The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-02-27
LOCAL MATTERS.
The Capitol.

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pRovIDEST SAVINGS AsSOC1ATIoN-A NEW
BANKING AND INSURANCE ORGANIZATION
TIE wnisEEY BILI.-cESTRAI LUNATIC
ASYLUM.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Belts, and
reported from the House Committee on
Banks, "to incorporate the Proyident Say
ings Association" declares II. c. Deshields,
Leroy S. Edwards, B. c. Hartsook, ". Ben.
Armstrong, John f. Laughton, j. Booton
Hill, G. +. Danforth, and their associates
and successors, n body corporate, by the
name OF the Provident Savings Association.
The concern will be authorized "to
receive deposits and savings, and grant
certificates therefor in accordance with
conditions set forth in sections and
Is OF chapter 80 Of the Code OF Vjr-
ginia Of 1878, loan and advance money and
discount bonds, bills, notes, or other paper,
and demand interest, payable in advance,
at its legal rate, at the time Of the tranSac-
ton; borrow money and execute notes for
the same, act as agent for the collection and
investment OF money, and may guarantee
the payment of promissory notes, bills
OF exchange, bonds, accounts, and
other evidences OF debt; and notes and
bills may be made payable at its
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protested according to law" &C., &c.
Also, to conduct general insurance broker
age business; and for this purpose to cause
or procure any person to effect policies Of
insurance or assurance against fire, or for
life, or against accident or marine risks, in
such insurance companies as said person
may select, and to charge and collect from
said insurance company brokerage or COM
mission, &C., DC.
The capital stock is to be between ten and
one hundred thousand dollars. The Office
is to be IN Richmond.
TIE MoFFETT BILL.
The probabilities at present are that the
Moffett liquor bill will be passed by the
House, though strong objections are made
to it by the wholesale and retail dealers OF
all the cities of the State, and by the manu-
facturers of the Valley. The efforts Of the
Richmond delegation, headed by Major
Dooley, to Tighten the burden on the trade
and to put 1t where the theory Of the bill,
rs they hold, contemplates-on the con-
sumer-were not altogether unsuccessful
Yesterday. An amendment offered by Mr..
Necley was adopted, which requires that
each person buying liquor outside the State
for consumption by himself or family
. shall give in the quantity Of the same annu-
ally ior taxation as other liquor is taxed.
II the House passes this bill, us now seems
likely the Senate will be pretty sure to do
so too, as the latter body has always been
far in advance Of the House in desire to get
a great revenue from the liquor traffic.
TIE SESSION UNLIMITED.
Both houses have now solcmnly expressed
the opinion that this session Of the General
Assembly is the first under the consttu-
tional amendments recently adopted, conse-
1 nuentIy that it is unlimited as to duration.
The fact, however, that all the delegates
and half the senators are to go before the
people for reelection in November, and will
be held to strict will prevent
anv unusually extended session and any
great abuse of their privilege. Indications
are that the session will end at one hundred
and twenty days. unless, indeed, it is de-
termned to make the reapportionment OF
representation this year (eren if it cannot
be put into effect until 1879. E
4. LIBRARY CATALOGUE.
The new catalogue of the State Library,
upon which Colonel SherWin McRae and
Mr.. w. E. Binford have been at work for
nearly two years, will be. issued from the
press in the course of a few weeks. The
amount OF labor and worry involved in the
work will be understood and appreciated by
comparatively few people, rs the simpler
the catalogue is to the reader the more
trouble it is to the compiler.
---.-.s.,-,~ CENTRAL LUNATIc ASYLUM. e-e----~
1t was arranged that the commissioners
appointed to select q permanent location
for the Central {coloreD Lunatic Asylum
should on yesterday visit the Poe farm, be-
low this .:ity; to-day go to Petersburg; to-
morrow take final vote, and on Thursday
make their report to the two houses. Pc
tersburg is bidding highest for the asylum,
and the indications are that it will get it.
1t is desirable chiefly because Of the large
amount of money (about $4,000 per an
num) that is spent by the Institution in the
vicinity OF its location. r.-+....
THE NATIONAL SITUATION.
Some kilograms were sent from the Capt.
tol to representatives ut Washington yester-
day, urging the congressman who are in
favor OF delaying the electoral count until
after the 4th OF March to be firm Of purpose.
| This, however, is by no means the senti-
ment Of the majority Of members. Many
OF those who opposed the electoral bill, and
who were in favor OF ga square stand-up
struggle on the part OF the House," now
declare that the Democrats, having bound
themselves hand and foot, must abide the
issue. Others, who looked to the Electoral
Commission for fair judicial decision on
the merits Of the case. occupy the same po-
sition as Senator Bayard, and so in for ac-
euiescence in the result, however distaste-
full it may be. H
FALSE PRETENcEs.- Dan. Wren
| Yesterday ascertained that the man Morgan
alias Wood, arrested for and convicted OF
stealing shawl from Lewis 81. Blair, bad