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The Daily Dispatch: January 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 17 (search)
y in the slave States and Territories south of 36,30. The resolutions of Pennsylvania relate to the maintenance of the Union and the Constitution, and pledges the faith and power of the State to the enforcement of the laws. On motion of Mr. Taliaferro, the communication and accompanying documents were laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Reports of Committees.--The following bills were reported: A bill to transfer a part of Price's Mountain and Cumberland Gap Road to the Patrick, a sum of money paid on an erroneous assessment of land; amending and re-enacting the 8th, 9th and 10th sections of chapter 45 of the Code; and releasing the Commonwealth's title to 556 1-4 acres of fund in the county of Hanover to John H. Taliaferro. Adverse Report.--The Committee on Finance reported adversely to the petition of Richard Cox and David Griffith, to be refunded a sum of money alleged to have been erroneously assessed against them. Agreed To.--The House agreed to
The Daily Dispatch: March 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
Secession in Hanover. --On Tuesday, the 12th inst., the good people of old Hanover assembled at their Court-House and gave expression to their sentiments in the existing crisis, by the erection of a secession flag.--Amid the approving shouts of the crowd, Mr. James Lyons, of Henrico, in eloquent strains, addressed the people, hailing the flag as a happy omen of a purer and better feeling in Virginia. He was followed in brief speeches by Capt. George W. Bassett, St. George Tucker, Chastain White, Dr. E. S. Talley, John H. Taliaferro, and Dr. John B. Fontaine, who were present, breathing the right spirit and bearing decided testimony to the unanimity of the secession sentiment in Hanover. The glorious old county which was a pioneer in the cause of Freedom in 1776, has resolved to be among the first in asserting the rights of the South, and in a firm determination to maintain them.
The Daily Dispatch: March 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
to refund to Samuel E. Lee, a part of the license tax paid by him for such part of the year as the same was not used. Bills Passed.--House bill to amend the charter of the Bank of Richmond; House bill to incorporate the town of Asbury, in Wythe county; Senate bill for the relief of Enoch Atkins, of Giles county; Senate bill for the relief of John M. Jones, late Sheriff of Pendleton county; Senate bill releasing the Commonwealth's title to 556¼ acres of land in Harrison county, to John H. Taliaferro; Senate bill to repeal an act passed 19th March, 1860, concerning the mode of catching fish in certain waters. Tax Bill.--On motion, the special order of the day was passed by, and the bill imposing faxes for the support of Government was taken up for consideration. The pending question was upon the amendment proposed by Mr. Finnet, providing that auctioneers should not pay more than $1,005, which was rejected. Mr. Carson proposed then to tax auctioneers' sales at one-tenth
The Daily Dispatch: March 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
h 27, 1861. The House was called to order by the Speaker at 10 o'clock. A communication from the Senate announced the passage of a number of bills. The bill imposing taxes for the support of government, with the amendment proposed thereto by the Senate, was taken up, and, on motion of Mr. Haymond, referred to the Committee on Finance, and the amendments ordered to be printed. Senate bill releasing the title of the State to 556¼ acres of land in the county of Hanover, to John H. Taliaferro, was read a first and second time, ordered to its engrossment, and, on motion of Mr. Newton, was passed. Mr. Chapman, from the Committee of Roads and Internal Improvement, presented a bill appointing Superintendents of the Staunton and Parkersburg Road, which, on his motion, was read the requisite number of times and passed to its engrossment. Mr. Magruder, from the Committee of Propositions and Grievances, presented a bill to provide for a special election in the town of Mar
The Daily Dispatch: April 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
to refund to Samuel E. Lee, a part of the license tax paid by him for such part of the year as the same was not used. Bills Passed.--House bill to amend the charter of the Bank of Richmond; House bill to incorporate the town of Asbury, in Wythe county; Senate bill for the relief of Enoch Atkins, of Giles county; Senate bill for the relief of John M. Jones, late Sheriff of Pendleton county; Senate bill releasing the Commonwealth's title to 556 ½ acres of land in Harrison county, to John H. Taliaferro; Senate bill to repeal an act passed 19th March, 1860, concerning the mode of catching fish in certain waters. Tax Bill.--On motion, the special order of the day was passed by, and the bill imposing taxes for the support of Government was taken up for consideration. The pending question was upon the amendment proposed by Mr. Finney, providing that auctioneers should not pay more than $1,005, which was rejected. Mr. Carson proposed then to tax auctioneers' sales at one-tenth
The Daily Dispatch: January 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 11 (search)
for the enactment of a stay law; by the same, of legalizing the suspension of the Banks of the Commonwealth; by Mr. Gibson, of reimbursing Edward McKabe for losses sustained in being shot in repelling the John Brown invaders; by Mr. Ward. of repealing sections 28,29,30,31 and 32 of chapter 38 of Code of Virginia, 1860; by Mr. Smith of Kanawha, of amending so much of chapter 47 of the Code of Virginia for 1860 as applies to the formation of new counties; by Mr. Newton, of releasing to John H. Taliaferro the title of the State to 556¼ acres of land in the county of Hanover, improperly sold for taxes; by Mr. Jones, of amending the act passed April 6th, 1858, regulating foreign insurance companies within this Commonwealth so as to require some security for the payment of their policies; by Mr. Christian, of authorizing the speedy construction of a railroad from the State Arsenal at Lexington to some point on the Central Railroad; by Mr. Saunders, of amending the Charter of the city of Ri