charter of the Bethel Cemetery Company, granted February 15, 1885, came up.

The amendments of the Senate were agreed to.

Mr. MAY severally moved to reconsider the votes by which the amendments of the Senate were agreed to; which motions were rejected.

The following Senate bills were read a third time and passed: No. 53, Senate bill to amend and re-enact section 3705 of the Code of Virginia as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 3705 of the Code of Virginia, entering dwelling-house or other house, vessel, or car in the night, &c., with intent to commit murder, rape or robbery, &c.

No. 114, Senate bill to incorporate the Bristol Terminal Company.

No. 107, Senate bill to amend and re-enact section 1135 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the issuance of new certificates of stock of chartered company when former one is lost.

No. 123, Senate bill to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Bristol and Northern Railroad Company. Motions severally made to reconsider the votes by which Senate bills Nos. 53, 114, 107, and 123 were passed, were rejected.

The following House engrossed bill were read a third time and passed:

No. 50, House engrossed bill to amend and re-enact section 100, chapter 244, of the Acts of Assembly, session of 1889-'90, approved March 6, 1890, entitled an act to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons and property, &c.

No. 54, House engrossed bill to prevent the extermination of game in the counties of Fauquier and Loudoun.

No. 49, House engrossed bill to authorize the payment of the sum of one hundred dollars to George W. Moore for services in full as guard to Lee monument-ayes, 60; nays, 15.

The vote required by the Constitution was recorded as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Armstrong, Banks, Barham, Batten, Berger, Berkeley, Charles T. Bland, G. C. Bland, Blanton, Booker, Buhrman, Butt, Cabell, Cocke, Craig, Fishburne, Gilliam, Gose, Graves, Randolph Harrison, Harwood, Hathaway, Hubard, Hundley, Ivey, Lee, Matthews, Maupin, McCann, McRae, John B. Miller, James McC. Miller, Morgan, Newberne, Parks, Patterson, Pilcher, R. S. Powell, T. T. Powell, Radford, Rambo, Reddy, Rogers, Sager, Charles Smith, E. W. Smith, James W. Smith, Stokes, Stovall, Stratton, Surgener, Tabb, Taliaferro, Thomas, Turner, Turpin, Walker, James W. Williams, and Wood-60.

NAYS-Messrs. Boaz, Cooke, Dorton, Einstein, Hannah, B. R. Harrison, Carter H. Harrison, Keesee, Leech, Saunders, Sayers, Wale, White, Winston, and Zirkle-15.

Motions severally made to reconsider the vote by which House engrossed bills Nos. 50, 54 and 49 were passe, were rejected.

On motions severally made, the following House bills were read a second time this day, two-thirds in the House in each case so determining, and ordered to be engrossed, and, being presently engrossed, were read a second time this day, two-thirds in the House so determining in each case, and the bills were read a third time and passed:

No. 56, House bill to incorporate the Elizabeth Night Ferry Company.

No 67, House bill to incorporate the Potomac River Power Company.

No. 62, House bill providing for levying on seed cotton in Brunswick county.

No. 52, House bill to amend and re-enact section 18 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Lynchburg Traction Company, approved February 12, 1894, extending the time within which the work of construction shall be begun and completed.

No. 53, House bill to amend and re-enact an act approved January 31, 1894, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 5, and 8 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Potomac and Great Falls Railroad Company, approved January 26, 1892.

No. 57, House bill to amend and re-enact section 4 of the charter of the Norfolk and Atlantic Terminal Company.

No. 58, House bill to incorporate the Frederick Railway Company.

No. 59, House bill to amend and re-enact sections 1, 3, 9, and 10 of an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, entitled "an act to incorporate the Buckroe, Phoebus and Hampton railroad."

No. 61, House bill extending the time of commencing the construction of the Potomac Western Railroad Company.

No. 60, House bill to amend and re-enact sections 10 and 11 of an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Virginia Seaboard and Western Railroad Company, approved February 10, 1894.

Motions severally made to reconsider the votes by which House engrossed bills Nos. 56, 67, 62, 52, 53, 57, 58, 59, 61 and 60 were passed, were rejected.

Ordered, That Mr. BLAND of Portsmouth carry House bill No. 56 to the Senate, and request their concurrence.

No. 45, House bill to amend and re-enact section 18 of an act entitled an act to provide a charter for the city of Buena Vista, approved February 15, 1892, was read a second time and ordered to be engrossed.

No. 48, House engrossed bill, was, on motion of Mr. HARRISON of Lynchburg, passed by.

The following House bills were, on motions severally made by Messrs. SAUNDERS and BERKELEY, dismissed :

No. 55, House bill to appropriate ten thousand dollars towards the restoration and preservation of Jamestown, Virginia.

No. 63, House bill to repeal chapter 209, Acts 1893-'94, for the protection of fish in Roanoke county.

No. 47, House bill to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to require the payment of fees on certain charters, approved February 10, 1890, as amended by an act approved February 28, 1890, and further amended and re-enacted by an act approved January 22, 1894, was, on motion of Mr. SAUNDERS, passed by.

On motion of Mr. BERKELEY, the House adjourned.

The SPEAKER declared the House adjourned until Monday, January 6, 1896.

MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1896.

On motion of Mr. BOOKER, the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.

Mr. BARHAM was granted an indefinite leave of absence.

A communication from the Senate by their clerk was read as follows:

In Senate, December 20, 1895.

