The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-01-12
FROM THE JOURNAL OF
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

- iCSt'SSliiS Tie contested G.
lection of Caroline County
l. fes0.0ee therefore, rs the opinion OF this
committee, that Niiiiam Jones is duly qualified
by law to serve in this General Assembly.
FfSosrea, also, as the opinion of this com
mutee, t',at the petition of Henry c. Coleman
complaining OF the ineligibility ii WilIiam Jones,
returned to serve rs a delegate from the county
OF Caroline, III this present General Assembly. be
| rejecad.
The said resolutions being read a second time,
were agreed TO by he House.
OratTed, That leave be given to bring in a bin
10 supply the deficiencies i'll the appropria-
tons OF last year." and that a committee of FL
nance do prepare and bring in the same.
oFaerea' That leave be given to bring ina bill
concerning the service of warrants for small
debts and that Mcssrs. Wooding, Pittman,
Rutherford, M'Farlane, Gee, Seldcn, Tucker,
hughes and Hull do prepare and bring in the
same.
Mr.. Lightfoot, from the committee appointed
on tile part OF thts Hoase to Ell u ire, Jointly with
a committee from the Senate, into the stu .tion
OF te house, &c. appropriated TO the use of tue
Governor, m*de the following report.
The committee appointed on the part of the
riouSc OF delegates to examine, jointly with a
Iomalittee CT the Senate, into the state and con.
diaon OF the lots, houses and furniture appropria.
ted to the use of the Governor OF this common
wealth nave, according 10 order, performed that
au'y, agreed upon a report and come to the follow
ing resolution
IL appears TO your committee, after a minute
survey ot the interior part of the buildings, that
various articles OF new furniture arc indlsDensa-
p.y necessary for the comfort and convenience oil
l1e Ci!ef Magistrate, and that . .sre=l portion cf
that heretofore provided is somewhat out of or
der.
1t iurtner appears TO your committee, that
some OF The out houses and the enclosures are al
so out oforder.
According TO an estimate made nv yo,,r m,
mittee, II appears that the probable expense of
procuring additional furniture, repairing that
now on hard, and ofrepairins the houses and en-
closures Will not exceed the sum of six hundred
dollars.
Rcsoivsd therefore, as the opinion of this com
mit'ec, that Tor the purposes above mentioned,
the sum OF SIN hundred dollars is necessary.
Your further state, that uroposi-
lions nave been made 10 them by Doctor io.m
bfCc%enbrough and MIR. J. Penn, the one for an
exchange WIN, p : other for a sale o. properly
10 the common ."e.ith, we'll adapted in The cpni-
ION OF those gentlemen for the residence and &C
commcdation oithe Governor, which your com
mittee herewith submit 10 he consideration O
the House, having deemed il beyond the sphere
Va 'i'cii power TO enter INTO any negotiation with
liose gentlemen relative 10 tleir respective pro-
Posais. Your committee Cannot hnwcyer for
Dear mentioning that the dwelling house It pre-
sent IN The occupancy OF the ChiefM agislrate, is
NV IL u, III kiiSl ~
Pi,ioi, Tor It's structure and dccaycd state, sus-
ceptlG!e OF beng rendered SO.
Inc SAID report and resolution, with the &C
complaining documents being rad, were,
oi motion, Oraered to be laid upon the table.
Mr., Pyne presented, according to order,
a Dnl 10 empower the Executive to appoint
persons to collect the arrears OF taxes - which
vas received, and ordered to he LAID on the table.
dir. ShcJey (trom The committee OF Finanuc)
presented, according 20 order,
a bill - TO supply .he DEFICIENCIES i'll the appro.
Pri"tions oil last year :" which was received and
cad a first time, and ordered to be read Il second
time.
On motion, Oydeyea, That the said bill be now
read Il second time;
TIC Sad bill was accordingly read 4 second
time, and ordered to be engfosscd and read u
third time.
FRIDAY, January 6.
a communication from tile Senate by their
Clerk:
Tie Senate have passed the bill,
" Releasing t. Nicholas Gautier the common.
wealth's right TO certain land therein mea,lon-
ed"
Engrossed bills Concerning certain lands
supposed to belong to Drysdale ParisiI'-"1oe s-
tao,lsli an Academy in the county Of Caroline"-
" 10 supply the deficiencies in Inc appropriate
ons OF last year. Releasing to the wrluw aud
heirs OF Richard Lewis, tic n 5It OF the common
wealth to 4 certain lot OF land tlerein mentioned"
We're severaliy read a third time and passed.
crasTed, That the clerk carry the SAID bills TO
tile Senate and desire their concurrence.
Tie House, according to the order OF the day,
resolved Itself into 2 committee of the wh0ic
House, on thc state Ot the common wealth and
ater some time spent therein, Mr.. Speaker re-
sunned tic CHAR, and Mr.. Baker reported,
That the committee of Tie whole House ON the
state OF the commonwealth, had, according to or
uer, had under their consideration, u bill To
suspend tae operation of executions during tic
continuance of Tie embargo, and ninety days az
ter II is r&iscd," had gone through tie same and
made sundry amendments thereto, which he han
ued ia AZ tae Clerks table, where the same were
twice red and greed 20 by the House.
a motion was made further 10 amend the said
bill when,
Un inouon, OrIeyed, That the said bill, with
the amendments, together with the proposed a.
lnentmcnt, be land upon the table.
SNTURUAY, January 7.
a communicate from the Senate by tlleir
Clerk
fire Senate have passed the bill,
" To incorporate The Culpeper Agricultural &
maalIacturins Society and
\ bill Concerning certain fines assessed on
Peter Beverley Whiting, in his life time, and on
n ; cxecutTix since his death" with amendments
TO which they request the CONCUR ence Of the Il.
OF Delegates
They have also agreed to the preamble ana re-
solutions on the foreign relations o. the u I'd
States, with amendments, to which they request
the concurrence OF the Honse OF Delegates.