The House refused to refer the resolution to a committee.

On motion of Mr. GRAVES, the resolution was amended by striking out 3 o'clock P. M.," and inserting "23 o'clock P. M."

The resolution as amended was rejected-yeas 42; nays 52.

On motion of Mr. TALIAFERRO of Norfolk city, the vote was recorded as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Speaker, Anderson, Attkisson, Barbour, Bohannan, Cox, Crank, Crutchfield, Curlett, Davis, Dickenson, Fauntleroy, Finney, Graves, Grigsby, Hardesty, Henkel, Henson, Johnston, Keyser, Kyle, Lovell, McCaull, McDaniel, McMullan, Mushbach, Myers, Nelson, Parrish, Ryland, Spessard, William B. Taliaferro, Trout, Joseph Walker, Willian M. Walker, Wal-, Waring, Watson, Whitacre, Smith J. R. White, Wilkinson, and Wright-42.

NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Akers, Bernard, Bland, Burnham, Jolm R. Carter, Chase, Coghill, Cóleman, Dance, Davidson, Dickerson, Dyer, Echols, Edmunds, Edwards, Frazier, Fulkerson, Fulton, Goode, Green, Hanger, Reuben N. Harrison, Harvie, Henry, Hiner, Hunter, R. D. James, Waddy T. James, Jordan, Lady, Luck, MeCabe, McConnell, McCraw, Moncure, Moorman, Oglesby, Powell, Ragland, Sandidge, Shannon, Shelburne, E. H. Smith, J. Howard Smith, Warner T. Taliaferro, William Taylor, Wallace, Thomas M. White, Wingfield, Witten, and Young-52.

Mr. JOHNSTON of Giles offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That on and after to-day the chair shall be vacated at 3 o'clock and resumed at 8 o'clock P. M., and all business may then be considered.

The House referred the resolution to the committee on rules.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. DANCE one day, and SOUTHWARD two days.

The following were presented and referred under rule No. 37:

By Mr. TALIAFERRO of Norfolk city: A bill to allow the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues to adopt the style of uniform they prefer. Referred to the committee on militia and police.

By Mr. HARRISON of Susser: Petition of Waverly judges of election, and bill for the relief of R. W. Arnold, J. S. Ellis and H. Birdsong, of Sussex county. Referred to the committee on finance.

The morning hour having expired, the House proceeded to the business on the calendar.

No. 9. Senate bill entitled an act authorizing the board of supervisors of the respective counties and common councils of the respective cities to determine what allowance shall be made to commonwealth's attorneys, clerks and sheriffs of their counties and cities, payable out of the county or city treasuries, was, on motion of Mr. MCMULLAN, taken up out of its order on the calendar.

The bill was read a third time and passed.

On motion of Mr. MCMULLAN, the title was amended by striking out the whole of the same, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"Authorizing the board of supervisors of the respective counties to determine what allowances shall be made to commonwealth's attor neys, clerks and sheriffs of their counties, payable out of the county treasuries."

The motion by Mr. WALKER of Northumberland, to reconsider the vote by which No. 17, House bill to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act prescribing the duties, powers, liabilities and compensation of district officers, and to repeal chapter 47, and section 1 of chapter 58, Code of 1873, approved March 26, 1875, was passed, came up.

The motion to reconsider was rejected.

The motion made by Mr. FAUNTLEROY to reconsider the vote by which No. 11, Senate bill entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 1, chapter 13, Code of 1873, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact certain sections of the Code of 1873, and certain acts of assembly amendatory thereof, and other acts of assembly in relation to the salaries of certain officers of the government and their employees; compensation of members and officers of the general assembly, mileage and other allowances; to define the salaries of certain officers, and to repeal chapter 153 of the Acts of 1874, and section 27 of chapter 16, and sections 5, 16 and 24 of chapter 13 of the Code of 1873, and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict, approved March 12, 1878, was rejected, came up.

The motion to reconsider was rejected.

No. 6. House bill entitled an act to amend and re-enact the first and second sections of an act approved March 21, 1877, entitled an act to secure the payment of wages of certain employees of railway, canal, steamboat and other transportation companies, came up.

The first and third amendments of the Senate were disagreed to. The second amendment of the Senate was agreed to.

