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The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Resistance to the laws. (search)
interest from 1st Oct., '54, which amounts on 1st Oct., 1860, to $11,376. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of Inquiry Offered.--By Mr. Miller, of passing a law providing for the valuation of property levied on under executions by two or more freeholders, and that such property be required to bring at the public sale at least two-thirds of the value so fixed; by Mr. Grattan, of vacating all the officers in the militia and ordering a new election; by Mr. Wood, of refunding to Mrs. Lucy Holland, of Fluvanna, taxes erroneously paid by her; by Mr. Riddick, of prohibiting the emancipation of slaves by will; by Mr. Frost, of granting the right of way to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company for the extension of their road to the mouth of Big Sandy River; by Mr. Bisbie, of further protecting and encouraging independent manufacturers in Virginia; by Mr. Woolfolk, of relieving George W. Davis from the payment of a certain fine imposed on him by the Circuit Court of Orange; by Mr.
The Daily Dispatch: March 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Arrival of Ex-President Buchanan at home (search)
tified of the passage by the Senate of House bills incorporating the Berkeley Border Guard Armory Company, and amending the law restricting the catching of oysters in certain months. Bills Reported.--Bills were reported for altering and amending the act incorporating the Blacksburg, Catawba Creek and Fincastle Turnpike Company, and to change the name of the same; regulating proceedings in Court upon motions on behalf of the Commonwealth. Engrossed Bill.--The bill refunding to Mrs. Lucy Holland, of Fluvanna county, a sum of money paid on an erroneous assessment, was ordered to its engrossment. Corporate Limits of Richmond.--The Committee of Propositions and Grievances, to whom was referred the consideration of the resolution for the extension of the corporate limits of the city of Richmond, asked the House to discharge them from the further consideration of the subject, as there will not be, in the opinion of the committee, sufficient time before the end of the present s
The Daily Dispatch: February 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], London Stock Exchange. (search)
g the same to the Committee on Schools and Colleges; by Mr. Ballard, of making an additional allowance to the Commissioner of the Revenue in the county of Logan, for the years 1861 and '62. Bills Reported.--The following bills were reported from Committees, viz: Incorporating the Citizens' Insurance Company of Richmond; incorporating the Farmers' and Mechanics' Insurance Company of the City of Richmond; to encourage manufacturers by limiting taxation in certain cases; refunding to Mrs. Lucy Holland a sum of money paid on erroneous assessment; amending the 29th section of chapter 58 of the Code of Virginia. All of the above bills passed their first reading. Laid on the Table.--The bill providing for the voluntary enslavement of Walker Fitch, a free negro of Staunton, Va., being on its third reading, was opposed by Messrs. Jones of G., and Haymond, for the reason that it transferred the jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts in such cases to the County Courts. It was laid on the