Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-22
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
4 NEW DEBrBILL PASSED.


A communication from the House
of Delegates transmitting to the Senate
certain bills passed by the House was
read, and the bills referred to the pro-
per committees or placed on the calen-
dar, except Senate bill amending, &C.,
an act to establish q State female nor
nal school and to add an independent
section, which was passed by the House,
with an amendment.
The eighth section Of the bill as
passed by the Senate provided that
diploma Of this school should license
the one who received it to teach any,
where in the State for five years with
out standing examinations. The House
proposed a substitute for this section,
which only authorizes the Board of
Trustees of said school to grant d.
plomas to the graduates. The amend
ment was agreed to by the Senate, and
the bill now goes to the Governor.
HOUSE BILLS REPORTED.
The following House bills were re-
ported from committees For the relief
of William Chiffon, late treasurer Of
Lancaster; extending the time to o. B.
Thomas for the collection of certain
taxes and leyies, with an amendment.
SENATE BILLS REPORTED.
To regulate the assessment and col
lection of taxes in the hands of nota-
ries public and clerks of courts, with the
recommendation that the bill be print
ed-agreed to; to restore the salary Of
the Clerk Of the Senate of Virginia to
what it was in 1860, with the recon-
mendation that it do not pass for the
protection Of owners of stations, with
the recommendation that it do not
pass for the relief of W. S. Will
liams, with the recommendation that it
do not pass to allow the treasurer of
Allegheny county to file an amended
list of delinquent land and property
taxes for the year 1888 to amend an
act to provide new charter for the
town Of Suffolk to amend section 3
Of chapter l07 Of the Code of
1873, relating to "who are disabled
to be surveyors ~; to amend, &C., the
charter Of the city of Richmond in re-
latiOn to the collection of taxes; au-
thorizing the Secretary Of the Com
monwealth and State Librarian to trans
nit to W. A. Glasgow, at Fincastle,
Va, one copy Of each volume Of the
Calendar of Virginia Historical Manu-
scripts; to provide for docketing taxes
on delinquent lands, with an amend
ment; to amend, &C., an act to incOr-
pOrate the Manchester Railway and I'M
proyement Company and to change the
name thereof to the Richmond and
Manchester Railway Company.
COMPLAINTS AGAINST RAILROADS.
Mr.. koiner presented the following,
which was adopted
ReS0lred, That the Railroad Com
missioner at the earliest day practical
bic furnish to the Senate a statement of
the number of complaints made to him
each month since in office against the
railroad companies of the State, the
cause of subjects Of complaint against
said companies, and at what places the
grievances complained Of occurred.
State also what explanation and relief,
if any, was granted in each case; whe-
Their the railroad companies Of this State
keep posted at their respective dep0ts
the tariff Of freight and passenger rates
on their lines, and whether they in any
case transport freight or passengers at
a greater or less sum than such posted
rates; also, to state anything else per-
tinent to these inquiries which he may
think necessary to be stated for the in
formation Of the Senate which has not
already been stated in his annual report.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. Gaines A bill to allow the
treasurer Of Lunenburg county to col
lect by levy certain tax bills not re-
turned delinquent.
By Mr.. Edmunds : A bill to refund
to a. r. Green, treasurer Of Halifax
county, the amount Of costs paid by
him in a suit resisting the payment Of
coupons for State taxes.
BY Mr.. Hodges: A bill to protect
the employees of incorporated compa-
MES or corporations, firms, or indi-
viduals. The object Of the bill is that.
in case Of an assignment or receiver
being appointed for a corporation, COM
pany, firm, or individual, all employees
shall be made preferred creditors
by Dir. Petit A bill to allow the
Commonwealth to prove the character
of persons charged with crime. The
bill provides that in any case Of felony
or misdemeanOr it shall be competent
for the Commonwealth to put in evil
dence the general character of the ac-
cused.l
BY Mr.. Duane A bill for the repeal
of the game laws as they apply to the
counties Of Dinwiddie, Sussex, and
GreeDsville.
BY Mr.. Jones A bill to amend and
re-enact section % Of chapter 81 of the
Code of 1873, in relation to the gov
eminent of the Virginia Military lnst.
tute. The object Of the bill is to make
more binding upon the State students
the obligation to teach two years in the
public schools Of the Common wealth
By Mr.. Digs: A bill defining the
hours Of labor on State work. THE
bill provides that eight hours of actual
labor shall constitute a days work by
all employ es of the State departments
By Mr.. Causey (by request; A bill
to regulate the payment of interest for
the use or forbearance Of money, and
to punish usury within this State.
BY Mr. Dalton A bill to repeal an
act entitled an act for the appointment
Of powder officers for the harbor of |
Norfolk and Portsmouth.
BY Mr.. Jones A bill to allow the
late Treasurer of Allegheny county to
file an amended list Of delinquent-land |
and property taxes for the years
By Mr.. Norton A petition from the |
Board Of Visitors of the Virginia Nor
nal and Collegiate Institute asking for |
an appropriation of $4,000 to CON-
plete the building now in course of |
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