The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-09
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
SATURDAY, April s. 1882.
SENATE.

SATURDAY, April 8. 1882.
SENATE.
Called TO order at IL o'clock by Mr..
W0OD. President pro tenn.
PUT on CALENDAR.
House bill No. 235, to prescribe the man.
ner in which the Richmond and Louisville
Railroad Company shall pay the tax on its
mortgage to secure bonds hereafter to be
issued.
To authorize the Washington, Cincinnati
and st. Louis Railroad Company to adopt
standard gauge.
INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. GLASGOW: Resolution to author
lie the Board Of Public Works to sell GER
tain property Of the State, and to receive
payment therefor in certificates OF the debt
OF the State. Lies over under the rules.
BY Mr.. HALE: Bill for the relief OF the
citizens Of Carroll county. Put on calen-
dar.
BY Mr.. STEVENS: Resolution that when
the Senate adjourns to-day it adjourn to
meet Tuesday. Rejected.
REPORTED.
Senate bill 125, to amend and reenact
section LIST, &C., charter NewRiyer Rail-
road, Mining and Manufacturing Compa-
ny, DC.
Senate bill 1876, TO authorize and empow-
er the Baltimore Steam-Packet Company to
hold land in the State Of Virginia.
Senate bill for the relief of the heirs Of
Ann Maria Jackson.
Senate bill 255, for relief of the sureties
of John Sheldon Jones. late treasurer of
York county.
Senate bill 2G4, authorizing the Norfolk
end Portsmouth Terminal Railway, Wharf
and Warehouse Company to change its
name 10 the Consolidated Southern Rail-
way Company.
House bin TO incorporate the Alexandria
Mining, Manufacturing and Warehouse
Company.
House bill to provide for elections and to
amend and recnact sections s, 8. and IL,
&C., of chapter of the Code of Virginia.
NIGHT SESSIONS DEFEATED.
Mr.. Riddleberger introduced resolution
limiting speeches TO ten minutes and pro-
viding for night sessions after Monday.
1t was amended and finally rejected
DANyILLE RAILROAD.
The Committee on Roads reported Mr..
EDMUNDs's bill to allow the Richmond and
Danvile railroad TO increase its capital
stock, with an amendment requiring said
company first to relinquish its exemption
from taxation.
MR.. RIDDLEBERGER's SEAT.
The resolution Of Mr.. DIGGS to inquire
whether II. III. RIDDLEBERGER, Common
wealth'ss attorney for Shenandoah county,
is eligible to a seat on this floor, was dis
cussed by Messrs. DIGGs, WALKER, and
POWELL, and was pending when the Sem
ate adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met at ii o'clock-Speaker
FOWLER in the chair.
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
Bv Mr.. HERRING: A bill to authorize the
warden and yestry of Emmanuel Protestant
Episcopal church in Harrisonburg TO sell
and convey certain church property and
invest proceeds.
BY Mr.. MAY: A bill to authorize the
Auditor of Public Accounts to pay to Hal
lie Lightfoot Brooke, widow OF Francis II.
Brooke, deceased, late superintendent OF
the Central Lunatic Asylum, the sum OF
1916, in lieu of one quarters pay OF the
late superintendent.
BILLS PASSED.
Senate bill to amend and reenact an act
passed March 8, 1880. entitled an act au-
thorizing the Board Of Supervisors to de-
termine what amount shall be paid certain
county officers.
Senate bill to provide for the erection of
a suitable buildingfor the confinement and
employment of the female conyicts in the
penitentiary.
House bill TO apportion the representa-
ton of the State of Virginia in the Congress
of the United States.
House bill 10 amend and reenact certain
sections OF an act prescribing general pro-
visions in relation 10 commissioners Of the
revenue and the assessment OF taxes on
persons, property, incomes, licenses, &C.
better known as the assessment bill.'
DISMISSED.
Senate bill No. 81, for the relief OF cer-
tain teachers Of public free schools.
GENERAL LOCAL OPTION.
The bill to provide for a general local
option law came up on its second reading.
Pending its consideration the House adj
iourned until III o'clock Monday morning.