The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-22

,atersbure asIroad was taken U ana
,assed r1nSer suspension OK the Tsse es.;,
Z IN motion So9 Mfr. EHILEs, Senate Oh. 70
mend sectionIa of chapter 11s OF the .Sodest
o provide charter for. the city o. .s MAJ
chester, WINS taken up and passed nnuei 4
suspension OF the rules. 800 bii,
On motion or Dir. HAIRsT0S, Se Ii..,., III,
% incorporate the Franklin ana flttsylsa,
min Railroad Company was taken up anu
Passed under q suspension OF the inass' ,,;,,
On motion OF Mr. GooDE, senate IN, p,s
confirming the sale OF certain iot q ,anh
purchased by the BoYdton Baptist cnuiS
was taken up and passed under q suspen7
sion OF the rules. $3.50. ,,;,i 70
nroytde for q new registration foAthe CITY
It It Stanton was passed under SUSPENSION
Of the rules. eto h;1l
: On motion OF Mr.. WATSON. Senate Dil!
70 authorize the sale Of Zion baltlht
church. In Accomac county, &c., was takeh
nm and passed under suspension Oh inc
rules ,..,,
ON motion OF Mr.. PHLEGAR, Senate bill
to authorize Mrs. Harriet n. Dunn to Goa.
yey real estate was taken up ana passed
under a suspension of the rules.
On motion OF Mr.. GAYLE, Senate bill to
amend section Of chapter 14S OF the Code
was passed under suspension OF the rules.
THE BOARD TO RE0RGANIZE THE BASEMENT
OFFICES.
On motion OF Mr.. KoINER, it was ordered
that the report Of the special commission
on revision of the financial system OF the
State, &C., be referred to the Committee OF
Finance for report, DC.
THE APPoRTIoNslENT BILL.
y Pending the consideration OF the appor-
tionment bill the Senate recessed until
P. NJ.
Night Session.
The chair was resumed at O'Clock P. NJ.
The unfinished business Of the morning
session-the reapportionment bill-came
up, the question being on agreeing TO Mr..
MAssEY:s motion to transpose in the bill the
Seventeenth for the Sixteenth senatorial
district.
Mr.. HINTON moved to pass by. Lost.
The question on agreeing to Mr.. MAS
sEY's motion to transpose the seventeenth
for the Sixteenth senatorial district was re-
iected-ayes, 5; noes, %.
Mr.. Bland moved that the clerk OF the
Senate shall write the word :" odd" on
twenty, and seven" on nineteen slips OF
paper-and fold them Of uniform size-ive
of those bearing &c even" shall be placed in
a hat and we'll shaken. The clerk shall
then call the districts, in the order named
in the bill now under consideration, and
as each district is called a page shall draw
one paper from the hat, which shall deter
mine whether the district called shall be
seven" or "odd." When ten districts
are called, ten other papers, five "odd " and
five "even," shall be placed in the bat and
drawn as beforehand then another ten.
When thirty districts have been disposed
Of, nine papers, five "odd" and four
"even," shall be placed in the hat and
drawn as before provided. Each district
shall be odd or even, as determined by the
drawing.
Mr.. SPITLER moved, as an amendment to
NIr. BLAND'S resolution, that the clerk OF
the Senate be directed to place in 4 hat
two tickets, numbered respectively, No.
and No. 2, and that he shall then be di-
rected to draw for the district composed
Of the counties Of Scott, Lee and Wise, and
il said district shall draw ticket marked
oNo. II then the number to remain ms
now in the bill, but should said district
draw No. 9, then the number Of said dis
trict shall be the reverse OF that in the
bill. Lost.
Mr.. BLAND'S resolution was adopted, and
the clerk prepared the slips in accordance
with the resolution. These slips were
placed in hat and drawn out by page.
Messrs. HINTON and PHLEGAR were appoint
ed by the CHAIR to examine them rs they
were drawn out.
The bill was reac third time and passed.
A motion to reconsider was lost.
Adjourned. .,
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House was called to order at II
O'Clock by Speaker ALLEN.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
By Mr.. GRAVES: A bill to amend and re-
enact the LIST section of an act to appropri-
ate certain sum annually to the University
OF Virginia. M .l......
BY Mr.. HENRY: ~
RESOLVED, That the Committee for Courts
Of Justice inquire and report as to the right
Of the State to refuse to issue coupon bonds
in lieu Of registered bonds, under the act
of March 80, 1871, and uice versa and If,
in their opinion, the State has right to re-
fuse such issue or to restrict the right of
creditors in reference thereto, then to re-
port bill for the protection OF the Com
monwcalth as to such unissued bonds and
coupons as may be now in the Treasury. The
said committee is also instructed to report
bill to protect the Commonwealth from
the reissue of the bonds and coupons once
issued and since returned to the Treasury
and not destroyed.
By Mr.. HARRISON OF Sussex: A bill to re-
peal an act entitled an act to abate the rigors
Of the fence law on the line Of two coun-
ties, one only of which has adopted its pro-
visions, approved January 20, 1873.
BY Mr.. KYLE: A bill to amend and re-
enact sections u, 10, II, and Is OF chapter
81 of the Code Of 1873, in relation to the es-
tablishment of ferries.
TO LEAVE OF ABSENCE
was granted Messrs. PARRISH two days.
KEYsER six days, CLARKE and MCCONNELL
Indefinite.
-,.. ELECTION OF JUDGES.
Mr.. WALKER OF Northumberland offered
the following joint resolution:
Resolued {the Senate concurring), That
the General Assembly will, on Tuesday next
at P. NJ, proceed to elect circuit judges
of the State, beginning atthe First circuit,
and proceeding in numerical order until all
are elected. Agreed to.
s COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
The SPEAKER laid before the House COM
munication from the Superintendent Of
Public instruction in response to resolu-
ton instructing him to report to the Gene
raj Assembly the salaries paid by the State
and from local funds to the county super
intendents Of schools. The report shows
that the total amount paid for salaries is
$50, 800; incidental expenses, $6,701.23
Average to each superintendent. $351.47;
incidental expenses, $70.53. The Superin-
tendent, in foot note, says: "In the ac-