The hour of 11 o'clock A. M. having arrived, special order

No. 5. House bill for the assessment of taxes, licenses, &c., and imposing taxes thereon for the support of government, the free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, came up.

Mr. BARBOUR moved to postpone the special order until to-morow, which was agreed to.

Mr. BERNARD demanded the yeas and nays, which was not sustained.

The amendments of the Senate to the following House bills were agreed to:

No. 12. House bill entitled an act to provide convict labor for the Virginia and Statesville air-line narrow-gauge railroad.

No. 2. House bill entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 6 of chapter 100 of the Code of 1873, as amended by the act approved February 20, 1878, in relation to unlawful fishing.

No. 27. Icuse bill entitled an act to incorporate the Roxboro', Leasburg and Danville turnpike company.

A message was received from the Senate by Mr. GRIMSLEY, who informed the House that the Senate had passed a bill entitled an act to amend and re-enact the 1st, 2d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 18th and 22d sections of an act entitled an act imposing a tax and prescribing the mode of collecting the same on the privilege

of selling wines, ardent spirits, or malt liquors within the limits of the commonwealth, for the support of the government and to pay the interest on the public debt, approved March 30, 1877, as amended by an act approved April 2, 1877, No. 62; in which they respectfully request the concurrence of the House.

On motion of Mr. GRAVES, the calendar was postponed for five minutes.

No. 62. Senate bill was read twice and placed on the calendar, the rule having been suspended, on motion of Mr. GRAVES, requiring its reference to a committee.

The House resumed the business on the calendar.

No. 62. Senate bill was, on motion of Mr. GRAVES, taken up out of its order on the calendar and made a special continuing order for tomorrow, at 12 o'clock M., and ordered to be printed.

A message was received from the Senate by Mr. QUESENBERRY, who informed the House that the Senate had passed a bill entitled an act to provide a fire-proof building for the preservation of the public libraries, papers, and other property of the state, No. 3; in which they respectfully request the concurrence of the House.

No. 37. Senate bill entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 8, chapter 97, Code of 1873, in relation to damages for trespasses by animals, came up.

Mr. RAGLAND moved to amend the bill by inserting after "liable," in 12th line, the words "to any person whose grounds are enclosed by such a fence as is mentioned in section 1 of this chapter;" which was agreed to.

The bill was ordered to its third reading.

The amendment being presently engrossed, the bill was read a third time and passed.

No. 40. Senate bill entitled an act for relief of John A. Spilman and Robert Frazier, was read a third time and passed yeas 90.

The vote required by the constitution was recorded as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Speaker, Adams, Anderson, Attkisson, Bernard, Bocock, Burger, Burnham, John R. Carter, Coghill, Cox, Crank, Crutchfield, Davidson, Davis, Dickerson, Dyer, Echols, Edmunds, Edwards, Evans, Farr, Fauntleroy, Ficklin, Finney, Frazier, Fry, Fulton, Goode, Gray, Green, Grigsby, Hall, Hanger, Hardesty, Reuben N. Harrison, Harvie, Henkel, Henry, Henson, R D. James, Johnston, Jordan, Kelly, Keyser, Kyle, Loyell, Luck, McCall, McConnell, McCraw, McDaniel, McMullan, Moncure, Moorman, Mushbach, Myers, Nelson, Parrish, Pitts, Popham, Powell, Pulliam, Ragland, Reese, Robinson, Ryland, Sandidge, Shannon, Shelburne, Shriver, E. H. Smith, Spessard, Stevens, Warner T. Taliaferro, William Taylor, Trout, Joseph Walker, William M. Walker, Wallace, Walsh, Waring, Watson, Whitacre, Smith J. R. White, Thomas M. White, Witmer, Wingfield, Witten, and Wright-90.

The hour of 12 o'clock M. having arrived, special order

No. 20. House bill revising and amending the registration and election laws, and repealing chapters 6, 7 and 8 of the Code of 1873, and all acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act, came up.

On motion of Mr. MCMULLAN, the special order was postponed until to-morrow.

Special order

No. 30. House bill to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act prescribing the duties, powers, liabilities and compensation of certain county officers, providing for the collection of taxes and for the repeal of chapters 37 and 46 of the Code of 1873, approved March 29,1875, came up.

