Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-14
LABORING LEGISLATORS.
PROCEEDINGS yesterday

7
ments in favor of the Commonwealth,
approved February 25, 1884, with sub
stitute tosmend, &C., Acts of extra ses-
sion OF 1884, in relation to securing to
taxpayers in cities and towns the right
Of public-school education for their chill
dreD, with substitute proposed by the
Committee on General Laws to amend
and re-ensct section II Of chapter 1852
Of Acts Of lSS3-'S4, in relation to pro-
vidipg for the working and repairing OF
public roads and bridges; to amend
and re-enact the charter Of the
Suffolk and Carolina Railway Com.
pany, with an amendment; to
incorporate the Morotock Manu-
featuring Company, with amendments :
to incorporate the Consolidated Abat.
toir Company Of Alexandria, Wash
iDgton, and Georgetown; to authorize
the Board of Supervisors Of the county
Of Fluvanna to establish free ferry
across the Rivanna river; to incorpo-
rate the Chesapeake Dry-Dock and Con-
struction Company, with an amend
ment; to incorporate the Warm
Springs Valley Railroad Company, with
an amendment; to limit the powers
Of the Board Of Supervisors of Bu-
chanan county; to incorporate the
town of Broadway, in the coun-
ty OF Rockingham, and to repeal
chapter 246 Of the Acts of lS79,S0, ap-
proved March Q, 1880, entitled an act
to incorporate the town of Broadway,
in Rockingham county, with an amend
ment to amend, &C., an act to incor-
porate the town Of Mineral City, in the
county Of Wise, approved April Z,
1882, and to restore to said town its
original name Of " Imboden, " with an
amendment; to amend, &C., an act to
incorporate the town Of Berryville and
TO provide a charter for the same, ap-
proved October %, 1870.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
By Mr.. Edmonds A bill to incor-
porate the Dan-Riyer Mining Com
pany.
BY Mr.. Dalton Bills. with accOmpa.
nyiDg petitions, for the relief Of F. A..
Morgan and John Jones, Of Accomac
county, from fines.
BY Mr.. Staples A bill to amend and
re.enact sections | and Of an act en-
titled an act to prevent frauds upon the
Commonwealth and the holders of her
securities in the collection and dis
bursement Of revenues, approved jan
uary IA, 1882.
BY same A bill to incorporate the
Patrick Henry Business Academy and
provide for the support of the same.
BY Mr.. Ellyson A bill to make
some provision for the sick poor of the
Commonwealth. This bill provides
for the establishment of State hospital,
TO be under the management and con-
troll of the Faculty OF the Medical Col
lege Of Virginia.
BY Mr.. Heaton: A bill to authorize
the trustees Of the Baltimore Monthly
Meeting of Friends for the Eastern and
Western districts, in unity with the
Ancient Yearly Meeting of Friends, to
purchase and acquire property within
the State Of Virginia.
GENERAL BUSINESS.
The report Of the Committee on
Courts as to the authority of any other
Judge to hold. o term Of the Chancery
or Hastings Court of Richmond was
recommitted to the Committee for Courts
Of Justice.
Senate Joint resolutions relative to the
conversion of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College of Virginia into a
school of Technology, &C., and direct
ing the Attorney General to institute
legal proceedings against certain officers
were laid on the table.
Mr.. Diggs's joint resolution instruct
ing the Auditor to proceed for the re-
coyery of fines against certain clerks of
the circuit courts was indefinitely post
poned.
The report of the Committee on Pri-
vileges and Elections recommending
that the resignation of the Hon. G. NJ.
Peck as member Of the Electoral
Board of Elizabeth City county be ac-
cepted, was adopted.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To incorporate the Morotock Manu-
featuring Company.
To enable the Circuit Courts Of the
Commonwealth to change the name,
style, and title Of corporations.
Authorizing payment Of the amount
due the city of Richmond for gas used
in the public buildings of the State.
The amount named in the bill lis
s433.95.I
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
To limit the power Of the Board of
Of Buchanan county.
To authorize the establishment of
ferry across James river at Columbia,
from the depot Of the Richmond and
Allegheny railroad to convenient
point on the opposite side of the river.
RAILROAD BILL.
The hour of / o'clock having ar
rived, the special order, the bill amend
ing the law incorporating the Lynch
burg, Halifax and North Carolina Rail-
road Company, was taken up. The
bill, after being slightly amended, was
ordered to its epgfossment and third
reading.
BILLS REJECTED.
The bills for the relief of William
jenkins and William A. Mountcastle,
and providing for the payment to
Samuel G. Greenhow, Treasurer of the
city Of Richmond, Of certain amounts
advanced by him in coupon suits against
him as Treasurer, which were reported
from the Committee on Finance with
the recommendations "that they do not
pass" were taken up, and the recon-
nendations Of the committee were
agreed to,
sTAUNT0N GAS COMPANY. /,
House bill amending, re-enacting, ex-
ending, and renewing the charter Of |
he Staunton Gas Company, which was |
passed by the Senate, with amendment.