The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-14


The House ries &c Il o'clock a. ID, Hon.
M ARSE AL IalHuER ID the chair.
sslEsENTEDl AND nErsaRED.
By ar. Lowell. Bill to amend the Code,
With reference to the compensation OF as
sf.ssors. &c..
By Mr. FHAzIER Bin appropriating to
The i,sa or spt,tilc free schools the claim OF
sgirginta against the United States Tor sad-
!yarsces made during the war OF 1S12.
BY Mr. BURGER !: House joint resolution
TO provide for the assessment OF property
For taxation for the year 1873. 20
BEpoRTED FRoa COMMITTEES. ~
sgourfs of Justice: House bill to amepd
tine Code 40 as to protect the right OF coun-
ties to roads across mili.dams. =,
Counties, Cities. and Towns: House DIS
TO amend an act incorporating the town OF
Grundy: to amend an act to provide ior
working md keeping in order the roads OF
the Commonwealth. ~,
Finance: House bill for the relief OF jonn
f.. Lewis and L. L. Lewis, executors OF % ..
II. Lewis, deceased. Is.
Roads, &C.: House bills to repeal an act
to empower The County Courts OF Essex and
Richmond counties to grant any person tue
right to establish ferry. across the Kappa
hammock river at Tappabannock; to author
ize the County Court Of Norfolk to reclaim
inarsh-land. II. es;1E
Mr.. STARKE offered the following; which
was referred to the Committee for Courts OF
Justice: ,s -
Resolued, That the Committee for Courts
OF Justice inquire what amendment, IL any,
Of the Jury laws can be made to secure more
effectuaIly such selections of jurors as Will
secure more effectually the admission OF
qualified citizens to jury service without
special regard to race or color, and report
as early as practicable by bill or otherwise.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE AUDITORS ANNUAL RE-
PORT. q, L = ..,a45
The following resolution, offered by Mr..
LOWELL, was adopted !: -. I'....
That the Superintendent Of Public Print
ing have the 1000 copies OF the last annual
reDort of the Auditor Of Public Accounts
which have been printed distributed to the
members of the General Assembly, and that
1000 copies OF the last annual report OF the
Second Auditor be printed for the use OF
the Houee. $50 '<'his't =.
RAILROAD CHARGES. g. 80 = !.
/; Mr.. HARvIE offered the following: :.
2 ResoLucd. That the Committee for Courts
Of Justice be, instructed to inquire into and
report whether or not the General Assem-
bly, has the power to modify the rates OF
transportation now charged by the several;
railroads in this Comm Referred.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND CONTRACTORS. n!
House bill 121, for the protection of the
institutions Of the State, public trusts aud
funds, was discussed, at some length, and
on motion of Mr.. ANDERSON was recommit-
ted with instruction . to bring In bill for.
bidding any director, trustee, or member OF
the Board Of Visitors, or employs OF any
public institution from contracting with
such institution in any panner, or from 1ur-
nishing supplies or performing any work
for said institutions" T.: 1-.sHt.G
The vote on the adoption of this instruc-
ton was as follows. g. '.r...' ri
AYEs.-Messrs, Anderson, Ashton. Barbour, Bo-
cock, Coghill, Cog, Crank, Dyer, Echols, Finney,
Frazier, Fulton Graves, Gray. Green, Hanger, Har-
vie, Healy, Henkel, Henson, Johnson. Jordan Low
ell, Luck, McCraw. Mcdaniel, Michie, Moncurs
Myers, Pitts. Puliam, Ragland, Ryland
Sandidge, Shannon, 4. Ii. Smith, Southwark. Sykes,
W B. Taiaterro, W. T. Taliaferro, William Taylor,
Wbitacre: T. NJ. White, Wilkinson, Wilmer, and
Young-62. 81 #.a. .f.. = b."
NoEs.a5Messrs. Adams, Akers. Bernard, Brown,
Dance. Davidson, Dickinson, Edmunds: Evans,
Fowler. Fry. FuIkerson. Goode. Grigshy Hail, Har-
Johnston, Kelly. Kyle: Lady, Me- abe, McC onnelI,
Mofrett, Mushbach. Norton Oglesby, Robinson.
y X s %nlns
Witten, and Wright-4I ....
CAPITOL OFFICES.
The House next considered House bill
No. 125, ''to repeal the 4th section OF an
act approved March u, 1878, in relation
to office hours OF certain officers and clerks
Of the State government" and ordered to
the following substitute re-
ported from the Committees on Finance and
on Officers and Offices at the Capitol-an |
OF Mr.. JOHNSTON OF Giles, to
provide for keeping in each office one clerk
from to P. NJ, having been rejected:
House bill No. 1875, to repeal the 4th sec
ton of an act approved Mdrch -, 1873,
in relation TO office hours of certain off,
GERS and CLERKS OF the State Government.
rPatron-Mr. Joseph Walker.l .'Gi II
1. BE it.enacted by the General Assembly,
That the 4th section Of an act approved
March -, 1878, entitled al act to amend and
reenact certain sections OF the Code Of 1873,
and certain, acts of Assembly amendatory
thereof and other acts of Assembly in rela-
ton to the salaries Of certain officers Of the
government and their employees, compensa-
ton of members and officers of the General
Assembly, mileage aud other allowances;
to define the salaries OF certain officers, and
to repeal chapter 1853 of the Acts Of 1874,
and section 81 Of chapter 16, and sections
2, 4. and 5 OF chapter 161, and sections 5,
Is, and "a of chapter Is Of the Code OF 1873,
be amended and reenacted so as to read as
eFt:s = s@ !u...-
81. The hours for transacting business in
the offices of the two Auditors, the Trea-
surer, the Secretary of, the Commonwealth,
the Register of the Land Office, the Super
intendent Of Public instruction. the Com
missioner Of Agriculture, and the Commits
sioner OF Railroads, shall be from 8 in the
morning until In the afternoon, between
the 1st day Of April and the 1st2dGy of No
yember, and from 9 in the morning until
in the afternoon during the rest OF the
year. - djlr. .auciig.ao1 nI--..t2
g.. All other acts and parts Of acts in con-
flict with this act are hereby repealed. Il
8. This act shall betin force from its pas
sage. g 10 1t3T ,.H il: i.ET''a! Et.,' 81 1fh Il
= CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. II /
At 1 O'Clock Mr.. BoHANAs in the chair
the House proceeded to the consideration
Of the first special order, the proposed con-
stitutional amendments. AK Iae :r5i.9a
Mr.. TALIAFERR0 of Gloucester moved to
amend by providing that the voting be viUa
Uoce. The resolutions as proposed by the
committee leave the whole subject to the
discretion of the General Assembly. Dir.
TALIAFERRo, addressed the House at length
on the subject. He Is against a convention
Mr.. ROBINSON did not want the Uiud-roce
system until his section is redeemed from
the thraldom Of the Federal Government.
Those under the influence Of the Federal
Government-in his section numbering
thousands-Would not be able to vote their