The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-19
GENERAL ASSEMBLY or VIRGINIA.
"WEDNESDAY, February Is, 1884,
SENATE.

Mr.. FuLxERsoS presented resolution 20
amend the goth Rule OF the Senate so as 10
expedite business by providing tnat tn'ee
members 81 committee or majority Oh
less than five shall constitute quorum ior
business. Adopted.
Mfr. MURRAY, from the Committee on
County, City, and Town organizations. io
ported a bill to amend the Code I'm relation
10 turnpike roads. Calendar.
Mr.THuRslN's resolution, introduced yes
terday, TO consider public before plWa'e
bills. and 10 stick to the calendar, was taken
up and agreed 10. ..,ao
Mr.. WALKER presented bill to provide
for the manufacture Of artificial limos ~ tue
penitcniiary, &c. Referred.
Mr.. FuIKERSoN presented bill TO amend
section q Of an act TO incorporate the Rlch-
mond and Southwestern Railway Company.
Referred. A.
By Mr.. FIyxEY: A bill TO authorize the
Adiutant-General TO furnish certain arms 10
the citizens OF Accomac and Northampton
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
House bill to prevent non-residepts from
taking fish from the waters OF virginia.
House bill to incorporate the Seaooaru
Manufacturing Company. ,,,
To incorporate the trustees OF the MN,
wood Lodge OF Independent order oil Good
Templars. ua
TO Incorporate Lodge No. /, Love ana
Charity. of Princess Anne county, va.
To authorize the trustees OF the churcnes
In I.Ie OF Wight county circuit 10 Dorro"
money.
no confirm the donation OF tract OF
land by the town OF Charlottesyille 10 the
Chesapeake and Olio Railway Company, &c
To authorize the trustees OF the African
Episcopal Zion church, OF Petersburg, 10
borrow money.
TO Incorporate the Richmond Stove Com
pany.
10 amend the charter Of the Albemarle
Home Mutual Fire-Insurancc Company.
To amend the Code (section OF chapter
1921 in relation to copies OF records, &C, as
evidence. Sc.
For the relief OF John A. Brooks, OF Hen
rico county.
To repeal section 1 OF an act for the pro-
lection OF fish in Roanoke river ana It's
tributaries.
To change the boundary line between
the counties OF Giles and Craig.
TO amend the charter OF the town OF Lo-
yettsyille, in the county OF Loudoun.
For the protection OF mechanics by giving
them a lien on the articles repaired.
To amend the charter OF the Dan Nalley
and Yadkin Narrow-Gauge Railroad Com
pany.
REJECTED-PASSED BY.
House bill to amend the code in relation
TO h0rse-racng. Rejected.
House bill to tax rail- oad' in certain cases
for county and school purposes. Passed by.
Senate bill 10 authorize the james River
and Kanawha Company to construct rail-
road, in whole or in part, on the line OF the
canal, &C., was passed by.
RECOMMITTED.
Senate bill to appropriate certain sum
annually to the University OF Virginia. &C.,
was taken uD, on motion OF Mr.. EARLY, and
recOmmitted.
Personal.
On motion OF Mr.. RIDDLEBERGER, Mr..
MATTHEW was added to the Committee on
Finauce.
THE OYSTER BILL.
Senate bill to prohibit the catching OF
oysters with drcdges or any other :n,tru-
ment other than longs, &c. was taken up
and passed, and communicated to the House
by Mr.. CANNON.
THE DEBT BILL.
Senate cngrossed bill to ree'tablish the
public credit came up as the special order.
Mfr. FULKERsOY moved TO reconsider the
vote by which the bill had been engrOsSed
and ordered TO be read third time. Agreed
TO on.rec0rded vote-ayes. II; noes, ID.
Mr.. SMITH of Nelson moved 10 reconsider
the vote by which Mr.. FCLKERsoN's amend
ment was rejected on yesterday.
Mr.. FULKERsON advocated his amend
ment, and so did Mr.. WALKER.
Mr.. RIDDLEBERGER spoke IN opposition
TO the amendment, and said he hoped 1t
would he the pleasure OF the Senate not to
reconsider.
A lively debate followed.
Mr.. EIDDLEBEIGER said that he didn't
wart the Senator from Washington to be
putting a stump-Speech into the bill. lie
also said something about demagOgry and
the desire to overdO the thing.
Mr.. FULKERsON said he didn't intend to be
frightened off by the Chinese gong OF the
Senator from Shenandoah. He then went
on to argue that the amendment was very
proper one.
Mr. RIDDLEBERGER denied that the amend
ment was proper one.
MIR. KOIYER suggested that rs all the
stump-s peech was in the preamble OF the
bill that the Senator's speech be put In
there.
MIR. FULKERsON said be didn't care where
it was put; he only wanted 1t to go in. He
was not in favor Of deceiving the creditors
any longer. Ii it is the purpose OF the STATE
TO distribute part OF the reyenae he
thought it all ought to be distributed.
Mr.. DAVIS said ne was in favor OF the
amendment if it didn't interfere with the
schools. II the people were here, he be-
ieved that nine-tentbs OF them would vote
for the amendment il it didn't interfere
with the schools. We ought certainly to
take care of the State. He repudiated the
idea that his side Of the house are repudla-
tors. eve are all debt payers" he said,
"and want the creditors to have what Is
due them"
The motion to reconsider the vote by
which Mr.. FULKERsON's amendment was
rejected yesterday was then agreed TO by
the following vote:
AYES Messrs. Bliss, Cannon, Davis, Eskridee,
Finney. French. Fulkerson, Hale. Hurt. James.
Leece. Norton, Paul, Smith OF Nelson, SioSall Of
Halifax strotner, Walker, and Wood-ls.
NOEs.-Nes r.. Daniel. Elliott. Henry, Koiner
Lowell, Macon, Mayo. Murray. Pickett, RawIs, Rid
deberger, Smith Of AIexandria ana WillcoX-l3.
The question was then upon agreeing TO
MIR. FULKERSON's amendment.
Mr.. RIDDLEBEgGER called for the reading
Of the amendment
The amendment was read in substance as
follows:
Strike out section Is and insert: " That
the sem-annual interest, rs it may become
due and payable, upon the bonds issued un