The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-12-21
sngton, on the .ppe. side of TIE mouth of Cay

6ngton, ON the upper side of TIE mouth Of C;.y-
an cite, is reasonable.
8. Resolved, as the opirion of this comm ttee.
That the petition of-suasry inhsb,tsIts OF the
c0,,o,iSs al Wytbe snd " ashiryion, praying tiat
al .l,st portion of the said counties. cont sin.i
within tnetollowinp bounds, To wit bcginniug
With line to- BE- drawn from the Tizswa,l coun-
" lac, where II leaves the top os the Little
Brushy mountain until where the mc,,rtaa is
broken 10y the Laurel Fork, at general Tste's
Gap: thence from the most wes,wardy peak of
the SAID mountains at the Sap, n direct line to the
Ttzweli line, where it commcrce. near Tu,nb-
ling creek ON the Chmch mountain mas he added
Ia, ard made part ofthe county of rszewel., be
rejected.
4 Resolved, as the opinion of this committee,
that the petition OF sunday inhabtants of the
county OF Monroe, praying that all that par, OF
their said county contained within The tpllowing
bounds, to wit beginning at the top Of Peters
noun aln, whcr. the road crosses above Joseph
MiiieTs, and running to the most north e2stward-
~ cor,er of the tract of land the said Miller
lives o., thence direct line TO the mouth OF In
dia creek, may be added so, AMI made part III
the County Of Giles, be reiactel
; Resolved, rs The opinion y. this committee,
that the Petition ct sundy mhabitan' OF the
county Of Monroe, in opposition theGeto,is rea-
sonabls. N.
The 1st, ID, 4th and 5.h resolutions, being read
second time, We're agreed 10 by the House
The third resolution being read second TINE,
Was, on motion, ordered 10 be recoolm,tcd to the
comrii;tce from which the same u,s,s reported
Mr. Madison, from the committee of irepo-
sitloa5 and Grievances, also made the following
report
The committee Of Propositions and Grievances
have, according to 05a', had upier heir cons
Iteration the petition of the president and direc-
tnts OF the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, TO
t"sm referred, have agreed upon 4 report AMI
come to q resolution tllereupon, as follow:
ltapPears to your committee, iron, a view Of
the several laws passed by the Legislature of
Virginia, colcernin. the Dismal Swamp Canal
Company, t.iat the act Of 1890 Incorporating the
Company for the purpose ofcuttng the aforesaid
canal, and prescribing the rate Of tolls chargea-
Die when the same shout! be finished, WAS a.
mcnded by an act passed in the year 1900, allow
ing the president and directors OF the said com.
pany to demand a reasonable compensation from
all parsons Navigating the canal in It's then unii-
| nis!led state
II is in proof before your committee, thst the
toll on shingles, aiiowcd under the act Of 1920,
was eight cents per thousand the toll agreed Oh
by the company an! persons navigating the canal,
was f'V cents per thousand, and all other arti-
ces usually conveyed through the canal, are, by
consent OF parties, charged at rate proportion
Abs TO the aboys:
| kcsoi, ed therefore, the opinion OF this COM
ullltee that The petition of the president and di-
rectors OF the Dismal Swamp Canal Company,
praying that an act may pass, allowing them To
change the rates OF tolls sSreeabiy TO the sche-
nuie accompanying their petition, in lieu of the
tolls prescribed bj the original act Incorporating
the SAID company, is reasonable.
The said re solution be Dg read a second time.
was agreed to oy the House.