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YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Armentrout, Armstrong, Bagwell, Beaton, Blair, Bohannon, Boykin, Branch, Brooks, Brown, Campbell, J. A. Carter, Jack Carter, A. J. Clark, Matt Clark, Cockerille, Crank, Dooley, Finney, Fitzpatrick, Flood, Foster, Franklin, Friend, Fulkerson, Gilman, Graves, Grayson, Griffith, Harris, Harrison, Hoenniger, Holbrook, John T. Hoskins, Howard, Hudgin, Hunter, James, Jett, P. K. Jones, Jordan, B. W. Lacy, J. Horace Lacy, Lee, Lewis, Lightner, Lipps, Lipscomb, Longley, Lovell, Lovenstein, Loving, Magruder, Massey, May, McGonigal, McMullan, Montague, Moore, Morris, Morrison, John L. Nash, Neeley, Norton, O'Neal, Ould, Pannill, Pendleton, Popham, Richmond, Riddlebarger, Rogers, Scruggs, Shumate, Strother, Swann, Taliaferro, Taylor, Thomas, Turner, Wallace, Williams, Withers, and Young-85.

No. 101. Senate bill entitled an act to amend the charter of the town of Potomac.

No. 94. Senate bill entitled an act to incorporate the Chesapeake and Albemarle railway company.

No. 99. Senate bill entitled an act to authorize the school trustees of Stonewall township, in the county of Richmond, out of the dog tax of 1872, to build one or more school houses in said township.

No. 32. Senate bill entitled an act to provide for a new registration in Alexandria city and county.

No. 211. Senate bill entitled an act to amend and re-enact 63d section of chapter 57, Code of 1873, with reference to chartered companies.

No. 214. Senate bill entitled an act amending sections 11 and 14 of chapter 155 of Code of 1873, in relation to the terms of the circuit and chancery courts of the city of Richmond.

No. 162. Senate bill entitled an act to incorporate the Rappahannock banking and insurance company.

No. 226. Senate bill entitled an act authorizing the trustees of the Presbyterian church at Culpeper to borrow money and execute a mortgage therefor.

No. 122. Senate bill entitled an act to provide for the establishment of a new school district in the county of Carroll.

Senate joint resolution authorizing the superintendent of public buildings, with the approval of the governor, to furnish accommodation in the capitol for the records of the Southern historical society.

Motions (severally made) to reconsider the votes by which senate bills Nos. 200, 143, 101, 94, 99, 32, 211, 214, 162, 226 and 122 were passed, and by which senate joint resolution, authorizing the superintendent of public buildings, with the approval of the governor, to furnish accommodation in the capitol for the records of the Southern historical society, was agreed to, were rejected.

On motion of Mr. Graves, the house adjourned until to-morrow at 11 o'clock A. M.

SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1874.

The journal was read by the clerk.

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

In Senate, April 3, 1874.

The senate insist on their third amendment to house bill entitled An act to incorporate the Virginia chemical and mining company; No. 100.

They have agreed to the substitute proposed by the house of delegates for senate bill entitled

An act to amend the charter of Randolph Macon college; No. 138. And to the amendments of the house to senate bills entitled

An act to incorporate the town of Mechanicsburg, in the county of Bland; No. 89. And

An act to incorporate the American and European land company; No. 27.

And they have agreed to house joint resolution requesting a committee of conference on house bill entitled

An act in relation to actions of detinue; No. 46.

They have passed bills entitled

An act incorporating the Richmond Caledonian club of the city of Richmond, Virginia; No. 206.

An act to incorporate the Presbyterian cemetery at Lynchburg; No. 272. And

An act to provide a charter for the town of Lexington; No. 243. In which bills they respectfully request the concurrence of the house of delegates.

No. 100. House bill, was placed on the calendar, the rules having been suspended, on motion of Mr. Morrison, requiring its reference to a committee.

The speaker appointed Messrs. Allen, Brooks and Neeley as the committee of conference on part of the house on house bill entitled "An act in relation to action of detinue;" No. 46.

No. 206. Senate bill, was read twice and placed on the calendar, the rules having been suspended, on motion of Mr. Dooley, requiring its reference to a committee.

No. 272. Senate bill, was read twice and referred to the committee on propositions and grievances.

No. 243. Senate bill, was read twice and placed on the calendar, the rules having been suspended, on motion of Mr. Morrison, requiring its reference to a committee.

No. 300. Senate bill entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 18 of an act approved March 27, 1874, fixing the times for holding the circuit courts of the State, was read twice and placed on the calendar,

the rules having been suspended, on motion of Mr. Coghill, requiring its reference to a committee.

No. 107. Senate bill entitled an act to increase the fees of sheriffs and other officers, and to amend and re-enact the 13th section of chapter 180 of the Code of 1873, was reported from the committee for courts of justice with amendments.

The following senate bills were reported from the committee on propositions and grievances:

No. 250. Senate bill entitled an act to incorporate the Warm Spring company.

No. 177. Senate bill entitled an act to incorporate Saint Paul's church home of Petersburg.

No. 144. Senate bill entitled an act to incorporate the Alleghany improvement company, with an amendment.

No. 185. Senate bill entitled an act to incorporate the trustees of Fidelity Lodge, No. 1,379, of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of the city of Richmond.

No. 353. House bill to prevent obstruction to the free passage of fish in the streams of the State, reported from the committee on propositions and grievances, was read a first time.

Joint resolutions requesting the courts of the several counties in which are now deposited the marriage license bond of Thomas Jefferson, the will of General Washington, and the will of Thaddeus Kosciusko, to transfer these documents to the secretary of the Commonwealth for preservation among the historical papers in the State library, was reported from the committee for courts of justice.

