The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-19

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Of The said building or other property, or
his agent. byi the pefsOn making the afli-
davlt. The said sub contractor or other
person who hiss furnished labor, materials,
or labor and materials, re aforesaid, shall
have lien from the time said account,
statement, and affidavit is Hled as aiore-
said upon said building or other property !;
and from the date OF said fling sll persons
shall be deemed TO have notice thereof.
| IL shall be the duty OF the clerk In whose
office such account. statement, and affidavit
shall be filed, as hereiubefore provided, 10
record the samein book kept for that pur-
pose. as Pre- scribed in the preceding sec
tiOn.1
o. II the person who shall cause such
building to be erected or repaired owns less
than fee-simple estate IN such .and, then
only his interest therein shall be subject to
said liens. The liens created by this act
shall be preferred TO every other lien
or encumbrance which shall have attached
upon said property subsequent to the
time at which the work was commenced or
the materials furnished, and no incurn-
brance upon the land created after the
making of the contract for T. e erection Of A
building upon such land shall operate upon
the building erected until The len 10 favor
OF the person doing the work or furnishing
materials shall have been satisfied. No pro-
perty upon which the lien or liens given by
this chapter has or have been claimed shall
be claimed or set apart as homestead eX-
emption as against said lien or liens.l
9. This act shall be in force from its
passage.
PENITENTIARY CONvICTS AT GRANITE.
The following bill was presented to the
House yesterday by Mr.. Frazier, and re-
ferred 10 the Committee on ASylums and
Prisons:
BE it enacted By the General assembly Of
Virginia. That the Governor is hereby en-
powered and instructed 10 contract with
Messrs. Mason, Shanahan & HOge for the
hire Of the convicts now in the employ OF
the Granite Company, near Richmond, upon
the following terms-to wit: The said
Messrs. Mason, Shanahan d lloge to feed,
clothe, and house the cOnvicts, and pay the
State the sum Of thirty-ive cents per day
for each convict for every day actually em-
plOyed; the labor performed by said con-
yicis TO be certified. under Oath, by said
Mason, Shanaban Il Hoge, or their author
lied agent. and to be approved by the State
physician in charge OF said cOnvicts at the
end OF each month.
.. BE IL further enacted, That the Gov
ernor is hereby instructed to take from
the said Mason, ShanahaE Hose their
| bond, with ample security, for their faith
| iul performance OF said contract.
8. Be II further enacted, That the afore-
said cOnvicIS, whilst in the employ of sald
! Mason. Shanahan Il IIoge, shall at all times
be under the direct supervision OF the SUI
perintcndcnt OF the Penitentiary rs to the
manner Of the treatment OF said coDvlctS,
/ including their diet, clothing, housing, &c.
! 4. PrOUidcd, That this act shall not inter
| fere with contracts with any internal lm'
provement company heretofore made.
). All acts and parts OF acts In conflict
with This act are hereby repealed.
! 6. This act shall be in force from lis pas
sage.
TWENTY-FIVE CHILDREN.
Mr.. Duff Green yesterday presented pc
tition from j. VI. Taliaierro, OF Stafford,
pIaying that legislation be had to enable
him to realize from property in which he
holds a ife-eState, and which is TO pass from
him to his children. Mr.. TaliaferrO repre-
sentS that he has twenty-five children born
TO him, and that eight OF them are now Gin
fants." Referred.
Personal EXPLANATION.
Mr.. Linkenhoker, of Botetourt, ye>ter
day rose to personal explanation in the
House and read from a local column OF The
Commonwealth the following:
" a REApJCsTER's IDEA or A POsT-OF'
FICE.-It is said on good authority, thai
Mr. Hnkenhoker, OF the House OF Dele
gates, has been in the habit for some time
OF deposting his mail in the water-plug in
l.Ieo off ho al hnilIinfr 1p6pr tl(
impression that it was letter-bOX. The
answers were not received as punctuaII>
as he desired, and he has therefore adopted
the 'Funder' way OF mailing his letters .
Mr.. Linkenhoker: Now, all have 10 say
is that the gentleman who wrote this may
have intended little fun. have to say
that he is liar, and | hold myself indi
viduaIly responsible for what | say in shape
aud anywhere.
DEBT BILL, &c.
The Senate Yesterday recOusidered The
vote by which the Riddebergrr debt bil
was engrossed. The bill was pending wher
the senate adjourned.
The House Committee on Counties. Cities
and Towns will at 10 o'clock this mOrnins
bear further argument in reference to IN,
Richmond charter.
Both houses have passed bill apprO
prialing $4,000 for additional accOmmoda
tions at the Central (colored) Lunati'
Asylum.
The bill intended TO pave Tie way f0l
the removal OF the present officers OF th'
penitentiary has been enrolled and vii
now 20 TO the Governor
Mr.. Chamberlaync yesterday introduced
a bill TO repeal the recent act (obt1ineC
through the efforts OF The friends OF th'
American Union Telegraph Company in
regard to the construction OF telegraphi'
lines in Virginia. He also introduced bill
to allow the HOwitzerS to change their uni
form.
The Blacksburg College investigation
will be resumed before a House committee
tomorrow.
Speaker Lacy does his best 70 keep order
in the House, but members move about ant
talk so much he fiuds it a difficult task in