The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-27
sitions and Grievances made the following


Vahces nave according - Order, hal under
tneir consideration the ..etition- of suntr, IN
haOttants of the county of Wood, to them
referred, and have come to the following
resolution thercupon:
Fes,fved, as the opinion of this commit
tee, that the petition Of sundry inhabitants Of
the county OF Wood. praying that Il law may
pass increasing the reward for killing
wolves within the said county, is reasonable.
to by the House.
MI Barbour, from the committee for
Courts OF Justice, made the following re-
port:
ne committee for Courts Of Justice have,
according to order, had under their consi.
deration the petition of Edwin James Har-
we, only acting executor of the testament
and last will of John Harvie, deceased, to
them referred, and have agreed upon a re-
port and Come to a resolution thcreuDon. AZ
follow:
t appears to voarcommittee, that the said
Joh" Harrie, former Register If the
Lant'-Ofhce, was appointed in the wear
1879, during good ''ehaviour, and was at
iowed Certain fees ct Office for performing
.he duties thereof that III the wear 1855.
ne was placed On the civil list cstabl :shment.
WIN si'afy ct 1l0Ui per an.ii.n for him.
SELF and clerks, and the fees of office appro-
rrlatc'! i'll aid of the public revenue. and he
,hercupon gave bond with security on the
2esh March, l7S5, for the faithful execu-
ton OF his office At that time, it aDpears
90 your committee II WAS ,.Xnccted that
iour clerks would be sufficient to perform
inc duncs of the office. but that in cons,-
q"encc of the Northern. Neck or late pro-
frietor's office being added to. and incor
porated with the land Office, by an act pas
sea ut the October session. OF the wear 1885.
ana from other causes, the business of the
iahu- once, was so increased thar Xix or
e'ght clerks were Constantly and diligently
empioyed under the said Register in trans
acting the business of the otEce
At apPears further to your committee, that
previous to the passage OF the act last mem
TONED, tho salary Of the Register wax re-
duced to 500 per annum for himself and
clerks.
tlurther appears to your committee, that
me DOCKS, documents and papers Of the pro-
Prietors oihce, when delivered to The said
Register, were in a very confused situation
tnat by reason thereof. and the business ari-
sing therefrom, al least two additional and
good clerks were required, and actually en-
ployed III the Registers Office.
it Iufticr appears to your committee that
considerable number Of the plats and GER
tihcaies of surveys directed TO be recorded.
are OF lands lying in the state of Kentucky.
and that an act OF 1795, directed the Regis
ter OF the land office to deliver the same 10
such person as the executive should eriiiy
TO De officially appointed 10 receive tho same.
III further appears to your committee that
no surveys of lands were ever recorded in
the secrctary's Office.
II further appears to your committee, that
inc words OF the certificate of the survey
are III the grant delivered to the owner of
ehe iana, which grants recorded and that
a true copy Is lie aimed in the surveyor's of
nee, so that without u record of the plat and
certificate in tn" Registers Office, there are
four authentic copies of the surveys
IL further appears to your committee, that
the original surveys are filed in The Office in
such manner, that they can at any time be
referred to as readily as the record OF surveys
could be-
IL further appears to your committee. that
oy an act OF the General Assembly, passed
IN the year l7S9, the Register of the Land
Cfhce was prohibited from delivering out of
ms ONCE amy original plat and certificate of
survey, once carried into grant, and thatthc
register construed this act as a virtual repeal
OF the act of 1879, which directed them to
De recorded and re-delivered out. with thu,
title to the proprietor.
AZ iuF'her appears to your committee. that
no particular office hours, were established
ny the Register, or adhered to by his clerks,
out mat the oihce was at all times of the tiay
open 20 persons having business therein
IL further appears, that the Land Office
was frequently examined by commissioners
under the authority of the General Court.
ana by their reports, that the business was
conducted on the Part OF the Register, with
method and assiduity.
III further appears to your committee, that
the tees oil Office, collected 6; paid by the said
fiarvie lato the Treasury, between the period
OF MS being placed on the civil list, and that
OF MS resignation, amounts to the sum of
6 1864 10 6.
IL aso appears TO your committee, that
rem the great prcssui of other more urgent
cans upon the Register, that it was in,prac-
ccablc tor him TO have kept up the record
OF surveys as titles were perfected, notwith-
standing the number OF clerks constantly
had and employ ed by him
III appears to your committee. that iudc
nleht mas been recovered against the petit
oner upon the said bond as his testator, gi-
ven on the Gath March, 1885, subsequently
to his being placed upon the civil list, and
thht the said recovery was had upon the.
ground OF the said ]. Harvie's not having re-
corced Ger ain plats and certificates of sur
Vey, upon which he had issued grants du-
ring the time his being Register, and whist
he was civil list officer, MANY of which
surveys, were for lands lying within the state
OF Kentucky; part of them within the