The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-12-17

county OF Frederick, praying Tor reasons set
forth iii the said petition, that the sum of
hfty-tour dollars and forty -sonr cents, which
the said Thomas Fawcett has been atlihdg-
ed topay, for costs of Il criminal prosecute
on against n certain lessee Calvert for per-
jury, be reimburse. TO him out Of the public
treasury also-A pc, .sm of David l. Burr,
OF the City OF Richmad, Tor as r.-iri-
bursemenf OF the sum OF one hundred and
thirty-two dollars cighty-eight cents, paid,
by mistake OF his agent, for the redemption
Of certain lands which did not belong
to the persons, On whose behalf the said
money was paid a petition of Edn,unds
Mason, Clerk of the county ct Granville,
setting forth that, in consequence OF his hav-
ing been appointed to that Office OH the re-
@snGtion, and not on the death, OF Peter
Pelham, his predecessor, he cannot recov-
e.. CT the estate of the said Pelham COM
pensation for returning to the Clerk of the
General Court such lists of conveyances, &c.
as ought to have been furnished by the said
Palham previous to his resignation that, IN
obedience to the law passed at the last SEES
sion of Assembly, he had furnished such
lists /; and therefore prays to be paid, for his
labour, by the commonwealth "A petition
of John Overall, agent for Carr Wilson Lane,
praying that the nett proceeds Of the sales
OF certain escheated property in Ouantico
Neck, and in the town Dumfries, late the
property of Edward Rice, deceased, be APP
Piled, in part discharge of a Judgment, OBJ
tanned in the county court of Fairfax, by
Simon Triplett, surviving executor of Will
liam Carr Lane, deceased, against Edward
Rice, executor of Doctov William Savage,
deceased "A petition IF Robert Pollard
Oh behalf of Jane, Swami, of the Ce.nmo.,
wealth OF Massachusetts, but who for ma
ny years past has resided in France, pray
ing, for reasons set forth in the said petition,
that certain interest paid by him into the
treasury on money due for taxes on certain
lands belonging to the said Swami, which
had enormously been listed in the
names of other persons, may be refunded,
by the Comm nwealth Referred to the
| committee of claims.
A petition was presented and read from
a number Of persons residing in the counties
south OF Jane river, complaining of inju-
les to the M che e. Turnpike Road, oc-
casioned by the great weight of the loads of
Coai-waggons, and the narrowness of their
wheels praying, therefore, that some mode
may 0. devised to remedy such evils by COM
pciling those who carry such enormous
weights, to use broad wheels, or that all
Wagons over certain weight, say $500
pounds, (nol having brad wheeis) shall pay
a toll increased in proposition 70 that weight !;
also-A petition ii the c tizens of the town
/
county of Loudon, that law may pass az
thorising lottery for the purpose of paving
the streets OF SAID town "a petition OF sun
| dry inhabitants OF the lower end of Louisa
and upper end of Hanover counties praying
| that part of the said counties be added to the
county of Goochland "A petition of sun
dry inhabitants of the counties of Campbell,
Bedford, Botetourt, Greenbrier and others,
/ praying that law may pass to incorporate
ths M Company for the establishment of the
GREAT WESTERN TURNPIKE ROAD from
| HUNTERS, ON the main Richmond road,
through LyNcHBURG, the Peaks of Otter,
Fincastle, and the sweet springs, to Lewis
burg, OF Greenbrier Court-house and
A petition from the officers of the seth re-
giment of Militia, residing in the town OF
Petersburg, praying that the training of the
officers of the said regiment, by the brig ade
Inspector, he directed by law to take place
hereafter, in the said 7ozcn, instead of at
Dinwiddie courthouse and in the Sitrmg
of the year, annually, instead of the time
now appointedby law:-iteferred to the COM
mittee of Propositions and Grievances.
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