Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-04
TiLA AND WORK.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.

Acknowledgement Massey called
the Senate TO order at Il O'Clock NJ.
No prayer.
WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
The Chair laid before the Senate a
communication from the Auditor Of
Public Accounts. in response to a reso-
luton Of the Senate calling for list OF
wounded soldiers who have proved
their claims and have not been paid.
Laid on the table and ordered to be
printed. The number OF claims filed in
Glass No. are 500; in class ., 229--
total, 1928.
RAILROAD TAXES.
The President laid before the Senate
communication from the Railroad
Commissioner in response to Senate re-
solution calling for statement of the
amount Of taxes paid by the several
railroad companies Of the State. The
total amount of taxes reported as paid
is 1910, ,250.Gl. lie says the Atlantic
and Danville, Alexandria and Washing
ton, Alexandria and Fredericksburg,
Meherrin Valley, and Suffolk Lumber
Company railroads have not yet sent in
their reports.
Ordered to be printed.
ROUsE BILLS REPORTED.
The following House bills were re-
ported from committees To amend,
&C., the Code Of Virginia in relation to
limited partnerships, with an amend
ment TO amend and re-enact section
is Of chapter l6 Of Acts Of lS77-'7S,
in relation to trials before justices to
provide for the opening, altering,
changing, and working the public roads
in the county Of Warren; to amend
section 3 Of an act approved February
IL, 1884, Incorporating the Norfolk
Classified Building Association Of the
city Of Norfolk.
SENATE BILLS REPORTED.
To amend and Te.enact section ! of
chapter j IA of the Code Of 1873, in re-
lation to fraudulent conveyances, with
an amendment TO rearrange the judi
cial circuits of the State and to dimin-
ish the number thereof, with the recon-
mendation that it do not pass to re-
quire quarterly reports to be made to
the Governor by heads Of departments
and other State agencies to regulate
the practice Of dentistry; to prevent
the telling Of trees or putting
any distractions in any of the
streams in the county Of Bed
ford. with recommendation that it do
nat pass to give authority to the
Gloucester Charity School to sell real
estate in Gloucester county; to amend.
&C., the Code of 1873, in relation to the
suspension and removal of certain Off
GERS in force February %. 1884; to
repeal sections :, 8, 9, 10, IL, and l.
of chapter Sc of the Code OF 1873, in re-
gard TO the compulsory inspection Of
flour and meal, with the recommends
tion that it do not pass.
RICHMOND SCHOOLS.
The Committee on Public Institutions
and Education, through Senator Koiner,
reported substitute for the House bill
concerning the public schools of Rich
mond.
The substitute provides for an an
nual appropriation by the City Council,
which shall be placed to the credit of
the City School Board, but drawn out
only in monthly instalments. The
School Board is required to make
a monthly report of its proceedings to
the City Council.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. Mccormick A bill to pro-
vide for the deposit Of State funds in
certain cases. The bill allows the
officers Of Frederick, Clarke, Warren,
and Shenandoah counties and the city
of Winchester to deposit State dues in
the Union Bank of Winchester. The
bond required is s50,000.l
BY Mr.. koiner: A bill TO authorize
the Governor to employ counsel to CO.
operate with the Attorney-General in
representing the State in the many suits
brought in the United States and State
courts. This power is only given for
two years..
by Mr.. Diggs from the Committee
for Courts Of Justce) A bill TO amend,
&C., the Code of 1873, in relation to the
salary of certain officers, &c. The OBJ
iect Of the bill is to increase the salary
of Circuit Court judges from $1,000 to
$4,000, except Judge Of the Seventh
circuit, who shall receive s., 300. Their
mileage is increased from 10 to 20 cents.l
By Mr.. Mccormick A bill to incor-
porate the Mineral.Springs Railroad
Company. The road is to run from a
point on the Valley railroad, or the Val
ley branch of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, in the county of Shenandoah,
in a westwardly direction to point on
or near the West Virginia State line.
The road shall not exceed twenty-five
miles in length. The corporators are
w. ID. Pollard, c. II. Krumbhaar, II.
6. Ward, Daniel Bray, J. r. Fell, {.
A. Harte, and Samuel G. Merrick.l
BY Mr.. Blackstone A bill relating
TO the charging of juries in cases of
felony. The bill proposes to make it
the duty Of the judge instead Of the
clerk as now.l
by Mr.. Dalton A bill authorizing
and empowering the Board of Water
Commissioners Of the city Of Norfolk
TO collect tolls.
BY Mr.. Rhes Petition Of the Good
1emplarS and other citizens Of Smyth
county in relation to local option.
They want the local.option bill passed
making it applicable to distilleries and
cities.
By Mr.. Norton Petition Of citizens
of the county of Warwick relative to
the no-ience law.
by Mr.. Edmunds Resolutions passed
by the taxpayers Of Red Band district,
OF Halifax county, in reference to de-
linquent lands. These resolutions en-
dorse Mr.. Edmonds's bill providing for
the annual sale Of lands returned de-
linquent in future, but protest against
lands returned delinquent in the past
being sold.
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