Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-23
THE LEGISLATURE.
Local OPTION IN SENATE.

HAMPTON NORMAL SCHOOL.
House Joint resolution providing for
the appointment of committee to iu-
yestieate the affairs of the Hampton
Normal School was taken up and
agreed to. The Chair appointed Messrs.
Stubs and Gee as members Of this
committee on the part Of the Senate.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. Hodges: A bill to authorize
the United States Government to pur-
chase lands on the South branch Of the
Elizabeth river, adjoining the Gosport
maynard.
BY Mr.. Lovenstein from the Com
mittee On Public Institutions: A bill
TO authorize the Governor to hire out
convicts TO the Farmville and Powhatan
Railroad Company.
by Mr.. Diggs A bill to amend and
re-enact section Of chapter LAG Of the
Code OF 1873, in relation to the limita-
ton of certain suits.
BY Mr.. Trout: Petition. Of certain
citizens Of Franklin county asking to
be annexed to the county Of Roanoke.
BY Mr.. Meredith A bill to provide
for issuing certificates of debt which
may be used in payment Of all taxes,
debts, dues, and demands due the
State.
THE object OF this bill is to direct the 40
ditOr TO issue tax-receivable certificates al
forty cents on the ST. to be sold TO tax pay
eTs. This will require the rate OF taxation
10 he put at 81 on the ei00. and il desgaed
10 have the effect of des,roying the value
of the coupon.l
BY MIR. Williams: A bill to author
ize county and city treasurers in pay
ing jurors, witnesses, and others to re-
tain taxes due the Commonwealth.
VIRGINIA AND CAROLINA RAILROAD
COMPANY.
Mr.. Gaines presented preamble and
Joint resolution instructing the Commit
tee on Roads and Internal Navigation
to investigate thoroughly the organiza-
ton and management Of the Virginia
and Carolina Railroad Company, requir-
ing them to answer fully and explicitly
the following interrogatories-namely
How much, ifaDy, capital stock has been
subscribed to the road? by whom and how
paid fore How much and what kind OF
work has been done. at what cost, and how
pa,d for? If 10 has sod Its franchises and
rights. when and TO whom, and how paid
for? and any other information that NAV
be deemed eXpedent or necessary by the
committee. That said committee be en-
powered TO send for persons and papers;
and that no extensions Ofcharter privileges
be granted to said company until this in
vestieaIion shall have been had and re-
port thereof made to this house.
Mr.. Hurt could not vote for the reso-
luton with the last clause in it.
Mr.. Gaines thought if the charges that
bad been made against this company
were true its charter should not be eX-
tended.
Mr.. Hurt moved to lay on the table.
Carried.
Subsequently the matter was taken
up and passed by.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
On motion of Mr.. Hurt the Senate
proceeded to consider House bills on
the calendar. Under this rule the fol-
lowing bills were passed:
To provide for working and keeping
in repair the public roads Of Botetourt
county.
To incorporate the Culpeper, Sperry-
vile, Washington and Front Royal Tel
ephone Company.
To authorize the Board of Super
yisors of Warren county to borrow
$40, 600 to pay off bonds on account Of
subscriptions to Manassas-Gap Railroad
Company.
To amend and re-enact sections 2, Il,
9, and II of an act to incorporate the
Atlantic and Danville Narrow-Gauge
Railroad Company, approved April 81,
1889, and also to amend and re-enact
the title Of said act.
TO amend and re-enact sections 6 and
: Of chapter III Of Acts Of lS83-'S4,
entitled an act to amend and re-enact
the charter Of the Farmville and Staun-
ton-River Railroad Company.
To amend, &C., the law in regard to
working and keeping in order the pub
lie roads in the county Of Russell.
To incorporate the Smithfeld Ever
green cemetery, near the town Of Smith
field, in the county Of Isle Of Wight,
Va.
TO authorize the Superintendent OF
Public Instruction to occupy the chapel
and recitation-room of the Institution
for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, at
stanton, Va, for summer normals.
To incorporate the trustees Of Mime
haha Lodge, Independent Order OF
Good Templars.
TO empower the mayor and Council
of the town of West Point to borrow
money and issue bonds therefor.
To authorize the Board Of Super
visors Of Fluvanna county to contract
for keeping the roads and bridges Of
said county in repair, and to assess
taxes therefor.
To declare Smiths river, in the
county of Henry, between certain
points q lawful fence.
To provide for a new registration Of
voters for the city of Fredericksburg.
To allow Robert A. Atkinson to
erect a pier or wharf on James river
in the county of Isle Of Wight.
To confer upon the Council Of the
town of Danyille authority to build,
purchase, repair, and keep up free
bridge or free bridges across Dan river,
and to confer upon the said corporation
the power to increase its bonded in-
debtedness for public improvements.
To authorize the school trustees Of
Brentsvlle district, in Prince William
county, to sell two school. houses in said
district.
For the relief of the Lutheran church
and congregation of Madison county.
To amend, &C., an act to provide for
the division OF school districts, and for
the appointment Of school directors,
approved March I, 1878, approved
March 3, 1879.
To incorporate the town Of Pulaski
City, in the county of Pulaski.
To provide for the appointment Of a
special constable to execute processes,
civil and criminal, in the county of
Fanquier.
To repeal an act entitled an act pro-
viding for a new Board of Visitors for the
University Of Virginia, approved April
IL, 1882, and TO amend and re-enact
sections 2, 4, and 5 of chapter so of the