Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-10
ELLIS-HOUSTON CASE.
ApAY OF FIsRsPvEcsTs II THE STATE
SENATE
Several Richmond Business Bills Intro
duced Yesterdsy-7rivate and Local
LEGISLATION Piling Up.

The Senate met yesterday at noon
Hon. John L. Hurt, President pro tenn,
in the chair. Rev. George Cooper, OF
the First Baptist church, offered q fer
vent prayer.
The bills passed by the House on Sat
urdav and communicated TO the Senate
were twice read and appropriately re-
ferred.
SENATE BILLS REPORTED.
To Incorporate the town of Big Stone
Gap. in Wise county TO amend section
8. chapter 81, Code Of Virginia, as amend
ed by an act approved May q, 1887, in
relation to turnpike roads /; TO authorize
the Greenland corporation courts OF this
Commonwealth to render Judgments
against receivers and commissioners and
their sureties in certain cases, with
amendments.
HOUSE ELL REPORTED.
To incorporate the town of CORTLAND,
in the county Of southampton.
ON ANOTHER COMMITTEE.
At the suggestion Of MIR. Blackstone
Mr.. Heaton was placed on the Commit
tee for Courts of Justice, to fill the va
cancy in the membership of that com
mittee.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
Bv Mr.. Dalton Bill to exempt the
hotel of the Norfolk and Virginia Beach
Railroad Company at Virginia Beach,
Princess Anne county, from the opera
tiops of the act known as the local OPP
ton law, approved February 26, 1886.
Bv Mr.. Barnes Bill to amend Sec
ton 4 of chapter 10, Acts of 1S77-'7S, in
regard to the pay Of witnesses IN cnml-
nal cases.
BY Mr.. Jones: Bill authorizing the
Board of Supervisors Of Allegheny
county to borrow money to build
bridges in said county.
BY Mr. Wythe: Bill to incorporate
the Wythe Canning and Manufacturing
Company.
BY Mr.. Read: Bill to authorize the
Board Of Supervisors of MecSlenburg
county to improve two main lines OF
road and TO sue bonds therefor.
BY Mr.. Lovenstein Bill to amend
and consolidate into one act the laws re-
lating to the public printing and bind
ing and defining the duties of the Super
intcndcnt of Public Printing, and to re-
peal chapter 81 OF the Acts of Assembly
of specill session 1897.
BY Mr. Berry (by request: Bill to
Incorporate tie Nelson Manufacturing
Company.
By Mr.. Dalton: Bill authorizing the
Elizabeth Park and Land Company 70
construct a toll-bridge across Broad
creek between the counties Of Norfolk
and Princess Anne.
BY same: Bill to amend section OF
the act known rs the codpon-crusher. ."
The object of the bill is TO allow the
suit, to DO broughtin corporation as well
as circuit courts. In Norfolk, for IN
stance. the Circuitand Corporation Courts
meet twice each year at the same time,
and it would be almost impossible for
the Commonwealth attorney to appear
in both courts.
BY Mr.. Duane: Bill for the relief of
!. i. Street, of Dinwiddie county, from
the payment of a fine.
BY Mr. Jones: Bill to amend and re-
enact an act approved March 3, 1897,
entitled an act to incorporate the Pitts
burgh and Virginia railroad.
By Mr.. Hurt: TO incorporate the
Merchants Bank of Danyille.
WARWICK PARK.
By Mr.. Lovenstein Bill to incorpo-
rate the Warwick Park transportation
Company. The corporators named in
the bill are G. p. Il. Burgwyn, James Il.
Werth, George NJ. Wilson, William p.
De Saussure, Il. B. Chaflin, Franklin
Stearns, A. S. Buford, and John f.
TAYLOR. The bill authorizes the COM
pany to own as much as fifteen acres of
ground in any county, and five acres III
Richmond, to be used for park purposes,
ami the company is authorized to own,
equip, and operate steam and other
boats, excursion-gTound wharves to re-
ceive toll for the transportation OF pas
sengers, freight, express matter, and
for wharfage TO collect fees for
entrance into the eXcurslOn-grounds; ;
10 sell refreshments other than
spirituous liquors; 10 exhibit lawful
games and entertainments and carry on
any business which can be conveniently
done in connection with the principal bu
nessot the company to cOnstructroads,
tramwavs, or street-rdilways not to eX
ceed five miles in length. The capital
stock of this company shall not be less
than $4,000, and may be increased TO
5000, 900, stock divided into shares of
500 each. The principal Office of the
said company is to be located in this
city.
MANCHESTER MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
BY Mr.. Lloyd Bill to incorporate the
Manchester Manufacturing Company.
THE corporators are E. NJ. Crump, NJ.
Il. Lloyd, John w. Fisher, G. +. Rus
sell. and b. c. Cook. The object of the said
company is to mine coal, iron ore, fire
clay, limestone, and other mineral pro-
ducts of lands they shall be authorized
TO purchase to manufacture iron and
steel and other metals to cut and pre-
pare timber, and TO operate railroads.
The capital stock of the said company
shall not be less than $50, 900 nor more
than $780, 00 TO be divided into shares
of 500 neutrality-suspicious. payable III
money or real estate.
TRUST AND sAFE-DEPOsIT COMPANY.
Mr.. Lovenstein introduced a bill to
incorporate the Virginia Savings Trust
and Sale-Deposit Company of Rich
mocd. The bill authorizes Messrs.
James b. Pace. w. h. Quarles, j. j.
Montague, r.. IL. Temple, w. j. West
wood, NJ. Rosenbaum, 4. William Penn
berton, &. W. Warren, j. ID. Craig, L.
c. Leake, Jr., w. W. Gordon, William
hovenstein, f. ID. Christian, and others
to organize the said company, the cor
poration to have power to receive
deposits and issue certificates there
for bearing any rate of interest
agreed upon not exceeding percentum
to lend and borrow money to invest its
capital stock or other funds in bank or
other stocks, and in the purchase of the
bonds of any State or corporation; to
discount notes and bills of exchange and
to receive the interest in advance TO
guarantee the payment of notes, bonds,
bills of exchange or other evidences of
debt also, to receive and hold on de-