Fauntleroy, Ficklin, Finney, Fowler, Fry, Fulton, Goode, Graves, Gray, Green, Grigsby, Hall, Hamilton, Hanger, Hardesty, Harvie, Healy, Henson, Waddy T. James, Johnson, Johnston, Jordan, Kelly, Keyser, Kyle, Lady, Lee, Lovell, McCaull, McConnell, McDaniel, Moffett, Moncure, Moorman, Musbach, Nelson, Norton, Oglesby, Parrish, Pitts, Pulliam, Ragland, Reese, Edmund C. Robinson, J. H. Robinson, Ryland, Sandidge, Shannon, Shelburne, Shumate, E. H. Smith, J. Howard Smith, Southward, Spessard, Stevens, Sykes, William B. Taliaferro, Warner T. Taliaferro, Andrew J. Taylor, William Taylor, Trout, VanLear, George Walker, Joseph Walker, Wallace, Walsh, Waring, Watson, Whitacre, Smith J. R. White, Thomas M. White, Wilkinson, Witmer, Witten, and Young.—99.

No. 94. House engrossed bill to levy tax in city of Danville, was, on motion of Mr. WILKINSON, taken up out of its order on the calendar.

The bill was read a third time and passed.

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

"To enable and authorize the common council of Danville to levy a special tax for the purpose of paying the floating debt of said city and for public improvements."

Motions, severally made, to reconsider the votes by which Senate bills No. 36, 80 and 34, and House bill No. 94 were passed, were rejected. Ordered, That Mr. WILKINSON carry Senate bill No. 36 and House bill No. 94 to the Senate and request their concurrence in the action of the House.

A message was received from the Senate by Mr. PAUL, who informed the House that the Senate insist on its disagreement to the substitute of the House of Delegates to Senate bill entitled an act authorizing a lien on all animals, vehicles and harness kept by the keeper of a livery stable or of a house of private entertainment, to secure the payment of all charges due for keeping the same, No. 15, and have agreed to a joint resolution asking for a committee of conference; in which they respectfully request the concurrence of the House.

No. 50. House bill to provide a fence law for the county of Loudoun, and to repeal an act entitled an act relating to fences and for the protection of crops, approved January 26, 1866, in so far as it applies to the county of Loudoun, and to amend and re-enact the 4th, 5th and 7th sections of an act approved February 20, 1878, was, on motion of Mr. CARTER of Londoun, taken up out of its order on the calendar.

The bill was read a second time, and ordered to be engrossed to be read a third time.

Mr. CARTER moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was ordered to be engrossed, which motion was rejected.

The hour of 1 o'clock P. M. having arrived, special order,

No. 76. House bill to authorize the James river and Kanawha company to make sale and transfer of all its works, property and franchises to the Richmond and Alleghany railroad company, and to define the powers and duties of the board of public works in respect thereto, came up

Mr. DICKENSON of Russell, with the consent of the House, sent an amendment to the bill to the clerk's desk to be printed.

Mr. Bocock moved to postpone the bill to Friday next.

Mr. EDMUNDS moved to postpone the bill to Monday next, which was rejected.

The motion by Mr. Bocock was agreed to.

No. 69. House bill to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 115 of the Code of 1873 relating to mechanics' lieus, was, on motion of Mr. WALSH, taken up out of its order on the calendar.

The bill was read a second time, and ordered to be engrossed to be read a third time.

Mr. GRAVES moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was ordered to be engrossed, which motion was agreed to.

On motion of Mr. GRAVES, the bill was amended by adding an independent section as follows:

"This act shall be in force from its passage."

The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed to be read a third time.

No. 59. House bill in relation to making and working roads in the county of Loudoun, and to repeal sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32 and 33 of chapter 87, Acts of 1874-5, and to amend and re-enact sections 13 and 21 of said chapter, approved February 2, 1875, was, on motion of Mr. CARTER of Loudom, taken up out of its order on the calendar.

The bill was ordered to be engrossed to be read a third time.

Mr. CARTER of Loudoun, moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was ordered to be engrossed, which motion was rejected.

No. 48. House bill to amend an act to prevent the sale of cotton between certain hours, was, on motion of Mr. REESE, taken up out of its order on the calendar.

The bill was read a second time.

On motion of Mr. REESE, the bill was amended by adding an independent section as follows:

"This act shall be in force from its passage."

The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed to be read a third time.

No. 57. House bill to provide for keeping the paupers in the county of Rockbridge, was, on motion of Mr. BARBOUR, taken up out of its order on the calendar.

The bill was read a second time.

On motion of Mr. BARBOUR, the bill was amended by inserting after "county," in second line of first section, the word "shall."

The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed to be read a third

time.

No. 95. House bill to prescribe the times for holding the terms of the circuit courts in the fifteenth judicial circuit, was, on motion of Mr. MCCAULL, taken up out of its order on the calendar.

The bill was read a second time, and ordered to be engrossed to be read a third time.

No. 63. House bill to incorporate the Virginia towing company, was, on motion of Mr. PULLIAM, taken up out of its order on the calendar.

The bill was read a second time, and ordered to be engrossed to be read a third time.

No. 82. House bill to amend and re-enact section 3, chapter 184, Code of 1873, in relation to the mode of enforcing recoveries of money on execution, was, on motion of Mr. GRAVES, taken up out of its order on the calendar.

The bill was read a second time, and ordered to be engrossed to be read a third time.

Mr. EDMUNDS moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was ordered to be engrossed, which motion was agreed to.

Mr. HANGER moved to recommit the bill, which motion was rejected.

On motion of Mr. LACY, the bill was dismissed.

