Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-20

lO luC tON II VI uldohi
City, in the county of Pulaski.
To give the consent of the Common
wealth to the purchase Of real estate
by the United States in the city of
Norfolk for site fer a public building
for the accommodation Of the United
States courts, post.oIiice, &c.
To confer upon the Council Of the
town of Danyille authority to build,
purchase, &C, a free bridge across
Dan river.
To allow the town Of Manchester to
borrow money and to issue bonds
therefor.
To incorporate the Lynchburg Per-
petual Building and Loan Company.
To amend the law in relation to
records in the clerks Office of Rock
ingham county.
To empower the mayor and Town
Council of the town Of West Point to
borrow money and issue bonds there
for.
To allow the voters of Black Water
precinct, in the county Of Princess
Anne, TO vote on the question Of con-
tinuing or repeating the present fence
law.
To authorize the Superintendent Of
Public Instruction to occupy the chapel
and Tecitation-rOOm OF the Institution
for the Education of the Deafand Dumb
and Of the Blind, at Staunton, Va, for
summer normals.
TO incorporate the Culpeper, Sperry-
vile, Washington and Front Royal
Telephone Company.
To amend the charter Of the Atlantic
and Danyille railroad.
To authorize the Board Of Super
visors Of Surry county to take the
census Of said county.
To incorporate the Danyille and
Northwestern Railroad company.
To provide compensation to John VI.
Forbes and NJ. Boswell Seawell for
certain professional services rendered by
them respectively in behalf of the Com
monwealth.
VIRGINIA AND CAROLINA RAILROAD
COMPANY.
The House bill to amend and re-enact
an act 10 incorporate the Virginia and
Carolina Railroad Company, came up
on its passage.
Mr.. McCandlish hoped the bill would
nat pass. lie has strenously endeavor-
ed to get the House to adopt resolu-
tion he had offered providing for an in
vestigation of the company's affairs.
lie trusted the House would investigate
what, when brought to light, he be-
lieved would be proved to be bogus
and swindling concern.
Mr.. Loving said in justice to the
railroad company that the gentleman
from Petersburg mr.. McCandlishl
when asked to furnish grounds on
which to base his charges had utterly
failed to do so.
Mr.. Mallory hoped on behalf of his
constituents that the bill would pass.
Mr.. Echols called the pending ques-
tion-the passage of the bill-which
was ordered.
The bill then passed.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS
Mr.. Stuart (Mr. Cardwell in the
chair moved to suspend the rules and
take mp Senate resolution providing
that the Offices of superintendent of
schools in all cases shall be deemed va
cant on the lst of July, 1886, and that
the regular term Of four years COM
mence on that day.
Mr.. Waddill hoped the rules would
not be suspended. "We are progress
ing rapidly with the bills on the calen-
dar, and | see no use in taking up a
resolution which only legislates the
superintendents out Of office"
Mr.. Stuart said the resolution did
not legislate these men out of Office.
lie hoped the resolution would be taken
up and concurred in.
Mr.. Mallory offered the following
amendment: Provided that this re-
solution shall not apply to superinten-
dents of counties whose term do not
expire until the first of July, 1887"
Mr. Figgat opposed the amendment.
lie believed the Legislature had the
right to prescribe the terms of school
superintendents; that all superintend-
ents went out OF office at the time speci-
fed, irrespective of the length Of time
they had been in office. He quoted as
his authority decisions OF the Supreme
Court of Appeals holding that these of
ticers all go out Of office at the same
time, and that it had been decided
the design of the Constitution was that
all the terms of all officers ola particular
class begin at one time and all end at
the same time.
Mr.. Stuart explained that all Of the
decisions Of the Supreme Court made it
evident that all officials Of certain
class school superintendents, for in
be considered as class
created, not as individuals, and that
their terms expire at the same time re-
gardless of when elected.
Mr.. Echols called the pending ques-
tion--Mr. Mallory's amendment. Or
dered.
The amendment was rejectel-ayes,
"a (; noes, A.
FILIBCSTERING.
Mr.. Franklin moved to adjourn.
Lost-ayts, 6; noes, 81.
The pending question-agreeing to
the resolution--was ordered.
Mr.. Waddill moved to adjourn.
ost.
Mr.. Waddill moved to reconsider the
vote by which the House refused to
adjourn.
The Chair decided the motion not in