The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-09

Agreed to-ayes, ID noes, Aoss 49,. & WIZ i
4 Mr.. MUM moved to ikes ogs !, h aras a1,na
liam ana add it TO Hanover and ohIo aae
making the Thirty. dlstfic1 i1oss.
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bIr MARsHAIL moved 20 sSaa ~ =,
vote by which Botetourt flau Decn luasu =
tie Fifth district. 40 noes 80,
adjourned ut IL o'c - 81 s,,'
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
sneaker ALLEN called the House to or
der. Prayer by Rev. DID. w iilia!n JONES' ll.Es
OF the Baptist Church. s,
TRANSPORTATION OF coEyICTs AND Lu lss.
The SPEAKER laid before the House me
following communicated nlcn WAS as.. Tau
and Referred to the Committee on Revision
OF the Criminal Laws:
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS OFFICE.
is5f RICHMOND, February 8, 1919.
To The General Assembly OF Yt7;gl,ssd :; -.
In response to the resolution Of the house
OF Delegates of the 4th instant, requiring
the Railroad Commissioners TO ascertain
from the several railroad and other trans,
portation companies doing business in THIS
State the lowest rate per mile they OF any OF
them will convey conyicts and their guards
I TO and from the penitentiary OF virginia
under certain or similar provisions therein
set forth, have the honor to state tIat Tue
railroad companies, so far as Eearo from,
have agreed to convey conylcts ana tneif
guards to and from the penitentlary OF VII
ginia, when carried at the cost OF tne otule,
at the rate of two cents per head ior eacn
nile travelled. The railroad companies nave
also agreed to transport lunatlcS ana tnen
guards to and from the several lutlatlc asy-
| lums OF the State on the same terms as loI
convicts and their guards. 1he fallloau
companies heard from thus far are the Cnes.
apeake and Ohio, the Atlantic, MISSISSIPPI
ami Ohio. the Richmond and Danville, the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac,
the Richmond and Petersburg, and the
ROYAL Land Company's Narrow-Gauge
railroad.
It is believed that the other railroad COM
panies will agree to the same rate OF trans
nortation and the same conditions.
The neutrality-suspicious. companies, so
far as heard from, have agreed to transport
conyicts and their guards to and from the
lpenitcntiary OF Virginia at the rate OF (l5)
one and half cents per head for each mile
travelled. They have also agreed to trans
mort lunatics and their guards to and from
the several lunatic asylums OF the State on
the same terms as for conyicts and their
guards. :,
The water-transportation companies that
have been heard from to this time are tue
James-Riyer Steamboat Company and the
James River and kanawha Canal Packet
Company.
It's proper to say that the rate for trans
portation of lunatics and their guards TO
and from the several asylums OF the state
was ascertained on suggestion from the
| .s,,~ ~ Grim N l.1y
have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obediept servant,
@ THOMAS II. CARTER,
/ Railroad Commissioner.
TSince the above report was sent in the
Washington City, Virginia Midland and
Great Southern Railroad Company has
agreed to same TERMS
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. POWELL: Petitions OF citizens OF
Spotsyyania county asking that none but
qualified voter and actual resident OF the
county land no citizen of Fredericksburg
shall be allowed to hold any office in said
county except that OF Il member OF the Cen
eral Assembly.
BY Mr.. CARTER OF Loudoun: a bill to
amend and reGnact section IA Of chapter
$50 OF the Code OF 1873. in reference to cor
oner's jurics and the pay thereof, and OF
coroners, as amended by an act approved
March 81, 1915.
BY Mr.. JORDAN: a bill to amend and re-
enact section So OF chapter 50 OF the Code
OF 1878, in relation to lunatics.
4 BY Mr.. GooDE Petition OF citizens OF
the town OF Smithvillc, in the county OF
Charlotte, against the repeal OF the charter
OF the said town.
| BY Dir. EBMUNDS:
Resolred, That the Committee for Courts
OF Justice inquire into the eXpediercv OF SO
amending the law rs to prescribe and limit
the power of the judges OF the county courts
in fixing the allowances and salaries OF the
county officers.
By Mr.. PULLIAM: 4 bill to create all IN
dependent and detached military organiza-
ton under the name OF the State Guard OF
the city OF Richmond, with authority to
choose uniform
BY Mr.. ROBINSON OF Norfolk: A bill to
incorporate the trustees of Harmony Lodge.
No. 10, Independent Order of Odd-Fel-
lows, at Norfolk, and to authorize them to
invest the surplus funds Of said Lodge.
BY Mr.. ROBINSON OF Norfolk: A bill to
prevent the erection of slaughter-houses
within half mile OF the city OF Norfolk.
BY Dir. FINNEY:
| RESOLVED, That the Committee on the
Chesapeake and its Tributaries inquire into
the eXpediency Of amending and recnact-
ing an act to amend and reGnact section Is
Of chapter 100 Of the Code Of 1878, with
| reference to non-residcnts fishing in the Wa
teYs of the Commonwealth.
By Mr. ECHOLs: Petition Of Andrew j.
Parish, treasurer Of the county OF Abe
marie, praying for relief.
HOESE BILLS PASSED.
TO relieve S. Ramey, William Scott,
Ger tain fines.
For the relief Of Eliza Calls.
For the relief Of John B. PitZer.
PROPOSED REMOVAL OF THE CLAY STATUE.
The Committee on Public Property re-
ported the following bill:
BE 1T enacted by the General Assembly,
That the Register Of the Land Office, acting
as Superintendent of Public Buildings, be
and he is hereby authorized and directed to
cause the statue of Henry Clay to be re-
paired by affiXing to the same the hand or
hands already in his possession under pro-
vision of law, and he is also required to
have the said statue, with such appur-
teEances as are necessary and proper, re-
moved to the southern portico Of the Capt.
tol For the purposes Of this act the sum
Of $500, or so much thereof rs may be
necessary, is hereby appropriated out OF
any money in the treasury NOT otherwise
appropriated, to be paid by fhe warrant Of
the Auditor Of Public Accounts upon the
certificate Of the SAID Register Of the Land
Office acting as Superintendent OF Public
Buildings.
This act shall be in force from its passage.