Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-01-08
Extract from the Minutes.
DANIEL L. HILTON,
Clerk Of the CouneiL..

DAN EL l.. III LION, r-.- FL
CLERK Of the Counsel.
The Treasurer being cnjoined 20 close the
accounts ofhis Office ON the Soih day of. Sep
TENDER annually--We, the uptlerwitten, there
to appointed by the Executive Gas appears by
the foregoing copy of their order, repaired TO
the Treasury on the morning of the frs, day OF
October, in order to ascertain the amount of
money and other facilities in the Treasury re-
|ceiYed on public account and constituting the
balance due thcretrom on the S0tk day OF Sep
TENDER 1907. go. SO
Upon examination. we find the balance ac-
tnally on hand, to be one hnnllred thirty-seven
thousand FIVE hundred thirty-nine, dollars and
eighty-eight cents, which has been deposited
m the Bank of Virginia Ivy the treasurer.
~. }t WILLIAM w. HENING.
I4t} sa. MILAN MUNFORD.
f. Which report being read, was, on a motion
made, O1tter.i tosnc on the table.
On motion, Ordered, That $50 copies of the
saidreport reprinted for the use of the mem
bers ofthe General Assembly.
The Glowing engrosscd bills were several
ly read u third time and passed. 2f
An engrosssd bill, g Concerning the town
OF hrrisonburg in The county of Rockingham -
"fq establish IN academy forfcinale edu-
cation in the town Of Lexington, *
Establishing n turnpike over the South
Mountain on Rock Fish Cap $50 .s
Or4erea, That the clerk carry the sailbills
to the Senate and desire their concurrence
The house according to theorder of thcd day,
resolved itself into acommittee of1he whole
house on the state of the commonwealth, to
whom was committed the bill, " Concerning
the court of chsncery tor the Richmond DIS
trict," mdafter some time spent therein, Mr..
| Speaker resrmedthe chair, and MFR. BreciScn-
ridge reported, that the committeeha had, accor-
| ding to- order, had the said bill under their
consideration, and had made some, progress
| therein, but not. having time to go. thru the
same, had directed him-to move the house for
leave to sit again.
Resofved, That this house will, on Monday
next, again resolve itself into a committee OF
the whole house on the state of the common-
wealth. n
A message from the Senate by Mr. Coles.
Mr. SpeakerlTho Senate have agreed "a
the resolution of the House of1Delegates, tn
proceed this day, by joint ballot, with the Sc
nate, to the choice of treasurer for this com.
raonwealth for one ycar--and then he with.
drew. aes o -te ,l
| The house then proceeded bv Joint ballot
with the senate to the choice of treasurer for
this commonwealth, for one year, when Will
am Moselcy, Esq was T -lected
Certain resolutions which lay on the table
Cfhls NiiC tNiO, Ilcu Nv Tue GfSSI
dent of the United States relative 10 Grea,
Britain, were called up, and on motion refer.
red to Messrs. Pope, Barbour, w IN Fnushee
| Riddles, Mercer, Simon, Kinney, Brooke
Dade, Shoison, Edmonds, Strother and Gar.
land.
| Mr.. Carr, from the committee for courts Of
justice, presented a bill Wrestling in Reuben
tCrawiord and Anne, his wife, the right Of the
Commonwealth to certain land therein menti
opcd;" and bill, Authorising sale of the
glebe of Southam Parish in Powhatan county
Tor the purposes therein nientioned;' and the
same were received and read the irst time
| and 2sEicrcd to be read q second time,
Ordered, That leave be given to bring
in a bin to amend the act, entitled g An
act reducing into one, the several acts for
apprehcnding and securing runaways -
and that MesSrs. Blake, Summers, Smith,
(of King and Queen,) NVooding, Newsuin,
and Beeson, do prepare. and bring in the
same. tt