The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-02-17

Mr.. Hurt: win make my speech in m,
own way. IL any senator Thinks am go
ing beyond fair and honorable reply u
the assault upon Major Sutherlin, let hin
raise his hand. and will withdraw 1t.
Mr.. Lybrook: have made no such allu
sion to Mr.. Sutherlin.
Mr.. Hurt: You mention him and {
" second steal"
Mr.. Lybrook: didn't say he did it.
diselaim anything OF the sort.
Mr.. Hurt, continuing In his reply. said
presently: am afraid the opposition oI
the Senator (Mr. Lybrook) is brought about
in great measure because the president
refused to turn the road out of the way,
at heavy cost. and carry 1t by the Patrick
Springs. In which be (Mr. Lybrook) owns
an interest.
Mr.. Lybrook, [drawing close up to Mr..
Hurt]: deny that. j won't permit that
sort OF talk. 1 mean to say you shan't do
that, sir. II you do that l will hold you
personally responsible.
Mr.. Hurt: am personally responsible,
here and elsewhere.
Mr.. Lybrook: / shall be under the ne
cessity Of correcting you.
Mr.. Hurt: hope the Chair will stop.
Mr.. Lybrook: A grosser insult was
never offered to senator. am not will
ing to take that from him or any one else,
and / don't intend to take it. ITO Mr..
Hurt: will not permit you to 60 on in
that sort. Take down his words.
The Chair (Mr. Koiner): The Chair fall
ed to catch the words the gentleman COM
plains of.
Mr.. Meredith: / hope. sir, the Senator
will not insist on taking down the words.
Mr.. Bailey: He (sIr. Hurt is In the
same fix as the Senator from Mecklenburg.
II he has done anything at all that he
ought to be sorry for, he is willing to ac-
cept an apology. [Great laughter.]
After remarks from Mr.. Hurt. the Senate
leaving the bill pending.
House Of Delegates.
The House OF Delegates met at IL
o'clock-Speaker Stuart in the chair. No
prayer.
COUNTY TREAsURERs.
Mr.. Camper offered the following, which
was agreed to:
Whereas the laws now regulating the collection
pensation te collecting officers TO delay the colec-
tion Of taxes. therefore be IL 80
Resolved, That the Finance Committee be di-
rected to prepare bill providing for more
prompt and efficient collection of the revenue and
TO regulate the compensation Of county treasu-
rers.
THE BARTHOLDI STATUE.
The Governor sent to the House a COM
munication referring to that body COM
munication he had received from the COM
mittee on the Bartholdi Statue OF Liberty.
He did not make any suggestions, and the
went to the Finance Com
mittee.
SCHOOLS.
Mr.. Gibson offered the following, which
goes to the committee named:
Resolved, That the Committee on Constitutional
be Instructed to prepare and repOr;
white trustees for white schools and negro trustees
for negro schools.
NORFOLK HARBOR BILL.
Mr.. Meredith, from the Senate, reported
the passage by the Senate Of House bill
No. 10, "to amend and re-enact sections /, 4,
2, z, and IL OF an act creating Board Of
HarbOr Commissioners OF Norfolk and
Portsmouth, and for the preservation Of
the harbor OF Norfolk and Portsmouth"
The bill goes to the Governor.
"DO THE RAlLROADS RUN THIS HOUSE -
Under Mr.. Marshalps resolution, the
counties were called alphabetically, and
each member was allowed to call up one
local or private bill. A railroad bill was
offered when BotetOurt county was reached.
Mr.. Trigg rose to point OF order, which
was stated 10 be that the bill was not pri-
vate or local one.
The Char sustained the point OF order.
Dir. Anderson. OF Rockbridge, arose to
say that the bill ought to be considered. 1t
was to incorporate railroad company.
ilr. Gibson: "Do the railroads run this
House?"
After some talk, by universal consent
the bill was taken up and amended. One
of the amendments was offered by Dir.
Trigg, compelling the company to pay its
taxes in money instead Of coupons. Mr..
Trigg declared that he intended TO offer
this amendment to every charter presented
for action before the House.
Speaker Stuart also urged this amend
ment, and it was adopted. The bill went
to its third reading.
"wANrs TER MEND 1T on ITS PASSAGE"
When Brunswick county was reached
OH JUc EOii -hIs w utSIcl kVOiOiCuJ Sdiitu vi
q bill extending the time for abolishing a
fence law in Totaro township, in the coun-
ty OF Brunswick. He stated that he want
ed to "mend it on its passage"
Speaker Stuart stated that he had large
number of relatives and friends in Bruins
wick, and that he had been requested by
them to offer the bill alluded to. 1t was
impossible, owing to the peculiar charac-
ter OF the labor and the scant timber in
the locality named for the landowners 10
fence in their farms within the time named,
and they had asked that the time be eX-
tended as named in the bill.
Wheeler said: 1.-The people went to the
polls manly, and vote it down, on dis
fence-law, TO git it out de county. When
they put pig in pen on the fust day OF
and took him out agin on de
fust day Febbywerry. en- he war a pig
still. Dis aim no party quesbtion, cos 1t is
de wishes OF de people. i know dat coun-
ty; hev travel tbro' dat county, and cum
from dat county, and de Speaker Will with
drew his bin, hope"
The bill was passed to its third reading.
BILLS PASSED.
House bill No. 1872, to limit proceedings
for the enforcement OF judgments in favor
of the Commonwealth against sureties
upop official bonds executed prior to July,
1870, by public officers charged with the
collection Of the revenue.
Senate bill No. 161, to amend section l
OF ali act OF the General Assembly ap-
proved March 81, 1871, entitled an 1T to
amend and re-enact an act entitled an act
10 incorporate the town OF Liberty, in the
county OF Bedford.
Senate bill to incorporate the Lynchburg
and Southwest Railroad Company:
House bill to prescribe the times Tor
Holding Circuit Courts in the Eighth Judi
cial circuit.
Senate bill authorizing the Board OF Su-
peryisors OF Warwick county TO borrow
money TO repair and rebuild the court
house and Jail OF said county.