The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-21
GINgPAL ASSEMBLY, Or VIRGINIA.
THURSDAY. April 20, 1882.
SLNATE.

| INTRODUCED AND RkFkEkhD.
BY Mr.. STEVENS: Bill TO authorize the
Common Council OF the city OF Petersburg
to purchase and donate site for the Nor
NAL and Collegiate Institute.
BY Mr.. BAILEY: BIZ to amend charter
Of che town OF Abingdon.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
Mr.. WILLIAMS, OF N0ttoway, read from
a special in the Washington Post OF the
18th paragraph In which II was said che
fNr. WrLLiAMs] has been offered $4,000
Tor his vote,v &c. Mr.. WILLIAMS said this
paragraph lacked all the essential elements
OF truth. He had never been offered q
dollar by any person or persons 10 ihhu-
4 cnce his vote.
| G0yERxoR's CLERK.
On motion OF Mr.. EsKRIDGE the follow
ing was unanimously adopted TO correct
an omission In the appropriation bill:
Resolref 1.-THE House concurring), That
the sum of $500 be paid James 5. Brown
ing fpriyate secretary OF the Goyernor) as
bjs nroportionate dues at the rate OF 800
ner month for two months and six days
from January the LIST to March the 9th,
LIss2-said amount to be paid out OF any
money not otherwise appropriated.
HoTcHKIss's SUMMARY.
Mr.. POWELL. introduced joint resolu-
ton proyiding for the distribution OF copies
of Hotcbkiss's Summary OF Virginia 10
members OF the General Assembly. Lies
over one day.
CONTRACTS.
On motion OF Mr.. RIDDLEBERGER, and
under the suspension Of the rules, joint
resolution was passed providing that all
contracts made by the Commissioners OF
the Sinking Fund shall be approved by the
Governor before they shall become binding
on the State.
REAL BUSINESS.
The House resolution for a recess Of the
General Assembly from April 22d to June
It'll was voted down-1S to 10.
The Senate refused the Houses request
for conference on the commission sales
billie to 16. That is the end OF that bill.
The tax bill blouse bilD was amended
and passed, and the Senate adjourned.
The Famous Five stand as solid as ever.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met at IL o'clock-Speaker
FOWLER in the chair
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. CALDWELL: A bill to repeal an
act entitled an act to prevent distractions
to the free passage OF fish, approved April
80, 1874, as amended by an act approved
March 81, 1875, as amended by an act ap-
proved March o, 1880.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
The following House bills were passed:
To legalize ferry established by
Joseph l.. Linkenhoker across James
river at Jackson, in the county at Botc-
| tourt.
To amend an act entitled an act to in
corporate the Seaboard Cotton Compress
Company.
To authorize the judges of the County
| Courts of King William and Accomac to
| have the observation-disclosures copied.
For the relief Of John Il. woodward and
others.
To provide for keeping in order the
turnpike of Henrico county.
For the relief of c. ii. Ingles, late trea-
surer OF Henry county
To authorize the Winchester and Poto-
mac Railroad Company to issue its bonds
and mortgage its road.
To authorize the trustees OF the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South, of Wythe-
vile, Va, to sell and convey church pro-
perty.
To authorize certain trustees OF school
property in Smyth county to exchange lots
| with the trustees of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church South.
To provide for working and keeping in
order the public roads OF the counties of
Lancaster and Richmond.
To amend sections 8, 9, 10, II, and II
OF chapter 1874 of the Acts of 1853, TO con-
struct road from Winchester TO Staunton,
Va.
To authorize the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, at Strasburg, Shenandoah
county, Va, to borrow money.
TO amend and recnact section OF chapter
124 Of the Code of 1873, in relation to in
vestments by courts.
To incorporate the Lynchburg and Caro-
line Railroad Company.
Fixing the salary of the Judge OF the
County Court of Chesterfield.
To amend and reenact section OF chap
ter 100 of the Code Of 1878, as amended by
an act approved February 20, 1873, and as
amended by an act approved March 81,
1879, in relation to unlawful fishing.
To amend and reCnact section Of chap
ter 1872 Of the Acts of 1872, entitled an act
more eflectually for the protection OF sheep
in the county OF Loudoun.
For the relief OF Joseph Copenhayer, Of
Smyth county, Va.
To authorize the trustees OF the North
Street African Methodist Episcopal church,
i'm the city of Portsmouth, Va, to borrow
money and give deed Of trust Oh church
property.
Authorizing the bismal-swamp Canal
Company to issue per cent bonds.
To incorporate the Exchange Bank OF
Goochland.
To incorporate the town of Fairfax
Courthouse, in the county of Fairfax.
For the protection Of the aids to naviga-
ton in the State of Virginia.
To incorporate the Surry County Rail-
road and Lumber Company.
To amend and reenact the preamable and
section / OF chapter 12G of the Acts of
1S7G-'77, in relation to the execution OF q
lease of the third story Of the public free
school building in the town OF Front ROYAL |
To incorporate the Cincinnati, Virginia |
and Carolina Railway Company.
TO authorize the Piney Grove Baptist |
church, in Bedford county, to borrow
money.
To authorize the supervisors OF Motto
way and Amelia counties to issue bonds to |
pay expenses recently incurred In cases of
smallpox.
TO refund to John II. Meade expenses |
paid by him for carrying ;. u. Elliott and |
Jane Counts, two lunatics, to the Western
Lunatic Asylum.
House joint resolution authorizing and |
instructing the Acknowledgement TO look |
after certain property devised TO the Lite
rary Fund by Peter Curran, deceased, of |
Brooke county, w. Va.
To submit to the voters Of King George,
Northampton, Halifax, and Brunswick the |
question OF prohibiting the sale of liquor
in said counties.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.