The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-12-28

inr,hr..'', $500 W. appoint CO lanittee
tnrce pctsrs IN report on tue %, .t,. nance Of
w, o"s', and it'i-y fad that the petitioners ,,vr
oomoAed "th t',e terms of the contra the IA ~,
% oe confirmed IN favor Of The said Livingston Il
! Fulton;
Ordered, that the said petition be referred t,
Messrs. Stevenson. Johnson (cf Isle of Wightl
nrent lot Statiard) Noland. Hnirston. Young,
| 'shs@h, isaiey, Beeson, Pruuty, Meriwethsr
Areh.r ioi Powhatan) and Pendleton.
| =, FRIDAY. Dec. -.
Mr. NJ Farlane. FROM tne Committees ot
| Claims, made the following report:
| The Committee Of Claims have. accordips
to order, hsd under their consideration Sc,
veral petitions TO them referred, ard come
to the following resolutions thereupen
1, Resolved, as the opinion of thi, COM
mittee, That the petition OF Henry Savane.
praying that ne may be allowed compensa
ton tor his services as a jailor for the Sweet
Springs district court. from October 1905.
until the operation of the act aaolishing dis
trct courts, is reasonable.
Resolved also. as the opipion of this
committee, That the petition IF Andrew
Lewis, stating that while acting as sheri L
for the county of Montgomery, tor the y5e,r.
1901 and 1902, executions came into hi,
hands against Anthony Hsden, collector of
revenue due from the county OF Baretanr.,
Tor the year 17e3; that he matte a return
| OF the process by post, which Law in the post.
office, at Richmond, until after be received
notice for not returning the executions. AMI
was hned in two sums amounting to upw ard.
OF $50 dollars and praying the Legislature
(, would remit to him the fines aforesaid. he
having paid all costs, is reasonable
! 5. Resolved also, as the opinion of ti,;s
committee, That the petition OF William
Powell, of the county of King William, pra,
/ ing the legislature would authorize the a.,
oitor To grant him n warrant on the .treasu
~ Tor the sum of twenty dollars. on acceni t
OF repairs done at Aylett's warehouse. be re-
jected
he first ara third resolutions being read
second time, were agreed to by the mouse
Inc second resolution being read a second
time, motion was made to amend the same
by striking out at the end thereof, the words
rs reasonable" and inserting in their stead
the words g be rejected - and the question
I oeihS put upon agreeing to the said amend
nent, 1T passed in the negative;
! Mr. NJ Farlane, from the Committee ce
Claims. made the following report:
! me committee Of Claims have according
70 order, had under their consideration So
Verai petitions to them referred, aud h ave
Gene to the following resolutions thereup-
! on -
1t appears to your committee, from the
petition OF Augustine Slaughter. that ne pur-
, csased small part, supposed to be forty
TWO and haf acres, of the estate called
.'oSport. belonging to Andrew Sprowle
bi,tish loyalist, fer twenty four shilribgs snd
| SIX pence the acre, which was eoniiscated
and ordered to be sold under an act OF as
semniy. passed in December 1890 shat
shortly after his purchase, he sold the said
iann To George Kelly, deceased, for twenty
eish' snitlings the acre, and guaranteed the
title that twenty-eisht of the said forty
Two and a half acres ware claimed and ia
ken possession OF by Thomas Eawar.l,--
that colonel Thomas Newton, deceased. in
MS lifetime, as guardian to the heirs of
George Kelly, deceased. instituted a suit in
the district Court of Suffolk, for the purpose
/ of dispossessing the said Edwards, which
SUIT was decided in favor Of him, the said
EDWARDS, and that in consequence thereof,
the said Slaughter has paid to the heirs OF
George Kelly, deceased, the sum of 27S dol
20 cents principal and interest OF the pur-
chase moEcy, besides costs of suit;
| /. Resolved therefore, as the opiuion ofttis
committee, That the petition Of Angus ire
Slaughter, praying the legislature wouiu
reimburse him. at least the first cost of the
land with interest, if not what he sold it to
George Kelly, decd, fer, be rejected.
| z Resolved also, as the opinion of tn s
committee, That the petition of Benjamin
''N""S, Tic
would allow him the sum of 422 dollars -
cents, expended by him in defraying the
expences of certain negroes, supposed to be
runaways, who were placed in his care as
Jailor of Surry County, by order of magis-
trate, be rejected.
The first resolution being read second
time, motion was made to amend the same
by striking out at the end Of it, the words
"be rejected" and inserting in their stead
the words I" is reasonable ;" and the que It.
on being put on the proposed amendment, it
passed in the affirmative
The question being then put on the reso-
luton as amended, it was agreed to by the
House.
The second resolution being read second
time. was agreed to by the House.
Mr.. Madison, from the com mistee of Pro.
positions and Grievances, made this follow
ing report
The committce Of Propositions and Griev-
ances have, according to order. had under
their consideration sundry petitions, to them
referred, and hav. come to the following re-
| solution thereupon:
l. Resolved, as the opinion of this COM
| mittee, That the petition of sundry inhab-
| taDts OF the County OF Dinwiddie, pra, ire
that that part OF the SAID county lying with
IN the town of Petersburg. may he within
the jurisdiction Of the superior court for the
| said county Of ID nwddie. be rejected.
2. Resolved, as the opiuion of this COM
mittee, That the remembrance Of the may
or. aldermen, and others, of the town OF Pc.
tersburg. in opposition thereto, is reasons-