No. 284. House bill to provide for the transfer, care, maintenance, treatment and safe-keeping of the harmless and incurable lunatics from the Eastern and Western lunatic asylums to the Pinel hospital in the city of Richmond, reported from the committee on asylums and prisons, was read a first time. No. 285. 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, reported from the committee on privileges and elections, was read a first time. A message was received from the Senate by Mr. MASSIE, who informed the House that the Senate had agreed to the amendment of the House asking the recall of House bill No. 56 and Senate bill No. 115 from the governor. The report of the joint committee on printing on the charges preferred by James E. Goode against Richard E. Frayser, superintendent of public printing, came up. The report was agreed to. Mr LOVELL moved to reconsider the vote by which the report was agreed to; which motion was rejected. Mr. GRAVES offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee for courts of justice do examine section 18 of chapter 61 of the Code of 1873, regulating the rates of tolls on railroads, and report whether the limit of eight cents per ton per mile for the transportation of freight is to be construed as an average of said sun on different classes of freight, or as a maximum charge of eight cents per ton per mile on all classes of freight. The question being on reference, was put and decided in the negative. Mr. STEVENS moved to amend by adding to the resolution the fol lowing: "and by what authority railroad companies charge upon some classes of freight more than the maximum of eight cents per ton per mile"; which was agreed to. The resolution as amended was agreed to. Mr. GRAVES moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution was agreed to; which motion was rejected. The following were presented and referred under rule 37: By Mr. LACY: A bill to incorporate the Anglo-American colonization and improvement company in the state of Virginia. Referred to the committee on propositions and grievances. By Mr. WILKINSON: A bill to incorporate the Leesburg and Danville turnpike company. Referred to the committee on roads and internal navigation. By Mr. HENRY: A bill relating to the custody of infants. Referred to the committee for courts of justice. By Mr. HANGER: Petition of citizens of Augusta in respect to the fence laws of the state, or for special fence law for Augusta county. Referred to the committee on agriculture and mining. By Mr. KELLY: A bill for providing for submitting the question of liquor license or no liquor license to the qualified voters of the town of Glade Spring, in the county of Washington, at the first election for district officers, and at every subsequent election for district officers. Referred to the committee on finance. By Mr. FAUNTLEROY: A bill for the relief of the official sureties of Samuel Trenary, late sheriff of Frederick county, Va. Referred to committee on finance. By Mr. HENSON: A petition of the citizens of Louisa county praying that a law be passed for the protection of mechanics. Referred to committee for courts of justice. By Mr. LOVELL: A bill to economize and regulate the style of public printing, and concerning the duties of the superintendent thereof. Referred to the committee on printing. By Mr. FoWLER: A bill to amend and re-enact sections 8 and 9 of chapter 19 of the Code of Virgima, edition of 1873, in regard to the public printing. Referred to the committee on printing. By Mr. BOHANNAN: A bill for the assessment of taxes on licenses, &c., and imposing taxes thereon for the support of government and the free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt. Referred to the committee on finance. By Mr. STARKE: Petition of T. E. Chambliss, asking the legislature to confer with congress as to the status of the state debt in 1869, and why the general government should not settle with our foreign creditors; and also as to the status of one Dr. Joseph Jorgensen, the so-called representative for the fourth congressional district of Virginia; also, as to the status of Virginia from 1861 till 1869, and letter of Hon. S. J. Randall. Referred to the committee on federal relations and resolutions The morning hour having expired, on motion of Mr. LOVELL, the rules were suspended and the House proceeded to the consideration of House engrossed bills. No. 110. House engrossed bill for the relief of W. J. Shumate, came up. On motion of Mr. GREEN, the bill was passed by. No. 116. House engrossed bill to amend and re-enact section 8 of chapter 146 of the Code of 1873, in relation to the limitation of suits, came up. The question being the motion entered by Mr. JoHNSTON of Giles, to reconsider the vote ordering the bill to its engrossment, On motion of Mr. JOHNSTON of Giles, the bill was passed by. No. 79. House engrossed bill to incorporate the Alexandria and Fairfax agricultural and industrial association, came up. The bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. MUSHBACH moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; which motion was rejected. No. 93. House engrossed bill providing for submitting the question of liquor license or no liquor license to the qualified voters of Fairfax county, at the first election for district officers and at every subsequent election for district officers, came up. The bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. FARR moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; which motion was rejected. No. 106. House engrossed bill to amend section one of an act`approved March 25, 1872, declaring certain streams in Charlotte county to be highways, as amended by an act approved March 20, 1875, as amended by an act approved March 14, 1878, came up. The bill was read a third time and passed. No. 117. House engrossed bill in relation to liens by judgment, mortgage or deed of trust, came up. The bill was read a third time and passed. On motion of Mr. DANCE, the title was amended by striking out the word "judgment." No. 118. House engrossed bill to amend and re-enact section 13, chapter 115, Code of 1873, in reference to the enforcement of liens on crops, came up. The bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. LOVELL moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; which motion was rejected. No. 119. House engrossed bill to amend and re-enact section 20 of chapter 10 of the act of assembly approved March 14, 1878, relating to crimes and punishments, came up. The bill was read a third time and passed, Mr. BERNARD moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; which motion was rejected. No. 125. House engrossed bill to repeal the fourth section of an act approved March 12, 1878, in relation to office hours of certain officers and clerks of the state government, came