The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-31
st a fhe Commonly ealsh on account oil q
Delinquent tax.s ~
q. Ii.EssASorHERs n,gsT.srATEMESTwANTED.

49,
The whole Indebtedness Of the State OF eYir-
gfrifa upon all accounts and to whomsoeVer;
both the. fsdebt proper" and the debt inclu-
,tye OF the default to the school fund, the
Miller fund, the sinking fund, the literary
fund, the charitable institutions OF the State,
and for borrowed money and oil arrearages
and obligations OF the State OF Virginia
which swell her public debt.
s easel Il. LEAVE. slls2
Indefinite leave Of absence was granted
Mr.ATTKIssoN. ,5..ts
s5if THE TELESCOPE. ~ III.
Mr..LADY presented a correspondence n
relation to the Nice ormick telescope, Whicn,
on his motion, was ordered to be printed
with the memorial OF the University OF
Virginia on the same subject. e2.'
II PRESENTED AND REFERRED. - ~ y, !
nv Mr.. iF1cKLEN: Bill to amend the
charter OF the Straight-Shoot Railroad
Company to change its mime 70 the Rlcn'
mond and Allegheny Railroad Company
and to extend its limits. 50
By Mr.. WALKER Of Northumberland
Bill in relation to threats and bribery a
elections
By MIR. SHELBURNE Resolution as te
amending the Constitution so that the chill
drer, of the State between the ages OF sever
and twenty-one years shall constitute thu
basis of the division OF the school fund:
among the people in each school district o.
the State instead Of the children between
the ages of five and twenty-one.
By Mr.. LOWELL: Remonstrance OF A. II
Mcdonald, A. Moore, Jr., 3. c. Taylor
and William c. Morgan, members OF the bal
OF Clarke county, against the consolidation
OF the Twelfth and Eighteenth judicial cir
cults.
BY the same: Two other remonstrance:
from Giles Cook, Moses Walton, and other:
on the same subject. -
Bv Mr.. POWELL: Petition OF the citizen:
of Fredericksburg asking that the law reg
ulating sample-merchants be amended.
BY Mr.. HEAEY: Bill authorizing the
Board OF Supervisors Of Middlesex county
to levy and collect and to invest certain
school funds in Middlesex county.
= BY Mr.. BERNARD Bill to amend and re
enact section / OF an act entitled can ac
to extend the time for repairing and re-
building mills and machinery burned du
ring the war: approved April 80, 1874
BY Mr.. WEARING: Bill to incorporate The
Essex Cemetery Company.
By Mr.. SHELBURNE Resolution rs to i'm
proving qualification Of school-teachers.
BY same: Resolution as to making ability
TO read and write qualification to vote tt
all persons born after January l, 1875.
BY Mr.. JOHNSTON of Giles: Bill TO amend
the Constitution as to granting charters o.
incorporation.
BY Mr.. McCAUIL: Petition of the citizens
of Wytheville to amend the charter OF thu
town OF Wytheville, so as to make the law:
in regard to the sale of liquor conform t
the general laws Of the Commonwealth.
BY Mr.. WARfSG: Bill to incorporate the
Rappahannock Freednlen's Cemetery Com
panv.
section of chapter 20 oil. the Code, in re!a'
ton to the duty Of city councils to make
appropriations for school purposes. An
important cbange-as propoSed.]
By Mr.. PULLIAM: Bill to amend an act
entitled an act to amend section IS Of chap
ter rs OF the Code OF 1878, in regard to adj.
mission TO the public free schools, approved
January 90, 1877. [Requiring prepayment Of
poll-taN by the pupils father.] ,.-..
MISUNDERSTANDING COMPANIES. Fri
Mr.. FOWLER moved to reconsider tho
vote on the engrossment OF House bill No.
20. in reference to insurance companies
deposits at the Treasury.
He indicated his purpose to have struck
out OF the bill the provision ladepted on
motion of Dir. PULLIABD requiring deposits
OF foreign marine companies.
Mr.. w. L. TALIAFERRo spoke for and
Mr.. PULLIAM against the reconsideration.
The vote was recansidered and the bill
passed by.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
To incorporate the Rappahannock Homo
Mutual Fire-Insurance Company.
To amend road law.
To incorporate the corporation of St.
Georges Hospital, for the United States
and Canada.
To amend section OF chapter 102 Of the
Code, granting rewards for killing panthers,
wolves. DC.
To authorize the Board Of Supervisors Of
Princess Anne county to increase the salary
of the county judge.
Amending law dispensing with next
friend for women in suits for divorce.
70 prevent insurance companies and
other insurers from printing the conditions
and other restrictive conditions of their
policies in small type.
ors.
:: TIE INTEREST on THE DEBT.
Mr.. HARRISON Of Sussex offered the fol.
lowing:
HesolUed, AS the sense of this House, that
the rate of taxation upon real and personal
property should be increased 10 such an eX-
tent as will enable the Commonwealth to
pay the interest ut the rate OF six per cent.
upon its debt.
Mr.. HARRISON asked that the House refuse
to refer the resolution, so that the House
might pass upon it in advance of the con.
sideration Of the taX-bill. He would then
call for the ayes and noes on It's passage, so
that gentlemen might put themselves upon
the record. The House refused to refer
ayes, 35; noes, Son division.
Mr. FOWLER demanded the pending ques-
ton.
Mr.. ANDERSON protested that that was not
fair.
Mr.. HANGER also insisted that they should
not be cut off from explanations in this
way.
Mr. FOWLER withdrew his motion.
General ANDERSON explained his position
ON the debt question, and expressed his
readiness to vote for an increase OF taxation
il found absolutely necessary.
Mr.. HANGER did not intend to be drawn
into discussion OF the debt question OH
any side-issuc. The extraordinary specta-
Gle is presented Of resolution being Of
Tered by gentleman who, to Judge from
his previous utteranees on this subject,
does not intend to vote for it himself. We
nave been engaged for the past two months
in ascertaining the exact amount OF the
public debt and the revenues applicable
thereto derived from the present rate of
taxation. After that is done-after having
his convictians ON the subject II the resn-