The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-12-19

's""S VA IL. -NOitOiI, bciOD
SAID dceedent, which, during the Ne, outionary wa
were destroyed by orter OF the Goyerilm ent-i,,
! ierrcd to the cOnIlIttre OF Claims
THURSDAY, December IL.
ihe House, according 20 the order of the day, re
solved i,seif into committee Of the whole HOUSE. q
the state OF the co:uumwe ar Stevenson IN ,h
ehaif; n alter some time spent iie.'en, Mr. Sneak
er resumed the chair, and Nj. Stevenson reported
that the committee bad. c1rin. to- or,itr iad u
uer consideration, bill " To EXEMPT MAGISTRATE
from serving jurics III the Superior Cours OF thi
commonwealth" and had agrer. to An an.cndnep
thereto which he delivered in at the clerk table
together with the said bi!,-Ou notion Rcso:,c ed
That the farther consideration OF the sail bill an,
amcndincnt, be postponed until the 3lst oil Sla.ci
next. = ~ - $3.50
ordered, That leave be given to bring in bin tt
amend the act eutitled Z" AN act TO aiuend an act d.
recung the method Of proceeding against free per
sohs charged with certain crimes directing the mod,
OF proceeding on indictments, niorrna,ions and pro
seeunons ON p nal statutcs and for preyeuline vex
auous and malicious prosecutions, and moleratu,- a
mercemeits aud or other purposes, passed January
Sftii, 1871 AUD that Messrs. Stanary s(oi Chcs-
terheid) Leigh, (of Dinwitlie) Baker, (of Nsnse-
mond) Field, Capeuon, Jesse, Tavor, Lee, OF West
moreland) Stanald, (of Spottsyiyaniul Claiborne
Preston, 1ibson and Quaiies, do prepare and Ling
in the same. $50 .i.' as. H', - 49, 9
Resolved, That committee be appointed TO take
nder their consideration much OF the Lieutenant
oVernors communication relates to the un a,isii-
claims TO land, OF the officers and soldiers o. the
evolution belonging to the irsnia line continental,
rstate establishment, and OTHER nerito:ios oersons
who are entitled by donations and that they be re-
euested to report by bill or otherwise thereupon ia
ms .1ouse-And committee was accordingly APP
onted ot Messrs Preston, Rtchie, Parker, t.oode,
Zee Col Norfolk thoroughly Giiesby BIoekcniroueh
woods, Carson, Campbell, .Beeson, Chapman, Win.
SION: Walker (of Buckingham Woodiig, Shield and
avis. ..,-< - s. -
Mr. stanard (of spottsyIvania) also presented sun
PROSECUTIONS from the committee for Courts Of Jus.
ice have, according to order, had under consderati
on sundry pe ttions to them referred and have come
tn the following resolutions thereupon- .@,.-
l.. Resolved, as the opinion f this committee that
the petition OF Jacob White and Aiicaah Davis, IT..
administrators of Thomas G. Logw God, deceased
s'ung that the said Logwood departed this fe leav-
!' wife and four infant children, and owing debts
90 considerable amount, which, if paid out of his
fsona estate, viii not leave spiciehcy-to support
ga educate the sai,l infants in suitable manner and
prfynS tlat they may be permitted to sell and con
20 certain tract of land belonging the estate OF
.'e san Logwood, and appl the proceeds thereof TO
payment OF the said debts, is reasonable le4f
q Resolved, as the opinion of this committee that
the peuuon OF number OF the inhabitants of the
county OF Princess Anne, praying that AN act NAV
pass, more eftecually SECURE to them x all Others
ehe sacred privilege of dischargng religious duties -
mot sted, by particularly restraining the sale or o,h.
diss sal OF spirituous liquor, within proper distance
at ces appropriated to religious worship, is reason
:.L.e. 49, -. =
Resolved, as the opinion of this committee, that
TIE psttion of Thomas Spencer and James Spencer
OF the state of North Caroh setting forth tlat the,
nave nteiy become entitled heirs OF their deceased
father, to portions of considerable real ana personai
estate In the counties OF Amherst and Nelson, and
Ti, ing that they may be authorised 10 hiring int this
Of wc% ns ni' are ssi 70 cs
venteen IN number, be rejected.
The two first resolutions were agreed to by the
house-the third laid OH the table
Mr. Purnall. from the Committee appointcd to ex-
anime the Clerks office, presented report, fot-
lows-Ihe committee appointed 20 examine the
Clerks ofhce, make the following report-The com
mittee Ind that the papers from the wear I775 10 the
year lsio both years inclusive, property arrang-
Ell in the ofhce-rhat the manuscript Journals from
the year 1869, to the year 1910, both years inclusive
are deposited in the Office-AId that the enrolled
bills, from I!76 to $780, both years inclusive, are FL
ed in the Office, and neatly deposited in tin cases-
L I've sam report was laid upon the table.
Several petitions to emancipate, bring into this
state, slaves, were presented and read. ~
. a petition was presented and read from slntiry in.
habants OF the counties of enrico and Hanover and
their vlcmlhcs, praying that a-~ompany be incorpo
rated fortbe purpose OF establishing turnpike roat
from the city of Richmond, in direction leading to
wards Fredericksl,yry IN q Tavern rollc William
son's--And -
petition of William McClung, to ne authorised
to buIid ut his own expcnce, toil-brdge across 9
creek called Big Clear Greek, the ros from Lew
sbrg IN Greenbrier county, to hat part OF tie set
e'e'nO'it III hcha"hd county, calico 1ctcr creek
Referred to the Committee of Propositions & GREY
ances
petition was presented and read of Oliver Pol.
lock, claiming OF this commonwealth, the sum o
. 9''4 riais, with interest tereupon, being tho
amount of loss sustained by him, in consequence O
his being arrested Mt the HAVANA, in the Island o
Cuba, by his creditors, who attached debts due t.
nm IRON sundry bakers in that Island, to the amou,
OF the said sum ST ) 9,57i rails, and detained hin
in prison IS months, the end of which time lac wa
hbcratcd-but the said bakers lad either abscondct
or become insolveht which arrest, and the loss con
scg,lent thereupon, were ocrasioned by resolution
~ the General Assembly OF this Commonwealth res
ending, without any cause, fair settlement of III:
claims Against the state, which settlement vas after
wards confirmed, and the said claims have all heei
in'y paid by Tie Z. States, who became rcspons1l,
thereiorl except this claim Of s, 9,57i rials an,
Interest," Tor which he looks to the Justice O fhe lie
gisiatuie OF rsinia-kelerred to thc committee D
Claims.
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