up. The bill was read a third time and passed. On motion of Mr. WALKER of Chesterfield, the title of the bill was amended by striking out the word “repeal,” and inserting the words "amend and re-enact." Mr. GRAVES moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; which motion was rejected. No. 263. House engrossed bill to change the time for holding circuit courts in the fourth judicial cirenit, came up. Mr. DAVIS moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was ordered to be engrossed; which motion was agreed to. Mr. DAVIS moved to amend by inserting at the end of the sixth line of the bill the words, "but no court shall be held in this county under this act until November 25, 1879"; which was agreed to . The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed to be read a third time. No. 130. House engrossed bill to amend and re-enact the seventeenth section of the seventh chapter of an act reviving, amending and re-enacting certain sections and chapters of the criminal laws of the commonwealth, approved March 14, 1878, and found in session acts 1877-78, page 279 to 380, came up. The bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. BOHANNAN moved to amend the title to the bill by striking out the words "and found in session acts 1877-78, page 279 to 380"; which was agreed to. Mr. MUSHBACH moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; which motion was rejected. No. 131. House engrossed bill for the protection of deer in the county of Bland, came up. On motion of Mr. MCCAULL, the bill was dismissed. No. 133. House engrossed bill to amend and re-enact chapter 141 of the Code of 1873, in relation to promissory notes, came up. The bill was read a third time and passed. On motion of Mr. GRAVES, the title was amended by inserting after the word "re-enact" the words "sections seven and eight of"; which was agreed to. Mr. MICHIE moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; which motion was rejected. No. 134. House engrossed bill to provide for the erection of suitable shoots for the passage of fish by the owners of mill-dams across the north branch of the Shenandoah river, came up. The bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. LOVELL moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; which motion was rejected. No. 136. House engrossed bill to amend and re-enact section 28 of the act approved March 26, 1875, prescribing the powers, duties and compensation of district officers, and to repeal the 47th chapter and section 1 of chapter 48 of the Code of 1873, came up. The bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. TALIAFERRO of Gloucester moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; which motion was rejected. No. 115. House engrossed bill to amend and re-enact section 8 of chapter 25 of the Criminal Code, approved March 14th, 1878, in relation to fees of justices and others, came up. The bill was read a third time and passed-yeas 95. The vote required by the constitution was recorded as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Akers, Anderson, Bernard, Bland, Bocock, Bohannan, Brown, Burger, Burnham, John R. Carter, Chase, Coghill, Cox, Crank, Crutchfield, Dance, Davidson, Davis, Dickenson, Dyer, Echols, Edwards, Evans, Farr, Fauntleroy, Ficklin, Finney, Frazier, Fry, Fulkerson, Fulton, Graves, Green, Hall, Hanger, Hardesty, Reuben N. Harrison, Henkel, Henry, Henson, Hunter, R. D, James, Waddy T. James, Johnson, Johnston, Kelly, Kyle, Lacy, Lady, Lovell, Luck, McCabe, McConnell, McCraw, McDaniel, Moorman, Mushbach, Myers, Parrish, Pulliam, Ragland, Reese, Robinson, Ryland, Sandidge, Shannon, Shelburne, Shriver, E. H. Smith, J. Howard Smith, Southward, Spessard, Starke, Stevens, Sykes, William B. Taliaferro, Warner T. Taliaferro, Andrew J. Taylor, William Taylor, Trout, Van Lear, George Walker, Joseph Walker, William M. Walker, Walsh, Waring, Watson, Whitacre, Smith J. R. White, Thomas M. White, Wilkinson, Wingfield, Witten, and Wright-95. Mr. CARTER of Loudoun moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; which motion was rejected. No. 4. House bill entitled an act allowing any person to have his dog listed for taxation, thereby making the same personal property, came up. The question being on agreeing to the motion entered by Mr. LACY to reconsider the vote by which the 2d Senate amendment to the bill was agreed to, was put and decided in the negative. No. 127. House bill to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act to amend the act to incorporate the Mount Vernon ladies' association of the Union, passed March 9th, 1858, and to add an additional section, approved April 4th, 1877, came up as unfinished business. On motion of Mr. FARR, the bill was dismissed. No. 45. House bill to amend and re-enact section 36 of chapter 49 of the Code of Virginia, edition 1873, so as to authorize courts, or judges thereof in vacation, or justices of the peace, to order sales of personal property seized under writs of fieri facias or under distress warrants, in cases where such property is expensive or perishable, came up. The amendments of the Senate to the bill were agreed to. A message was received from the Senate by Mr. CHILES, who informed the House that the Senate had passed Senate bill entitled an act for the relief of Edward A. Snellings, of the city of Manchester, No. 117; in which bill they respectfully requested the concurrence of the House. A message was received from the Senate by Mr. GAYLE, who informed the House that the Senate had passed Senate bill entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Portsmouth, No.193; in which bill they respectfully request the concurrence of the House. No. 279. House bill to provide for the settlement of the public debt, was, on motion of Mr. Bocock, taken up out of its order on the calendar. Mr. Bocock moved that the bill be made a special and continuing order for Thursday next (20th instant), at 1 o'clock. Mr. ANDERSON moved to amend by striking out "1" and inserting "12 o'clock"; which was rejected. The motion of Mr. Bocock was agreed to-two-thirds voting therefor. No. 145. House bill providing commutation for 1). Vest of Rockbridge county, Jesse Couch of Bedford county, and others, one-legged soldiers, who are unable to wear the legs furnished them, came up as unfinished business. The amendment offered by Mr. ROBINSON was rejected. Mr. FRAZIER moved to reconsider the vote by which the amendment offered by Mr. FINNEY was agreed to; which motion was agreed to. Mr. STEVENS moved to recommit the bill to the committee on finance, with instructions to report a bill providing for the commutation in money of all artificial limbs furnished soldiers heretofore that cannot be used by them upon the return of the same in the condition in which they were received by said soldiers. |