The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-12
'GENERlL ASSEMBLY, or VIRGINIA..

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, on VlR |ljIl
--s SATURDAY -jr,i March 10, 1877.
SENATE.
rhe SENATE. met at 10 M.-Dteutenant-
Governor .GHeMAs presiding. no prayer
RBpoRTED FROM COMMITTEES.
SENATE bill incorporating the Richmond
Real Estate Association, with the RECON-
.nendation that it do not pass.
s.,,@,l; ~ PAMUHKEY INDIANS.
The CHAIR presented to the Senate COM
from the Governor transmlttlns
q memorial from the 'Pamunkey tripe % III
dams praying that the State Wili luIn,In
them school teacher free, and Wlt1ou1s SUI
jecting them 10 taxation. Referred 9 anu u
dared to be printed. ia re-.
i, ,,s'. y, PRESENTED AND REFERRED: i,
i Nv MIR. PENN "a communication from
the trustees of Dlacksburg College ASKING
for an additional appropriation for the use
Of that college. .;iL ,"8, -
recurring House bills to lie over Two ea sSs
before being acted upon be SUSPENDED ioi
: Nv Mfr. HINTON: Bill incorporating
Burkeyillc.,' 80
: Bv Mr. CR1rcHER: Bill to amend an act
.;ncornoratlns the St. Louis and Cincinnati
railroad. 4 !" -}is& ~.
: Nv Mr. JOHNSON: Resolution instructlng
tho Comrnittee on General Laws to inquire
and report as to the expediency OF exempt
ING by law all accident-insurance compa"
nies from. the. requirements OF the law re-
curing deposits of&bonds with the lrear
otrar AdOpted, ,4yS-s s.: Es:it v -..s 81 4
By Mr.: WARD /: i Bill to provide for keep
ing the paupers of Scott and Lee! -
t7s..- Il ~ = PASSED. =. .l.'. 4.
House bill authorizing the Board OF SUI
neryisors OF Elizabeth City and Warwick
cnunties to increase the salary OF the county
Judge OF said counties. .,.--....
senate bill providing for the assessment
OF real, personal, and other property. Inns
bill was amended in relation to the tax on
steamboats,, &c. -,... =,
Senate bill to enable and authorize the
Council of Danyille to levy special tax
for the purpose OF building town jail, &c.
Senate bill to authorize the erection OF a
boom in the Mattaponi river.
House bill amending an act providing for
the working OF the roads in Fauquier.
House bill amending the charter OF the
Royal Land Company.
House bill to amend an act incorporating
,be st. Louis and Cincinnati railroad lun-
der suspension Of the rulesl. Is, "
SPECIAL ORDERS. ..g,,
Senate bill in relation to the lease OF the
Public Warehouse was, on motion OF Mr..
HINTON, made the special order for We'd
nesday. 4 - 0.,@ f =,
On motion of Dir. JOHNSON Senate bill IN
relation to railroad commissioners was made
the special order for Tuesday. r. t" :,
= ...r@ .....a INCOME TAX. +.
Senate bill providing for taxing incomes
and salaries was taken up, amendments SUB
mitted, and the bill tabled and ordered to
be printed with the amendments. ST.
BoUNDARY-LISE COMMISSIONERS. .
Mr.. FINNEY moved that the Committee on
Finance be instructed to report Dill TO
provide payment OF the compensation due
to the arbitrators and counsel in the matter
nf the boundary line between Virginia and
hIaryland. Adopted. r" .@.:.a"
p ..-a @al ENGRossED. .' =. '.
Anumber of bills were ordered to be en-
crossed.
Adjourned. De
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
PRAYER. by Rev. Charles Fl. Read, D. D.,
OF the Grace-Sreet Presbyterian church.
...E.3. COMMITTEE REPORTS.
From the Committee for Courts OF JUS
tice: House bill to provide for the organlza-
ton and government OF the volunteer
militia OF the State, &c.
From the Committee on Militia: House
bill granting a loan Of guns to the Faculty
of William and Mary College. VII ..-.
A 1k,rrn fvn
House blu submitting the question OF re-
.pealing the fence-law to the voters OF Cen
treville district, Fairfax county; House
bill to prevent agents and officers of corpo-
rations from becoming corporators with
| said corporations, with the dation
that the Senate. amendments be disagreed
to-. 7 SO. -. ~ 30. E.t ..r -"- 80
From the Committee on Finance: House
bill authorizing the State Treasurer to pro-
cure coupon registers and to employ clerk
to keep the same. e
:t..t ar LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 1929. p
Leave Of absence was granted to Messrs.
CLARKE of Campbell, two days.; ARTHUR,
three days; PEATRoSs, three DAYS; DUNN,
two days; MCDANNALD, four days; SCOTT,
six days; COLEMAN, four days; and POWELL,
two days. $3.50.
AGREED TO.
A number of House bills with Senate
amendments were tuken up and agreed to.
BILLS THAT HAVE BECOME LAWS.
Mr.. LovENsTE1N, from the Committee on
Enrolled Bills, reported that the following
acts had become laws since the last report:
To incorporate the town Of North Dan
vile. J.,-'.'2' -.
To confirm the sale OF certain church
property in Norfolk city made by the trus-
tees Of the Protestant Methodist church in
that city. 49, -'@'"1 i,
To amend and reenact section of an act
entitled an act to provide for the appoint
ment Of fish commissioners for the State Of
Virginia, approved March %, 1875.
|, To require commissioners Of the revenue
to keep the school-tax in each school dis
I.trict separate where two Or more districts
! are included in the same commissioners
district.
To authorize the trustees OF Manchester
Baptist church, at Manchester, to borrow
money. ~. fb't
Prescribing the width of roads in Wythe
county .,.' :: .' ~.''
To authorize Henry +. Jones and Thomas
Newman to erect pier-head on York river
near Skimanon creek in York county.
For the relief Of James w. Robins, of
Gloucester county.
To amend and reenact section 1 of an act
entitled an act to establish a high-schoo in
the town Of Jacksonville, and to constitute
said town and the county for three miles
around the same sub-school district, and
for other purposes, approved April 9, 1878.
PASSED.
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