The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-19

tee Of Finance bill setting aparI lne Iefe
mes derived from the fayson feal .ana per
soral property for port of government err, s
.&e.--fhe bill published bysus seYerai Jays
since, with the following cbanses;
The bil provides that one third OF the 10
cents ON thestOf) set apart for general scnool
purposes and to pay the interest on the pub
| lie debt shall he applied to pay tue asrear-
ages due the literary fund ana ti1e general
school fund; and provides that the tax on
real and personal property sinai, DC piaceo
! to the credit OF accounts, Whicii snn'i Nc
kept by the Treasurer, ana denomihnte a.:
first, the account OF none! pau III anu uls-
bursed for the purpose OF deiraylns tue eh-
Densc of maintaining the government OF the
Commonweaith: second, the account OF mo-
new Maid in and disbursed for public free
school purposes: third, the account OF mo-
new paid in and disbursed for general scllool
purposes and for paying the interest on the
public debt. And the funds so credited TO
| these several accounts shall be disbursed for
the several purposes designated for the said
accounts in such manner rs may be pre-
scribcd by law.
Mr.. BARBOUR offered the following bill as
his own. not as the committees:
! Be il enacted bu the General assembly,
I. That there shall be Board for auditing
and allowing the amount Justly due to the
owners OF any OF the bonds orstocks claimed
to be due by this Commonwealth. The
said Board shall consist OF the Treasurer
and Second Auditor, and shall be designated
as the Board for Auditing the PuDhc DcDt
Of Virginia.
.. Whenever the said Board shall be
equally divided on any vote It shail ilime-
diately fix time and place for an ADJOURN
ed meeting, and notify the Attorney-Gen-
eral OF such equal division, and OF the time
J and place fixed for such adjourned meet
ing. Thereupon it shall be the duty OF the
ATTORNEY. General to attend said adjourned
meeting, when be shall vote rs member or
, said Board on the question or questions
about which said Board at its last meeting
NAV have so equally divided.
3. The owner or any OF the bonds or
stocks OF this Commonwealth outstanding
prior to the Both day OF March, 1871 may
present the same to the Board for auditing
the public debt OF Virginia.; whereupon 1t
shall be the duty OF the said Board to aScer-
tain and record what is the amount OF two
, thirds OF the same, together with two thirds
of the interest justly due or to become due
thereon to the 1st day Of July, 1878; and
the owner OF any such bonds or stocks
: issued subsequent to the said 30tll day OF
March, 1871, may present the same TO the
said Board; whereuponi it shall be the duty
OF the said Board 10 ascertain and record
what is the amount Justly due or to become
due thereon to the 1st day OF July, 1878.
I. The owner Of any such bonds OF
stocks, in full discharge OF all his demands
against this Commonwealth on account OF
the bonds or stocks so presented to the said
Board, NAV fund the amount aScertained to
,,,f bo rlrnSprihp1
: the Sd section of this act in misrepresentation
registered bonds OF this Commonwealth OF
c the denomination OF 500 or multiplcs
c thereof, dated July /, 1878, and to become
I due and payable thirty-four years after
1 date. For any fractional sums less thar
500 certificates shall be issued, bear
5 inc the same date aud rate OF inter
:, est, and payable at the saEle time
o as the bonds issued under this section
j which certificates, in sums OF 500 or any
multiple thereof, shall lee eXchangeable.fo fol
u bonds of the character herein authorized t(
be issued; and new certiticates OF like char
= actcr may be issued for any fractional
sums less than 500 that may remain il
y making such exchange.
: ). That to pay the annual interest and re
deem the principal OF the bonds authorized
D to be issued by this act, the entire annua
D be, and is hereby, set apart and approprl
Il ated until, together with such other revc
nue. as the General Assembly may dedicate
to the same purpose, the whole prncipa
: and interest OF the said bonds shall be paid
: Mr.. BARBOUR's bill was referred to thu
r Committee Of Finance.
/ 1t Enthusiastically expresses the views o
: the Smon-PureS as to the rate Of Interest
: iii not as TO details), though Mr.. BARBOUR
4 claims for it only an expression Of his OWL
views.
: REAPpoETIoNMENT-CoS Dis
TRICTS.
\ Mr.. SrARKE offered the following:
e Resolred by the House of Delegates tht
!, Senate concurring), That the joint Commit
: tee on Reapportionment be instructed tt
r alot to each congressional district eleven
t delegates, such delegates to be distributed
as the representatives from each district
may agree.
General TALIAFERRO, Mr.. STEVENS, and
Mr.. BoCOCK spoke against the resolution,
:, pointing out the inequalities that would be
produced, the dissatisfaction that would be
, created, and the absolute niustice that would
, in many instances be done by the adoption
of any such plan. General TALIAFERRO
said that it would make each congressional
district little State in itself-a thing greatly
to be deplored.
On motion OF Mr.. GRAVES, the resolution
! was referred to hespecial Committee on Re-
J apportionment.
) Motion to reconsider entered.
THE FISHING lNTEREsTS-pOETRY AND Plea
sANTRY.
House bill proposing to allow nets to be
placed within two miles of the mouths OF
| nrooEs on the Raw shore came I'm on the
calendar.
Mr.. FINNEY opposed the bill, and de-
clared that if it passed it would send hum
dreds and thousands OF his constituents to
the poorhollse, as it would cause general
destruction Of fish, The pound-nets, he
asserted, were great monopoies. They cost
from $500 to $1,000 each, and therefore are
out OF the reach OF the people generally de-
irving their livelihood from the waters.
1Ir. HENRY asked for a description OF
pound and purse-nets.
Mr.. FISNEY said he didn't know much
about the purse-netS. He was not speaking
OF them: The pound-nets are Yankee con-
trivances which have destroyed the fish in
the North, and are now brought down here
to rob us. These nets are fixtures. They
are often 200 or 500 yards long and ten or
twelve fathoms deep, with long arms or
hedges setting out from their ends. They
take thousands OF bushels of fish, which are
| picked over, and many good small fish not
} wanted are thrown upon the shore to rot.
One OF these great nets set at the mouth OF
!; a creek will catch all the fish going in or