The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-03-12
.GEN ASSEMBLY Or Virginia II
Sinet y.seye Day. Day,

VIst Observation-Disclosures VI '1 Eess1
Nfnety.seyents Day. se
SENATE.
MryDAY, March II. 1879
sIientenant-G Governor Nv WALKER presiding.
a number OF House amendments 10 sen
ate bills were agreed to.
Several Senate bills were ordered 20 5pe
engrossed.
| PASSED. ~
House bill TO incorporate the Mount YER
NON Friendly Aid Society OF HallfaI county.
House bill to authorize the bluefh .lIi
Baptist church, in Orange county, 10 sen
| their church property and invest Tue PRIV
ceeds in new church.
| House bill to fix the time for holding the
courts in the Fourteenth judicial circuit.
senate bill allowing further time to W..
II. Field. treasurer of Dinwiddie county, TO
make his return Of delinquents and insol-
vents.
| Senate bin to provide for the organization
~ fire companies in counties and incorpo-
rated villages.
Senate Bin to repeal the act approved
January 20, 1873, to allow the Artillery
| Grays of Petersburg to use certain prlck
belonging to the Commonwealth. ,{
| Senate bill to amend the law 80 as to pro
hibit county judges from practicing law IN
their own courts.
Senate bill to provide for reassessment
OF the Jordan Rockbridge Alum Springs,
and to refund taxes enormously assessed.
SUPERVISOR OF THE REVENUE.
Senate bill to provide for the appointment
OF supervisor OF the revenue OF the State
IA detective who shall spy out the delin,
Quencies of taxpayers was taken up ana
/ defeated-ayes, 8; noes, "a.
MIR. JOHNSON moved to reconsider the vote
by which the bill had been rejected, in or
der that it might be laid on the table and
recast by its friends.
The motion to reconsider was lost-ayes,
10; noes, 10.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Senate bill to amend the act to establish a
department of agriculture, mining, ana
manufacturing for the State, was defeated
ayes, 1S; noes, 6.
Mr. BLAND moved to reconsider the vote
by which the bill was defeated. Agreed to.
The bill was then read by che clerk, ana
passed-ayes, %; noes, ..
THE CRIMINAL LAWS.
General ECHoLs communicated to the
Senate the passage by the House OF the bill
to amend the criminal laws, with certain
amendments. ~.
bill now goes to the Governor.
Mr.. PHLEGR presented JOINT resolution
looking to separate index in the Acts III
this criminal code. Agreed to.
THE CONVENTION BILL.
Mr.. FULKERsoN moved to take up the bill
communicated this morning from the House
of Delegates calling convention.
Mr.. KoINER opposed the motion to take
up. He desired the bill to go to commit
tee.
Mr.. FULKERsoN said that he thought il
would be useless to refer the bill. 1t was
simple matter and could be disposed OF at
once.
MIR. JOHNSON, OF Richmond, moved to III
definitely postpone the bill.
The rule requiring the reference OF the
bill to a committee was suspended.
Mr.. SMITH spoke in favor OF postponing
the bill indefinitely.
Mr.. KOINER favored poStponement, char.
acterized it as bill to revolutionize the
government, and called for the reading OF
the last section of the bill to let the Senate
see what its scope is.
Mr.. MASSEY favored the bill, and said ii
was only intended to provide for submit
ting the question to the qualified voters OF
the State at the next election, and the Legis-
lature next winter will be called upon to take
further action in the premises. He thought
the time had come when the people should
decide questions which are apparently at
deadlock by reason Of the fact that one
department OF the government has been
thwarted in its action by the action OF
another.
Mr.. PAUL advocated the passage OF the
j bill as q right-a poor privilege which the
people of the State had.
At 9 O'Clock Mr.. BLAND demanded the
pending question; which was not sustained.
MI. HURT OF Halifax opposed the bill,
and called the attention OF the Senate to the
unfortunate position that the Southside and
Underwater districts would be placed in if a
convention was called.
Mr.. FULKERsoN favored a convention,
and said that the people would be fully JUS
titled in expanding even million of dollars
If they could throw Oft the yoke that is now
upon them.
Mr.. FULKERSoN then went on to speak
about the funding bill, the public debt, &c.
He thought the people ought to be called
together. If they are not, we will see be-
fore the end Of this year such trouble and
DIr. CHGLEs, of Manchester, argued in OPP
position to calling a convention. He did
not know that any good could be obtained
by a convention.
Mr.. BLAND Gnterruptins) said that one
object they desired to attain would be The
getting rid OF the Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, and Court of Appeals.
Mr.. DANIEL spoke next in opposition to
| calling convention.
At 3 o'clock the pending question was
called by Mr.. GRIFFIN, and the motion OF
Mr.. JOHNSON to indefinitely postpone the
whole subject was agreed to by the follow
ing recorded vote
| AYEs.-Messrs. Belts. Bland, Brooke. Daniel.
| Gayle. Griffin Hurt of Halifax. Hurt OF Pittsylva-
! MIA, Johnson. Koiner, Lee. Marshall, S1oulton,
| Murray, Phlcear, Sherrard Smith, Tanner, Tyler,
| WalStOn, and Wortham-2l.
NoEs-Nlcssrs. Bliss, Elliott. Fulkerson, Hinton,
Massey. Paul, Splitter. and Woods.
| Mr.. GOODE, who would have voted "No !"
under instructions, said he had paired with
Mr.. NUM-, who would have voted " Aye"
| Recess.
Night Session.
| The chair was resumed at z. II.
PASSED.
| House bill to amend and recnact para
graph OF section 16 OF chapter II OF the
| Code OF 1873, in relation to the number OF