The speaker laid before the house a communication from the governor, transmitting resignation of Wyndham Kemp, county judge of Gloucester, which was referred to the committee for courts of justice.

The following report was presented:

The committee on enrolled bills have the honor to report that the following bills were approved by the governor April 2:

An act to provide a charter for the city of Winchester.

An act to amend and re-enact section 41 of chapter 86, Code of 1873, in relation to inspections.

An act authorizing the African Methodist Episcopal church and congregation, at Staunton, to execute deeds of trust.

An act to authorize the Bessemer company to purchase and dispose of lands in the State of Virginia.

An act to amend and re-enact sections 3, 4, 6 and 12 of chapter 154 of the Code of 1873, in relation to the jurisdiction of county courts. An act to extend the time within which the township collectors of the counties of Wise and Buchanan may return their delinquent lists for the years 1872 and 1873.

An act to incorporate the Bank of Jacksonville.

An act to incorporate the Saint George benevolent society of Fredericksburg, Virginia.

An act to incorporate the Virginia and Tennessee border fair association in Washington county.

An act to authorize Ocean Lodge, No. 116, A. F. and A. M., to borrow money, and to execute a deed of conveyance to secure the payment of the same.

An act to confirm sale made by trustees of Tinker Creek Baptist church, and empower them to convey land sold to the Big Lick board of public free school trustees.

An act to declare Staunton river, between certain points, a lawful fence.

An act to amend and re-enact the 15th and 16th sections of chapter 201 of the Code of 1873, in relation to process on presentments, indictments or informations.

An act to amend and re-enact the first section of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Brock's Gap, Hardy and Hampshire railroad company, approved March 31, 1873, and to change its name.

An act to amend and re-enact sections 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of chapter 89 of the Code of 1873, in relation to the weighmaster of live stock.

Mr. Hunter offered the following joint resolution:

Resolved (the senate concurring), That the general assembly will proceed this day, at 1 o'clock, to the election of a city judge for the city of Winchester.

The house refused to refer the joint resolution to a committee.
The joint resolution was agreed to.

Mr. Hunter moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the joint resolution was agreed to, which was rejected.

Ordered, That Mr. Hunter carry the joint resolution to the senate and request their concurrence.

A message was received from the senate by Mr. Ward, who informed the house that the senate had agreed to the joint resolution.

Mr. Bagwell offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the resolution for night sessions be so modified as that the chair shall be vacated at 3 and resumed at 8 o'clock, and that an adjournment to-day before 3 o'clock shall not rescind the order except for to-night.

The house refused to refer the resolution to a committee.

The resolution was agreed to.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. P. Gibson, Taliaferro, Jordan and John L. Nash two days each, Finney, Pannill and Norton four days each.

The morning hour having expired, special order

No. 276. House bill for the assessment, levy and collection of taxes,

came up.

On motion of Mr. Holbrook, the special order was postponed for ten minutes.

No. 328. House engrossed joint resolution proposing certain amend

ments to the constitution of Virginia in relation to county organizations,

was,

On motion of Mr. Holbrook, taken up out of its order on the calendar. The house engrossed joint resolution was read a third time and agreed to-yeas 69; nays 13.

The vote was recorded as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Armentrout, Armstrong, Bagwell, Beaton, Bohannon, Boykin, Brooks, Brown, Campbell, J. A. Carter, Jack Carter, A. J. Clark, Coghill, Davis, Dooley, Finney, Fitzpatrick, Flood, Foster, Franklin, Friend, Fulkerson, Gilman, Graves, Griffith, Haden, Harrison, Hoenniger, Holbrook, Howard, Hudgin, Hunter, James, Jett, J. H. Lacy, Lewis, Lightner, Lipps, Longley, Lovell, Lovenstein, Loving, Magruder, Massey, McMullan, Montague, Morris, Morrison, W. A. Nash, Neeley, Pendleton, Popham, Richmond, Riddlebarger, Rogers, Scruggs, Sellers, Shumate, Strother, Stuart, Swann, Taliaferro, Taylor, Wallace, Williams, Winn, Withers, and Mr. Speaker-69.

NAYS-Messrs. Branch, Matt Clark, Cox, Goodwyn, Hamilton, Harris, Hill, R. S. Jones, May, Moss, Syphax, Whittaker, and Young-13.

Mr. Holbrook moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the joint resolution was agreed to, which was rejected.

Ordered, That Mr. Holbrook carry the joint resolution to the senate and request their concurrence.

No. 300. Senate bill entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 18, of an act approved March 27, 1874, fixing the times for holding the circuit courts of the State, was,

On motion of Mr. Coghill, taken up out of its order on the calendar. The bill was read a third time and passed.

Mr. Coghill moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the bill was passed, which was rejected.

No. 100. House bill entitled an act to incorporate the Virginia chemical and mining company, was,

On motion of Mr. Anderson, taken up out of its order on the calendar. On motion of Mr. Anderson, the house receded from its disagreement to the third amendment of the senate.

Mr. Anderson moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the house receded from its disagreement to the third amendment of the senate, which was rejected.

Special order

No. 276. House bill for the assessment, levy and collection of taxes, again came up.

Mr. Bagwell moved to amend the bill by striking out "one," in sixth line of 169th section and inserting "two and one half," which was agreed to.

Mr. Bagwell moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the amendment was agreed to, which motion was agreed to-yeas 44; nays 42. On motion of Mr. Gilman, the vote was recorded as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Blair, Bohannon, Brooks, Brown, Campbell, J. A· Carter, A. J. Clark, Cockerille, Coghill, Davis, Dooley, Fitzpatrick, Flood, Foster, Franklin, Friend, Fulkerson, Gilman, Haden, Harrison, Hoenniger, Holbrook

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