The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-07

by an act Of the General Assembly approved
February %, 1880.
House bill No. 30, In reference to FENCES
I'm Princess Anne county.
House bill No. 81, to prescribe q modc
for the assessment and payment oil damages
10 private property by corporations.
House bin No. 80, to prescribe the penal.
ty for non-payment OF taxes In cities ana
towns.
House bill No. 80, to amend and recnact
an act entitled an act 10 incorporate the
town OF Big Lick, approved February y,
1874, and all acts amendatory thereof.
House bill No. "a, to extend and define
the boundaries OF the town OF Wytheyiile.
House bill No. 50, to authorize the trus-
tees OF Guests River Methodist church, IN
the county Of Wise, to sell their church
property and invest the proceeds In new
church. -.
House bill No. 80, to amend and reenact
sections 2 and OF an act appropriating the
proceeds OF the glebc lands and other pro-
perty belonging TO the parishes OF Abing-
don. Ware, and Petsworth, in the county
of Gloucester. and for other purposes.
House bill No. IS, to authorize the coun-
tv of Clarke to revoke its subscription to
tho Alexandria. L0udoun and Hampshire
Railroad Company.
Uouse bill No. 80, to provide for the re-
Iinouishment TO the United states OF title
to and Jurisdiction over ScwelPs Point Tor
Smiths IslandO for the purpose OF estab-
fishing n quarantine hospital and erecting
n building for the temporary storage OF the
careoes of infected vessels.
House bill No. 40, TO authorize the Pres
bvterian church Of the town OF Lexington
70 acquire and hold additional land within
the limits Of the town OF Lexington to that
owned by said church and congregation.
House bin No. ~, to provide compensa-
tion TO the owners OF animals killed or IN
iured by the cars. locomotives, or other
carriages Of any railroad company in TINS
State.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. PAIGE a bill to incorporate the
"SOns and Daughters OF Joshua, NO. l" OF
Norfolk, Va.
By Mr.. PAIGE: A bill to incorporate
Mount Calvary Lodge, No. IS, Independent
Order OF Good SamaritanS, OF Berkeley,
Norfolk county, Va.
BY Mr.. GRAVES: 4 bill to tax telegraph
lines in certain cases for county and school
purposes.
By MFR. STUBBs A bill for the relief Of
Mrs. Annie f. Hughes, OF Gloucester, on
account Of an erroneous tax assessment.
BY Mr.. JOHNSTON: A bill TO incorporate
the Arcadia Iron-Works Company.
BY Mr.. FAIR: A bill to amend and re-
enact the 18th section OF chapter 81 OF the
Code of Virginia Of 1878, relating to the as
sessment OF lands and lots.
BY Mr.. BOARD: A bill to repeal section
| II and amend section G2 OF chapter lG2 OF
Acts of 1s7j-'7G, page 1872.
By Mr.. LEWIS: A bill to repeal an act
for the protection of sheep in the county OF
Powhatan.
By Mr.. FRAZIER \ bill TO authorize the
Board of Visitors Of the Virginia Military
Institute to sell and convey small lot OF
land to the Richmond and Allegheny Rail-
road Company.
RESOLUTIONS.
Bv Mr.. DUNGEE: That the Committee
for Courts OF Justice be instructed to in
quire into the eXpediency Of providing by
law for the exemption OF domestic fowls
from distress or levy, and report by bill or
otherwise.
Bv Mr.. CALDWELL 4 resolution calling
on the Auditor for informatiOn in reference
I
soldiers. sailors, and marines in lieu OF
artificial limbs.
BY Mr.. FRAZER:
ReSolred. That the Committee on Roads
and Internal Navigation be instructed TO
inquire into the basis on which the rail-
roads OF this State were assessed by the
Board of Public Works, and said commit
tee is directed 10 report the proceedings in
that case. with power hereby conferred to
call for persons and papers.
Adopted.
PASSED.
4 bill providing for holding the term Of
| court by the judge of another court, the
| incumbent dying before the term Is COM
pleted, was passed.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The House concurred IN the Senate rcSO-
luton for the appointment OF committee
of two from the Senate and three from the
| House to confer with William \. Coleman,
citizen of this Commonwealth, on the
subject Of alleged scientific discoveries by
said Coleman.
A bill to relieve T.. w. Hudson, Of Am
herst county, OF fine, came up on it, third
reading.
1t seems that Hudson, who is an old man,
became involved in difficulty with man
much younger than himself, and that he
stabbed him. For this offence he was fined
by the County Court of Amherst.
The passage OF the bill was opposed by
Mcssrs. Lyons, DICKENSON, and STUART. on
the ground that it was a matter belonging
to the courts, and not TO the Legislature.
Messrs. NICoL and MAYO favored the
measure.
Mr.. Lyons moved to dismiss the bill ;
which motion was rejected.
After much discussion, it was decided to
rccommIt it to the Committee for Courts OF
Justice.
On motion Of Mr.. TURNER the House adj