Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-05
LEGISLATIVE ROUTINE.
FREE PASS RESOLUTIONS

OUlINU-IN0At
pons-Biils aud Resolutions Rai'roaa 'nar-
tiers, Sc., &c.
Lieutenant Governor Massey called
the Senate to order at IL o'clock M.
No prayer.
HOUSE BILLS REPORTED.
The following House bills were re-
ported from committees: For the relief
of the sureties Of A. +, Creel, late col
lectcr Of Marshall township, Fauquier
county; for the relief of I. A. ellis
pie. treasurer Of Buchanan county.
SENATE BILLS REPORTED.
To amend. &C., an act to provide the
manner of choosing registrars and
Judges and clerks Of election for the
several counties and cities Of the Com
monwealth, and to repeal sections
and "a Of chapter s and sections ana
3 Of chapter I Of the Code Of 1873
to amend the charter Of the Rich
mond Fireman's Relief Asso'
citation. with the recommends
ton that it do not pass; Tor
the relief Of the estate of John ".
Wright, late sheriff of the city Of Rich
mond, with the recommendation that 1t
do not pass to amend and re-enact Sec
ton 10 of an act entitled an act to pro-
vide for the assessment Of taxes on per-
sons, property, and incomes, and I'M
posing taxes thereon for the support OF
the Government and public free schools
and to pay the interest on the public
debt, and to provide for the mode OF
applying for licenses to transact any
business in this State, and prescribing
the amount to be paid as a condi-
ton precedent to the right to transact
any business, approved March Is, 1854,
with the recommendation that it do not
pass: to allow w. j. Cane, treasurer
of Madison county, further time to COL
lect tax.tickets for which he has &C
counted to the State to incorporate the
Mineral-Springs Railroad Company to
amend and re-enact section IL Of chap.
ter GIL Code of Virginia, 1873; to au-
thorize q subscription by the counties
of Cumberland and Powhatan to the
stock of the Farmville and Powhatan
Railroad Company, with recommends
ton that the committee be relieved of
any further consideration of the same
a House bill on the subject having
passed. Agreed to.
HOW TOPAY. IN MONEY.
Mr.. Koiner. from the Committee on
Finance, reported the bill to provide
the manner of paying money into the
Treasury, with a substitute. The sub
stitute provides that all money paid
inte the Treasury shall be by certificate
of deposit. certified check on some bank
in Virginia, Baltimore, or New
York, or by drafts of one of these
banks on another, to be made pay
able to the Treasurer Of the Common
wealth. The bill in other respects Is
similar to the original one which waS
prepared by the committee appointed
by the last House of Delegates to ex-
anime into the irregularities in the Au-
ditOr's Office.
THE COLORFD NORMAL SCHOOL.
Mr.. Lovenstein. from the Committee
on Public Institutions and Education.
in response to a resolution Of the Senate
calling for information concerning the
disbursement Of the money appropriated
for building the Virginia Normal and
! Collegiate Institute at Petersburg, SUBJ
mitted a report. in which he gave the
following tabulated statements:
LIST. Total amount appropriated and paid
out, slSs .67i.0i.
| appropriation found in the Office OF the Au-
| dior OF Public Accounts is one fors2 3O9.o3.
| paid 10 X. X. Farr, which, among other
! Items provides for the payment OF officers
Of the colored Grand Lodge of Nasons
| sI384O for laying the corner stone To the
| building; Harrison Waite, for preliminary
studies and estimates for new school and
college BUILDINGS sasd d;e1tI6coo' HARRISON
Sd. Vouchers paid by the Board, amount
ing 10 500 ia 80.
! 9TH Summary Of receipts and
| disbursements, which shows
| the amount drawn by y. W.
| Harris, secretary X. >. Mitch
ell treasurer: and no. W.
whiting, treasurer, including
cost Of 9s.67i 90
Drawn sd from ,rd snmnity i"nu by 2I5o 90
Received by Mitchell for A.w. 100,
r., !, =; :, .,i'' 4 81 ~ ~
r''''' e0 - 800 ---
~. u,rr,s soc sloi'''' 20
pi Tstsry: r. ;. Mcneil, trea-
turer. and 10. W. "hi'ihss % y, a.
'ieSS u g ----
Leaving oaIance o'.'.'''''''~' 500 ~
NJ? Mechanics Bank Of
Petersburg Ea, ,i..', o. 20. : 40 -
tersburg .'.................. - p
Ca ,sl IN = 81 ti ntc NS,l%ns' 100 :,
A -- s.sl4 g
THO 10 on ne sGS9I fnnd owes 5S build
ipg 2'sj5 -
The report further says a dividend
should also be in hand Of the amount
declared by the Planters and Me-
chapics Bank. The report concludes as
follows: 1t will be seen that there has
been expended, without authority OF
law, the sum of 81, Sj5.5S of the build
ing funds in purchasing furniture and
supplies for the institution, although
$4,000 per annum has been approprl'
ated lor lhe supper. Vi TIC 'hs.i'"tioii'
wnicn snou,u nav oe'n i'Oi' INA" '"''
ncicn' Ioi ,ne pulpT So, o...1 t.,