Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-10
House of Delegates.

The House met al nOOn-DpedheT
Cardwell in the chair. No prayer.
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
By Mr.. Herbert For the relief Of
| T. E. Trotman, refunding to him certain
moneys paid.
By Mr.. Corbett: To incorporate the
Alexandra Perpetual Building-Fund
Association.
BY Mr.. West For the protection OF
sheep in the counties of Bedford and
Orange.
BY Mr.. Catlett To provide for the
appointment of Capitol police and GER
tain other employees about the public
buildings and grounds.
BY Mr.. Daingerfeld: To authorize
the trustees of Upper-Essex Baptist
church to borrow money and execute a
deed of trust.
BY same 70 amend the Code by in
serting therein the above bill.
BY Mr.. Schell To repeal the charter
of the town Of Emporia.
By Mr.. Gordon For the relief of
William &. Miller, late treasurer OF Rap
pahannock county.
BY Mr.. Catlett: Amending the law
regulating the distribution of estates,
and giving precedence to the claims Of
domestic servants.
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
Mr.. Pollard, from the special House
committee, reported bill to create a
board of equalization Of the assessment
of real estate for purposes of taxation.
The bill provides for the appointment
by the Governor Of three persons who
shall compose this board, and whose
duty it shall be to establish n uniform
system of valuation OF the real estate in
the Commonwealth, to be made the basis
/ for the regular reassessment in the
year 1890. Each member OF the board
Shall qualify within thirty days after
! his appointment, and the board shall
meet in the city of Richmond and shall
organize by the election of one Of their
number as president and one as secre-
tary, &c. 1t shall be the duty of the
| board to visit each county in the Com
monwealth and ascertain by personal IN
spection of the real estate as far ss
practicable and by examination OF the
records of the courts the value of such
real estate; and the board, in making
such valuation, shall classify the real es
tate under the following descriptions:
LIST. The best quality of agricultural,
/ timber, or mineral lands.
I'd. Medium quality of agricultural,
| timber, or mineral lands
Sd. Inferior quality of agricultural,
! timber, or mineral lands.
The board to complete this work by
January !, 1890, and make a report to
the Auditor of Public Accounts. Each
member of the board to receive $4,000
and the actual travelling expenses in
CURED in the performance OF his duty.
WILLIAMSBURG AND CENTRAL TURNPIKE.
A response was received TO a resolu
ton passed by the House several days
ago requesting the Acknowledgement to
state what steps had been taken to as
certain whether the charter of the Will
liamsburg and Central Turnpike Com
pany had been forfeited.
The Attorney-Gene stated in his re-
ply that petition for writ of quo wdr-
ranto had been filed in the City Circuit
Court OF Richmond, which had been re-
fused.
M'CLNTIcs CASE.
When the contested McClintic case
came up Mr.. Echols moved to postpone
until Wednesday. Agreed to.
LoyE-ovERBY.
The contested case of Love rs. Over
| by next came up.
Mr.. Pollard indicated desire that the
matter be postponed because the minori-
ty report has only to-day been filed, and
it is to be printed.
Mr.. Waddill said it had been a long
time since the committee was appointed,
and he thought Mr.. Love had been kept
out of his seat long enough.
Mr.. Echols moved that the case be
postponed until Tuesday. and then took
exception to the remarks of the gentle
man from HenricO. What right had he
to say Nh. Love was being kept out OF
his seat ? Who said Mr.. OVERLY was not
entitled to it He thought the member
q little previous.
The subject was continued.
HOUSE BILL PASSED.
For the relief OF the sureties OF Isaac
NJ. Akers, late treasurer of Patrick
county.
PRIVATE BUSINESS PUT BEFORE PUBLIC
BUSINESS.
When the special order 0he railroad
bill came mp Mr.. Treat, Of King Viii
liam, moved to postpone its considera-
ton for ten minutes IN order that ne
might take up local bill.
Mr.. Hay opposed the motion to post
pone. aud said that the manner in which
this house had been suspending the rules
and postponlng the public business in
order that private and local measures
might be considered was reflection
upon the good sense of the House and
grave dereliction of their duty. He APP
pealed to the House to go on with the
consideration of public business and to
take up and pass those public measures
which the people demanded and which
they were entitled to have passed upon.
The motion to postpone was lost.
THE RAILROAD BILL.
The bill to regulate commerce in this
State-which is the inter State COM
merce bill adapted to the State of Vir-
ginla-then came up as the first special
order. Mr.. Dabney, OF Albemarle,
chairman of the Committee on Roads,
rose to explain the bill. He indicated,
section by section, the similarity between
the bill under discussion aud the Federal
law, and quoted the views held by the
United States commission in cases where
the bill had been protested against. He
discussed the matter at length, and ex-
planned the long and short hsuls and the
rates for them comparatively in a way
that was deeply interesting TO those con-
cerned in such matters.
Mr.. Buford moved to so amend as 10
except from the operations of the bill
express, sleeping car. and parlor-car
companies
Mr.. Arnold spoke next, in which he
gave deliberately the practices used by
Jay Gould and others TO secure Iegisla-