On motions (severally made by Mr. MCMULLAN), the bill was amended as follows: 4th line of 30th section, strike out "two per centum" and insert "two and one-half per centum"; 10th line of 30th section, strike out "four per centum" and insert "three per centum” 14th line of 30th section, strike out "two and one-half per centum and insert "two per centum."

Mr. GRAVES moved to strike out in 2d line of 31st section “. and insert "July."

"April" Mr. ECHOLS moved to strike out in 13th line of 30th section" fifteen and insert "twenty"; which was rejected.

Mr. MCMULLAN moved to add at end of 33d section the following: "Provided that the commission for collecting and paying over the revenue in cities where the annual collection is in excess of sixty thousand dollars shall be at the rate of two per centum on such excess"; which was agreed to.

On motions (severally made by Mr. FARR), the bill was amended as follows: "36th section, 3d line, after advance" insert "all"; 36th section, 5th line, after "payments" insert "together with a warrant for the amount of county levy and other local taxes so collected"; 24th section, add to the form the following: "amount of county levy; amount of county school taxes; amount of district school tax; amount of road taxes"; 26th section, 3d line, after "lists" insert "and that the different taxes are correctly extended"; 26th section, 10th line, after "treasury" insert" and it shall be the duty of the auditor, when delinquent taxes are so paid, to credit the respective counties with the amount of county levies and other local taxes collected on delinquent lands in said counties, including also such as have been heretofore received for years previous, and pay the same over to the county treasurer upon an order of the board of supervisors of respective coun

ties."

On motion of Mr. PULLIAM, the following was added at the end of the 26th section: "If any clerk or other officer shall issue his blank receipt for any such taxes with a view to the same being filed at a future time, or give receipt for any such taxes except in cases in which the money is paid at the time of executing such receipt, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor."

Mr. EDMUNDS moved the pending question; which was ordered. The bill was ordered to be engrossed to be read a third time.

No. 13. Senate bill entitled an act to provide for an inspection of cattle, again came up.

Pending its consideration, the hour of 3 o'clock P. M. having arrived, the chair was vacated until 8 o'clock P. M.

EVENING SESSION.

The following Senate bills were read a third time and passed: No. 99. Senate bill to amend and re-enact section 23, chapter 97, Code of 1873, relating to repeal of fence laws in counties that have adopted it, so far as it applies to the county of Essex.

No. 102. Senate bill entitled an act to incorporate the Orange nutual fire insurance company.

No. 80. Senate bill to incorporate the Old Dominion fishing and yacht club.

No. 46. Senate bill entitled an act for the relief of Charles W. Walker, treasurer of Giles county.

No. 53. Senate bill to amend the third section of an act approved March 12th, 1878, entitled an act to provide for keeping the paupers in the counties of Scott, Lee, Grayson, Carroll, Floyd, Goochland, Bedford, Mathews, Rockbridge and Amherst, and to repeal an act approved March 29th, 1877, for keeping the paupers in the counties of Scott, Lee and Grayson.

No. 59. Senate bill to amend and re-enact section one of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Newbern, and to repeal the act of 27th May, 1852, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Newbern, in the county of Pulaski, in force March 4th, 1872.

• No. 108. Senate bill to authorize the board of supervisors of Henry county to levy a tax to pay subscription to the Danville and New river railroad.

No. 105. Senate bill to authorize the treasurer of Orange county to collect tax tickets and county levies for the years 1875, 1876 and 1877. No. 51. Senate bill to amend and re-enact an act approved April 4th, 1877, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 57 of an act approved March 20th, 1874, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Manchester.

No. 50. Senate bill to authorize the councilmen of first and third wards, in the city of Manchester, to determine their respective terms of office by lot.

No. 91. Senate bill declaring certain streams in Nottoway county to be highways.

No. 106. Senate bill to amend and re-enact the 12th section of an act approved April 4th, 1877, entitled an act to provide for the working of roads and repairing bridges in the county of Rappahannock.

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

No. 38. House engrossed bill authorizing the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, of Doe Hill, Highland county, to dispose of real estate belonging to said society, the proceeds to be applied to the improvement of said church property.