NAYS-Messrs. Speaker, Akers, Bland, Bohannan, Burger, Chase, Coleman, Davidson, Dickerson, Dyer, Edmunds, Evans, Farr, Fauntleroy, Fry, Fulton, Graves, Henson, Waddy T. James, Kelly, Keyser, Kyle, Lady, Lovell, EcCaull, McConnell, McCraw, Moorman, Mushbach, Parrish, Ragland, Sandidge, Shannon, Shelburne, Spessard, Stevens, Andrew J. Taylor, Trout, VanLear, Waring, Whitacre, Smith J. R. White, and Wright--43.

Mr. FAUNTLEROY moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was rejected.

On motion of Mr. ANDERSON, the motion to reconsider was passed by.

A message was received from the Senate by Mr. CHILES, who informed the House that the Senate had passed the following Senate bills:

No. 49. Senate bill authorizing the payment of eighty-three dollars and twenty-five cents to Jas. A. Lipscomb, of Manchester.

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

No. 51. Senate bill to amend and re-enact an act approved April fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section fifty-seven of an act approved March 20, 1874, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Manchester.

No. 52. Senate bill for the relief of Edward A. Snellings, of the city of Manchester.

In which bills they respectfully request the concurrence of the

House.

A message was received from the Senate by Mr. HAIRSTON, who informed the House that the Senate had passed 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; in which they respectfully request the concurrence of the House.

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 allowances 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 question being on agreeing to the amendment of the committee on counties, cities and towns, as follows:

Strike out "the pay of the attorneys for the commonwealth, clerks, sheriffs and sergeants in cities and towns shall be determined by the common councils of said cities and towns," and insert "and provided further, that in counties containing a population of 10,000 and less, the allowance to the said officers each shall not exceed $300; and in counties containing a population of 10,000 and less than 15,000, the allowance to said officers each shall not exceed $400; and in counties containing a population of 15,000 and less than 20,000, the compensation shall not exceed $500 to each of said officers,"

Pending which,

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

No. 5. House bill for the assessment of taxes on 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. MOFFETT offered an amendment to the substitute.

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

The House resumed the consideration of Senate bill No. 9.

Mr. RYLAND moved to amend the amendment offered by the committee on counties, cities and towns, by striking out "$300" and inserting $250"; which was rejected.

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The amendment of the committee on counties, cities and towns was agreed to.

Mr. STEVENS moved to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was agreed to; which motion was rejected.

The bill was ordered to its third reading.

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. JOHNSTON of Giles, the special order was postponed until to-morrow.

Special order No. 30. House bill to amend and re-enact 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.

Mr. BOHANNAN moved to strike out in fourth line of fifth section the words "in his county;" which was agreed to.

Mr. STEVENS moved to strike out in nineteenth line of sixth section the word "receipts;" which was rejected.

On motion of Mr. PULLIAM, the bill was amended by adding at end of eleventh section the following: "The treasurer shall receive from each tax-payer in payment of the county levy due from him in any county warrant drawn in favor of the tax-payer offering it, whether the same has been entered in the treasurer's book or not; where the warrant is for a larger sum than the county levy due from the payer of the warrant, the treasurer shall endorse on the warrant a credit for the amount of the county levy so due, and the payer of the warrant shall execute to the treasurer a receipt for the said amount, specifying the number and date of the warrant on which it was credited, and the residue of the warrant shall be paid according to the order of its entry in the treasurer's book."

On motion of Mr. TAYLOR of Henrico, the bill was amended by striking out in 15th section the word "Henrico."

On motion of Mr. GRAVES, the bill was amended by striking out in 2d line of 15th section the words "county levy," and inserting "county and school levies."

On motion of Mr. DAVIS, the bill was amended by inserting after "county," in 10th line of 15th section, the words "and school."

Mr. LADY moved to strike out in the 18th section the following: “If. any tax-payer shall not have paid his taxes and levies by the first day of December in each year, then and in that case a penalty of five per centum shall be added to the whole amount of taxes and levies assessed against him for the year"; which was rejected-yeas 45; nays 56.

