Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-27
LEGISLATIVE WORK.
SCHOOL SUPERINrESDENTs.

nc SfnaNS was Ctlleu 10 oTueT ~ =
o'clock NJ. by Lieutenant. Governor
Massey. Prayer by Rev. DR.. Thomas
Van Scoyock, Of Pennsylvania.
ROUSE BILLS REPORTED.
The following House bills were re-
ported from committees: For the re.
peal Of game laws as they apply to the
counties Of Dinwiddie, Sussex, and
GIeensyille to incorporate the Dan
bury and Parkersburg Railroad Com.
pany; for the repeal Of game laws as
they apply to the county Of Brunswick ;
10 amend, &C., an act approved March
9, 1850. respecting wild game, with a
substitute.
SENATE BILLS REPORTED.
To amend &C., an act to incorpo-
rate the West Rockingham Mutual Fire
Insurance Company, in force March
%, 1884 TO refund to A. X. Green,
treasurer OF Halifax county, the
amount Of costs paid by him in suit re-
sisiing the payment of coupons for State
taxes to amend the charter Of the
Tosa Of JeGersonville. in the county Of
TaseWell TO incorporate the Virginia
Mineral Belt Railroad Company to
authorize the Lynchburg and Salem
Turnpike Company to transfer to the
city Of Lynchburg the portion Of said
turnpike road lying in the city Of
Lynchburg; TO incorporate the Rich
mOnd, Petersburg and Manchester Rail
read Company.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. Edmunds A bill to amend
and re-eDact sections 2, 3, and
Of an act Of the General Assembly, ap-
proved March 10, 1884, entitled an act
70 provide for the sale Of lands deln-
quent for taxes and county levies. The
object of this bill is to have all lands re.
turned delinquent sold annually.l
BY Mr.. Trout: A bill to create the
City of Roanoke separate school dis
tTict.
BY Mr.. Flanary A bill to impose
specific license-tax on the sale Of pistols
and cartridges within the limits of this
State. THE bill provides that it shall
hereafter be unlawful for any person or
persons TO sell pistols or any deadly
pocket weapon Of the like nature, or
any pistol cartridges within the limits
Of this Commonwealth, without first
having paid and obtained a specific
license of $500 therefor, said license to
be paid at the times and in the manner
now provided by the laws of this State
for the payment OF license imposed
upon merchants of this Commonwealth;
saiG license to be applied to the gen.
eral free-school fund Of this State.
The second section provides that if any
person violates the provisions of the
act he shall be deemed guilty Of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than 500 nor
more than $500 for each offence.
BY Mr.. Bibb: A bill to quiet titles
Of purchasers of delinquent land sold
under the act of April >, 1873.
By Mr. Berry 10y requesp A bill
to provide for submitting the question
Of liquor license to the qualified voters
OF the several election districts of Court
house msgisterial district of Amherst
county.
By Mr. Flanary: A bill for the re-
lief of William j. KilgOre, clerk Of Wise
County and Circuit Courts.
Iy Mr. Bibb A bill to allow the
treasurers of Spotsylvania county to
collect by levy certain tax-bills not re-
turned delinquent.
by Mr.. Jones 4 bill to enable the
town Of Buchanan to aid in founding
and maintaining high school for boys
at or near said town.
BY Mr.. Wingfeld: A bill to pre-
scribe what shall be necessary to con-
stitute a bond or certificate of debt of
the State valid and binding obligations
of the State. The bill provides that
no bond or certificate Of debt of the
State hereafter issued shall be valid
and binding obligation of the State, ex-
cept it be registered bond or certlf-
cate of debt, signed by the Treasurer,
countersigned by the Second Auditor,
and with the lesser seal of the State
affixed by the Secretary of the Com
monwealth. A record Of all such
bonds shall be kept in the Office Of each
of these State officers.
by Mr.. Petit for Mr.. Warwick J: A
bill to authorize subscription by the
counties of Cumberland and Powhstan
to the stock of the Farmville and Pow
hatan Railroad Company.
BY Mr.. Staples A bill to amend
and re-enact an act entitled an act to
amend and re-enact section ! | Of chap
ter lS4 Of the Code Of 1873, with re-
gard TO garnishment proceedings, ap-
proved February Is, 1884.
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
The following, offered by Mr.. Will
liams on Monday, was adopted
Whereas it is represented that bu-
reaus of labor statistics established in
other States Of this Union have resulted
in great practical good to the labOring
classes, and whereas the spirit and pro-
gress Of the times suggest to her repre-
sentatiyes that Virginia shall in the fu-
ture, as in the past, afford every facility !
in her power to promote the welfare
and advance the interest Of her laboring
people therefore
RSSoired, That the Committee on !
General Laws be requested to inquire |
into the expediency of establishing a
bureau Of labor statistics and general
information, to be charged with the
duty of collecting statistics and the in
vestigation Of Questions connected with
the elevation Of the laboring classes,
the said committee to report by bill or
otherwise.
Mr.. Ellyson offered bill which was
appropriately referred, creating bureau
of labor and industrial statistics, and
defining the powers and duties of the
same, and fixing the salary of the con-
missioner. The bill provides for the
establishment of bureau of labor and
industrial statistics Of the State of Vir.
ginia, Ind for the appointment Of com
missioner of labor statistics, with a
salary Of fifteen hundred dollars, whose
duty il shall be to collect and present