The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-12-19

petitioner has al~ avs been considered in the
lneighborhood wherein he resides, rs an ho,ests
sober and respectable man, and 81 kind and AZ
fectionate husband
Resofvea, as the opinion Of this eotnmi,,ees,
That the petition ofthe said VIM Croxton, pray
ing that an act may pass, divorcing him from his
sad wife Mary, is reasonable.
The said resolution being read second time.
was agreed to by the House.
A petition was presented from JameS G. Trot.
ter, prsyingto be divorced fror, his wife Eliza
beth - Also petition Of Leonafd Owen, of Pat
rick county, praying to be divorced from his vito
Nancy ;-Referred to the ornmittee for Courts
of Justce.
a petition was presented from John Stoke.
ley, of Wood county, and of sundry other rersonsa
praying that the said John Stckeley may be au-
thorised to erect dam across q branch Of tae O.
hiO river from his land to Blenncrbasset's island.
for the purpose ofworking water mill re
ferred to the committee of Propositions and Crie-
vances.
Ordered, That writ of election issue to the
county of Hanover, to supply tie vacancy occasi-
oned by the death Of Joha Bowe, esq. one ofthe
delegates returned to serve in this present Gene
rsl Assembly for the said county.
On motion, Resolved, That SO much of the Cow
ernor's communication, ~ relates to the public
property At the Point of Fork, and at the Buck:
ingham Iron Works, be refeTsd to the consde:
ratio,' OF committee, and that they report by bill
or otherwise; and the same referred to
Messrs Woodng, Lynch, Bernard, Patteson,
Wilkinson, Otey, thatcher and Jones (of Cumber-
land.)
OrGered, That leave be given to bring ina bill
" to amend tile act, entitled act. to organize
and establish Superior Court of Law in each
county of this commonwealth - and that Messrs.
Thompson, Craig, Byar., Ward, inges, Good
son, Johnson (of Ciles) and Shannon, do prepare
and bring in the same
Ordered, Thatleave be given 20 bring in a bill
" to incorporate company to- establish aturri-
pike road FROM fredericksburg to Swift Run
Cap )" and that Mess.,. X. Stsnard, Crutch.
Strickler, Madeira, Simen, Clayrool, and Meri-
wether, do prepare and bring ia the same. \
Ordered. That leave be given to bring in a bill
I" amend the several acts relsti'e to the James
River Company !" and that Messrs. Stevenson.
Cheatham, B c. Stanard, Seldeh, Carter, Fer.
guson, Bernard, Payne, Preston, Cabell, Ote,,
Armisteaa and NJ campbell DC prepare and bring
id the same.
a representation from sundry persons wing
contiguous ~ James river and its navigablebrsh.
chez, was presented and read, SEATING msay in
concentrates and Disadvantages which have ari-
sen from the mode adopted by the James Liver
Company for improving the navigation of tie ri-'
yer and suggesting certain improvements tfefein :;
Ordered. that the said representaufspHref
terred to the committee appointed :ybids in a
bill Oh that subject.
TUESDAY. Icember L..
Mr.. M'Farlane from the comytee CT Claims
made the following report
The committee of Claim, he, according to
order, had under their consider lon several petit
tons to them referred, agreed fon report, and
come to sundry resolutions ti,supan
1t art,e ars Ia your comm,ttI from the petition
of Sampson Hende rson. th,trly in The rcvoiu.
tionary war he enlisted in m troops then raising
in Virginia. and after conslfabe service, both
90 the north and south he las wounded in the
thigh by a musket shot il sttempt at the stor-
ming of Savanna: that | consequence of the
services he underwent nt!lc wound he received
he has become unable to- axe provision for either
himself or family; "a,
l. Resokse1 theyeferlas me OPINION OF thus
Committee, that Che pei on OF sampson Hender-
son, praying to be Plssd en- inc pension list Is
reasonable
Ii appears alse to var committee, from the pc
tition Of Ann RuddF idcHy of John kudd, decd.
that her husband VI placed on the pension list
on the 2Ist of Janyy, 1902 in consequence of
wounds received "a services rendered by him
during the Revolutionary that on the s5th
of November folEins he died, leaving her and
six small chldref without any possible means OF
support -.
9 Resolsea serefort, as the opinion Of this
committee, the the petition of Ann Rudd, wi
dow of Iohn kudd, decd praying to De placed
on the pensist list, is reasonable.
2. Ressfv} aiss, ss the opinion Of this commit.
tee, that thy Fstlt'sn OF John Harper stating that
u
during thyrevoiutions:y war. and wounded in
the thigbst tie capture of Stoney Point, and
praying b be placed on the pension list, be re-.
Thdst and I'd resolutions being read second
time were agreed TO by the House.
Vfc Sd resolution being read second time.
vH, on motion, ordered to be laid upon the ta-
Ne.
Oyderei, That bills be brought in pursuant to
the 1st and Cd resolutions, end that the COMMITTEES
of Claims do prepare and bring in the same
AZ petition was presented and read from Sarah
BexwcIl. praying to be divorced from her hus-
band William Boxwell Also petition from
Mary Gsunt, PRAYING to be divorced from her
husband ID aniel Gaunt ALSO petition OF Sally
Dumas, praying to be divorced from her husband
Benjamin Dumas ALSO petition from George
Towers, stating that the petitioner is an alien,
and undera supposition that he had done whas
was necessary to qualify him citizen Of Vir-
ginia, had purchased real estate, and as a clergy.
man of the Presbyterian society, had solemnized
the rights Of matrimony in many cases, and pray.
ing the passage of an act, releasing the common.
wcalth's right to any land which he may have
purchased; and also legalising the said marri-
ages ;-R cferred to the committee for Courts of
Justice
ITO be Continued
IStrbmoiih Tbeatre.
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