Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-05
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new and TO enable them to provide fol
the payment Of said money.
To allow Wat. I. Seawell, OF thu
county of Gloucester, to erect pier or
wharf in said county for the purpose
of shipping oysters, &c.
To amend an act approved March 10
1884, respecting wild game so far a.
the same relates to the county Of Pitt
sylvania.
To amend, &C., Code Of 1873 in re
Iation to working and surveying mines
To authorize G. w. Koontz, treasu'
rer of Shenandoah county, to collect GER
tain tax tickets by levy.
To allow James A. Tilman, treasurer
of Powhatan county, further time to
levy and collect certain tickets, license,
and levies.
To incorporate the Rappahannock.
Valley Agricultural and Mechanical
Society of fredericksburg.
To provide for the appointment Of a
commission to locate and establish the
dividing line between this State and the
State Of North Carolina.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To authorize the Judge OF the County
Court Of Warwick to appoint quaran-
tine officer at Viewpoints News.
To provide for replacing buildings
and making other Improvements at the
Eastern Lunatic Asylum.
TO prescribe the times for holding
the courts Of the Ninth judicial circuit.
For the relief off. P. Wray from fines
imposed upon him by the County Court
Of Brunswick.
TIE TAX BILL.
A message was received from the
House of Delegates by Mr.. Saunders,
who informed the Senate that the
House had passed the Senate tax bill
with certain amendments.
On motion Of Mr.. Hurt, the bill was
taken up Immediately, and the amend
ments proposed by the House were
agreed to.
The bill now goes to the Governor.
AMENDMENTS AGREED TO.
Senate bill to authorize the treasurer
of Rockingham county to collect GER
tain taxes, levies, &C.. accounted for
by the late treasurer of said county,
and remaining uncollected, which was
passed by the House with certain
amendments, was taken up and the
amendments agreed to.
sCHOOL-BOOKs AT COST.
House bill to furnish textbooks to
the public-schOol scholars of the Com
monwealth at cost provoked lengthy
discussion.
Messrs. Ellyson and Koiner spoke in
opposition to the bill, and Meisrs.
Wingfeld, Petit, and Jones in favor
Of it.
Mr.. Williams was opposed to this
measure; and offered as substitute for
it his free.books bill introduced earlier
in the session, with certain amend
ments.
The pending question being ordered
the substitute was rejected.
The pending question being ordered
on the passage Of the bill, it was passed
by the following vote:
AYES Messrs Berry. Bibb. Coltrane Ed
q.
Stubs. Trout Warwick, and Wingheld-l3.
NOEs.-Messls. Bliss, Duane. Gaines. Hea-
ton, Hodges, Keezell, koiner, LOvenStein n.
Mccormick, Norton, Thurman, and Will
liams-l2.
Soon after the vote was taken on
this bill Mr.. Ellyson found that though
he had voted in the negative his vote
had not been recorded. This created
considerable confusion. Various and
sundry motions were made and points
of order raised. Finally the bill was
recalled from the House, AID Mr.. Ely
sons vote recorded in the negative.
This made the vote stand - to Il.
The Chair voted No, which defeated
the bill.
A number Of points Of order were
raised, but the decision Of the Chair
stood.
Adjourned at : p. NJ.
House OF Delegates.
The House met at 10 A. M.-Speaker
Stuart in the chair.
THE PURCHASE Of RIDDLEBERGER
Mr.. A. Fulkerson offered the follow
ing resolution:
R,solrcd Jy the Ioose (the Senate concur
ring. That the provision in the appropria-
ton bill authorizing the Board OF Sinking
Fund Commissioners 10 apply the surplus
money in the Treasury to the purchase OF
Riddleberger bonds be, and the same is
hereby. suspended for a period of twelve
months next after the passage OF this reso-
luton.
This resolution shall be in force from it's
passage.
Under a suspension of the rules the
resolution was placed on the calendar.
GONE HOME WITHOUT LEAVE.
Mr.. Curlett offered the following reso-
luton:
Be II resolved. That tina Clerk OF IN is House
report the names ~ all those members who
voted TO extend this session aud are now AT
home or absent without leave.
Referred.
THE EXTRA COMPENSATION.
Mr.. Black offered the following, which
was agreed to:
Rc,oired. That the Clerk Of the House Of
Delegates is hereby authorized and directed
TO issue his warrant on the Auditor OF Pub
lie Accounts TO &. T.. Sullivan. substitute
doOrkeeper OF the House, for $50. extra
compensation.
BOARD TO EXAMINE SECURITIES.
Speaker Stuart appointed Messrs.
Starke, Miller, and Waddill the COM
mittee on the part Of the House to ex-
anime the securities in the Treasurer's
office.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To incorporate the Patrick Henry
Telephone Company.
To authorize the treasurer of Rock
ingham county to collect certain taxes.
To allow William ii. Ash to re-
establish ferry from Gloucester Point
to Yorktown and from Yorktown to
Gloucester Point, across York river.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.