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The Daily Dispatch: March 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
dered to be printed. He also reported, with a recommendation against passing, House bill to amend the 35th section of an act entitled "an act imposing taxes for the support of government," passed March 31st, 1860. Resolution of Inquiry.--Mr. Wickham offered the following joint resolution: Whereas. there is at this time a very large number of able-bodied convicts in the Penitentiary unemployed, and kept at a heavy expense to the Commonwealth; and whereas the Capitol of the State is geity of Richmond: Therefore, be it Resolved, That a select committee of five be appointed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the Governor of the Commonwealth to cause a portion of the convicts of the Penitentiary to be employed in quarrying and dressing granite, with a view to the future erection of a new Capitol. The President appointed Messrs. Wickham, Dickinson of P. E., August, Paxton and Pennybacker, as the committee. On motion of Mr. Newman, the Senate adourned.
The Daily Dispatch: March 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], More Plucking of the Goose. (search)
ncreasing the pay of certain officers of the Public Guard; amending the law concerning births, deaths and marriages; incorporating the Common wealth Savings Bank of Richmond; incorporating the Virginia Car-Spring Company; extending the corporate limits of Fredericksburg and Christiansburg; a bill for the relief of the Virginia Rifles was rejected for the want of a constitutional majority; also, for the same reason, the bill authorizing a loan to the Western Military College. On motion of Mr. Wickham, a special committee was appointed to inquire into the expediency of employing a portion of the Penitentiary convicts in quarrying and dressing granite, with a view to the erection of a new Capitol. The time of the House was consumed in discussing a slight Senate amendment to House bill authorizing the issue of one million of dollars in Treasury notes. The greater portion of the debate will be found in the regular report, and will repay perusal, as indicating the position of gentlem