The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-11
GENERAL ASSEMBLY on VIRGINIA.
MONDAY, April 10, 1882.
SENATE.

oEIN n u -"
The Senate was called 10 order at II
o'clock by Mr.. woop, the President pro
tenn.
referred to appropriate committees. Inc
congressional reapportionment Dill was re-
ferred to the Committee for Courts OF JUS
tice.
REPORTED.
Senate bin 26l, for the relief Of William
NJ. McGruder, treasurer OF Henrlco county
with substitute).
House bill 166, for the relief OF the sure
ties OF r. II. Thompson, late collector OF
Goodson township, in Washington county.
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
Bv Mr.. MARTIN Bill TO incorporate the
Lake-Drummond Water Company. Also,
bill to incorporate the Mutual Gas-Ligit
Company, OF Portsmouth, Va.
nv Mr.. POWELL: Bill IN relation to ju-
risdiction Of justices.
PASSED.
Mr.. HALE's bill for the relief Of the SUI
fering people OF Carroll county.
Mr.. KoINER's bill for working and keep
ing in repair the roads in Augusta county.
Mr.. SMITHS bill 70 amend and reenact
section 9 OF an act approved March 6. 1852,
entitled an act to authorize the consolida-
ton and merger OF the Alexandria and
Fredericksburg Railway Company TO the
Alexandria and Washington Railroad
Company. [Corrects clerical error, there
in for thereon.
The Governor sent in veto OF the bill to
incorporate the Virginia Mining, Milling,
and Transportation Company, because II
exempted the personal property OF the
company from taxation.
CONVENTION.
Mr.. LYBROoK spoke at length in favor OF
his resolution to submit to the people in
November the question OF calling conyen-
ton. Mr.. WALKER moved to indefinitely
postpone. Agreed to. Mr.. NEwBERRY
moved to reconsider, and spoke in favor OF
that proposition. The motion was pending
when the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met at II O'Clock Speaker
FOWLER in the chair.
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
By Mr.. STUBS: A bill to authorize the
Richmond and Danville Railroad Company
to increase its capital stock.
BY Mr.. CONRAD: A bin for the removal Of
the disabilities Of Charles X. Lee, Warren
S. Kerfoot, Conrad Kownslar, and Marshall
Mccormick.
BY Mr.. w. J. DICKINSON: a bill to re-
fund to John ii. Meade, a constable OF
Russell county, u certain sum OF money
expended by him in carrying S. p. Elliott
and Jane Counts, two lunatics, to the
Western Lunatic Asylum.
BY Mr.. MAY: \ bill TO authorize the
Upper AppomattoX Company to increase
its capital stock.
By Mr.. CoNRAD: A bill authorizing the
Virginia Mining, Manufacturing, and
Company TO record mort
cages and deeds OF trust upon certain con-
dtions, and to change its name.
PASSED.
House Joint resolution authorizing and
directing the Superintendent OF the Peni-
Tertiary to furnish convict-labor to the Ilol-
lywood Memorial Association to keep in
repair the graves of Confederate soldiers Of
the Army OF Northern Virginia buried in
Hollywood cemetery.
ORDERED TO ENDORSEMENT.
House bill TO provide for submitting the
question OF liquor-license or no liquor
license to the qualified voters OF each and
every county and municipal corporation in
the State OF Virginia, and to the qualified
voters Of each and every magisterial dis
trict in each and every county, and OF each
and every ward in each and every munich
pal corporation thereof, was ordered 10 its
engrossment.
Several other bills were ordered to en-
grossment under n suspension Of the rules.
At 3 O'Clock the chair was vacated until
. O'Clock.
Night Session.
The House was called to order al the
usual hour The attendance was slim.
Having no Big Four OF their own 10 enter
tain them, the House, without transact
ing any business. adjourned and most OF the
went to the Theatre to see the
Big-Four Minstrels.