The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-14
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Mr.. OTEy, from the joint Committee oil bott
Houses OF the General Assembly, appointed to AN.
honnec TO James Barbour, Esq his election to the
office OF Governor or Chief Magistrate this Com
monwesith, reported that the committee, according
70 order, had performed that duty, by addressing the
p Governor as follows
The JOINT Committee appointed by the Senate and
House Of Delegates, have the honor communicate
oyou, your election to the Office Of Goycraor or
Chef Magistrate OF this Comnionwc :l,i, to supply
the vacancy occasioned by the melancholy Esath OF
George VIM. Smith, Esq.
In making this communication, we forbesr TO re-
Prospect the disastrous and distresstui calamity t
has oceassoned thc vacancy Whel, your ceo,,on is
destined to supply. With tie lour:,u rccocc ions
connected with that event aud the deep regrets PRO
iuced by death which has deprived, the curin,on.
wealth of IAN useful citizen and valuable officer, MIN
sted the pleasing confidence til your zeal, abilities
and patriotism the interests of the state ,ay be safely
trusted. -
We beg you to accept of our congratulations ON
your election, and with them unite the assurances
N our respect and esteem.
To which address the Governor was pleased to re-
urn the following answer
January 4th, 1912.
In common with you, deep
u deplore the dreadful misfortune which
has hung the metropolis of our country in
mourning; and which, in addition TO other
heart-rending calamities has been fatal to
the late Governor Smith. A large share of
the regret, which this moursful event is cal
cahated TO produce, will be bestowed on
the premature fall of this good man and
distinguished patriot. His country (consci-
Gus his worth has believed his ashes with
tears.
The Office of Chief MAGISTRATE. left va
Cant, by this deplorable event, and " hich the
legislature have had the goodness To confer
On me, is accepted with sentiments of graft
tude. This distinguished mark of conf
h,y De-, r
the people is precious to my feelings and
ats value is heightened by the reflection that
1t has been bestowed by those who have seen
every step ! have taken, and who have
heard every opinion have EXPRESSED, thro'
the whole of my political life--I feel that
tins evidence or their regard is beyond my
deserts, and / have nothing to tender IA
return but devotion, zeal and intlust.y-
Gentlemen of the House of Delegates, Tire
you, permit me GO tender the body you re-
present an ectionate farewell, and TO ex-
press the sincere regret feel at the separa-
ton produced by my acceptance of this Of
f1ce-My mind is deeply impressed with the
Kindness and friendship which on many oc-
casions they have displayed towards me *
wish them to be assured that shall en-
rertain, increasingly, for that body, an affec-
tlonate regard, that will be nourished by the
warmest current of my heart. For the DO
lite manner in which YOU have communica-
cet! to me my appointment, and for the cor
ndence you express in my zeal and patrio-
tism, beg you to accept my thanks, and a
wish Tor your prosperity.
am, with sentiments of great resDect
Your Fellow Citizen,
is. BARBOUR
report and res LUTON from the committee al,-
pointed to exam the Registers office, were taken
up and read as follows
The committee appointed to examine the state Of
the Land Office, have, according order, peri rm.
Ell that duty, and prepared report, and come to
resolution thereapon--
IL appears 10 yoar committee that grants have is
sue ' 81 surveys, having no legal defects which, on
the LIST day of December, 1871 mad been in the Of
nee xix months. and IN relation 10 which prere-
1uis'te act on the part of the cai nant, wanting
and ali the grants are recorded.
he greater part OF the plats and certificates Of
SURVEYS or which grants have issued, within the last
year, are recorded aud the recording of the lance
CT them, which is one hundred and foity) ism 60
ing on The great accumulation OF the business of
copying and searching which, within the last year,
has been double, what it in any year, within
the six preceding years, and four times as gre l. ms
aofne years within that period, has preyente, the
eompetion of the record Of surveys this year this
record, liowc'er, vii be finished in very short
time
The original psts and certificates of surveys which
were removed into the Office, from the Office OF the
late proprietor, though pa, in better of pre-
scryGtioii than they had formerly been, reported
by the committee last year, from the mutt atcd
condition of many OF them, they could not be SO ar.
Ranged on iie, as to facilitate searches. This incon-
senience and defect, in the arrangement of these pa
pers, IS completely obyate, by an index made out
this year, in which all these surveys are rcgstere *
their places on file referred to, render any
search easy and certain.
1t appears to your committee, that all the other
business OF the Office has met with due attention
and adj the records AID original papers belonging to
the ofhce, arc in goo' state OF preservation, aud
properly arranged and lettered.
III also appears your committee, that the amount
OF fees received by the Register from the st OF ia.
nuary, 1911, and paid by Inn into the Treasury, per
Auditors receipt is 8 ll67 So
That the fees receivable by the Re-
Sister Il payable by III into the Trea-
snry, from the 1st Of July to the sfst
of Decc lnber, 1911, are as follow
On treasury warrants IS IL
Oh exchange warrants II co
On military warrants 30 So
On caveats so
On copies and searches S27 OF
Oh surveys received & regis
tered $40 e.
On surveys which have been
handed into the Office du-
ring the present session of
Assembly, for which re-
oeipts made ready, aud
which are not yet csistsr
ed, bat properly included
in this estimate, according
20 the usual practice 7OY 10