Mr. LACY moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was dismissed; which motion was rejected.

No. 53. House bill to amend and re-enact section 35, chapter 154, of the Code of Virginia, edition of 1873, so as to dispense with the August term of the corporation court of the city of Petersburg, was, on motion of Mr. BERNARD, taken up out of its order on the calendar. The question being on agreeing to the substitute proposed by the committee for courts of justice,

On motion of Mr. BERNARD, the substitute was amended by striking out in 5th line of 35th section, as proposed to be amended, the word "city," and inserting "corporation.”

The substitute as amended was agreed to.

The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed to be read a third time.

No. 58. House bill to amend the charter of the town of Suffolk, was, on motion of Mr. ASHTON, taken up out its order on the calendar. On motion of Mr. ASHTON, the bill was recommitted to the committee on counties, cities and towns.

On motion of Mr. HARDESTY, the House adjourned until to-morrow at 12 o'clock M.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1879.

The Journal was read by the clerk.

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

In Senate, January 15, 1879. The Senate have passed bills entitled an act to incorporate the Central Virginia mining company, No. 55; an act to authorize the trustees of Saint Paul's Episcopal church of Lynchburg, Virginia, to execute one or more deeds of trust or mortgages as security, No. 99.

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

No. 55. Senate bill was read twice, and referred to the committee of propositions and grievances.

No. 99. Senate bill was read twice, and placed on the calendar, the rule having been suspended, on mction of Mr. MCCAULL, requiring its reference to a committee.

Senate joint resolution, as follows:

Resolved (the House of Delegates concurring), That a committee of conference be appointed, consisting of three members of the Senate and five members of the House of Delegates, to consider the subject of disagreement between the two houses in relation to Senate bill No. 15, entitled "an act authorizing a lien on all animals, vehicles and harness kept by the keeper of a livery stable or of a house of private entertainment to secure the payment of all charges due for keeping

the same"

Was agreed to.

The speaker appointed Messrs. JOHNSTON of Giles, HANGER, LOVELL, STEVENS and DAVIDSON the committee on the part of the House.

No. 113. House bill to amend section 7 of chapter 80 of the Code of 1873, in reference to the admission of pupils to the asylum for the deaf and dumb and blind, reported from the committee on asylums and prisons, was read a first time.

No. 114. House bill declaring the James river to the condemnation line of the James river and Kanawha canal and the dividing lines of the farms within certain limits, and in the county of Amherst, a lawful fence, reported from the committee on agriculture and mining, was read a first time.

The following House bills, reported from the committee for courts of justice, were read a first time:

No. 115. House bill to amend section 8 of chapter 25 of criminal laws, approved March 14, 1878, in relation. to fees of justices and other officers, with a substitute.

No. 116. House bill to amend and re-enact section 8 of chapter 146 of the Code of 1873, in relation to the limitation of suits.

No. 117. House bill in relation to liens by judgment, mortgage or deed of trust.

No. 118. House bill to amend and re-enact section 13, chapter 115, Code 1873, in reference to the enforcement of liens on crops.

No. 119. House bill to amend and re-enact section 20 of chapter 10 of the act of assemby approved March 14, 1878, relating to crimes and punishments.

No. 120. House bill to provide for the revisal of the civil code of this Commonwealth.

No. 121. House bill for the protection of the institutions of the state, public trusts and funds, with a substitute.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. HANGER two days and CRANK two days from to-morrow, and three days each for Messrs. BARBOUR

and COGHILL from to-morrow, and three days for Mr. WATSON from Saturday.

A report was presented from the committee on roads and internal navigation in answer to a resolution of the House, offered by Mr. STEVENS, in relation to the rights, property and franchises of the James river and Kanawha company.

On motion of Mr. MCCAULL, the report was ordered to be printed with the report on the resolution offered by Mr. MOFFETT on the same subject.

The SPEAKER laid before the House a communication from the gov ernor, transmitting a communication from the secretary of the commonwealth asking authority of the general assembly to appoint another clerk with suitable compensation.

The communication was referred to the committee on officers and offices at the capitol.

Mr. HENKEL offered the following resolution:

Whereas great loss of life and limb result in this state to miners, owing to the want of a system of ventilation and ill-constructed timbers in mines; and whereas under existing laws of this commonwealth unskillful proprietors and managers may hazzard the lives of hundreds of their employees; therefore,

Resolved, That the committee on agriculture and mining be instructed to enquire into the expediency of appointing an officer, who shall be skilled in the art of mining, to be known as general inspector

of mines.

The House referred the resolution to the committee on agriculture and mining.

The following were presented and referred under rule 37:

By Mr. JOHNSON of Accomue: A bill for the draining of lands and cutting water courses in the county of Accomac. Referred to committee on propositions and grievances.

By Mr. CARTER of Northampton: A bill to incorporate the Young Men's Independent Social Club No. 1 of the city of Richmond. Referred to committee on propositions and grievances.

By Mr. ECHOLS: Petition of H. B. McFall for relief from an erroneous assessment. Referred to committee on finance.

By Mr. LACY: Memorial of the school board of New Kent as to teachers' salaries. Referred to committee on school and colleges.

By Mr. LEE: A bill to amend and re-enact section two of an act approved March 14, 1878, in relation to the jurisdiction of justices. Referred to committee for courts of justice.

By Mr. LACY:

Resolved, That the committee on school and colleges be and they are hereby instructed to report a bill authorizing the treasurers of counties to cash the orders of the district boards of school trustees for teachers' pay out of the school funds collected by them in their respective counties, and requiring the auditor of public accounts to receive the said warrants as money in settlement with the said trea

surers.