Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-20

nom any bond authorized 9y Jaw 10 ID
issuCd by tue state Of Virginia or by AM
city, county, OF corporation, the defendRn
may demand the production OF the bond
and ihereupOu II shall be the duty OF th'
pialntin 10 produce such bond with proc
that the coupon was actually cut there
nom
2. This act shall be In force from its pass
age.
DELINQUENT LANDS.
Mr.. Edmunds offered and had reaC
resolutions passed at meeting of citi
zens Of Halifax county, assembled a
South Boston, in relation to the sale o.
delinquent lands. The resolutions re.
present that the treasurer of Halifax
county has advertised for sale for de.
linquent taxes lands upon which taxes
are alleged to he due amounting tc
10000; that many Of these lands have
changed hands several times in the past
twenty years. the parties purchasing in
good faith and paying for the same
without any knowledge Of back taxes
being due, and i'll many cases where
taxes have been paid and receipts lost
that the farmers are in a worse pecu-
mary condition than for years. owing
to short crops last year and low prices
for farm products, and request their
senator and members of the House oil
Delegates to use their best exertions to
devise some means to relieve the people
from this burden.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. Diggs A bill to incorporate
the Lynchburg and Southwest Railroad
Company. The road is to begin at
Lynchburg and run through Campbell,
Bedford, Franklin, Grayson, and Floyd,
into North Carolina OF Tennessee. The
corporators named in the bill are Stock
ton Terry. j. W. Watts, Alexander
Mcdonald, j. II. Franklin, T. f. Muir
rel, William Hurt, l.. NJ. Kean, J. II.
Adams, John +. Slaughter, J. Otey
Taylor. W. II. Wren. George P. Wat
kins, and 5. ". Nowlin, of Lynchburg ;
W. f. Graves, j. c. Feltherstone, and
Griffin Dobyns, Of Bedford; DIR. j. j..
Terrll and j. B. Hunter, Of Campbell !;
Berilmin Hatcher and J. c. Ferguson,
Of Franklin; j. W. Tompkins, j. S.
Dobins, and Amos Dickerson, Of Floyd !;
James Farley and Ira B. Coltrane, OF
Carroll j. W. Vaughan, Calhoun
Janson, Judge Hacker, Colonel
Davis, and Samuel Fulton, of Grayson.
The work Of construction is to begin
in five and be completed in ten years.
BY Mr.. Ellyson: A bill to empower
'he circuit and corporation courts to
order the printing of the whole or any
part Of the record in certain cases.
BY sir. Ellyson (for Mr.. Loyenstein) :
A bill to amend the charter Of the
Richmond Fireman. S Relief Association.
, BY Mr. EllysOn 4 bill to prevent
penitentlary cOnvicts being employed
in competition with honest labOrers.
Referred TO the Committee on Public
Institutions and Education. The bill
forbids the employment Of cOnyicts in
any mechanical or skilled labor that
will come in competition with the
honest mechanics and laborers of the
State. Senator Ellyson thinks the
Legislature should without further de-
lay pass bill that will carry out the
pledges made in the party platforms on
this subject, and he hopes the commit
tee will promptly report his or some
other equally good bill on the subject
BY MIR. WiDg6eld: 4 bill for the
relief Of the sureties Of John W. Goss,
late clerk Of the County Court of Albe-
marie.
LEGIsLATIvE EXPENSES.
Mr.. Gaines offered resolution, which
was rejected by the vote of II noes to
IL ayes, instructing the Auditor Of
Public Accounts to furnish the Senate
with report Of expenses Of the Gene
raj Assembly's regular, extended, and
extra sessions of lSS3-'S4, said report
TO embrace expenditures Of every na-
ture incurred on account of said ses-
sions.
STATE MALE NORMAL SCHOOL.
On motion Of Mr.. Stubs,
RcSolrsd, That the Committee on
Public Institutions and Education in
quire into the expediency Of reporting
a bill for the establishment of State
male normal school in connection with
the College Of William and Mary.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
For the relief Of Giles Crowders and
Sidney Gresham from fines.
To incorporate the Wythe and Speed
well Mining and Manufacturing Com
pany, with Senate amendments.
SENATE BILLs PASSED.
To amend and re-enact section G Of
chapter 300 Of the Session Acts of
the General Assembly of Virginia of
lSG9-'70, entitled an act to incorporate
the town Of Berryyille and to provide
a charter for the same, approved Octo-
Der 90, 1870.
To incorporate the Sisters Of Charity
Of ST. Joseph's Academy and Orphan
Asylum Of Richmond, Va.
To amend and re-enact section % Of
chapter 40 Of the Code Of 1873, in re-
latiOn to property being exempt from
distress or levy.
To amend and re-enact section 5 OF
an act TO provide for the working and
keeping in repair the public roads in
the counties Of Allegheny, Bath and
Highland.
To incorporate the Warm Spring
Valley Railroad Company.
Amending an act TO incorporate the
Little Sisters Of the Poor in Richmond.
To amend and re-enaet sections ! and
4 OF an act to incorporate the Salem and
Railroad Company, ap-
proved February 20, 1884.
To amend and re-enaet section 5 OF
an act approved January 81, 1884, en-
titled an act to provide for new char
ter for the city of Roanoke.
To provide for the completion Of the
Lunatic Asylum, and ap-
money therefor.
To amend, &C., an act for the relief
Of the sueiies Of Charles w. Walker,
ate treasurer Of Giles county.
For the relief Of Mrs. K. w. David
'oD. Of Floyd county.
For the relief Of Louis Jones, trea-
iurer Of Middlesex county, Va.
TO M DIgrRfBUTED,