The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-12-20
VOLUME 3.

Re/oiqvd, That the hill DO paGs, dtha; the
;i,e be, an act, 60 Concerning the attendance Of
wneties in the inferior courts"
Mr. Harrifon (of Arelia) from the committee
:" proportions and grievances, reported.
Reoised, AS the opinion of thie committee,
that the petition of ilndry Inhabitants of the
county of Harriion, praying that law may
PATS for divif.on OF their taid county,sis req
fonable.
The refolution being read 4 iecond time,
motion was made to amend thc'Gtmc by Erik
ing out at the end thereof the words g is rea-
fonable," and infsrting in lieu of them the
words. be rejected :" and the queRion being
put on the propcied amendment, it palfed in
the affirmative
Onthe motion of Mr.. Prunty, fecondedby MIR.
Jones (of Hanovcr)
Ordered, that the ayes and noes on the faid
qusition be inherited in the Journal Ayes los
Noes So.
The quefon being then put on the refo!ution
as amended, it was agreed to by the houfe.
Mr. Smyth(o f Wythe) from the committee
for courts of juhice, made the following re-
port:
The committee for courts Of inlfce have ac-
cording to order, had under their confederation
the petition of Nathaniel Hart, to them refer
red, and have agreed upon report and come
to refoution thereupon, as follows:
1t appears 10 your committee from the afi-
davits of fnndry perfons produced TO them, that
fince the marriage of the petitioner with his
wife Elizabeth, The hath committed the crime
of adultery. 1t alfo appears to your commit
tee from the affidavit of another perfon, that
the iaid Elizabeth acknowledged that ihe had
been guilty of the faid crime, and her ed conf
derable concern therefor; acknowledging that
her huiband had always behaved kindly and
afeGtionate.Y towards her, and pron,ifing in CAT.
of forgvenefs, to conduct he;ft,f thereafter
with more propriety; and by the 2tlidavits of
fevcral other perions, il appears further to your
committee, that aftcrt was known TO your
petitioner, that his wife had been guilty as a.
iorctaid, there appeared 70 have been recon-
citation between the parties, and by one ofthe
fame atiidavts it alto appears, that after the H.
forefhid Acknowledgements Of the fad Eliza
beth, the iaid parties were in the night ircn ac-
tnaliy in bed together.
R.tof7'ed, That it is the opinion of this COM
mhtee, that the petition of the iaid Nathaniel
Hart, praying that an act may pats divorcing
him from his laid wife, is reafousbie.
The iaid refolution being read iecond time,
motion was made to amend the fame by Erik
ing out at the end thereof the words " is reafon-
bie," and inierting in lieu of them the words
be rejected )" and the quefon being put on
the propoied amendment, it paaed in the aflir-
NATIVE:
The queilion being then put on the refoluti-
on as amended, 1t was agreed TO by the houfe.
Mr. Smyth (of Wythe) from the committee
For Courts ST juitice, reported.
L. Rei0EOed, That it is the opinion of this
committee, that the petition of iundry iuhabi-
tants or the borough of Norfolk, praying that
the charter of the iaid borough may be 70 amend
ed as 10 make the mayor of the faid borough e.
ssIbe to office from year to year, FOR four years
a he laoCe ar,lt t,1tt -.
OF the borough may receive compensation for
their ierGices, to be paid out OF the funds of the
town, or RATED for the purpoft by tax on bills
Of h:Sitn, iaw proceis, &c. is reafonable.
2. Rej6tved, That 1t is the opinion of this
committee, that the petition of Polly Stone,
praying that an act may pats divorcing her from
| her huiband Jeremiah Stone, for the reafons
therein ftated, be rejected.
The LIT rclolution being read a ftcond time,
WAS on the queftion put thereupon agreed to
by the houfc,
The end refoution being read ftcond time,
a motion was made to amend the fame by nri-
king out at the end thereof the words " he re
jetted," and nierting in lien of them the words
" is Reasonable )" and The queGion being put
on the propo!ed amendment, 1t pancd in the
negative.
The queGion being then put on the reioIution
as reported, it was agreed to BY the houlr.
Friday, Deeember 10.
The following bills were fevsrally read the
end. line and ordered to be engrofed and read
third line, viz.
A bill, i2ftabliihing fevera INFECTIONS of to-
bacco," was rea,Ns fecond time, and motion
made to amend the tame by itriking out TO
much thereof as goes to eitahi''h an lnipetiion
OF tobacco on the land Of W 'Ual ~ frehus ana
another on the land of William - boa"eii III
the town of Petersburg ;-and the gu, mon :, oe,
ing put on the propoied amendment, it pa. Gu
IN t!:c negative
! Ordered, that the faid bill be engrofTed and
read :hird time.
Mr.. Hsrrfon (of Amelia) from the committee
of propoft ions and grievances, reported, that
the committee had, according TO order, had un-
der confederation feveral petitions TO them re-
ferred, and had Come to feveraI refoiutions
Ithereupon, which he banded in at tn - -
table, where the fame were twice read and . =
greed to by the houfe, as follows:
!. Rejo'Ued, AS the opinion of th;s commit.
mittee, that the petition of fundry iuhabitante
OF the county Of Ohio, praying that law NAV
pats for diviion of their faid county, be re;rtt-
ed. ~
2. Rsl''ved, As the opinion of this commit.
tee, that the petition of fundry inhabitants Of
the county of Monongaia, praying certain A.
mendments therein fet forth, 10 the law na0rrd
at the laR FELTON, OF the anenbIy, entitled GO A.