The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-09
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Tlafrsy.Fonrth Day.
TUESDAY, January 8, 1878.
SENATE.
T,ieutenant- Governor w ALKER pres,eeaiIn;s'
PRAYER by Rev. George woodbridge, = y. -. w
81 the Monumental church. ,E.,,
Z House billsto amend and reenact Lns n ,.osu
section OF the charter OF the City OF . I'LL
mofd as amended By an act approves "a. ssi sa
20, 1915, was taken up, twice Ieau, anG G,.s
ferred to the Committee on Couhss, IVY Ivy
and Town Organic Lion.
81. RI g. ass CoMMIrTEg REPORTS.
MIR. spIrrER, from the: Commitlee on
General Laws, reported. with amename h.s'
senate bill to incorporate the virginia zen
eral Manufacturing and Shipping ffouuce
Company. Committed TO the Committee hoe
Courts Of Justice. ~ a,s
Senate bill to repeal sections o. ana DO OF
chapter 100 of the Code of 1873, relating 70
unlawful fishing, with the reeommen aation
that it do not pass.
Senate bill toamend and reenaet s Sec w
10 NJ cbapter 81 Of the Code. OF 1873 as
an, on ed nv nm act to amend and reenact
section 10 of chapter 81 OF the Code OF 1873,
in relation to contributing members OF vol
5IInteerj companies Of militia, approved
March 81, 1876. !.
House bill to. amend and reenact section
1 of an actor the protection of fish. In the
waters of the Commonwealth above tide
water. approved March 81, 1877. Referred
to the Committee on Fish and Game.
House bill 10 amend section Z on an act
for the protection Of game, approved March
%. 1877. Referred to the Committee on
Fish and Game. =,
Mr. OuEsENBERRY, from the Committee
on Public Institutions, reported bill to
provide for more onomical mode OF con-
veying convicts to the penitentiary.
b MIR. GRIMsLEY, from the Committee for
Courts of Justice, reported Senate resolu-
ton as to amending the 4th section OF az
ticle 10 Of the Constitution, In regard to
decisions OF the Court OF Appeals, with re-
quest that same be referred to Committee
on Constitutional Amendments.
Resolution as to whether the General AS
semblv can constitutionally issue and ne
eotiate new bonds to others than the pre-
sent creditors OF the. State, reported with
the opinion that the General Assembly can
issue new bonds under the Constitution OF
the State.
A resolution as to preventing collection
of illegal or constructive fees by clerks OF
courts and other officers. Reported mex
pedient to leeislate on the subject
Senate bill to repeal section OF chapter
146 OF the Code OF Virginia, in reference to
statute OF limitation, with the recommends
ton that it do not pass. J.t 2.r
BILLS, &C., PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. WoRTHAM: A bill to amend sec
ton Z OF. chapter 157 of the Code OF Vlr-
ginia so as to fix the place of holding the
Circuit Court Of Henrico county.
By Mr.. QuEsENBERRY: A bill to amend
and reGnact section IL OF an act to incorpo-
rate the Pinel Hospital, approved March p,
1876.
By Mr.. MASSEY: A bill to amend an act
approved March 80, 1877. imposing tax,
and prescribing the mode OF collecting the
same, on the privilege Of selling wine. ar
dent.spirits, or malt liquors within the linn, 7,
it's OF the Commonwealth for the support oil
Government end to pay the interest on the
public debt. ,
BY Mr.. PHLEGAR: A-bll to amend and re-
enact section7 OF chapter 115 Of the Code
OF Virginia, in reference to mechanics liens.
By same: A bill to authorize the erection
OF tol-gates on abandoned turnpikes.
By Mr.. koINER: a bill to provide for
consolidating the public debt and the pay
ment of the same rate Of interest on the
whole. 4.
BY Mr.. NUM-: A resolution providing
for an amendment to the Senate rules so as
to appoint Committee on Fish and Game.
Mr. ELLIOTT prcocntcd substitute pro-
viding for Special Committee on Fish
and Game; which was adopted.
BY Mr.. MURRAY: A resolution as to the
amount Of money it will take to meet the
claims OF such applicants as have not here
tofore been supplied with artificial limbs or
eyes, or Communication therefor.
BY Mr.. SMITH: A substitute for Senate
bill No. Is, Us amended, &c., TO fix the pay
OF members of the General Assembly. Or
dered to be printed.
By same: A bill to amend section Of an
act approved April 4, 1877, as to securing
certain rights to married women, &c.
BY Mr.. BROOKE: A resolution rs TO the
cxpediency Of imposing tax on the con-
sumption OF malt liquors, &C., so as to reach
tina. class Of dealers who import liquors
into the State, &c. f.sf.
By Mr.. WARD: A resolution rs to the eX-
pediency of so amending the law relating
TO the renting of land for year, or term of
whether so stipulated in express terms or
in by him during the year and growing
upon the land at the time the tenancy ter
inmates.
PROTECTION OF FISH.
When the Senate proceeded to consider
bills on the calendar, and the bill to amend
the fish law so as to exempt the streams
flowing into North Carolina from the pro-
visions of the act came up, Mr.. QUEsEN-
BERRY moved to commit the bill to the Spe-
cial Committee on Fish and Game just or
dered to be formed.
A lengthy discussion ensued, and the bill
was finally, on recorded vote, committed
to the Committee on Fish and Game-ayes,
80; noes, Z.
THE SPECIAL ORDER.
Senate bill prescribing the manner in
which public free-school funds shall be col
lected, and requiring them to be paid to the
credit of the literary fund'and used only
for public free-school purposes, being the
special order OF the day, was taken up and
discussed by Mr.. MASSEY, patron OF the bill.
(The bill, in substance, provides that the
tax for the support Of tine free schools, shall
be paid in money; not in coupons. 1t is,
in the opinion Of some senators, the first
step in the direction of forcible. reEdiust-
ment, and will be followed up with bill
providing that the license taxes shall also be
paid only in money, heretofore introduced
by Mr.. FuLKERsON. who also has bill to
raise taxes to. sixty cents on 500, which
shall he payable for fifty cents in currency.