The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-01-07

<hli iFtu inerifiS On account OF the ar
rearages of she certificate taxes CSC 81
Making i'll the whole with the faid
balance remaining on the fad Goth -
day Of Sept. 1874, the fu.n'of 4G7,5e5 IL
The conmittee further find. thar the treaiur.r in
the period aforcaid, hath difbur,ed and admitted in
dhcount according to law, the FUN of 3Ss, 1924 dnls
and ~ cents, lrlvng on the fad so,h day Of Sep
tender, 800, balance in favor of the realury of
l2S,7oo dolls, and 10 cents, which fun appears by
The Certificate OF William Fou.hse aud Alexander
MNie, eiGE:res, members of council, to have been
actually in the treifpry the day laa mentioned to
%hch certiticate the conmittee beg leave refer.
All the committee having compared the warrants
aid receipts in rhe treaurer's .ofice. aud having
ionnd them to correipond wrh the different entres
IN his books, hsM detsroyed them.
And II; committee havios ALTO examined the re-
gi'tres o! The public debts tnce the Ian iettement of
the treaiurer account, find tha tie treairer has re-
newei certificates thereof from nuuber sos TO num-
her 3o5, ineiufve and find the n;erea thereon to
have been correctly calculated.
Council Chamber, Sept. so, 1905.
T. is aiyfed that Aexandlr MRae and WIN.
Foah ee equires, BE- aPpointet COUNT tine money
III the Iseaiury and make a report thereon.
DAaiel L. Hy'tor, ca. Of Is. cosreik
EXTRACTS frsN the rIuurfs
phe Treaiurer being esjoi,ei clolr ne accounts
st MS oi!ics on the 3-th lay OF S.penger a1auaiiy
appOi.tfc-
ecliTe (a' appears by c fore going copy Of their or
do repaired TO ,he Trcafury, oa IN. GiorsiiYg of
Irt OF October, in ord.r 90 lfcertliu 'hs amount
g 'onrI aud other facilities n '''e TrelG-y rrcei-
vel Oh public account, au' conn Utap .he balance
feue t!ere!rom, ,e 5olh day OF Sep,r ber SOs,
Upon examra;ioa ,,e fud toe balance actually on
hand, TO be O,r : al. II and twenty Eight Thou
floa Seven H-u.-s ID Dollar. and Forty Gents.
winch has b iepsliied by the rreaflrer in the
B4uk OF virginia.
Itsasd.r II Rae.
WiNiaw Ferj5ee.
Ordered, tina, the flid report do lie on the ta-
b..
a motion was made that the houfc come to the
following refoluton
Ref,lssd, thw member OF this houie appointed to
I'll 4 vacancy in the Executive or Judiciary depart
meat o' this commonwealth, is, by fuch appointment
dfiual Sci from fitting and voting in the Houfc of
D'i"gass, unlefs he lhAli reue 10 accept fuch APP
ppintmsut.
\ morton was then made to poapone the further
confederation Of the laid refolution to the SIN of
2 March next,
And the quettion being put the fad motion for
pnapons'nsn,, it pafied in the affirmative ayes 80
noe. rs.
The fpeaker laid before the houfe letter from
Joieph Eygieeon, Eiqure, declaring an acceptance
Of the Office of Major General, in the following
words
Hmeia, Desenbcy 81, 1905.
To tie Spsater Of tie Hogis Of DeLgafy.
SIR,
The high fenfe entertain Of the good opinion
Of the General Ahembly, whatever oceaion il may
be exprened, has produced comfortable fruggle
between trong inclination to obey their voice, and
adherence to relolution of retirement long ago
formed. But as ain in advanced period Of life
IN! have never heretofore had any command in the
militia, and a. the Little experience may have ac-
fiired in military affairs, has not been obtained by
FIRING in the iniastry, confrained with re-
greet to detiine accepting the appointment, altbo 7
ecnder myielf 70 highly hsioured in its being Of
Icred.
NUT beg you to inform the Houfe that i'll had
been Applied OF tine nsation to prefent me to their
view, they would not have had their time taken ur
in f-cond bdo, ari, If It be n)t improper, with
em be aGured, ha; Il the ervces If men as old a.
am, and Of fueh feeble faculties as poleCs Noud
ever be neceGIy, they would at al times be render
cd b. me with PromPtnefs and alacrity.
With great refpe9 and elcem,
Ihave the honor to be,
Sir, your obedent fervan,,
JOSEPH EGGLEsToN.