Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-07
LEGISLAToRS' LABORs.
NEW BUSINESS PROPOSED.
L.brn'y BuIldiuE : Civii-serviee Biii-rhe
Passed bs the Hoasc, Sc., &C.

stare DE neutrality-suspicious. fex-bsh,
Passed b. the Hoase, Nc, &C.
senate.
Lieutenant Governor Massey called
the Senate TO order at IL o'clock NJ.
Prayer by Rev. DR.. w. w. Landrum.
THE LIBRARY-BUTLDING.
The Senate joint resolution providing
for the appointment of a special com
mittee consisting of three on the part
Of the Senate and five on the part OF the
House to report upon a building to be
erected on or near the Capitol Square
for the use Of the State Library, &C.,
was reported from the House rs having
been agreed TO by that body, with the
following amendment The commit
tee shall further ascertain and report
the estimated cost of State House OF
capacity sufficient to accommodate the
Legislature, the State officers, and the
public library, built Of granite quarried
in the State quarry by convicts." The
amendment was agreed to.
Senator Ellyson voted against the
amendment which proposes that the
State House shall be built Of granite
quarried in the State quarry by con-
victs.
Messrs. Lovenstein, Berry, and Hca-
ton were appointed as members of this
committee on the part Of the Senate.
BILLS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES.
To provide for the payment of a
Judgment recovered by the Kendall
Bsnk-Note Company, of New York,
against the Board of Commissioners OF
the Sinking Fund of Virginia; to amend.
&C., an act to establish a corporation
court for the city of Richmond; to in
corporate the town Of Claremont. in
Surry; to amend, &C., an act providing
for removing distractions in Bush
river, in Prince Edward county, Va. ;
to incorporate the Elba Beneficial and
Social Society, Of Richmond; to incor-
porate the 0dd-Fellows' Association, OF
Richmond, Va; to provide compensa-
tion for witnesses regularly summoned
before grand juries to authorize George
W. Parker to erect a wharf in Chucka-
tuck creek, in NaDsemond county, Va. /;
to amend and re-enact section of
chapter l59 Of the Code Of 1873, re-
latiDg to clerks Of the Court of APP
peals providing charter for Smiths
Warehouse Company at Blacks and
Whites, Nottoway county, Va; to al
low Ezra X. Young, Warren ii.
Young, and Milton Young to erect a
wharf at Franklin c ity, in Accomack
county, for the purpose of shipping
oysters; to allow William ii. Ellis to
erect a wharf at Franklin City, Acco-
mack county; authorizing the trustees
Of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, at Wytheville to sell and convey
the church and lot.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. Ellyson: A bill to amend an
act to incorporate the Little Sisters Of
the Poor in Richmond. llt is the in
tention of the cOrporators to make
an addition to their institution for the
accommodation of colored people, and
the object OF this bill is to enable them
to do So
BY Mr.. Read: A bill to amend sec
ton 4 Of chapter 46 of the Code of
1873, in relation to bUnds Of county
reasurers.
BY Mr.. Rhea A bill to provide for
he completion Of the Southwestern Lu-
latic Asylum and appropriating money
therefor. The amount to be appro-
priated is sl35,000, $4,000 of said
appropriation to be used to complete
the buildings of said Asylum and the
remaining 100000 to provide water,
light, heat, and such fixtures as may be
necessary to put said Asylum into full
and complete operation, &c.l
By Mr.. Trout; A bill to amend an
act to incorporate the Salem and South
western Railroad Company, approved
February 20, 1884.
BY Mr.. Nlngtield A bill to eStab-
lish Board upon Executive Appoint
ments and to prescribe the duties of
such Board. The full text Of the bill
is as follows:
Bet enacted bU he General assembly Of
Iir0iHfd, Section i, That the Governor OF
the Commonwealth, Lieutenant Governor,
and Attorney. General be. and they are
hereby, constituted a board TO be known as
the Board upon Executive Appoint
ments." The Governor shall be er-O1IciO
president OF the Board and the Secretary
Of the Commonwealth shall be eI-OgiciO
secretary thereof.
2. The Office OF every clerk In the several
departments OF the Government shall be
filled by the Board upon Executive APP
pointments upon the recommendation OF
the head of the department to which such
clerkship belongs.
8. The said Board shall. whenever they
deem II proper TO do so. remove any clerk
and I'LL the vacancy in the mode prescribed
in section 2.
4. This act shall be in force from date OF
passage.
by Mr.. Heaton A bill to authorize
an increase Of the salary Of the judge of
the Eleventh judicial circuit by the
boards Of supervisors and Council Of
the city Of said circuit. THE increase
asked for is 1900 per annum.l
BY Mr.. Trout: A bill to amend and
an act to provide for a new charter for
the city Of Roanoke.
By Mr.. Ellyson: A bill, with ac-
compsDying petition, for the relief Of the
estate of John w. Wright, late sheriff
Of the city Of Richmond.
BY Mr.. Gee : A bill to incorporate
the Richmond, Petersburg and Man
chester Railway Company. The OBJ
ject of the bill is to build railroad
from a point at or near Manchester or
Richmond to point at or near Peters
burg.l
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
BY Mr.. Lovenstein That all Senate
bills be read through on their second
'eading. and on their third reading
hall only be read by their title unless
he reading of the whole hill shall he |