The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-30
LEGISLATIVE.
Corporation Judges 10 be Elected To-day
The Observation-Disclosures Bill
Passed by the House with nm Important
Amendmcnt-"B Black Script" "Again-Notcs
af eIfmUa

: The Senate was yesterday morning noil
fed that the House had concurrcd in th,
Senate resolution TO proceed on Thursda,
to-day at ] o'clock L. NJ. to elect corpo
ration judges for the cities of Norfolk
Richmond, Staunton, and Danvillc.
BLACK SCRIPT.
Mr.. Riddleberger offered the following
and II was referred To the Committee on
Finance, OF which he Is chairman:
I. Resolved by The General assembly OF
Virqinid, That the officers charged with
the funding OF the State debt under the act
approved February II, 1892, be instructed
to fund what il commonly known as the
.'Black script" at eighty cents on the dol
lar, without reference as to whether the
same represents unpaid interest on the
peeler or the unfundcd bonds.
2. This resolution shall be In force from
Its passage.
CENTRAL LUNATIC ASYLUM.
Mr. Stcyens's joint resolutions TO provide
for the appointment by the Board OF Di-
rectors Of the Central Lunatic Asylum OF
a superintendent to take charge OF the cul-
tivation OF the farm TO be donated to the
State rs site for the asylum came up.
They also authorize the use Of penitentiary
convicts oil said farm in preparing il for oc-
cupation.
The resolutions were agreed TO.
RESULTS OF DROUGHT-TAxEs.
The Senate Committee on Finance yes
terday reported fayorably Mr. Berry's bill
rcciting the disastrous consequences OF the
drought of last year, and authorizing the
Auditor of Public Accounts ''tO postpone
Epn fc I, 1,o- n
treasurers OF the Commonwealth for the
! September, 1882"
The House Yesterday.
The Senate joint resolution providing
! for the election OF corporation judges for
the cities Of Norfolk, Richmond, StauntoD,
and Danvile to-day came UP.
Mr.. Lyons moved to strike ont Rich
mond, which was rejected ayes, SO noes,
80.
The resolution was then agreed to.
MR.. FARR's CASE.
The report OF the Committee for Courts
OF Justice on the right OF Mr.. Farr, Super
intendent Of Public Instruction, to retain
his seat in the House as the representative
| from Fairfax, coming up, on motion Of
Mr.. Frazier its consideration was post
poned until next Wednesday.
Before the vote was put Mr.. Terrell, Of
Orange, INDUCED in few remarks. Doing
away with the legal questions involved and
considering the matter from a common
sense standpoint, he thought that any man
ought to be satisfied with one office, eSpe-
cially as the supply was not equal 20 the
demand.
Disabled SOLDIERS, &C.
Mr.. Cardwell offered the following,
which, after some discussion, was agreed 60 (;
Resolved, That the Auditor OF Public
Accounts be, and he is hereby, requested
to inform the House whether or not there
are any disabled soldiers, or any other per-
sons in the Commonwealth. who have re-
turned the artificial limbs received by them
under acts of Assembly heretofore passed.
and who have received only portion Of
| the ccmmutation allowed in lieu thereof.
giving the number of such disabled soldiers
and the amount OF money necessary 10 EN-
able him 10 make up to each OF such sol
diers the full sum Of SG0
THE DANvILLE RAILROAD BILL.
| Senate bin to authorize the Richmond
and Danvillc Railroad Company to dis
charge its Indebtedness TO the State in
! bonds Of the state came up on its third
reading.
! Mr. Kelly offered substitute, which was
subsequently withdrawn.
! Amendments 10 the original bill then
/ being in order, Mr.. Graves offered the fol-
| lowing:
provided that the said Richmond and
Danyille Railroad Company shall in con-
| sideratiOu Of the privilege hereby granted
| first relinquish and surrender the right il
now enjoys Of holding It's property exempt
from taxation by the state.
! Messrs. NicOl, Stuart. and Conrad spoke
| to the amendment and in opposition TO the
| BILL They claimed that the State would
| be relinquishing valuable assets to a rich
and powerful corporation without recciy-
| ing any adequate consideration.
/ Mr.. Mayo advocated the bill. lie regard
I ed it Gs simple business proposition,
which il was 20 the interests Of the State TO
accept.
The pending question being called, Mr..
Graves's amendment was agreed to-ayes,
\ As; noes, %.
Mr.. Amos Dickerson moved TO dismiss.
Rejected.
The bill was then ordered to be engross-
ed by the following vote:
AYEs.-Messrs. Bailey, Baldwin, Bland Card
| Eggbon. frazicr. Fry. Giddngs. Grandstaii, ID.
Green, A. Green, GriRgs, Grim, liaden. Hamilton.
Harris iiarriScn H2hew9od Herring liSoaser'
oliver, Paige, Parr Phillips, Powell. Richardson,
Sandy, 4. scott, smith, straiton, stubbs, G. +.
Taylor, Ilnsley, }; A. Watkins Witten' Young
NoEs.-Messrs. W. j. Anderson. Board, CoghiI.
! Conrad, T. ". Davis, DickerSon. Dickenson. Earle,
Johnston. Kelly. Lybrook. Lyons, Moon, Morgan.
Munford, Nicol, Pollard sayers, r. +. Scott skin
/ ner. SpOtswOod. strbllng, Stuart, j. y. Iavlor.
j. G.. Taylor, Terrill, Turner, Vaughan, Ward, X.
/ ". Watkins, Webb, and Wilkins-37.
THE UPPER APPONATTOX COMPANY.
Senate ill to authorize the upper APP
pomattOx Company TO discharge its indcbt-
edness to the Commonwealth in State bonds
was, on motion OF Mr.. Turner, dismissed.
a motion TO reconsider, however, is
pending.
PASSED.
Senate joint resolution yacatiDg tho of
fices of the Visitors Of the Deaf, Dumb,
and Blind Institution at StauntOn was
taken UP and passed 10y party vote.
The chair was then vacated until. -
O'Clock 7. VI.
NIGHT SESSION.
Nothing OF special interest was done at
the night session. Several bills were
passed, and others read second time and
ordered 10 be engrossed.
Among the latter was one to amend and
recnact section Of chapter - OF the Acts
OF 1S7S'-9 for the protection OF game, a
amended 10y an act passed March ., 1850,
and sections and OF said chapter 70 far
as applicable to tide-wator counties.
Mr.. Pollard offered an amendment TO
this bill to allow persons to trap partridges
on their own lands, which was rejected.
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