The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-01-22
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA..
SATURDAY, January 20, 1877.
SENATE.

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The Senate met at II Lieutenant
Governor THOMAS presiding. Prayer by
Rev. Or. Charles II. Read, Of the Presby-
terrain Church. " ..,, ..,.-s.~ j. i,sl-~2
@'h. REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES. 80 3"
Mr.. HERSDoN from the Committee for
Courts of Justice) reported House bills for
the. removal of the disabilities of James
Barbour, of .Culpeper, and others; to amend
section s of chapter l4S Of the Code of 1873,
in relation to attachments.
MIR. HERNDoN (from the Committee on
Public Institutions) reported Senate bill
authorizing the Western Lunatic Asylum
to sell certain lots. E,s.>
~ s:,siu CONVICT LABOR. ~.
. The CHAIR laid before the Senate commrl-
nication from the Executive in response to
q resolution Of the Senate requesting in
formation as to the number OF conYicts that
have been applied for by contractors and
others during the past year. The Governor
in this communication states the only per-
sons that have made applications for such
labor during the past year are the James
River and Kanawha Canal, the Milton and
Sutherlin Narrow-Gauge Railroad Com
pany, the Old Dominion Granite Company,
and Colonel M. G.. Hartman. The Governor
also suggests the propriety OF allowing the
Milton; and ;Sutherlin Narrow Gauge Rail
road Company to have such convicts as they
may require upon the terms submitted by
that company, those remaining in the peni-
Tertiary to be subject to the order of the
James River and KanawhS Canal Company.
The paper was ordered to be printed.
~-y- a..., AMNESTY TO DUELLIsTs.
House bill for the removal Of the disabili-
ties OF James Barbour, of Culpeper; Alex
ander D. Payne. and John S. Mosby, of
Fauquier; W. L., Royal, W. r. Trigg,
John S. Meredith, w. Page McCarty, and
j.. s. D. Cullen, Of Richmond; John j.
Wise and F. C.. A. rKellam, Jr., of Acco-
mac; y. A. H.. st. Andrew, OF Prince; Ed
ward !; e.. e. Venable, Of Petersburg; and
e. III. Lowe, Of Fairfax; was taken up and
IS; noes, 4 (Messrs. NEwBER-
RY, POWELL, MADDOX, and JONES'. sos. ,f'i
Mr.. STEVENS stated that had he been
present when the vote was taken he would
have voted in the afirmat i've. - asl
80; PASSED..
House bills: TO amend section 5 OF chapter
14Sa Of, the Cedei OF 1873, in relation to at
tachmenfs. .9s.aIgg.E iEiiiJs i''i. So .'.'. -,
To amend sections Of chapter ia OF the
Code OF 1878, in reference to the recorda-
tion OF deeds. ~. 80 -:
To authorize the trustees OF the Third
Presbyterian church to give deeds Of trust
and borrow money I" @s'
Adjourned at 12:45 PM ~
- .HOUSE.OF DELEGATES.
Prayer By Rev, Thomas L. Preston, D.
D., Of the First Presbyt erian Church. s..
.s't'i.t-'ttlt'' BILLS. REpORTED. So, ,.sstt.;
! From the Committee for Courts OF Justice:
House .blls,to amend and reenact section
81 Of chapter; 206 OF, the Code, requiring the.
Stperintende dent OF the Penitentiary to keep
d record Of the conduct of,eonvicts; for the
relief Of James e, Chism; to amend and
reenact section OF chapter iSS OF the Code
of 1873, In relation to drift; comforting on
the policemen of Alexandria certain powers
Of constables; to enable tbe congregation Of
st. Peters, Protestant Episcopal church,
Tillotsoti parish, to sell or, remove their
church edifee and to buy or bun Id another;
Senate bill to amend and reenact an act, &c..
in relation to the protest of notes. 4 ,,,;,
From the Committee on Roads, &C.:
House bifIto authorize Henry Z. Jones and
Thomas Newman to erect a pier on York
river, near Skeinanofl creek, in York
county "a bill to incorporate the Portan
Wharf Company, in the county Of Gloucess,
ter. i$ss@ 4: go s95 - Gfi't ~. s5,1sh !
From the Committee on Propositions,
&c. !: A bill to amend. and reenact section u
d chapter 1872 OF the Code OF. 1873, In refer
shoe to injuries To burial grounds, &c. =
From the COMMITTEES on Asylums, &C.:
A bill to- amend and re6nact section Of an
net TO prevent the further burial OF ;conyicts
within the corporate limits OF the city OF
Richmond, approved March 81, 1875.
PREVENTED AND REFERRED. n
4 by t1lr. BoaART Ito the Committee on
and ctiensl "A resolution as
% what egisistien is eeessary to carry into
,paration The prov isians Of the schedule OF
lie Consti tutio lon = tive tolthe registration
Iad, eIeestn laws ~
4 ,By Mr.. AAssEY Ito the Committee on F-
lsnesl zs,bill for stflea relief oil Henry
lasale;ys $40, I. .,s III ~. j..
1ourts OF Justice) a resolution in refer
nee to providing that sureties on bonds-