Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-01
epgrossed and Immediately placed upon

with its collegiate course came mp on its
cnrrossment. IL was after brief dis
cussion referred to the Committee on
Finance.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
To authorize the Board OF Super
visors OF Clarke county to appropriate
sum not exceeding 800 from the county
levy for the purchase of fuel for the
county jail.
To provide for the removal of OBJ
structions from the ChicahOminy river
and to punish the obstruction of the
same.
To incorporate the SpotsyvAnia
Mining and Manufacturing Company.
10 incorporate the Virginia State Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical Society.
Several bills were advanced on the
calendar, and the Senate at $50 p. N.
adjourned until u O'clock ". to-day.
ROuse of Delegates.
The House met at noon-Speaker
Cardwell III the chair. No prayer
INVESTIGATION.
Mr.. Starke offered the following:
Whereas rumors have been current in
the public press and otherwise gravcly
affecting the character of one or more
members Of the House in connection
with alleged abuses in the use Of free
| passes over some of the railroads of this
State: therefore
RcSoiccd, That committee OF five be
appointed by the Speaker TO inquire iuto
and report upon the facts and clrcum-
stances of the case.
Before this was acted on Mr.. Parr, the
member from Patrick, rose and frankly
confessed that he had borrowed two
passes. He said it had been the custom to
do this. These gentlemen were under no
pledges not TO lend their passes. -
am here" he said. Gin the hands of the
House. ! am responsible for what did,
and hopo the resolution will be acted
on at once"
1t was adopted.
LEAVE or ABSENCE.
Leave OF absence was granted Mr..
Garrett for two days and Mr.. Montague
for two days.
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
BY MIR. Lyon G. Tyler: 70 incor-
porate the Jefferson Fishing, Sporting,
and Yacht Club. The corporators are
W. W. Cannon, W. T. Holdsworth, A.
G. Rockecharlie, George J. Hooper. Jo-
seph Everett, ii. Redlord, ". W. Wood,
b. Frischkorn, and Charles II. Enos.
BY Mr. Huffman To amend the char
ter Of the Craig Company.
D.. ~, T.. ~, olf,,,. fIo ,-oto,-
in Carrolton precinct, Isle of Wight
county, to vote on the adoption Of the
no-fence law.
BY Mr.. Watkins: For the relief of A.
r. Green, treasurer of Halifax.
BY Mr. Garter: To incorporate the
Virginia Printing and Lithographing
Company. The corporators named in
the charter are +. B. Thaw, Richmond
Maury, j. A. Epps, Cunningham Hall,
". /. Chalmers, and Edward Winfree.
The company is authorized TO conduct a
general printing, lthographing. and |
paper business. The capital stock is to
be not less than $500 nor more than
$4,000, in shares Of $40 each.
BY Mr.. Scott 10 establish bureau
OF immigration and to make an appro-
priation Of $4,000 therefor.
BY Mr. Watkins For the relief of c. |
G. Granger, deputy collector of the |
treasurer of Halifax county.
BY Nj Starke (by request To amend |
the law relating 10 the removal of voters |
from wards in which they are registered. |
The bill requires that voter must re-
side in ward ninety days before he can |
vote therein, instead Of thirty days as
ut present
BY Mr.. Dabney: remove the politi-
cal disabilities Of II. Barry.
HOUSE BILLS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES. |
To incorporate the Richmond and |
Ethan Railroad and Navigation Com
pany; to incorporate the Green-Spring |
Tramway Company to authorize county |
subscriptions to the ca pital stock of the |
Charleston and Chicago Railroad Com
pany; rearrangiDg and extending the |
corporate limits of Stanton was re- !
ported with the recommendation that 1t |
do not pass to provide for the collection
Of delinquent taxes on real estate due TO
the town of Farmville, for the years
from 1877 to 1885 inclusive to amend |
the charter of the town OF WarrentOn |
to incorporate the Augusta Telephone
and Telegraph Company to allow Mrs
Mary j. Young to erect wharf, plat
forms, sheds, and other necessary build |
ings for conducting business at
Franklin City, in Accomack county. adj
joining her land to amend the act for
the preservation of oysters and to obtain
revenue for privilege OF taking them
within the waters of the Commonwealth
to authorize Theodore Haughwont to
erect a wharf on Chuckatuck creek to
authorize Theodore Haughwont to erect
a pier-head on his oyster-ground on
James river.
SENATE BILLS REPORTED.
Making an appropriation for furnish
ing the new addition TO the Central
Lunatic Asylum and for the support of
additional inmates and paying OF arrear-
ages for the relief of j. Il. Moss, late
treasurer of the county of Buckingham
to authorize the issue of bonds and stock
by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
to incorporate the Warwick
Park Transportation Company to pro-
vide a new charter for the town of Char
lottesyille.
DISCHARGED.
The Committee on Manufactures and
Arts asked to be discharged
from the consideration of the bill to
a bureau of labor and the
Office OF labor commissioner of the
Commonwealth, and that il be referred
to the Committee on Labor and the
Poor. Agreed to.
MUTUAL EXPLANATIONS.
Mr.. Waddill rose to a question of
privilege. He said that in
order that no apprehension might exist,
he would state that he did not for a mo-
ment intend to impugn the motives or
seracity OF the gentleman from Amherst
MIR. Loving. He only felt sure that the
gentleman was mistaken.
Mr.. Loving, in reply, said that he was
lnder the supposition that the gentle
nan from Henrico was Offering him n
personal affront. Mutual friends have
aiken the matter in hand and had ami
ably settled it. He would further state
hat the kind feeling thas he had here
ofore entertained for the gentleman
Won, Hopc,oo x,-o,Il - L. | .