The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-20
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a: s,rs AIIrN. fin The course of a short
speech advocating his substitute, SAID re-
sn,,fIIatiol, sentiment is growing up all over
the State by reason OF tile public scnools
being robbed to pay the public creditor:
Therefore It would be to the true infsrssst
Of the creditor rather to advocate :f.i;ss q
to oppose the setting apart OF the ten Genus
ON the 800 due the schools. Z. s5s55.
6 Mr. CiaAyEsf proposed to amend 80 as 10
make the resolution read as follows. -. 9.
Resolued, That the Committee Of FL
nance be instructed to report a. bill Tor the
.read justment OF the public debt wltnout
discrimination between creditors. REJECT
ed-ayes,s %; noes, 60. is 585 y. Z, J.
D. Mr.. GRAVES now moved to, refer tine
whole subject TO the committee. Lost.
The vote on the substitute OF Mr.. ALLEN
resulted as follows {: $500 -.
-e-IYEs.-Messrs. 'Idam<, Akers, Bernard, Bland.
Brown, Burnam John r. ic
ensor,, Dyer, FAR, FanntIeroy. Fick!en, Fowler,
Frazier, FulkersoH. Fulton, Grigsby; Hamilton; d.
4. D. james. Waddy T. james, Kelly, Lacy, La sd
Lee, McC aull, McC Council, Mcdaniel, Niche, Mof-
fett, Norton, Oglesby, Parrish, Edmund @ Konin-
E. a.. Smith, j. Howard smith, Southwark, Spss,
sard, Stevens, Sykes, Andrew j. Taylor. William
ss a %s sos Hso Make Mh
Wright, Young. and Mr.. Speaker-66.
NoEs-Messrs. anderson Ashton, BocoG Gch 30
ger. Hardesty, Hensel, Henson, johnson. Johnston
cure. Moorman Mushback, Nelson. Pace, Pitts, Pul-
LAM Sandidge, ShriTer, Wiiliam b. lniia,eTr ~
Warne T. Taliuferro, George walker WI t.iani NJ
Walker Wallace, Watson, ana Whtacre-42'
The resolution as amended by Mr.. ALLEN lie
was adopted.
Mr.. KEYsER moved to suspend the rules
i'll order to allow him to have placed upon y,
the calendar a bill, in effect the same as that
the House had Just directed the Finance
Committee to report. Not agreed to.
The bill was referred.
The chair was then vacated until 1880.
Night Session.
Speaker ALLEN in the chair.
The salary-bill was passed-ayes, so
noes, O; absent or not voting, 43 members.
House bill to provide for the transporta,
ton OF conyicts and insane persons ana
their guards at reduced rates was, on mo-
ton OF Mr.. FARR, taken up, amended as to
language, and ordered to be engrossed.
THE REINFORCEMENT. l.Q,
House bill for the eapportionment Of
members of the two houses OF the General
Assembly came up. .lsi 90 2;
Mr.. GREEN moved to commit to Courts OF
Justice.
MIR. ANDERSON moved to commit with i'll
structions to reapportion ninety members
for the House and thirty-three for the Sen.
ate. instead OF one hundred and forty, as the
bill now has it..-jLost. s4"<
Mr.. GREEN'S motion was lost. m
The bill was then passed as it came from
the committee heretofore published) by the
following vote: ~
j. AYEs.lMessrs. Akers, Bernard, Brown, Chase
Coleman, Cox, Crntchfeld, Dance, Davis, Dicker-
SON, Dyer, Echels, Ficklen, Fowler, Frazier. Fulton
Goode, Graves, Gray, Hall, Hanger, Hardesty K. N
Harrison, Healy, Henkel, r. d: James, w. T.James
Lowell, Luck. McCaull, McConnefb McCraw. Nc
Daniel. Mcfett, Moorman, Nelson, Oglesby, Pace
Parrish Ragand ss1yer
B: Taiiaferro. ". T. Taaferro. A. J: Taylor: WI:
liam TAYLOR. Van Lear, George Walker, W.. 81
NoEs.-Messrs. Anderson, Ashton. Bland; Bo-
FAR
Finncy, Fry, Green, Hamilton, II. 81. Harrison
Hunter, Lee, Moncure, Mnshback, Norton, Pitts +
3 Whitacre, Wilmer, Wright and Yonng-3s:
Motion to reconsider rejected.
RELIEF FOR TREASURER.
On motion Of Mr.. CRANK, House bill fol
relief of A. j. Parish, treasurer OF Abe
marie county, was taken up. 1t was to re-
lieye him of the payment OF about $4,000
lost bv the failure of Charlottesville bank
n was represented to the House by Messrs
FOWLER and ECHOLs that Mr.. Parish was
one of the best treasurers in the State; that
it was bis custom to remit to the Auditor a:
often as the Auditor wished, not awaiting
himself of the stated periods fixed. Thu:
he saved the State interest on money il
would otherwise have had to borrow Fur
thermore, it was stated that the law re
uuired The Board Of Supervisors to furnish
him with safe place to keep his money
He insisted that they should do it, but the!
failed. a. 20
MIR. MoFFETT also urged relief because
Mr.. Parish had been so liberal to the State
When the bank failed he promptly Dor
rowed and paid the money. The bill wa
unanimously reported from the Finance
Committee. e
MIR. STEVENS also spoke in favor Of thu
bill.
The bill was ordered to engrosssmen
| without division.
ADVANCED.
A number OF bills were ordered to en-
grossment.
TURTLES-FUN.
House bill to prevent the catching OF sea
| terrapins and turtles during the close sea
son was taken from the table on motion o
Mr.. HUNTER, the pending question beln!
an amendment of Mr.. MUsHBACK to 'inser
after turtles land mock-turtles."
Mr.. HUNTER made a very bumorou
speech in discussing 1.-THE grave question
| whether turtle Is game or fish. ne repre-
sented General TALIAFERRo as holding tn
latter opinion while he held the former, AM
begged the House to decide between them
and warned them that their constituent
would hold them to strict accountability
He asserted that down on the Potoma
they hunt for turtles with dogs; and he ap
nealed to the House to know if fish wer
ever hunted in that. way. Turtles, too, h
said. were sometimes seen hundred mile
| from water. "
Mr. j. H. ROBINSON: How far?
MIR. HUNTER: Say 150 miles.
He also took issue with the gentleman
from Gloucester about its being an amphi
bious animal, for the turtle would live 81!
months boxed. He told the story OF catch
ing terrapin in the mountains which b
| thought must be the oldest thing walking
as it had engraved upon its backs: T.
s.PARADIsE, ADAM YEAR l."
/ TGreat laughter.l BE. gave three reason
| for surprising that turtle isn't fish.
1. a fish hasn't legs; turtle has.
Q. "A fish isn't; hunted With dogs; a. tut
] tie ia. 49, f5.Tst< os.,9..
9. "A turtle has claws like wildcat or lion