The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-26

Acts and Joint resolutions approved by
the Governor April u, 1882:
To suppress duelling in the Common
wealth Of Virginia.
To amend and recnact section Is OF chap
ter =: sections >, 6. :. IL, l3, %. and - OF
chapter 3 /; sections 10, -, and p OF chap
ter 10 and section % OF chapter IS OF the
Criminal Code Of 1873: and 10 repeal Sec
tion - Of chapter 10 and section IL OF
chapter - Of said Criminal Code, and all
acts and parts of acts relating 10 punish
ment by stripes, and TO substitute other
forms of punishment therefor.
Giving the consent OF the State OF Yir-
ginia for the purchase by the United States
OF a tract Of land at Yorktown for the pur-
pose Of the erection thereon by the United
States Of monument 10 commemorate the
surrender OF Lord COrnwallis and his forces
10 the allied army commanded by General
George Washington in October ISL.
To incorporate the Manchester Railway
and Land Improvement Company.
Authorizing any railroad or other COM
panv or companies TO acquire and hold
shares OF the capital stock Of the Roanoke
Machine Works.
TO amend and recnact an act entitled an
act 10 incorporate the Farmyille and staun-
ton-Riyer Railroad Company. Approved
March 6. 1882.
To authorize the Upper Appomattox
Company 10 increase its capital stock.
To return 10 the public free schools a
portion OF the moneys diverted thereirom.
To incorporate the Atlantic and Danyille
Narrow-Gauge Railway Company.
TO authorize the city OF Portsmouth 10
issue coupon bonds.
To amend certain sections of an act III
relation 10 the deposit of foreign insurance
companies.
Giving the consent Of this state to the
pnrchase bv the United states OF two par
eel. Of land i'm the county Of Nestmorc-
land for the purpose Of erecting and MAIN
tanning monument 10 mark the site Of the
birthplace of George Washington, ceding
Jurisdiction over the same, and eXemptlng
the same from taxation.
Directing the Governor 70 convey 10 the
United states the title OF the Common
wealth 10 certain real estate IN Westmore-
land county. and ceding jurisdiction over
the same to the United states, and exempt
ing the same from taxation.
For the relief Of Ella j. Jones, person
Of uns0und mind.
To extend the time for the collection OF
taxes in the county oi Bedford for the year
1851.
TO authorize the Board Of Supervisors Of
Buchanan county TO borrow money ana
issue bonds for the same.
To incorporate the BotetOurt Manuiac-
turing Company.
To authorize the Richmond and Dam
willie Railroad Company 10 discharge its in
debtedness 10 the state.
To incorporate the Consolidated AbattoI
Company OF Alexandria, Washington, and
Georgetown.
TO amend the charter Of the town Of
Suffolk.
TO amend and reenact sections ,. 6, and
, IL OF chapter 2is Of the act entitled an ac.
10 provide for a charter for the town ol
I salem. in the county Of Roanoke. Approved
March 2s, 1881. IT,,
Mining and Manufacturing Company.
TO incorporate the Virginia Lana aho
/ Improvement Company.
For working and keeping in repair th'
public roads in Augusta county.
To authorize the Washington, Cincinnati
and -. Louis Railroad Company TO adOp
a standard gauge.
To extend the time for the collection ant
payment Of the revenues for 1881 IN th'
county Of Allegheny.
For the relief Of the citizens OF carroll
county.
To authorize the supervisors OF Mont
gomerv county 10 pay W. ID. Vaughan loi
services rendered in holding the court iol
the said county.
Providing for destroying certain bond'
In the treasurer's of1ce.
To authorize and direct the superintend
ent OF the Pcnitentiary 10 furnish conNlc
labor 10 the HOLLYWOOD Memorial Assocla
ton 10 keep in order the graves Of the on
federate soldiers Of the Army OF Northeri
Virginia buried in Hollywood cemetery.
To appropriate $500 for the repair an'
nrcseryation Of the statue Of Henry Clay.
TO provide for the working OF roads Il
the counties OF Culpeper and buckingham
To amend and rIenact the charter OF Ia
city Of Norfolk.
TO amend and recnact section OF IN nc
anproycd March 8, 1852. entitled an act y
antborize the consolidation and merger q
the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Kan
way Company and the Alexandra an'
Washington Railroad Company.
To incorporate the surry County Raiiroa
and Lumber Company.
To repeal chapter ~ Of the Code OF lsi'
and ali acts and parts Of acts In relation
pjlots and plotting OF vessels, and TO enact
law to govern and regulate pilots and pilo