The Senate have passed House bills entitled an act to incorporate the Draper's Benevolent Society in Pulaski county, Virginia, No. 14; an act to incorporate the Young Men's Christian Association of Hampton, Virginia, No. 31; an act to amend and re-enact an act approved February 29, 1892, entitled an act to amend and re-enact clause 4 of section 6 of an act approved February 24, 1874, entitled an act to give effect to a compromise of the litigation in respect to the construction and effect of the will of Samuel Miller, deceased, and to establish the manual labor school provided for in the twenty-fifth clause of said will, as amended by acts approved on 2d April, 1887, and on 19th February, 1884, respectively, No. 35; an act to allow the Piedmont Construction and Improvement Company to change its name to the Piedmont Traction Company, and to permit the said company to issue preferred stock, to hold stock in other companies, to dispose of its property, and to consolidate or merge with any other company, No. 42; and an act to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to improve the main thoroughfares of Rappahannock county, approved February 22, 1894, No. 46.

They have passed Senate bill entitled an act to allow M. S. Cahoon, treasurer of Botetourt county, further time to make settlements and return delinquents and collect tax tickets, No. 109.

In which bill they respectfully request the concurrence of the House of Delegates.

No. 109, Senate bill was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

No. 69, House bill to incorporate the Norfolk Electric Light and Power Company, reported from the Committee on Propositions and Grievances, was read a first time.

The following House bills were, on motions severally made by Messrs. DIGGS, WINSTON, HARRISON of Amherst, WooD of Chesterfield, MAY and HARWOOD, placed on the calendar.

The bills were read a first time.

No. 70, House bill to protect deer, partridges or quails, songbirds, wild turkeys, squirrels, hares, and wild ducks in the county of King William.

No. 71, House bill for the protection of quail or partridges, and to prevent the destruction of their nests or eggs in the county of Hanover.

No. 72, House bill to authorize the treasurer of the county of Hanover to return to citizens of said county the amount paid by each respectively on account of the dog tax levied by the Board of Supervisors under act approved March 5, 1894.

No. 73, House bill to repeal an act entitled an act for the protection of sheep in Amherst county, approved 2d March, 1894.

No. 74, House bill to punish persons guilty of shooting, trapping, catching, killing or destroying domestic pigeons.

No. 75, House bill to enable the Board of Supervisors of Alexandria county, Virginia, to allow the county clerk of said county compensation for extra clerical and other labor required where no compensation has been fixed.

No. 76, House bill relating to the increase of salary of the county judge of Alexandria county, Virginia.

No. 77, House bill to amend and re-enact section 7 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Virginia State Agricultural and Mechanical Society, approved February 8, 1888.

No. 78, House bill designating the days and half days to be observed as legal holidays, and for the payment, acceptance and protesting of bills, notes, drafts, checks and other negotiable paper on such days, reported from Committee on Banks, Currency and Commerce, was read a first time.

The following were presented and referred under Rule 37:

To the Committee for Courts of Justice:

By Mr. HARRISON of Lynchburg: A bill to amend and re-enact section 177 of the Code in relation to bonds taken by courts and officers.

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By Mr. DIGGS: Joint resolution asking the attorney general to examine into official bonds.

By Mr. MAY: Petition of religious Society of Friends against capital punishment.

By Mr. HARRISON of Lynchburg: A bill to allow a party to impeach a witness called by himself in certain cases.

By Mr. PILCHER: A bill to amend and re-enact section 3714 of the Code of Virginia entitled an act for receiving stolen goods knowing the same to have been stolen.

By Mr. HARRISON of Lynchburg: A bill to amend and re-enact section 3393 of the Code in relation to how judgment in bond for the payment of money.

By Mr. REDDY: A bill to amend and re-enact section 3211 of the Code of Virginia in relation to motions on contracts generally.

By Mr. HARRISON of Lynchburg: A bill to amend and re-enact section 4093 of the Code in relation to recognizances.

By Mr. REDDY: A bill to regulate the liability of employers for injuries done to employees.

By Mr. PowELL of Warwick: A bill to amend section 2616 of the Code of Virginia, amended by an act of assembly March 5, 1888, in relation to the sale of the estates of minors and lunatics.

To the Committee on Finance:

By Mr. EINSTEIN: A bill for the relief of C. B. Beamer, S. J. Fisher, M. Goldberry, Ella Morgan, L. Schere, J. W. Richardson, and I. Greenspan to refund portion of tax.

By Mr. BRYANT: A bill to regulate and license pawnbrokers, junk dealers, and dealers in second-hand personal property in the city of Richmond.

By Mr. EINSTEIN: A bill to place Joseph Wygal, a disabled Confederate soldier, on pension list.

By Mr. DIGGS: A bill to amend and re-enact an act entitled “an act to amend and re-enact section 2086 of the Code of 1887 in relation to license of residents to fish with purse-net, pound-net, &c.," so as to require a specific license tax for the privilege of taking or catching fish from the waters of the Commonwealth with such nets, fykes or weirs.

By Mr. COCKE: A bill to amend and re-enact section 457 of the Code, what real estate exempt from taxation.

By Mr. MILLER of Fluvanna: A bill for extending the time for collection of taxes and levies by the treasurer of Fluvanna county and his deputies.

To the Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation :

By Mr. BERKELEY: A bill to amend the charter of Roanoke Mineral Belt Line Railroad Company, approved February 9, 1894.