On motion of Mr. LADY, the vote was recorded as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Akers, Barbour, Bland, Burnham, John R. Carter, Chase, Coleman, Crank, Davidson, Dickerson, Dickenson, Dyer, Evans, Farr, Fauntleroy, Ficklin, Frazier, Fry, Harvie, Henson, Hunter, Waddy T. James, Kyle, Lady, Lee, McCabe, McCaull, McConnell, McDaniel, Moorman, Oglesby, Pitts, Powell, Ragland, Reese, Ryland, E. H. Smith, Spessard, Stevens, Andrew J. Taylor, VanLear, Joseph Walker, Witten, Wright, and Young-45.

NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Ashton, Attkisson, Bernard, Burger, Coghill, Cox, Crutchfield, Dance, Davis, Echols, Edmunds, Edwards, Finney, Goode, Graves, Gray, Green, Hall, Hardesty, Healy, Henkel, Henry, R. D. James, Johnson, Johnston, Jordan, Keyser, Lovell, Luck, McCraw, McMullan, Moncure, Mushbach, Myers, Parrish, Popham, Pulliam, Robinson, Sandidge, Shannon, Shelburne, Shriver, William B. Taliaferro, Warner T. Taliaferro, William Taylor, Trout, William M. Walker, Walsh, Waring, Watson, Whitacre, Smith J. R. White, Thomas M. White, and Wilkinson—56.

Mr. ROBINSON moved to lay the bill on the table; which was rejected.

Mr. ROBINSON demanded the yeas and nays; which was not sustained.

Mr. EDMUNDS moved to strike out in 6th line of 18th section the word "September" and insert "December."

Mr. ROBINSON moved that the House adjourn; which was rejected— yeas 18; nays 74.

On motion of Mr. JAMES of Goochland, the vote was recorded as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Speaker, Akers, Barbour, Bland, Burnham, Crank, Dickenson, Evans, Fauntleroy, Harvie, Lee, Oglesby, Powell, Robinson, Andrew J. Taylor, VanLear, Joseph Walker, and Smith J. R. White-18.

NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Ashton, Attkisson, Bernard, Burger, John R. Carter, Chase, Coghill, Coleman, Crutchfield, Dance, Davidson, Davis, Dickerson, Dyer, Echols, Edmunds, Edwards, Finney, Frazier, Fulton, Goode, Graves, Gray, Green, Grigsby, Hall, Hanger, Henry, Henson, Hunter, R. D. James, Waddy T. James, Johnson, Johnston, Jordan, Keyser, Kyle, Lady, Lovell, Luck, McCabe, McCaull. McConnell, McCraw, McDaniel, McMullan, Moncure, Moorman, Mushbach, Myers, Pulliam, Ragland, Ryland, Sandidge, Shannon, Shelburne, Shriver, E. H. Smith, Stevens, Warner T. Taliaferro, William Taylor, Trout, William M. Walker, Wallace, Walsh, Waring, Watson, Whitacre, Thomas M. White, Wilkinson, Witten, and Young-74.

Mr. MCMULLAN moved to strike out the 18th section as amended, and insert in lieu thereof the 18th section of chapter 269 of Acts of Assembly, 1874-75; which was agreed to.

Mr. GRAVES moved to strike out in 7th line of 20th section the words "fifteenth of March," and insert "fifteenth of June."

Mr. MCMULLAN moved to amend the amendment offered by Mr. GRAVES by inserting "fifteenth of May"; which was rejected-yeas 29; nays 60.

On motion of Mr. KEYSER, the vote was recorded as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Ashton, Attkisson, Cox, Dance, Davidson, Davis, Echols, Goode, Hanger, Henkel, Henry, Hunter, Johnson, Johnston, Keyser, Luck, McCabe, McCaul, McMullan, Moncure, Moorman, Parrish, Pitts, Pulliam, Robinson, Trout, Smith J. R. White, and Wright-29.

