Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-05
The report was adopted.
Mr.. Gaines then offered the following


Resolved, That the Virginia and Carolina
Railroad Company he investigated by a
| special senate committee, which commit
! tee shall sit in recess-repOrt 10 an extra
session OF the General Assembly. If one be-
held: II not, to report the result of their in
vestigatiOn 10 the State Railroad Commits
sioner, who shall embrace said committee :
report in his annual report 10 the next
General Asse bly,, The committee shall
have power To send for persons and papers,
Mr.. Berry was opposed to the reso-
luton. The courts are the proper
place for these Investigations to be had,
and they should not be had during the
recess Of the General Assembly and
thereby entail heavy cost to the
State.
Mr.. HeatOn agreed with Mr.. Berry.
Mr.. Gaines thought such an investiga-
tionproper. The railroads are the crea-
lures of the Legislature, and if their
management needs investigation such
should be had by the creative power to
which they are responsible. The reSo-
luton was defeated.
NOT TO COST THE STATE.
Mr.. Lovenstein introduced the fol-
lowing, which, under a suspension Of
the rules, was adopted:
RssOir'd Ohe House Of Delegates concur.
ring, That the special committee appointed
To consider the subject OF providing a build
ing for library and public Offices be con
tinued, with authority 10 report a the next
Session OF the General Assembly: Provided
that no expense shall be entailed on the
commonwealth thereby.
RECOVERY or FINES.
Mr.. Causey moved to take up House
bill to amend and re-enact sections Is,
20, 81, and % Of the Code of 1873, in
relation to the recovery of fines. Agreed
to. When this bill was under con-
sideration on Wednesday it failed to
pass for the want of a constitutional
vote, and Mr.. Causey entered motion
to reconsider the vote by which the bill
was rejected; the question now required
on this motion, and the vote being re-
considered the bill was passed by a
unanimous vote.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
To amend and re-enact sections 3
and Of chapter al of the Code, in
relation to the acceptance and payment
Of bills Of exchange.
To provide for working and keeping
in repair the public roads in Amherst
county.
FERRY ACROSS YORK RIVER.
Mr.. Stubs introduced bill to allow
William ii. Ash to establish a ferry
from Gloucester Point to Yorktown
and from Yorktown to Gloucester
Point, across York river. The bill
was Immediately advanced to its pas
sage, and the same communicated to the
House.
PETERSBURG CHARTER.
The bill to amend the charter Of the
city Of Petersburg and to declare all
the offices of councilmen of that CITY
vacant came up as the first special or
der.
A motion to pass by was carried by
the vote OF II to 10. This virtually
kills the bill.
CONVICT LABOR.
Mr.. Lovenstein called for the next
special order-lIouse bill to employ
convict labor on county roads and other
works of internal improvement. The
question required on the amendment
proposed by the Committee on Public
Institutions, which in effect provided
that the hire of these convicts may be
paid in first-mortgage bonds of the
on whose works they are
employed as well as the bonds Of the
counties in which they are employed.
Mr.. Bib called the pending question
but it was not ordered.
Mr.. Hurt was opposed to the entire
bill. The reason he had heard urged |
for its passage was that while employ
Cd in the penitentiary these convicts are
brought in competition with honest and |
skilled labor. lie claimed that when
hey are sent to the country, as pro-
posed in this bill, they will come in |
with honest labor. The |