The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-30
GENERAL ASSEMBLY Oh VIRGINIA,
THURSDAY, january 90, 1880.
SENATE.


Licutenant-G ovcrnOr WALKER presiding
PRAYER By Rev. j II. Garlick. ID. ID.
4 number of House bills wee read ant
referred.
| COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Mr.. PAUL, from the Committee for Courts
OF Justice, reported Senate bin TO lnc0rp0
rate the Downey Hospital; TO amend section
4 OF chapter AZ OF the Code, IN relation 10
fees Of notarieS public; to amend section
Of chapter % of the Acs OF 1873, in relation
10 the jurisdiction of justices of the peace
and other officers; for the destruction OF
certain unused bonds in the Treasurer.
office TO amcnd an act with reference tn
pay OF corporation judge Of Manchester
with the recommendation that it do not
pass.
Mr.. PAUL. from the Committee on Gene
raj Laws, reported Senate bills TO authorize
the Governor 10 lend fifty stand OF arms To
| Lynchburg Academy; TO amend the Code
! in relation to mechanics liens; to inc)rpo.
rate The Southern Bible and Book AssOcia-
ton of Richmond; 10 provide loan OF
arms TO Locust Dale Academy; in relation
10 Annandale church. IN Fairfax county ;
House bills for the protection OF dairymen,
and to prevent fraud IN the manufacture OF
| butter and cheese.
Mr.. SMITH Of Nelson. from the Commit
| tee on Roads, reported Senate bill to aC-
| thOriZe the consolidation Of the James
| River and Kanawha Company and the Bn'
chanan and Clifton Forge Railway Com
pauv; to authorize the James River ana
/ Kanawba Company n construct a railroad,
in whole or in part, from Clifton Forge to
| Richmond, &c.
! Mr. EsKRIDGE, from the Committee on
/ Fish and Game, reported Senate bill to pre-
vent The catching OF oysters with dredgeS
| in any OF the waters Of this Commonwealth.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
By Mr.. WOtD: A bill TO amend sections
| and 3 of an act to incorporate the Bristol
Coal and Iron Company.
BY Mr.. LEXCE: a bIll to prohibit the sale
Of tickets or advertisement OF any lottery
company, &c.
BY Mr. LOWELL: A resolution as TO eXpc-
| dioucy of oVompiinR from fnvaiinn capital
| invested for ten years in manufacturing en-
| terprises constitutional amendmcDD.
BY Mr.. ESXRlDGE: n bill TO amend Sec
tons | and 4 OF an act in relation to the
working OF roads in Montgomery, Prince
| William, and Lancaster counties.
| BY Mr.. HURT A Joint resolution to pro-
vide for commissioner TO confer with the
to the distractions in Roanoke river.
| Adopted under Il suspension OF the rules.
NAMED SOLDIERS.
On motion of Mr.. RIDDLEBERGER, the
consideration Of Senate bill TO provide COM
mutation to soldiers VINO lost their limbs IN
the late war was postponed until Tuesday
next, when he proposes to offer substi-
tute for the bill now on the calendar.
PASSED.
Senate bill to incorporate the Downey
| Hospital.
Senate bill to prohibit the hauling of
! seines in the waters of AccOmac and North.
ampton.
Senate bill to extend the time for tie col
| lection OF taxes IN Patrick county from
| 1871 to 1879. inclusive.
| Senate bill for the relief Of the sureies
OF w. +. BOiSseau, late sergeant OF the town
OF Danville.
Senate bill for the relief j. II. Noel, OF
King and Queen county.
| Senate JOINT resolution providing for the
destruction OF certain unused bonds in the
| Trcasurer's office.
House bill authorizing the Governor to
| lend fifty stand of arms to the Lynchburg
| High School.
HOUSE D!ll W tStuDllSU tnc DlDIC
and Book Association, of Richmond, Va.
House till granting loan OF arms to the
principal OF Locust.Dale Academy. in Mad
ison county.
House bill to incorporate Burwell Lodge,
No. Is, /. O. q. Samaritans, of Manches-
ter.
House bill providing for the transfer OF
Annandale- Church property, in the county
Of Fairfax.
House bill for the protection OF dairymen
and so prevent deception in the manufac-
ture OF butter and cheese.
OTHER BUSINESS.
A number OF bills were ordered to be en-
crossed aud read a third time.
The bill to authorize the James River and
Kanawha Company to build Il railroad from
Clifton Forge to Richmond was passed by,
on motion Of Mr.. FULKERsON.
The bill was subsequently made the spe-
cial order for FRIDAY. The kindred bill was
engrO>sed.
In executive session Rev. q. w. Dame
was confirmed as superintendent of schools
for PntsylyanIa, and +. NJ. Crutchfield
county superintendent Of schools Of Spot
sylyania county.
Mr.. Paul, from the Committee for Courts
OF uslice, presented the report OF the COM
mittee TO take an inventory Of valuable pa
pers IN the Treasurer's office; which was
adopted
Mr. FINNEY presented a bill prescribing
for the transcribing OF the registration
books Of the county Of Accomac. Re
ferreG.
Mr.. MAYS presented Il bil TO encourage
the planting OF oysters in the waters Of the
Commonwealth, &e. Referred.
Adjourned
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
PRAYER by Rev. Mr.. Armstrong, Of the
Monumental church.
A number OF bills were reported from
committees.
TIE SPEAKER announced the following
changes in committees (by CONSENT: Dir.
PITTS 10 Chesapeake and its Tributaries Uice
Mr. Mathews; Mr.. MATHEWS TO Officers
and Offices AT the Capitol Uice Mr.. PsSTs.
Dir. DANCEIDGE was assigned 10 the Com
mittee for Courts OF Justice.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. HALL: Bill 10 incorporate the
Ocean Club, OF Norfolk city and county,
Va.
By Mr. LEWIS : Bill for the protection of
sheep 10 the c0unty OF Powhaian.
BY Alr. PAYNE: Bill for the relief Of A. !
Is. Colin.
By Mr.. LACY Bill "te authorize the !
fork-islyer railroad TO borrow money"