The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-12
GENERAL ASSEMBLY on VIRGINIA.
TUESDAY, April II, 1882.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Tho Senate was called to order at III
o'clock by Mr.. WOOD, the President pro
TEN.
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
pv Mr. MAYO: Bill TO provide more cffec-
tualIy and economically for the poor OF tue
Commonwealth.
ganization OF the Medical College oil VIZ
ginia. .,,;o,
OF citizens Of Stafford.
By Mr.. FLETCHER: Bill to allow Robert
Gordon TO erect n wharf ut Franklin Clty,
In Ch.ncoteague bay.
REPORTED.
House bill CO, to apportion the repre-
sentation of the State OF Virginia in the
Congress OF the United States.
House bill 20, to provide for general
registration OF voters and to repeal chapter
OF the Code of Virginia OF 1878, and all
acts and parts Of acts amendatory thereof.
House bin IS, to amend and recnact see
ton OF chapter Is Of an act approved
April 2, 1879, relating to the pay OF sheriiis.
House bill No. s, to suppress duelling in
the Commonwealth OF Virginia.
VETO SUSTAINED.
The Governors veto of the Virginia
Mining, Milling and Transportation Com
pany was sustained-ayes, %; noes, U.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To incorporate the Manchester Railway
and Improvement Company.
Po incorporate the Atlantic and Danvillc
Narrow-Gauge Railroad Company.
To repeal the laws requiring the estab-
lisbment OF fish-ladders in the streams of
Loudoun. Culpeper, Orange, Madison.
Rappahannock, Hanover, and Caroline
counties.
CONVENTION.
Mr.. LYBROOK's resolution proposing to
submit to the people in November the
question OF calling a convention came up
as the special order, the question being
upon reconsdering the vote by which the
resolution was indefinitely postponed. The
motion was reiected-ayes, Is; noes, u.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met at IL o'clock-Speaker
FOWLER in the chair
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES.
Senate bill TO return TO the public free
schools portion OF the moneys diverted
thcrefrom.
Senate bill to incorporate the Richmond
Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company.
The following House bills were report
ed:
Bill for the removal OF the disabilities OF
Charles X. Lee, W. :. KerfOOt, Conrad
KOussen. and Marshall Mccormick.
Bill to refund to John llilyard expenses
paid by him for carrying :. p. Elliott and
Jane Counts, two lunatics, to the Western
Lunatic Asylum.
Bill 10 authorize the Richmond and Dan
VILE Railroad Company to increase its CAPT
tai stock.
Bill to authorize the consolidation Of the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company and
the Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
pany.
Bill to compensate John II. Taliaferro for
the capture and return OF an escaped con-
Wet to the penitentiary.
Bill to amend and recnact section Is OF
chapter 3, and sections i and OF chapter >,
and to repeal section Of chapter 6, cnti-
tied an act TO provide charter for the city
of Petersburg, approved March IL, 1915.
Bill to authorize William j. Mott, Of
Gloucester, to erect 4 wharf on North river.
Bill 10 incorporate ihe NlrSh'la ana
Maryland Steam Ferry Company.
INTRODUCED 4ND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. JOHNSTON: \ bill 10 authorize
the consolidation of the Richmond and
Allegheny Railroad Company with certain
other railroad companies to facilitate the
construction OF its branches and eXten-
sionS, and 20 authorize the consolidation OF
its mortgages.
TIE TAX BILL.
The tax bill came up on its second read
ing as the special order.
Mr.. j. {. TAYLOR offered an amendment
TO reduce the tax on real estate from fifty
cents to forty-liye centS.s
Mr.. CONRAD moved 10 amend the amend
mcnt 50 rs to make the tax forty cents,
which was rejected.
Nj. TAYLoR's amendment was pending
when the House adjourned.