NAYS-Messrs. Speaker, Adams, Akers, Bernard, Bland, Burger, Burnham, John R. Carter, Chase, Coleman, Crank, Crutchfield, Dickerson, Dickenson, Dyer, Edmunds, Edwards, Farr, Fauntleroy, Ficklin, Finney, Fulton, Graves, Grigsby, Håll, Harvie, Hiner, R. D. James, Waddy T. James, Jordan, Kelly, Kyle, Lady, Lovell, McConnell, McCraw, McDaniel, Mushbach, Oglesby, Popham, Powell, Ragland. Ryland, Sandidge, Shannon, Shelburne, Shriver, E. II. Smith, Spessard, Warner T. Taliaferro, Andrew J. Taylor, VanLear, William M. Walker, Wallace, Waring, Watson, Whitacre, Thomas M. White, Wilkinson, and Young—60.

The amendment offered by Mr. GRAVES was agreed to.

On motions (severally made) by Mr. PULLIAM, the bill was amended by inserting in 2d line of 22d section, after "state" the word "city," and inserting after "particular," in 7th line of 22d section, the words "city or."

Mr. GRAVES moved to strike out in 3d line of 23d section "March" and insert June."

Pending the further consideration of the bill,

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 second time and passed: No. 8. Senate bill entitled an act for the relief of Ira F. Jordan & Co., of Louisa county.

No. 10. Senate bill entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 236 of an act approved March 29th, 1877, entitled an act in relation to the time of holding elections for town officers in the town of Smithfield, in Isle of Wight county.

No. 24. Senate bill entitled an act to incorporate the Keystone cemetery company.

No. 32. Senate bill entitled an act authorizing the trustees of the Augusta Zion Methodist Episcopal church, at Waynesboro', to sell and purchase property and to borrow money.

No. 38. Senate bill entitled an act to permit and authorize the city of Lynchburg to issue bonds for the purpose of retiring its outstanding funded indebtedness.

No. 39. Senate bill entitled an act to repeal the act for the protection of game, in so far as it applies to Wise, Lee and Buchanan coun

No. 41. Senate bill entitled an act to provide for keeping in repair partition fences in the county of Fauquier.

No. 6. Senate bill entitled an act authorizing the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church south in Fredericksburg to sell and convey a part of their church lot and invest the proceeds of the sale.

No. 5. Senate bill entitled an act to authorize the city of Fredericksburg to provide for supplying the city with water, was, on motion of Mr. EDMUNDS, committed to the committee for courts of justice.

Mr. POWELL moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was committed; which was agreed to.

The bill was read a third time and passed.

The amendment of the Senate to No. 18, House bill entitled an act to incorporate the Buckingham railroad company, was agreed to.

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

No. 48. House engrossed bill entitled an act to authorize the Giles and Pulaski turnpike company to discontinue so much of their turnpike road as lies between the towns of Dublin and Newbern, in Pulaski county, and the county court of Pulaski county to take control of the same.

No. 132. House engrossed bill entitled an act authorizing the city of Norfolk to issue its bonds for the purpose of retiring and refunding certain bonds now outstanding.

The following House bills were read a second time, and ordered to be engrossed to be read a third time:

No. 33. House bill to amend and re-enact section one of an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Newbern, and to repeal act of 27th of May, 1852, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Newbern, in the county of Pulaski, in force March 4, 1872.

No. 38. House 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.

No. 43. House bill to amend section eight of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Richmond perpetual building, loan and trust com

pany.

No. 44. House bill to incorporate the Harmony club, of Richmond. No. 54. House bill to authorize the county court of Norfolk county to reclaim marsh lands.

No. 53. Honse bill to amend and re-enact sections five and six of an act to provide for working the roads in the county of Fairfax, approved March 12, 1878.

No. 61. House bill to incorporate the Zion Travellers, a benevolent society of Danville, Virginia.

No. 68. House bill declaring sections 1, 2 and 8 of chapter 97 of the Code of 1873, in relation to fences, in force in certain districts of Dinwiddie county.