The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-14

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'oy Sssotned. That The said committee hs fur.
ther Instructed to inquire into and !ep ~
hv whom and under what authority tne
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al whether utf1eilcost sof theep uDlsallySh
thereof, or apyspart Sof the costof saln DE- ~
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teon,,s of said, publication; and atnas 1s .as.
aid gcnmn,ittee he authorized 10 EsenaolIoarr
nersons and papers, r'atfY =,
/ Adonted ard referred to- the Gommi " e
lnnI Educafion., fYaiie sa0T 81 h2a, Y Is Is
basa lseIpsesssTsp a3SD nEFEgRED. sa e 8
tIf4spv M I,.ssiisI NJ emnoria1 ID Congress 20
HepeaI tax on circulation, stock pna ospotsai's
Eph sss SsnNs DANIEL: Il resolution to print
ssfsstfnfcny taken before the comhmit.ee ~
EnYsStigate affairs 81 the Upper ApPsonmihseesVA
CONTRARY. Agreed to. &! .,.a:...,....
o fRy ~ cairEs IA resolution instrueting
l,h ) 4 SosSmiffeg On Privileges a1d Elections
~ 5nSs,ire info the physical ondtion q cue
s Il s. rms. &c. greed to y.c;.
m siS HUrr OF !lPittsyl yalia: a Dill %
fineorborate Gle Marble and M nj
49, 49,, sEaa5 .;aL sIts' =. =,
sy ~ NJ SMITH: K Joint resolution in
fafriicfinR the Board OF Pubic W OTIS: "
t ~ siriG1Iiaes concerning the: eondtlon
and relations OF the Atlantic, MISSISSIPPI
and Ohio Railroad Com pany ana tue T St;r
; and Petersburg, the Southslde, ana fH-
ginia and Tennessee Railroad companies,
and to take steps to asceI tain the rights ana
Interests OF creditors and stockhoiders 10
said railroad companies. including those Oh
the. Commonwealtb. ORDERED 10 DC printeu:
nv Mr. -FuIKsRsoN: A bill to amend and
rosnoct sections Al and 40 OF chapter 81 OF
the Code of 1873, concerning the rights and
dnties or purchasers of works OF INTERNAL
Improvement companies.
Adjourned. "a,
- HOUSE OF DELEGATES .,sg.
The SPEAKER in the chair.
MIR. John Bell Bigger, the clerk OF the
House, being sick, the duties were per
formed by Messrs. Carter and Ayres. The
hall was not very comfortably heated.
h REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES.
House bills To repeal an act TO create a
railroad commissioner for the State OF Vir-
cinia, and to define his duties, approved
March 81, 1871; to repeal an act entitled an
act to establish department of agriculture,
mining, and manufacturing for the State,
approved March 80. 1877; for the relief OF
JOSEPH Wyche, OF Brunswick; to refund to
&c. M. Addison. agent, certain taxes errc-
neouslY assessed against him aud paid hy
him: to reduce the commissioners OF the
revenue for the county OF Loudoun; proVl-
ding for submitting the question Of liquor
licenses or no liquor license to The qualllcd
voters OF Fairfax county at the first election
for district officers, and at every subsequent
election for district officers; to levy tax IN
the city OF Danville; to prescribe the times
for holding the terms OF the Circuit Courts
in the Fifteenth judicial circuit; to autho-
rize the principal Of the High School OF JET
fersonville, Va, to confer certificates OF dis
tinction. ...,.-
Senate bill authorizing the committees to
which was referred Senate bill 90 to per-
NIT counsel for claimants to said land occu-
pied by the Central Lupatic Asylum TO ap-
pear before them without paying the tax
required BY law OF counsel appearing before
legislative committees. e.
r. ;r;alg = CANAL INDEBTEDNESS. y Z.
On motion OF Mr. STEVENS, f = T..
Resolued, That the Committee on Roads
and Internal Navigation be instructed to as
certain and report to this House the amount
of indebtednesssiof the James River and
KanaWha Company secured BY mort gages
|linonsits pr0peTfY lthorized 10 be thus Sc
cured by acts or the General Assembly, and
to what extent the State has been secured
for money loaned said company, and what
portions thereof are embraced in the first
and second mortgages executed by sald
company. ...t.......-.. ...g
Resolved. That said committee also report
whether the provisions OF the act OF the
General Assembly passed the 23d OF March,
1860, entitled g IAN act to amend the charter
of the James River and Kanawha Com
pany," have been complied with or not;
and il complied with, lohaT, and especially
whether the aforesaid relieving the secured
lien Of the State for an equal amount OF pre-
ferred stock Injured to the benefit Of the
lien-holders other than the State under said
mortgages; and upon this latter subject
they may obtain the opinion OF the Attorney
General and file the same with their report.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED WITHOUT READING.
l. BY Mr.. HENRY A bill to amend the fifth
section OF chapter 1874 OF the Code OF 1873,
as to how iudgment-d debtor may be COM
nelled to discover and surrender his estate.
By Mr.. CARTER OF Loudoun: A bill to
amend and reenact section 8 OF chapter lS2
OF Code of 1873, In relation to the iurisdlc-
ton OF equity to enforce iudgment-liens.
By Mr., rHARDEsTY: A bill to amend and
reenact section Of chapter 46 OF the Code
Ut 1873, with reference 10 bonds OF treas
urers Of counties.
By Mr.. ALLEN: A bill to authorize the
County Court to release g. S. Meem from
payment OF district road.tax in Shenandoah
county. r, .~- 1t - q. q"
BY Mr.. KYLE: .- ..ssa ~-"
Resolved, That the Committee Of Finance
inquire into the eXpediency OF allowing tax
PAYERS to consolidate in buying coupons to
pay taxes. = sE. ...-
| By Mr.. ROBINSON of Norfolk A bill to
incorporate the Relief Society for the Poor
| of the Cumberland-Stree Methodist Episco-
pal Church South, of Norfolk, Va, and to
provide home for the same. ;3 .-..as
BY Mr.fWALKER Of Northumberland: A
bill to provide for the reVisal OF the civil
Code OF this Commonwealth. ..
By Mr.. KYLE: ..s..n-- ,is;>. .. =.
Resolved, That the Committee for Courts
of Justice inquire into the constitutionality
of either branch OF the General Assembly
to make an appropriation without the con-
currence Of both branches.
BY Mr.. ALLEN: A bill to provide for the
j erection of suitable shoots for the passage
OF fish by the owners Of mill-dams across
the north branch OF the, Shenandoah river.
| BY Mr.. ASHTON: A bill for, the relief OF
| William B. &. Price, OF King George county,
from erroneous assessment.
BY Mr.. SHkNNoN;:iA bill to provide for
working and. repairing the roads land
bridges in the county OF Smyth.' -}3h.:
I,y. BY Mr.. FuL1oN A biilto incorporate the
i Virginia iand iStatesYille Nrrow-Ganse
i Railroad Company 3Iliid }e21 .'':i shi !.