The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-25
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SATURDAY, February %, 1878.
sEsNATE
senator ~ AaDins the ehalE. 1899,
4 number ot House y sl bills were twice reao
md referred.
PAssED ii 81 IS
House bill. TO amend the charter OF ..ne
Railroad Company was pass
eif under suspensio of the rules. :,
House bin to- Incorporate the PoWeiPs
Fort Mining Company.
House bill authorizing the board Oh super,
yisors Of Middlesex county to levy ZOE anu
collect and to invest certain school, funas Ia
dlesex county
LEAVE or ABSENCE.
On motion of Mfr. BLAND, Mr. DANIEL.
was Granted leave Of absence for two days.
Mr. BLAND stated that Mr.. NUM- was; de-
tanned from his seat by sickness.
on motion OF Mr., WOOD, Mr.. BLISS was
granted leave OF absence for two days.
BILLS PRESENTED, &C..
4 Mr.. BLAND presented for Mr.. DANIEL a
ibilI to authorize the Lyncbburg Virginia
/ Guard to uniform themselves as they may
i desire. Placed on the calendar. .l.i...
| By same: A bill to authorize the Circuit
| Court Of Campbell to hear and determine
the petition OF Joseph Pannil'. OF SAD
county. for a divorce from the BOND OF
1 matrimony. Placed on the calendar.
/ By Mfr. TANNER: A bill to regulate in
/ surance companies doing business in the
! State Of Virginia.
! On motion OF Mr.. TYLER 1t was ordered
4 that when the Senate adjourn it adjourn to
meet on Monday at IL a. M.
Mr. CHILEs presented preamble ana
resolution adjourning the Senate at l T. M.
in respect to Judge Guigon's memory.
/ Adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The SPEAKER called the House to order
at II O'clock.
JUDGE CHRISTIANS ALLOWANCE.
The Committee on Retrenchment and Re
form reported it inexpedient to les1slato
upon the subject Of resolution proposing
to repeal the act making an allowance OF
81, 900 for Judge OF the Supreme Court to
reside at Richmond.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
| By Mr.. VAN LEAR: Petition OF citizens
of Augusta county for the relief of }. New
ton Perry from the payment OF a tine I'M
posed upon him by the court Of said county.
/ By Mr.. WALKER OF Westmoreland: Me
MORALS OF sundry citizens relating TO the
INCORPORATION OF the Mary Washington AS.
ISOLATION of America.
By Mr.. TALIAFERRo OF Gloucester: A
bill to authorize fishing with pound-nets in
water-courses wherever said water-courses
are over two miles wide.
By Mr.. FICKLEN: A bill to provide FOL
repairing the roads and bridges in the
county Of Buckingham.
. By Mr.. DAVIS: A bill to relieve William
P. Harvey OF fine.
By MIR. PoPHAM: A bill to enable the
cities OF Richmond and Lynchburg to ASSIST
in the construction OF certain railroads.:
By Mr.. DAVIS: A bill to amend and re.
enact section 16 Of chapter 129 OF the Acts OF
1s76-'77, in respect to the charter OF NORTH
Danville.
! By Mr.. HARRISON OF Sussex: A bill tc
: amend and reenact section 80 Of an act pre-
scribing general provisions in relation tc
commissioners OF the revenue and the as
sessment of taxes on persons, property
incomes, licenses, &C., approved March IT,
1874.
By Mr.. HARRISON of Sussex: A bill tt
define the limits of the tide-water section.
| CIRCUIT COURT OF HENhlCo.
Mr.. HENRY offered a bill providing thai
after the first of July the Circuit Court Of
Henrico shall be held at the county court
house, and validating all acts done by the
court at its present location, in the city Of
Richmond; this because the other bill went
into effect from its passage, and Judge Well
ford. not knowing of it, continued to holi
court at the old place. The bill was placed
upon the calendar.
NIGHT SESSIONS.
Mr.. LOWELL offered the following:
Resolved, That on and after Monday mex
(25th instant), until otherwise ordered, thu
SPEAKER shall vacate the chair at O'CLOCK
P. NJ. and resume it at O'Clock P. NJ. o
each day.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
was granted Messrs. JAMES OF Goochlant
one day; MONCURE, HUNTER, and EDMUND!
two days each; GRAY four days, and indeti
mite leave for MoFFETT and ASHTON.
REINFORCEMENT.
The bill Reproducing members of thu
General Assembly came up. Senate amend
ment was agreed to. The bill is substan
TALLY the same as reported by the commit
; tee.
MARY WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION.
Mr. WALKER Of Westmoreland, under {
suspension of the rules, presented Hous
bill "to incorporate the Mary Washington
Association of America" which was reat
first time.
THE NEW FUNDING BILL.
House bill 29O, ''to provide for the con
solidation of the public debt" &C., was, OF
motion of Dir. HARRISON of Sussex, made
the special continuing order for Monda.
at O'Clock.
STRAIGHT SHOOT.
The House was notified that the Senat,
had agreed to the Straight-Shoot Railroad
, bill, with amendments.
LEASE OF PENITENTIARY.
House bill proposing to lease out thu
penitentiary was discussed from l unit
nearly 2, when Mr.. STEVENS got the floor.
JUDGE GU1GoN.
Mr.. STEVENS offered the following as {
privileged motion:
Whereas it appears from the morning pa
pers Of this city that the funeral of A. b
Guigon, late Judge OF the Hastings Court
OF the city of Richmond, is announced tc
take place this evening from the Monu-
mental church at 81 O'Clock, therefore, in
respect TO the memory OF the deceased
/ he il