Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-23
A REPUBLICAN WINS.
THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES CONFIRMS
McCLlNTiC III HIS SEAT
Revisers O. the Code Ask TO DO Excused
from Further Labor Unless There is
TO 30 Additional Pay.

The Senate WAS called to order yester-
day at 70 o'clock NJ. by Lieutenant
Governor John +. Massey. No prayer.
AMENDMENTS AGREED TO.
The Senate concuucd in the amend
ments proposed by the House to the
following Senate bills:
To prescribe the time for killing par
tridges il the county Of Accomack and
certain ether counties
To incorporate the Copperhouk
Springs Company.
To provide for submitting to the quail
fed voters Of the State the question of a
constitutional convention.
TO authorize the circuit and corpora
ton courts OF this Commonwealth TO |
render judgments against receivers and /
commissioners and purchasers at Judicial /.
sales and their sureties in certain cases.
To incorporate the Hampton and Old |
Point Railway Company
The amendments in each case we're /
immaterial.
Most OF the House bills passed on !
Tuesday were placed on the calendar.
REPORTED.
Among the bills reported from com
mittees were the following To amend |
the law with relation TO the lien of ven |
doris, mechanics, aud others adversely ; |
providing mode by which the sanity OF |
persons charged with crime may be tried, |
and 10 require any such person found to |
be insane to he confined IN one of the |
hospitals for the insane, with substl- /
tute. which was ordered to be printed |
10 prevent frauds upon travellers; TO in
corporate the Great railway, with amend |
ments amending the law relating to the ]
compensation Of circuit court clerks; /
empowering the clerk OF the Attorney |
General to appear for the Common
wealth in the State and Federal courts {;
amending the Code with relation TO /
special partnerships JOINT resolution !
providing for the appointment OF cleo |
toral boards in the respective counties /
and cities Of the Commonwealth.
THE ELTHAM RAILROAD.
The Committee on Roads reported /
House bill to incorporate the Richmond /
and Ethan Railroad and Navigation /
/ Company with the amendment pub /
| lished in the Dispatch yesterday.
The amendment was agreed to and the /
bill passed.
INSURANCE.
The Committee on General Laws re-
ported Mr.. Bibb's bill to protect persons /
when insured in event of loss 10y fire or |
other casualties, with an amendment pro- |
vidiDg that this act shall not apply to ex- /
/ is;ing policies of insurance.
Mr. Ellyson moved to recommitthe bill. /
1t was an important measure, and one /
| that should be more carefully con- /
sidered.
Mr.. Bibb opposed the motion, and /
Messrs. Wickham, Gordon, and Smoot |
/ favored it.
The bill was recOmmitted.
This bill provides that when any in |
sumnce company doing business in this |
/ State shall insure buildings, and SAID /
buildings shall be entirely destroyed by /
fire or other casualty. then the company |
/ or companies insuring said buildings |
/ shall be liable for the face Of the policy, !
which shall be conclusive as to the value |
of said buildings.
BILLS PRESENTED.
By Mr.. Wickham Directing the /
| Secretary Of the Commonwealth to afiix |
/ the seal of the State TO a certain deferred /
| debt certificate.
BY Nlr. Lovenstein Toamend thea /
Incorporating the Richmond Perpetual |
Building, Loan. and Trust Company.
By Mr.. Williams To incorporate the /
Northwest ana Southeast Railroad Com /
pany.
BY Mr.. Bib: To allow Cuckoo and .
! Jackson school districts, in Louisa cOun- /
/ tv, to use county funds for district pur-
| poses.
BY Mr.. Twyman TO require the .
payment of the interest accrued and I.
/ hereafter accruing upon the bond of |
/ the Commonwealth of Virginia for |
/ 81, 600 held by the trustees and elders |
of the Presbyterian church at Orange .
| Courthouse
BY Mr.. Wickhsm (by request To .
require the payment of the interest ac-
/ crued and hereafter accruing upon the |
! bond of the Commonwealth for $4,000 |
! held by the trustees of the General AS
semblv of the Presbyterian Church in /
the United States.
by Mr.. Read To provide for the
| Drainage lowlands in Palmers Springs .
district, in the county OF Mecklenburg. /
DRIVING PARK.
Mr.. Berry presented a bill to incorpo-
rate the Shenandoah Driving Park,
which, under a suspension Of the rules
was placed on the calendar, and later
advanced to It's passage.
| General Wickham, in support OF the
motion to suspend the rules said that 1t
was only courtesy to gentleman then
| in the chamber. who had distinguished
/ himself on the floor of the Senate, re-
/ ferring to Mr. j. Marshall Mccormick,
| Of Clarke.
REyIsERs' COMPENSATION.
The Chair laid before the Senate
/ communication from the revisers of the
Code in relation to the preparation of
explanatory notes, &c. The gist OF which
/ appears in the House report
MessrS. Koiner, Wickham, Heaton,
Blackstone, and Edmunds all spoke of
the value Of the revisers' work, and ex-
pressed the hope that these gentlemen,
all able lawyers would be more literally
compensated. Mr.. Edmunds, as did the
others named, spoke in eulogistic
terms of the reyisers, and said he sincere
" hoped the General Assembly would do
these gentlemen but simple justice and
pay them what their time at least was
worth. He was satisfied that if this
paper was seen by the taxpayers they
would as one man vote for paying the
reyiscTS more.
Mr. Mcdonald said he was informed
that that the revision had cost some $40,
900 or more already.
On motion of Mr.. Wickham so much
of the communication as referred to
inadequate compensation was referred
to the Finance Committee. The re-
mainder WAS referred to the Committee
for Courts OF Justice.
wAsHINGToN's MONUMENT.
The first special order-Mr. Moore's
joint resolution providing for the transfer
OF the States claim OF $4,000 against
the National Government to the Mount
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