The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-26
|IPNFgI ASI'I|l|BI on VIRGINIA.
Elei,sy third Day.
arospAY, February %, 1873 lsE|1:
SENATE.

j, number OF bills were reported t Il'oll
committees. :, Ia
I On motion OF Mr.. Ko1SEg, House joint
resoi,.tions fixing Tuesday as the day LOT
ne election Of circuit judges (Hnd Judge OF
ne Hastings Court, on motion OF MIR. IAN
sERl was taken up, amended 80 as to NIX
NOR Fridry next, and agreed to-.
mr.. KOryER moved to take up the resoiu-
t,on tying Wednesday as the day for tue
election Of Treasurer, Second Auditor, and
railroad Commissioner. Agreed to.
Mr. CHTLEs moved to amend by fixing
nnon Thursday at 1 P. NJ. as the time Tor
the election of these officers.
Mr.. HURT OF Pittsylyania moved to amend
the amendment by fixing upon Monday IN
place OF Thursday.
a motion to strike out Railroad Commits
sloner was rejected, and finally Saturday
was fixed as the time for the election OF the
officers named.
FROM THE GOVERNOR.
4 communication was received from the
Governor announcing the death Of Hon. A.
p, Guigon: which, on motion of Mr.. SPIT.
LER. was laid on the table aud ordered to be
printed.
OTHER MATTERS.
House Joint resolution continuing in office
the present Committee on Revision OF the
Criminal Laws was taken up and agreed to-
Senate bill authorizing and directing VIII.
liam E. Boisseau, sergeant OF the town Of
Danviile, to refund to E. n. Pace and Others
the amount paid by them on Jfer' tac'as
was passed.
Senate bill for the relief Of the heirs Of
James Bayne, late OF the firm OF BaYne d
Sons, OF Baltimore, was passed.
Senate bill to incorporate the James River
Valley Railroad Company was read, and
laid on the table and ordered to be printed
On motion of Mr.. HURT of Pittsylvania, the
case OF Coleman Us. Bliss
was taken up, the question being on agree
ing to the majority report declaring that G.
81. Bliss, the present occupant OF the seat,
is entitled to the same, &c. Passed by.
Bills were presented and referred as fol-
lows:
By Mr.. HARsToN: A bill for the relief OF
Thomas M. Carter, John j. Prichetf, and
others, sureties Of the sheriff OF Pittsylva.
mia county.
BY Mr.. DICKINSON: A bill to amend va.
rious sections of the Code in relation to the
establishment Of ferries in the county OF
Carroll.
By Mr.. TANNER: A bill to amend the law
authorizing the Board Of Supervisors to
hire convicts for the purpose of improving
the public roads in the county OF Henrico,
&c.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Senate Joint resolutions proposing amend
ments to the Constitution were taken up,
the question being on agreeing to the mo.
tion to indefinitely postpone the whole sub
ject.
The consideration OF the resolutions was
postponed, on motion of Mr.. QUEsENBERRY,
until Tuesday.
NIGHT SESSIONS.
Mr.. MoULToN presented a resolution fol
night sessions; which was agreed to.
THE AGRICULTURAL BILL.
The Senate next took up the bill for the
establishment OF an Agricultural Bureau,
&C.; which was considered until Z. NJ,
when the chair was vacated until 8 z. NJ.
Night Session.
The consideration OF Senate bill to estab-
lish a Department of Agriculture, Mining,
and Manufacturing for the State, &C., was
resumed.
Mr.. SPITLER moved to recommit the BILL
a motion to pass by having first been de-
feated. Agreed to.
A number OF bills were advanced upon
the calendar.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House was called to order ut II
O'Clock by the SPEAKER. Prayer by Rev
Mr.. Winchester, OF the Episcopal Church
The SPEAKER laid the following before
the House:
To the Honorable the House of Delegates
1t becomes my duty to give you oficia
notice Of the death Of Hon. Alexander B
Guigon, Judge OF the Hastings Court o.
Richmond city. This event makes gap j
will be hard to ELL. Few men in Virgini;
Of later times have passed away leaving {
fame so lasting and so wide.
Judge Guigon died in the prime OF hi:
manhood and usefulness. He was able, up
right, and fearless, and used his high office
to uphold and vindicate the laws.
Good laws alone do not make q thrifty OF
a happy State. Their dead letter must b,
made to live. This is, liz the main, thu
work that is given the judge to do. They
must be enforced by him with firm hanG
and brave and honest heart.
Such had Judge Guigon. For many ;
year his name and works will survive ir
the honor of his State, and a model to those
who follow him in the seat he so nobly
filled. Very respectfully,
FREDERICK w. NJ. HOLIDAY.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. WALLACE: A bill to authorize thu
Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmon
Railroad Company to extend its road, t
f0 ahop fo
By Mr.. COLEMAN: Petition OF the bar ant
people Of Mecklenburg in regard to th'
election Of Hon. A. D. Dickinson as judge
of the Third circuit.
BY Mr.. ATTKIssoN: A bill to amend anC
reenact the second section Of an act ap
proved March Is, 1875, entitled an act tt
amend and reenact the charter OF the Bank
of Manchester.
BY MIR. FICKLEN:
Resolued, That the Committee on Asylum
and Prisons inquire as to the expediency O
forming a Board OF Examiners, to be ap
pointed by the Governor, whose duty i
Shall be to investigate, at stated periods, tht
mental and physical condition OF the con
victs in the penitentiary, and to recommend
in proper cases pardon or Communication o.
punishment.
MONEY DUE REPOSITORIES.
In response to q resolution Of the House
the Auditor OF Public Accounts sent thu
House communication, saying:
The amount borrowed by the State during
the last fiscal year from the different State
repositories was 100000.
This amount was paid off in full during
the same year, so that there was nothing
due on the LIST of October, 1877.
Enlarging the scope OF the resolution
however, have to report that since the
commencement OF the present fiscal veal
there has been borrowed from the banks