The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-21
Trsa'aia Aeg1stMure.
HOUSE or DELEGATES.
Iuesdoy Jan. lin

o"Shu tiAS slCt, cutltiCQ, an act. tn a
mend an act directing the method OF procee
ding against free persons charged with Ger
tam crimes, directing the mode of proceed.
ing on indictments, informations aud prose
cutIons on penal statutes, and for prevcutino
vexauous and malicious prosecutions & mo-
Qerating amerccmcnts, passed January q, n
ioo4, with amendments, in which ti,ev re-
quest the concurrence OF the House OF Dele
Sates.-Ihe amendments -propoaat, ~ The
Senate, being once read, we're, OH nro,io,,.
ordered to be laid upon the table, together
with the said bill.
VIZ. Whtie, from the Committee aDDoint-
Cd TO enquire into the quantity and for
use' OF the furniture appcrtaning to the Go,
vernor's house, presented the following re-
port The Committee appointed Is en-
9uire into the quantity and Fitness fer use of
the furniture appertaning to the Governors
house,have performed that duty * beg leave
TO report, that there are but few pieces Of
that furniture Ga schedule of which is here
unto annexcd) and that most ofehoac pieces
arc in bad repair, and not at this time fit to
furnish house for the Chief Magistrate of
this Commonwealth.
Your Committee therefore are of opinion
that the interest of the Commonwealth will
be best consulted by authorising the sale of
the old furniture Except the marble table,
and that S 1000 be appropriated for the pur-
chase of such furniture as will be immedi-
ately necessary for the use of the Governor
SCHEDULED Sidc-board !: Marble
Table ; 9 Large Tables * 4 end Tables d
Leather bottom Chairs 1OCnairs OF differ
ert kinds 1; Chests OF Drawers presses;
I Dressing Table Is Stick Chairs
Gard fables 2 Sophas 2 Bedstcads /
Settee !; Washstand 4Chairs in the Kitch-
en- Jack for turning the spit; Looking
Glasses.
Ordered, That the said report be laid up
on the table.
Engrossed bills To provide temporary
tratc Of this Commonwealth, and for other
purposes" Concerning Charles Garter,
Clerk of the comfy court ofLee," were read
third time and passed.
On motion of Mr.. Wooding,-
That Committeebe appointed with instruc-
lions to ascertain what amountof money was
actually in the treasury, or due from the
bank to the treasury, on the first day of ia
nuary, 1872
A Communication from the Governor, da-
ted the 18th inst. was received, and read as
follows:
Richmond, January 1871, 1912
SIR--EnClosed you will receive the re-
port with sundly documents connected
therewth) which has been made by commits
sioners heretofore appointed by this depart
Incnt in pursuance Ola law passed the session
state of the Manchester Turnpike Road
From the peculiar circumstances which this
Eepert discloses, it hasbeen deemed advisable
to lay before the legislature-I have also the
honour to enclose for the information of the
House of Delegates, letter from James
Monroe, Esq. Secretary of State, covering
copy OF the act of Congress for the appor-
tionment of Representatives among the seve-
raj states.
I am with sentiments of Snect
Your Fellow Citizen,
is. BARBOUR.
The Hon. the SPEAKER efthe House Of Del
egates.
= On motion of Mr.. Daniel (of Cumberland)
+-Ordcrcd, That so much of the said com
munication, with the documents referred to
therein) as relates to the Manchester Turn
pike Road, be referred to Messrs. Daniel (of
Cumberiand,) Allen, Branch, Stanard (of
Chesterfield,) Nathaniel Selden, Joseph Sell
den. Pope, WoodsoD, Randolph, Leigh (of
Dinwiddie,) Purnall, Field, Daniel (of i.oui-
SAY Chapman & Leake, with leave tc report
by bill or otherwise
Ordered, That such other part of the
communication, with the documents refer
rcd to,) as relates to the acportionment of
Representatives to Congress among the sew
cral states, be referred to the select commit
tee appointed TO bring in bill To apportion
the counties of this Commonwealth into Dis
tricts to choose Representatives to Con-
gress."
Ucdae,dhy, January Is.
a communication from the Senate By their clerk
In Senate, JaGiHI!ry ID.
The Senate have passed the bill Pacing James
Wilson on the pension list, and for his present re-
Jief'
Mr. Armistead, from the committee 10 whom the
memorial Of the committee OF the stockholders of
the Bank of Virginia referred, presented a re-
port and resolution, which, motion, read as
follows
TIE committee to whom referred the me-
moria! Of the Stockholders of the BANK of Virginia
bave according to oser, had the under then.
con sideration, and have agreed upon repolt, aft
come to a resolution, as follows
Your eemmittee, according TO the prayer of the
said memorial, have conferred with the committee
representing the stockholders, respecting the man
per of INCREASING the capital stock OF the said bank
the extent Of such augmentation, and the terms
on which it would be consented to by the stOckllol-
.ders.
Your committee have received from the stoe,<hol-
ders through their committees the following propo-
sItioDs,
The committee OF the stockholders OF the bank of
Virginia having duly considered the queries pro-
pounded By the committee of the House of Dele
gates and modified their propositions accordingly,
beg leave 10 submit the following, viz
1. The capital stock OF tie bank OF Virginia shall
be encrtased Is 10000 with tie privilege to the
stockolcrs OF an additional of 3 500 900
whenever they shall find that it be probably
used
9. That 5000 shares shall be retained BY the state,
Js t,aid q4e!, frntr .,t,tI