Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-28

ny Mr.. Passmorc: For the relief OF X.
>. overton, Confederate soldier, OF
Lunenburg county.
by Mr.. Booker: To require the Board
OF Public Works to furnish commissioners
OF revenue with lists Of corporations, &C.,
subject TO taxation.
SENATE BILLS PASSED
To repeal section 70 of chapter of an
act to provide new charter for the
town Of Graham. in the county of Taze-
well.
To permit william l.. spiIIman to erect
a wharf at his farm. Como. In King
George county. on the Rappahannoch
river.
To incorporate the John Hay Normal
and Industrial School, of Alexandria. Va.
To authorize the Board of Supervisors
OF Halifax county to provide for the pay
ment Of the interest on the bonds of said
county. issued pursuant to an act aD-
proved December 7, 1897. and to provide
a sinking fund for the payment Of said
bonds.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
To provide for the better preservation
OF order az race courses. fairgrounds.
baseball and football parks, and other
places where athletic sports are held in
the county OF Henrico.
To authorize and empower the Board Of
Supervisors of Amherst county to issue
bonds for the purpose of refunding the
county debt.
To incorporate the Phoebus and Fox
Hill Railroad Company.
To declare Tye river a lawful fence In
Nelson county from the mouth to Gulf
Ford.
To amend and re-enact the charter Of
the Norfolk Retreat for the Sick. which
faI Itrf ha n
the city Of Norfolk on the 18th day Of
May. 1885, by changing the name of the
said corporation, and in other respects,
and to re-enact the said charter as
amended.
Making it lawful for the county courts
and justices of the peace in Giles, Pu-
laski. Craig. Lee, Wise. Buchanan, and
Dickinson counties to sentence certain
criminals to work upon the roads, farms,
counties. or on the streets Of any
town in said counties. and pre-
scribing penalty for persons thus
sentenced who escape or attempt to es-
cape, and TO empower the several boards
of supervisors of said counties to make
rules concerning the working OF crimi-
nails so sentenced and to provide suitable
buildings for the care and custody OF said
criminals. i
10 amend anu Ie-cHdcl StcllOH VVo VI
the Code as amended and re-enacted by
an act approved January 4, 1898.
In relation to fences I'm Mt. Vernon
District. Fairfax county.
TO authorize the school trustees of Chat
ham School District. in Pittsylvania
20 sell and convey certain land
10 the authorities of Chatham Cemetery
lot
To authorize and empower the Board of
Supervisors Of Amherst county TO issue
bonds for the purpose of repairing and
the public roads Of the |
county.
TO provide for the working. keeping in |
repair and letting out the public roads,
bridges. and ferries i'm Nansemond county. |
TO amend the charter Of the town of
Suffolk
To empower the trustees of the Vir-
GINA Female Institute TO issue bonds, |
borrow thereon money and to secure the
payment of the same.
To amend and re-enact section Z Of an
let entitled an act to incorporate the
iown of Saxis. in the county Of Accomac,
approved February %. 1896.
To authorize the town OF Onancock In
he county Of Accomac, Virginia, TO bor-
'ow money.
To define the criminal jurisdiction of
he county OF Frederick and city Of Win
hester.
To amend and re-enact the second Sec
ion of an act entitled an act TO provide
or the reorganization OF the institutions
or the deaf, dumb, and blind, and 10 re-
zeal chapter "a of the Code of Virginia,
md TO repeal chapter 226 of the Acts of
Assembly entitled an act 10 regulate the
ppointment of the Board of Directors OF
ne Deaf Dumb, and Blind Institute at
Va, approved May H. 1887; APP
roved March 4. 1896.
To amend and re-enact the charter Of
taunton Academy.
To incorporate the trustees OF the Jo-
eph II. Sands Division, No. 401, of Grand
International Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers.
To authorize the County Court of Nor
ok county to accept Florida avenue, In
'ort Norfolk, or so much thereof as it
nay see fit as a public road, upon the
)nditiOn that no person or corporation
hall be permitted 10 lay construct, or
perate any electric or other railway {
long and upon said public road. '
To authorize and empower the Board
Supervisors of the county of Botetourt s
, borrow 5000 to pay for bridge across {
ames river in that county. :
To authorize the extension of the title r
, certain church property In the county r
Botetourt.
To provide a new charter for the town :
Pulaski. .
To compensate school trustees, other :
ian clerks, in Westmoreland and North
mberland counties.
To authorize the Board of Supervisors '
Floyd county to let to contract the pub |
C roads of that county. and levy a tax '
} keep the same in repair.
For the preservation of quail I'm the
t.ff at Gfaf A~I
To authorize the school trustees of q
quia School District, I'm Stafford county, c
issue the bond Of said school district s
II $1,000, for the purpose of building a &
hool-house at Stafford Courthouse in q
I'D district. and to authorize the Board
Supervisors of Stafford county to levy b
tax on the property of said district for .
lie purpose Of paying interest and dis :
arging said bond.
To amend and re-enact section 5 of u
/ act entitled an act to provide a char ;,
r for the town Of Onancock. in the -
snty of Accomac, approved February =
1852. =,
To authorize the trustees of the Bethel u
Iethodist EpiscopaD church. in Page
unity, Va. 10 sell a church lot and in
st proceeds. .,
TO amend and re-enact section Of an :.
entitled an act 10 incorporate the -
,rt Norfolk Electric railway, approved -
scember p, 1891, so as to allow persons ~
as much as two-fifths Of the I,
pital stock of said company equal u
ice In the management of its affairs. &C
70 provide for working certain road i'm 10
irfax county. and 10 make applicable m
sreto the provisions Of an act approved in
bruary 20. 1896. &C
THE INFRINGEMENT BILLS. OF
Then the special order was called, 81
ich was the consideration OF the bills
regard TO retrenchment and reform