The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-20
GENERAL ASSEMBLY on VIRGINIA,
MONDAY, December 10, 1881.
SENATE.
There was no session Of the Senate TO

! MONDAY, December ID, 1881.
SENATE.
There was no session Of the Senate to-
day. ,c. rpo
The House met at ~ o'clock-Speaker
FOWLER in the chair. Prayer by the Rev.
/ w. G.. Starr, ID. ID.
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES.
bill 10 authorize Leigh-Street Baptist
church. in the city OF Richmond, 10 borrow
money and execute deeds OF trust-reported
( from the Committee for Courts OF Justice;
n bill to relieve Il. W. Hudson OF hne-
reported from the Committee for Courts OF
Justice; bill TO provide for the election
Of two commissioners Of the revenue for
/ Roanoke county-reported from the COM
mittee on Counties, Cities, and Towns; q
hin TO amend the charter OF the town OF
Jonesville, Lee cOunty-reported from the
/ Committee on Counties, Cities, and Towns
/ n bill TO amend and reCnact sections % ana
I Ga OF an act entitled an act proVdlng a
charter for the city Of Norfolk, in force
/ March 1G. 1S7l-repOrted from the COM
nittce on Counties, Cities, and Towns; a
| bin to authorize the trustees OF Black LICK
Methodist church, South, to sell and con-
yey certain real estate, &c.-reported from
! the Committee for Courts OF Justice.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
] nv Mr.. ANDERSON of King William: \
/ bill 10 provide for the reSsSessmcnt OF the
| lands and lots in the town Of West Point.
By MIR. CHASE: a bill TO authorize the
I trustees Of Guess-River Methodist church,
| in the county of Wise, TO sell their church
property and invest proceeds in new
church.
Bv Mr.. SLEMP: A bill to prevent the
carving OF concealed weapons and to
protect assemblies met for the worship OF
! God.
Bv Mr. LYBRO0K A bill TO amend and
reenact the 9th section of an act author
| izing the formation Of the New-River Rail-
road, Mining, and Manufacturing Compa-
! nv rs amended by an act approved April
! 4, 1877.
By Mr.. G1DpINGs: A bill to provide for
the taxation OF foreign life-insurance COM
panics.
BY Mr.. WnTEY: A bill TO amend an act
to incorporate the "Mutual Benefit ASso-
citation of Southwest Virginia"
BY Mr.. STUBS: A bill to amend and re-
enact sections and S Of an act apprOpria-
| ting the proceeds Of the glebe lands and
other property belonging to the parishes OF
Abingdon, Ware, and PetswOrth. in the
county OF Gloucester, and for other pur-
poses, PASSED January %, 1914. Session
acts 1S13-14, chapter IS.
RECOMMITTED.
House bill to ratify and confirm the con-
solidation OF the Richmond and South
western Railway Company with the Nir-
ginia, Kentucky and Narrow-Gauge Rail-
road Company, under the name Of the
Richmond and Louisville Railroad Com
pany, was rccommitted to the Committee
on Roads and Internal Navigation.
The bill to provide compensation to the
owners Of animals killed or injured by the
cars, locomotives, or other carriages OF any
railroad company in The State reported
from the Committee on Roads and Internal
Navigation) was next taken up, and pro-
yoked quite lengthy discussion.
Messrs. NICOL (thc patron OF the bilD,
Cross, GREEN of Stafford, and GIDDINGS
favored its passage. MesSrS. HANGER and
SCOTT of Fauquier opposed it.
Mr.. HANGER moved that it be referred to
the Committee for Courts Of Justice.
Mr.. MAYO opposed the motion, and Mr.
EVANS favored it.
The motion to refer was adopted by the
following vote: Ayes, As; noes. 81.
The bill reads as follows:
l. BE IL enacted by the General Assembly
of Virginia, That whenever any animal,
or animals, shall be killed or injured by
the ears, or locomotives, or other carriages
used on any railroad in this State, the
owner thereof shall be entitled TO an action
for the value thereof against the railroad
company whose cars. locomotives, or car
riages caused said killing or injury, and
the mode of proceeding shall be the same
as is now prescribed by law for suing cor
porations.
2. On the hearing Of said cause the court
or Jury trying the same shall find for the
plaintiff, and judgment shall be given for
the plaintiff for the value of the animal or
animals killed or injury inflicted, without
regard TO the question whether such killing
or injury was the result Of negligence or
wilful misconduct, or the result OF una
voidable accident. d.
g. ANY Judgment recovered under this
act shall, in addition to the force which
judgments now have by law, be a first lien
on the gross earnings OF any company
against which the same may have been re-
covered.
4. This act shall not apply to any rail-
road company which shall erect and main
tain fences on the sides OF their road Of the
character and description OF what is by
law now declared to be a lawful fence,
with openings, or gates, or bars therein,
and farm-crossings of the road, for the use
Of the proprictors of lands adjoining such
railroad and shall also construct and
maintain cattle-guardS at all rOad-crOssngs
suitable and sufficient to prevent cattle and
animals from getting on TO the railroad
5. This act shall take effect on the LIST
day OF July, in the year 1882.
RESOLUTIONS AND PETITIONS.
BY Mr.. STUBBs:
Resolved, That q committee be appointed
to cooperate with the superintendent OF
| Public Buildings for the purpose of ascer-
/ tanning, the condition OF the Executive
/ Mansion and the amount necessary for re-
/ fitting and repairs. Rejected.
/ BY Mr.. GRIM: a Joint resolution for the
appointment OF a committee for the revi-
/ sing and amending Of laws relating TO the
/ formation of ioint-stock internal improve
mcnt companies, the condemnation of real
estate for the construction Of railroads and
other works of internal improvement, and
the regulation of charges OF public carriers
of passengers and freight within the Com
monwealth. Rejected
BY Mr.. SKINNER:
ReSOlUed, That the Auditor OF Public
Accounts furnish TO this House statements
showing the value Of the lands, lots, and
/ improvements thereon in the several cOun-
ties aud cities of this Commonwealth Us
the same appeared under the assessment Of
1875, the same as it appeared for the year
1S79-'SO, and the same rs returned in the
| assessment made in the year 1850. stating