Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-15
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
BILLS PASSED YESTERDAY.

BILLS PASSED YESTERDAY.
Rspiy or the Frcderieksburz Raiiresd COM
psus--ciasms or Coupon Csunssi-s'' James
Church, AshIsnd. kc., &C.
The Senate met at IL o'clock-Hon.
John L. Hurt, President pro tenn. in the
chair. Prayer by Rev. DIR. ). b. New
ton.
yIRaINIA's SHARE.
The Chair laid before the Senate 4
communication from the Board Of Pub
lie Works, transmitting the following
from the president of the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Company
RIcuM'p, FREp'G & PoToNAo X. X. Co.,
PRESIDENTS OFFIcE.
RICHMOND, January IL, 1885.
BOARD of Public Horks OF Virginia:
Gentlemen.-I have Just received Your
letter enclosing a resolution OF the State
senate directing you 10 ascertain from the
president and dn ectors OF this company.
and report to the senate why q dividend
has not been declared upon me ,So s,s,e
Il a large holder) for the year 1850.
There was not quorum OF directors pre-
sent at the meetings OF November ana De
cember, so that NO action has been TAKEN ,
holders meeting upon the question OF DC.
claring q dividend; but In conversation
with the several directors upon this topic
majority OF them have declared that they
deem ii unwise to make dividend at pre-
sent, and have urged the following reasons
in support OF this decision: Although the
net profit OF the company for the last nscai
year mounted to over sl06 600, large por-
ton OF this sum has been, or Will within
the next few months be. required to pay
for the ne n passenger station, which viii
cost, inciuGtng the grounds, already
paid for out OF the above net profits,
about 100000, of which sum this
company pays one half. In addition to this
the company has purchased an interest in
the Pullman cars run upon Its line, and on
January I'd paid on account OF same s25, 900.
1t expects to be called upon during the
present month TO pay the balance due upon
this purchase. amounting to about $4,000.
II Will be seen. therefore, that the company
could not, at this time, pay a dividend
without increasing Its floating debt, which
the directors deem II unwise TODD.
Respectfully yours,
j. p. BRINToN, President.
The communication was laid on the
table and ordered to be printed.
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES.
The following bills were reported
from committees For the relief Of
Mrs. R. W. Davidson, of Floyd county,
with amendments to authorize the
appointment Of an Inspector Of accounts
Of public officers and those who exer-
else public trusts, defining powers,
duties, &c. to incorporate the Chicago,
Parkersburg and Norfolk Railroad
Company, with amendments ; TO amend
and re-enact an act approved March II,
1884, entitled an act to incorporate the
Iron Mountain Company, with amend.
ments to amend, &C., an act to incor-
porate the Salem and Southwestern
Railroad Company, approved February
90, 1884, with amendments.
FOR PAY OF COUNSEL.
Mr.. Koiner, from the Committee on
Finance, to which was referred the mes
sage of Governor Cameron of Deem
Der 81, 1885, relative to san appro-
priation by the General Assembly for
the pay of counsel for the State in GER
tain cases in the State and United
States courts" reported the following
bills with the accompanying state
ments: To provide compensation
| (s2, 5OO) to A. II. Garland and Martin
F. Morris, the representative of Rich
ard T. Merrick, deceased, for SER
vices rendered by Garland q Merrick
as counsel in behalf of the State Of Vir-
ginia in the cases of Poindexter Us.
Greenhow, &C.; to provide payment
(s250) to E. G. Burks for services rem
dered the Commonwealth as counsel in
behalf of the State in the case Of Thomas
Branch & Co. pS. the Commissioners Of
the Sinking Fund; to provide compen-
sation tsl ,250) to Waller Il. Staples for
services rendered the Commonwealth in
the case of Marye Us. Parsons, &c.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
By Mr.. Digs: A bill paying V. G.
Huntington, late treasurer of Lynch
burg, the amount of certain judgments
in coupon proceedings against him.
BY Mr.. Thurman A bill to extend
aid to the Virginia State Agricultural
Society.
By Mr.. Read 10y request: A bill
for the relief Of j. NJ. Sloan, late sheriff
Of Mecklenburg county.
BY Mr.. Dalton: A bill to incorpo-
rate the Peoples Illuminating Com
paDy, of Portsmouth, Va.
BY Mr.. Ellyson A bill to amend
and re-enact section l Of chapter IA
Of the Code of 1873, in relation to
fraudulent conveyanceS. THE object
Of this bill is to better protect ouT
wholesale merchants against fraudulent
purchases of goods.l
By Mr.. Norton A bill authorizing
the qualified voters of Warwick county
to vote on the question of a fence Law
or no fence law by magisterial dis
tricts, upon certain conditions.
By Mr.. Staples A bill to amend
and e-enact section l Of an act ap
proved March %, 1873, entitled an act
to amend and re-enact the first section
of an act entitled an act to provide
for the working of penitentiary
convicts on the Danville and New
River railroad, approved March p
1876, and to repeal the second section
of the said act, and to furnish convict
to any company which may construct
railroad in the counties of Henry ant
Patrick, or either of them; to tn
Washington, Cincinnati and st. Loui
narrow-guage railroad, the StauntOl
and Parkersburg turnpike, the Uppe
Appomattox Company, and the Bristo
Coal and Iron Narrow-Gauge Railroad
Company.
By Mr.. Flanary: A bill to repea
sections 2, 4, and of chapter Ia
Acts Of 1874, in relation to the weigh
master Of livestock.
By same; A bill to provide for
general plan of indexing the record
and proceedings of suits pending or de
cided in the several courts Of this Com
monwealth.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To provide compensation to Wynd
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