The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-16

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cate to the Governor full statement OF
the reasons on which theremoval was made.
| IL. The Board, after the first meeting
under this act, shall meet ut the institution,
or at other places than the institute when
! in their opinion il shall be necessary 10 do
so. A meeting shall be held annually. at
such time as may be designated for their
annual meeting in their last resolution on
the subject. A meeting may also be called
at any time by the Adjutant-G General or SUI
perintendent OF the institute when either
may deem 1t advisable. And the Board
may adjourn from time 10 time.
2. This act shall be in force from its pas-
sage.
SCHOOL sUPERINTENDENTs.
Mr.. Lady offered the following Yesterday !:
Whereas so much uncertainty has arisen
as to the time OF appointment and tenure Of
office Of the school superintendents OF coun-
ties and cities whose terms OF Office expire
after the lst day OF July, 1892. and whereas
uniformity OF appointment and tenure IL
necessary TO the efficient and successful
management OF the school system OF the
State; therefore he il
! Resolved (the Senate c0ncIrring), That
! the offices OF all county ana city school
I
cities Of the State OF Virginia whose terms
OF Office do not expire on the lst day OF
July, 1882, shall be vacated on that day,
and their SUCCESSORS shall be appointed In
the manner herein provided. Ii shall be
the duty OF the State Board OF Education,
as soon as practicable after the passage
Of this act, and prior 10 tine said lst day
OF July, 1882, to appoint ior each OF the
said counties aud cities one superintendent
Of schools for each OF the same, except
that there shall be one superintendent for
the city OF Danyille and one for the county
of Pittsylyania, one for the city OF Lynch
! burg, and one for the county OF Campbell
respectively, their terms 10 begin on the
said lst day OF July, 1892. ii vacancy
shall at any time occur in the Office OF
county or city superintendent 1he State
Board OF Education shall I'll the same for
! its uneXpired term.
2. All acts and parts oi acts inc0nsist-
cnt with this joint resolution are hereby re-
| pealed.
3. This act shall be in force from its pas
sage.
ANOTHER RAILROAD.
The bin introduced Yesterday by Mr..
Grandstaff to incorporate the MasSanutten
and North Mountain Railway Company
makes J. ID. Price, Of IIarrisonburg. Va. :;
| II. J. Peter. OF Topeka, Kan: &. ;. Brice,
OF Lima, Ohio; Samuel Thomas, OF Column
bus, Ohio; J. Samuel IIarnsburger, OF Har-
risonburg, Va. Joseph l.. Loose, OF Rock
ingham; II. G. Allen, OF Shenandoah; H..
/ ID. Gardner, OF Warrenton, Va, or any
| five OF them, their associates, successors,
and assigns, body corporate by the name
and style Of the Massanutten and North
Mountain Railway Company, for the pur-
pose OF constructing, equipping, maintain
ing, and operating railroad through the
counties OF Warren, Page, Shenandoah,
| Rockingham, Bath, Augusta, and High
! land.
| COMPENSATION TO OWNERS or ANIMALS
KILLED BY RAIIROADs.
House bill No. II, to provide compenSa-
! ton To the owners OF animals killed or IN
! jured by the cars. locomotives, or other
carriages OF any railroad company in this
State, came up at l O'Clock yesterday a.
the SPECIAL order OF the day.
The consideration Of the bill provoked
long and animated discussion, which wa.
participated in almost exclusively by th,
LAWYERS OF the body. Messrs. Nicol, Nun
ford, Dun Green, and Farr favored Tho
bill as il came from the committee. Messrs
Il. Taylor Scott, Griffin, Lyons, j. {. Tay'
lor. Giddings, Conrad, Pollard, Stubbs,
and Cardwell, il not opposing il outright,
sought to eliminate what they considered
its most Objectionable features.
The friends OF the measure depicted IN
eloquent terms the great Disadvantages
which the farmers labored under in seek
ing redress fromrich and powerful railroad
corporations for injury done TO their stock
They claimed that under the existing law
the citizen had no rights which these cor
porations felt compelled to respect.
The opponents Of the bill declared thai
it was the most radical piece of legislation
ever proposed in the State, and that il
would not stand the test OF the courts,
Mr.. J. C.. TAYLOR said that this was claimed
as a measure for the protection OF the farm-
er. Speaking us farmer and not a. law
I yer, he said it would be an outrage upon
the railroads TO pass the bill.
The discussion, which was chiefly Of 4
legal nature, consumed two hours OF the
morning session and all OF the night ses-
sion (ab0ut enc hour and hah).
At night IL took somewhat OF humorous
turn. After various amendments had been
offered and disposed OF Mr.. MAYO took The
floor and moved 10 dismiss the bill. lie
said that he thought the millennium bad
come when he saw the members from
Stafford and Prince William lying down
tocether-On the cow question. But he
was afraid that the member IRON Stafford
had been bought with Nicot. II
seemed to him that this was lcgls-
laton in favor Of COWS against the
people. and being one OF the people he was
against the bill. Tie had heard letter
read in the House to-day in which II was
stated that q man in Stafford had been Of
fered thirty dollars for COW. He assert
ed that there was not a cow in that county
worth five dollars. He didn't have any
railroad i'm his county, bat ii some one
would build one there they might Kill al
the COWS over there at fifteen dollars q
head Seriously speaking. he said that th'
country needed these roads, and this sort
OF legislation was all wrOng-he therefore
moved to dismiss the bill.
Mr.. Mayo subsequently withdrew hi'
motion.
No mere new spaper report could do JUS
tice TO the speech or convey any idea oil IL
effect upon the House. Suffice it to say
that il was keenly enjoyed by those VINO
heard it.
After further remarks hy Messrs. Dick.
enson, Duff Green, and Cardwe'l, the bill
was ordered to ils engrossment 10y vote
of-ayes, 81; noes, 81.
OF the many amendments offered only
two were adopted-one by Mr.. Pollard. 10
substitute "may" for "shall" wherever
Il occurred in the second section; and the
other by Mr.. MunioN, which slightly
altered the reading Of the fourth section.
The bill reads as follows:
/. Be IL enacted by The Generos Assembly
of yirqinia, That whenever any animal,
OF animals slnll be Killed or ininred by the