
the amount Of capital stock subscribed. j
Mr., STUART moved that this new section
he ameaded so as to provide that any mort
gage made to secure the morey so borro wed
Shall not be foreclosed within ten years from
its date. Rejected. ,"..., .a' &
The sc ,tion was then adopted, =.
The Senate amendment as amended being
then put upon Its eogrossmeat and third
reading, it was reje Ied by A. ayesto 81 nCs..
Mr.aDooLEY moved to reconsider, which
was refused. '.af --'s'.. -,
COMPENSATION, OF COUNTY TRRAsURgRs. ~
House bill No. 20, to amend an. act pre-.
scribing the duties, g., of certain county
officers, &C., reported from committee with
q substitute, was taken up as special
order. uis1 49,
After some discussion, Mr.. Powell, of
franklin, moved to lay the whole subject
on the table. Rejected by, % ayesto 81 noes.
Various amendments were rejected, and
finally the House substitute was, adopted
and ordered to engrossnent. .of @.zg
It allows the treasurer for receiving and
disbursing the county levy five per cent.
on the amount not in. excess Of $40, 900, ex-
cept the treasurer OF the county of Rock.
bridge, whose compensation shall be fixed
by the supervisors; aud upon the residue OF
said levies the supervisors Of each county
shall fix the compensation, not exceeding
five per cent, except Ia the county of Rock
bridge, where it shall be three per cent.
Every treasurer and collector, for re-
ceiyiag asd paying; over !. the revenue,
shall receive. on amounts OF $4,000
and less FIVE per cent; over 3d. 900
and under i $4,000, two per cent;
over $4,000 and under $50, 600, one and one
half per cent?: Prouided, That upon all
State taxes and county levies collected by
him after the 1st OF December he shall re-
ceive four per cent. in addition to the regular
commission provided for, la the act, and that
upon poll.tax, collected after December /,
and paid over before. June Is, he shall re-
ceiye an additional compensationlof fifteen
per cent. Any treasurer or collector may