Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-23
public roads in the counties Of ALE
ghany, Bath, and Highland.
HOUSE BILLS REPORTED.

To amend and re-enact section | OF
chapter 5I4. Acts 1894, entitled an
act 10 amend an act, approved March Q,
1880, respecting wild game, approved
March Is, 1894; to amend and re-enact
section GO, chapter ofthe Code Of 1873,
in relation to providing textbooks at
cost for the children attending the pub
lie free schools; to provide for the
erection Of additional buildings for the
State Female Normal School and to
make an appropriation therefor; to au-
thorize the district school trustees Of
Dublin district. county Of Pulaski. to
sell and convey certain property: to
authorize school trustees Of Falls
Church district. Fairfax county, to sell
or exchange school lot at Bailey's
Crossroads.
BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. Darst: Bill 10 authorize the
school trustees Of Newbern district.
Pulaski county, to sell and convey GER
tain property.
BY Mr.. Mallory Bill to repeal Sec
tion 70 Of an act approved April /.
1879, prescribing the duties and liabili-
ties Of certain county officers.
BY Mr.. l.. d. Fulkerson Bill to
amend and re-enact the 18th section Of
an act entitled an act 10 incorporate
Cumberland College. in Lee county,
approved March 3, 1880.
by Mr.. Mallory : Bill to amend and
re-enact sections ls, 20, 2l, and % Of
the Code Of 1873, in relation to the re-
cOvery Of fines.
by Mr.. Goad Bill 10 authorize the
district and county school boards to
organize graded or intermediate schools
in the counties Of the Commonwealth.
by Mr.. Mallory Bill TO ascertain
the amount Of fines and costs collected
by certain county officers and which
may not have been accounted for.
BY Mr.. Pollard Bill to erect . pub
lie building for the Library, Court Of
Appeals, and various officers Of the
State Government, and to make an
appropriation for that purpose. This
bill constitutes Z. 7. d. Myers. II. X.
Ellyso and George L. Christian, Of
Richmond Robert Beverley. Of Fau-
quier, and Edward Dillon, Of Bote-
tourt. a commission for the purpose Of
having erected somewhere on the
Capitol Square a suitable fre-proof
building " TO accommodate the Library.
Court Of Appeals, Southern and Nir-
gina Historical Societies. and the fol-
lowing officers: First and Second Au-
ditors, Treasurer, Register Of the Land
Office. AttOrney-General, Superintend-
ert Of Public instruction, Superin-
terdent Of Public Printing. Railroad
Commissioner, and the Commissioner
Of Notwithstanding to be Of gran
ite and iron commissioners to have
full power to adopt the plan and erect
it at cost not exceeding 100000
Commissioners shall receive no pay but
their actual expenses incurred. The
bill outlines how the rooms shall be
apportioned. The money Will come
out Of the fund set apart from the
sale Of public property for this pur-
pose.
BY Mr.. Terry: Bill TO incorporate
the Smithyille and brakes Branch 1ele-
phone Company.
BY Mr.. Martin Bill for the relief oil
Samuel W. Lyons, treasurer Of Norfolk
county.
BY Mr.. Munford Bill to amend and
'e-enact section 3 Of chapter is Of the
ode oflN73, as amended and re-enacted
y an act approved August 26, lsS4.
n relation TO petitions for appeals,
writs Of errors, and supersedeas.
REsOLUTIONs INTRODUCED AND RE-
FFRRED.
by Mr.. Franklin: Resolrel, That
the Auditor Of Public Accounts be,
and be is hereby, requested to furnish
to the House Of Delegates detailed
statement showing all the expenditures
made by the Legislature Of 1854 at
its regular, extended, and extra ses-
sions~snd for what purposes the said
expenditures were made.
BOND OF MR.. WINGFIELD.
Mr.. Cardwell offered the following
resolution, promising that Mr.. Wing
fields bond is in proper shape and ac-
ceptable. but that owing 10 the absence
Of the Attorney-Gcneral from the city
il was probably filed a day too late
Resolred the Senate concurring.,
That J. A. Wingfeld be, and be Is
hereby, granted a further time Of one
day from the passage Of this resolution
within which to execute the bond re-
quired Of him by law as Register Of the
Land Office.
This resolution shall be in force from
its passage.
LEAVE or ABSENCE.
Leave Of absence was granted the
following: Mr.. Thorne, three days
Mr.. Wescott, tive days; Mr.. Wilkins,
three days Mr.. Mallory, three days;
Mr.. Terry, one day; -lr. Row, two
days Mr.. Burke. two days; Mr.. Lock
EFT. one day Mr.. GOad, two days.
DELINQUENT LANDS.
Mr.. Munford, from the Committee
for Courts Of Justice. presented bill
being in fact a new bill drafted TO meet
all the cases Of hardship to which the
attention Of the committee has been d.
rected.
The bill first postpones the sale Of all
delinquent lands until the county or cor |
poration courts after the lst OF August, |
1856. Then it provides for the relief !
Of every innocent purchaser Of lands re-
turned delinquent for taxes and county |
leyies, or whose lands have been adyer-
tised for sale, but improperly returned |
as delinquent, either because Of the
actual payment Of taxes or assessment |
Of same in wrong names. ltalso grants
relief TO owners whose lands have been
returned delinquent and who have paid |
taxes for same to William K. Smith.
The question of relieving all delin-
Iinquent landowners during the period
Of reconstruction and up to the lst day
Of January, 1873, will receive the care
full consideration of the General As
sembly, and probably be provided for
N another bill.
The bill is as follows: