Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-27

the times for holding courts Of the Tenth
Eleventh, Thirteenth. and Fifteentn Juoi
cial Circuits. approved March q. 1875.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
For the nrotect,on OF wild turkeys II
the county OF Westmoreiand. A..
To amend an act TO incorporate VIZ
Pittsbure and Virginia hahroa" W."
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
To ronfirfn .be merger and consoiiuat'oi'
OF the Iynchburg Strcea Railway com-
pany and the Lynchbury Electric So'"-
To TO refund money improperly paid into 70
the Treasury By r. r. Hunter. trustee
OF the county OF Essex. .s.. fr,r,
For the relief OF c. H. Parsons iro"
i' Tn ratify vnlidate. and confirm the pay
ment Of certain. fees heretofore pau W
the state for and In connection W."
tain charters granted by the COURT a,d
To incorporate the Yves, No,.o,"
Port Norfolk Drawbridge company, A.
MIR Harwood's bill 10 incorporate snS
American Music Company OF kicnnionu
was passed, but was hotly opps,,,.
Mr. Allen, who objected 70 nerts,n-
charter Ia any corporation when contain
cd the word American" In us nam ",
His only reason for this. az sia,eu ny
himself was the fact that ne mao ios'
money by the American TOBACCO 'o''
pany. Ito. ., l,ovd Car
roll and Grayson TO vote SUBSCRIPTION 70
the Bme Ridge Railroad Company
THE PASS QUESTION AGAIN.
sansie hin 10 authorize the union OF the
chesaneakc and ohio Railway company
ana the Buckingham Ralitodu oo"ip ,.sd.
by lease. purchase CONSERVATION. ny ~
cor or otherwise. in accordance with the
sr,r,s Of any contract which may nave
becn or NAV be entered into by and be
tween said companies came up on its
passage. ,orar,or.
,h~reto maj tho Company accepting this
charter and its successors, or assignees,
shall transport over all its lines within
this Commonwealth the members OF the
General Assembly OF virginia withou'
any charge or compensation whatever.
and that this provision shall he CON
strilcd as a covenant running with TINS
charter and binding on the company ac-
ccpting the same. or any company OF
companies with which IL may AT any tiiie
be consolidated, or into which II may De
Mir. Mason opposed the amendment
strenuously. and claimed that such move
rnents were only calculated TO bring the
members of the Legislature in 1isrepute.
Mir. Crump followed I'm strong. speech
against the proposed innovation. He said
he was opposed to the proposition from
principle only, and he thought the same
high standard of morality which obtained
In the Legislature of Virginia in byg0ne
years should continue to prevail. Mr..
Withers also spoke against the measure.
NEED OF BACKBONE.
Mr.. Gibson favored the change. and
taking Mr.. Crump to task said sarcasti-
cally Richmond is the hub of The uni
verse; a perfect garden of Eden. and the
member from Richmond doesn't need
pass. He never leaves Richmond. The
trouble with the members of this Legs
lature Is that we have no sand in our
craws, and we are afraid to vote Tor any
thing which would operate TO our personal
advantage. Time was when virginia leg
islators had the backbone of buffalo
bull. Naughter0 Now those who have
any backbone at all are suffering from
severe case of spinal meningitis.
Mr.. Saunders spoke in advocacy OF the
hill and thought the measure was one
to which no reasonable objections could
be urged.
The bin was still under discussion at
. 40 O'Clock, when the House, on motion
OF Mr. Cooke. adjourned.