Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-23

tds session II he GENERAL Assembly.
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which Was referred 70 the Committee on
Propositions and Grievances:
"Youf petitioner humbly complninine
represent 70 your Honor that, whilst the
Legislature ID taxing IL wisdom 10 the
utmost u deyising ways and means to.be
enacted into laws for the protection Of the
game Of the several counties Of the State.
have the honor 70 represent. has been ut
terly ignored; that the staple product Of
said county In this behalf are the ground
hogs and muskrats. which, unless the
Legislature shall come to their profession,
must sooner or later become sxtermfnated.
Now; your petitioners, noticing that .s.t ne =
your honorable body for the protection OF
the special product Of his great county
to wit, the 5possum and the hafe--wculd
humbIy but earnestly beg that you amend
HE bill Ia behalf Of Rockbridge by the IN
sertion therein Of the grounding and the
musk-rat.n
The petition was signed by the following
prominent citizens of Lexington: ]: \.
Glasgow. X. L. Perry. w. z: Houston
John G. Blonde. and James A. Moore.
The following bills were introduced and
referred to the proper committees: BY
Mr.. j. Thompson Brown. to provide Tor
the printing aad distribution OF the school
laws and regulations of the Board OF Edu,,
cation; by Mr.. Anderson, an act to amend
and re-enact subdivision 4 OF section ssi,
chapter SO, of the Code Of Virginia. 1887.
Mr.. Caxneau Mcleod. Governor McKin-
ney's private secretary, announced that
his Excellency had received and accepted
| the resignation of Hon. Thomas T.. Biakey,
| Judge Of the County Court OF Essex. The
House was asked to fiji the vacancy at
their earliest convenience.
THE oYsrrB BILL.
The Chambers Washington oyster bill
| came up on its passage and was advocated
| bv Mr.. Chambers. who fully explained its
provisions. The speaker said there were
| Al 900 acres OF land now measured up and
rented out but II 1t was accurately sur
| veyed IT would turn out to be five times
this area. The bill would remedy this
evil. The revenue to the State from the
| industry would be about 100000 per an-
| mum. No more could be offered, said the
speaker, for in truth but little money Is
| to be derived from the enterprise.
The provisions of the bill IN reference to
| the culling law were fully explained by
Mr.. Chambers. He offered several techni-
cal amendments to the bill; which we're
| discussed at some length and finally adopt
| ed. The bill was then ordered to it's
| third reading. =,
Mr.. Kent opposed that portion OF the
measure which places the tenure OF the
| oysters grounds at twenty years. de SAID
| the State would be o great loser BY thus.
| He moved to reconsider the vote by. which
/ the bill was ordered to its third reading so
| that he could offer an amendment making
| the term of tenure ten years.
Mr.. Chambers explained that 1t took
several years before oysters could be OBJ
| tanned from the beds. and that the indus
| try was o very precarious one. IN twenty
years the oystermen could hardly make
more than three crops: 49,,
Mr.. Gibson favored the bill. which. he
said, was the fairest he bad ever seen since
be had been In the Legislature. -,
Mr.. Wright characterized the bill as
flair. honest, good measure" He op-
| posed Mr.. Kent's amendment.
Mr.. Kent's motion to reconsider the vote
| by which the bill was ordered to its third
| reading was lost.
The bill was then passed by q vote of 60
to Is. 1t was rs follows,
YsAS-Messrs Anderson, Bendheim, Berke-
| ley, Blakemore, Bland. J. Thompson Brown,
| Philip r. Brown, browning, Burton, Clarence
j. Campbell, William Campbell, Chambers,
Cooke, Crafford, Dunlop, Edwards, Fentress,
Gibson Goode, Harwood, Howe, huboard, Hun
| ter, Hudgin, John jackson, M. y. jackson, X. A.
| James, Jones, kerfoot, Letcher, Lewis. Lindsey
| hallet, j. y. Mason, Matthews, Michaux. Nun
ford, McIiwaine, Pilsher. Pulley, Radtord, ks-
mey, Rowe, Ryan, Saunders, Shepperson, Steel,
| Stratton, Tabp, Charles 3. Thomas, N. G..
| Thomas, Toney, Triplett, David Frank White,
| William A. White, Wilcox, Williams, Witbrow,
Wright. and MIR. Spe8ker-00.
NAYs.-Messrs. Baker, Bourne, Combs. Epes,
| Garland, Hoge, Is. o. James, Kent, Magruder,
Miller, Peery, N. B. Spencer, Timan, wilkins,
| and Wray-l5.
HONOR TO WASHINGTON.
MIR. Hudgin offered the following at 2:05
o'clock: Whereas. to-day the Twenty
second day Of February Ii the anniversary
| OF the birth of George Washington, the
greatest of Vrginia's sons and rightly
known in history as the father OF his
| country" and whereas. the day has been
made legal holiday as so respected by
every State in the Union therefore. be 1T
ResolUed. that this House will, in respect to
| the memory Of the great Virginian. adjourn
| at 2:25 o'clock p. M. this day to meet again
| tomorrow at II o'clock A. NJ, provided
| that this adjournment shall not affect the
| existing rules and resolution regulating
| the business and the time OF meeting or
| the conduct of business after this day.
The resolution, after considerable argu-
ment, was agreed to.
| The consideration OF the direct tax bill
| which came up as q special order, was post
| poned until tomorrow. The House then
adjourned,