Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-13

num- JOuH ~. huit, itehiucht PfV ec"s',
in the chair.
ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION.
Mr.. Thurman, from the Committee
on Privileges and Elections, 10 which
was referred the resignation Of the Hon.
| G. NJ. Peck as q member Of the Electo-
raj Board for the county of Elizabeth
City, submitted report recommend
ing that the resignation be accepted
and that day be fixed by joint reso-
luton to FIJI the vacancy. No action
was taken on the report.
BILLS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES.
To amend an act respecting wild
game, approved March IL, 1884; to
amend and re-enact section Of chap
ter 514 Acts 1894, amending an act
approved March Q, 1880, respecting
wild game, with recommendation that
it do not pass; House joint resolution
requesting the Virginia Senator'S and
Representatives in Congress to urge the
passage Of laws protecting the fish in
terests Of Virginia ; for the protection
OF game in the county Of Halifax; aU-
thorizing payment Of the amount de
the city Of Richmond for gas used in
the public buildings Of the State :;
for the relief Of William Jenkins and
for the protection Of game in the coun-
ty Of Madison, with recommendation
that they do not pass TO amend Sec
tions and 7 Of an act providing for
the sale of lands delinquent for taxes
and county leyies.
| PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. Meredith A bill to lncor-
porate the Abattoir Company Of Alex
andria, Washington, and Georgetown.
| The object Of this bill is to establish
an abattoir between Alexandria and
Washington in which all the cattle for
beef for the markets OF the two cities
may be slaughtered; to allow the cor
porators to erect necessary sheds, &C.,
and to charge a reasonable sum for
their services.l
By Mr.. Ellyson: A bill to amend
and reenact sections 81, &c, -, and IS
Of the charter Of the city of Richmond,
in relation to the collection of taxes.
This bill provides for the appointment
by the City Council of a collector Of
delinquent taxes, and is prepared as a
result Of the passage by the City Coun-
Gil Of a resolution requesting the mem
bers of the Legislature to present such
a bill and urge its paSsage.l
BY Mr.. Hurt Mr.. Jones in the chair ;
A bill to incorporate the Morotock
Manufacturing Company, Of Danville.
BY Mr.. Jones: A bill to allow the
District School Board Of Milboro' dis
trict, in the county of Bath, to use one
half Of the district school-fund for the
purpose of paying teachers.
BY Mr.. Stubbs 4 bill for the relief
Of John II. Sears, treasurer Of Mat
thews county, Va.
By Mr.. Read (by request: A bill
for the relief of r. P. Hughes, late
clerk of Mecklenburg Circuit and
County Courts, and of W. c. Curtis,
clerk Of Mecklenburg Circuit Court.
BY Mr.. Lovenstein A bill to prohi-
bit the use of purSe-nets, pound-nets
traps, or fixed apparatus in the tida
waters Of the Commonwealth or in Il
Chesapeake bay within four miles
the shore, and to prevent fishing in IT,
bay at night and on Sunday.
BY Mr.. Ellyson; A bill to amen
and re-enact section AZ Of the act ap'
proved March IL, 1875, entitled an act
prescribing general provisions in rela-
tion to commissioners of the revenue
and the assessment of taxes on persons,
property, income, licenses, &c. THE
object of this bill is to define more
clearly the exemption from taxation ol
all books, apparatus, and furniture be-
longing to incorporated colleges and
academies, or used for the necessary
and legitimate purposes thereof.l
BY Mr.. Lovenstein A bill to amend,
&C., an act for the preservation of oys'
ters, and to obtain revenue for the priv.
lege Of taking them within the waters
of the Commonwealth, approved March
4, 1884.
BY Mr.. Koiner A bill to pay Henry
Mahoney, late superintendent of the
Staunton and Parkersburg turnpike, foI
expenses incurred by him in repairing
said turnpike.
COMMITTEE ENLARGED.
A message was received from the
House of Delegates by Speaker Stuart
who informed the Senate that the House
had adopted a joint resolution aG ling
two on the part of the House and one
on the part Of the Senate to the special
committee to which all bills and resolu
tions relating to the State debt shall bt
referred.
The resolution was agreed to by the
Senate, and Senator Heaton was ap'
pointed on the committee.
HIS FIRST MESSAGE.
A communication was received from
Governor Fitzhugh Lee, which reads
have the honor TO submit TO your body
| the accompany ing communication from
! the Governor OF North Carolina for such
legislation as may be deemed expedienl
and proper FITZHoGH LEE
The communication from Governor
Scales, of North Carolina, asked fol
the appointment Of commission from
Virginia to act with similar one from
| North Carolina to establish the boun-
dary lines between Virginia and North
Carolina, and to mark them out and
establish them by plain and distin-
guishable landmarks. The message
was ordered to be printed and referred
to the Committee on General Laws.l
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
To amend an act respecting wild
game, approved March Is, 1884.
To amend sections and 7 of an act
approved March 10, 1884, entitled an
act to provide for the sale Of lands de-
linquent for taxes and county levies,
and to repeal section 10 Of the same
act, with Senate amendments.
To incorporate the Colored Agricul-
tursl Association Of Virginia, with Sen
ate amendments.
FISH AND GAME.
House bill amending and reenactine