The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-14


titled an act for the protection OF game.
BY Mr.. SuHuMArE: Resolution for Com
mittee for Schools aud Colleges to inquire
into the expediency Of abolishing the office
OF county superintendent OF schools.
By Mr.. GRAVES: Resolution instructing
the committee to, inquire into the expe-
diency OF amending the Constitution so as
TO return to the old magisterial courts In
the several counties Of the Commonwealth.
BY Mr.. KYLE: Resolution as to the ex-
pedIency Of changing the election law so as
TO have but one election in any one year,
and the officers Of election to act without
pay.
By same: Resolution as to the expe-
diency OF reducing the pay Of members and
officers of the General Assembly and the
salary Of all the officers in the Capitol.
BY Mr.. MusHBACK: Aresolution instruct
ing the special Committee on the Revision
OF the Criminal Laws to inquire into the
eXpediencv OF SO amending existing laws
as to provide that juries in prosecutions for
felony and misdemeanor shall not be paid
for their services.
y Mr.. FIcKLES offered the following:
RESOLVED By the General Assembly, That
our senators aud representatives in Con-
gress be requested to use their utmost en-
deavor to secure the passage Of bill hay
ing for its object the reduction OF the pre-
sent Federal tax on manufactured tobacco
from twenty-four to twelve cents. u.
Resolued, That the Governor be requested
to furnish a copy Of this resolution to each
of the senators and representatives in Con-
gress. . -..4,. q.
The resolutions were placed on the calen-
dar. '...
BY Mr.. WATSON: Resolution Of inquiry
as to the cxpediency of making the change
in the county-court system and the appoint
inert Of justices, rs recommended by the
Governor in his late annual message.
BY Mr.. HINER: Resolution instructing
the Committee on Constitutional Amend
ments to inquire into the eXpediency Of so
amending the Constitution as to allow voters
who have been returned delinquent for
non-payment of capitation taxes the privi-
lege Of voting upon presentation to judges
of election a sworn certificate of their re-
spectivc road overseer that said delinquent
had, thirty days prior to election at which
he proposes to vote, performed two days.
labor in addition to what service the road
law may require at time of voting on the
road to which he was last assigned for SER
vice.
By Mr.. STARKE: Petition OF citizens Of
Brunswick for new election for delegate to
House. .... --
By Mr.. HENkEL: Resolved, That the Com
mittee on Courts OF Justice be instructed to
inquire and make an examination into the
funding bill Of 1871 with view to deter
mining whether or not the State of Virginia
is legally responsible for the payment Of the
certificates Of Indebtedness surrendered ur-
L. 81 kor oH - Q,,v~ - La
West Virginia has refused to make settle
ment with the commissioners appointed for
such purpose by the General Assembly Of
Virginia, and report their conclusion to this
House.
By Mr.. CARTER: Bill to provide fence
law for the county OF Loudoun, and to re-
peal ract in relation to fences and for the
protection OF crops" approved January
rs, 1876, in so far as it applies to the coun-
ty of Loudoun.
BY Mr.. JORDAN: Resolution to inquire
into the expediency OF repeating so much
of the present law as provides for rebate of
two per cent. on the taxes paid before the
first day of December in each year.
By Mr.. OGLEsBY: Resolution for the
Committee OF Courts of Justice to inquire
and report as to the eXpediency of so
amending the law in relation to the in
terest on money as to prohibit the taking
Of more than six per cent. under the PEN
atty Of forfeiture OF the whole debt il
more interest is eXacted.
~ By Mr.. EDWARDS: Resolution OF inquiry
into the eXpediency OF exempting from
taxation mortgage bonds, &c. ::
BY Mr.. CARTER OF Loudoun Bill to
amend an act entitled an act to amend and
reenact section % Of an act for working the
roads of Loudoun county. 81
By Mr.. ROBERTSON. of Norfolk: Bill to
authorize the Council OF the city Of Nor
folk to issue bonds for the purpose OF re-
deeming certain standing bonds Of said
city. ...ss
By Mr.. SASDrDGE: Resolution to so
amend the Constitution as to abolish the
present county organization and substitute
therefor the system of county government
in force in 1S49. .....-...., -..
By Mr.. DANCE: Instructing the Commit
tee on the Revision OF Criminal Laws to in
quire into the eXpediencY Of providing for
the trial Of all cases Of petit larceny before
a single justice. ......
By Mr. GRAVES: That the Committee on
Constitutional Amendments inquire into
the expedency Of amending the Constitu-
ton so as to return to the old magisterial
courts in the several counties Of the Com
monwealth.
By Mr.. MUsuDAcK: Act for the relief Of
the Conference of St. Mary Of the Society
of St. Vincent Of Paul, in the city OF Alex
andria. ..
PASSED. -...j
Bill to allow the Council Of the city OF
Richmond to loan certain sum Of money
to the James-River and Kanawha Canal
Company, with Senate amendments.
Bill amending the charter Of the Baldwin,
Augusta Fair. ..nr..., ,t..., ..... A.,
OTHER BUSINESS. -,...-..:s
The bill in relation to the protection OF
fish in the Common wealth, introduced by
Mr., HARRISON Of Sussex Wednesday, was,
on his motion, recommitted. 60. .
i House bill in relation to free schools,
amen ding the law SO as to, provide that chill
drerl living outside OF the State can enter
the schools upon the payment by their pa.
rents OF the necessary school taxes. Passed
to its engrossment.
the substitution Of the Constitution Of 1849
for the present one was committed.
The Committee on Rules reported res O.
luton providing for an additional commit
tee clerk, to be known as the clerk on i'm.
migration and Chesapeake and its tributa-
ries, said clerk to be a stenographer. The
resolution was adopted. [Rev. J, j. Laf-
ferty has been appointed as the clerk under
this resolution.] ....
The House concurred in the Senate's re-
solution for recess from the Goth of De-
cember to the 1st Of January.
In the report OF the proceedings yester-
day it was incorrectly stated that Mir. MOI
FETT moved to dismiss the resolution in re-
lation to change Of Constitution.
The House concurred in the Senate reso-
luton rs to inquiry whether anything had
been omitted from the journal OF the last