The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-12-15
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EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE
House. OF DELEGATES.


Iagssidy Decs,s5er 5.
On motion OF MIR. Currie, Orers,. tina, $50 CO.
pics OF the correspondence just read, between the
Secretary at war ot the u. States aud tie Govern.
On, the subject OK the defence u; THIS Common
attn, be pr,uted Tor tn OF the General Asaen.
BIZ.
o., motion by Mr.. Da,e Cot Orange, l-Orderetl,
thst $50 copies al the last Oi the inhabtants
OF Virginia be printed for the Of the General
Assembly
GA motion OF Mr. Dade, Got Orange, )-Resolyed
That the 5Sth Rule ct this hOusc be suspen detl ;
and, thereopon il was ordered, tina, Alessrs Smy tii
Eof Greenbrier, Holt, C0piin, IRWIN, and Shei,i,
be added Ia the committee appointed to bring in a
bill :" Foe arranging the Count of this Common
wealth into districts to choose Representative 70
Cousress
On motion of Mr.. Currie.---Resolyetl, That so
much ofthe Governors Communications AS r.lat.s
to las correspondence With the Secretary at War,
concerning the measures necessary IL be adopted
for the defence at tins State, aud much thereof
relates to the requistons 81 N.litia made nv the
Government of the Uuit,d States, with the course
pursued by tl,e Executive in compliance herewith,
be rel, rred to committee, with leave to report
by bill, otherwise. 4 committee according
" appointed, Of NJ ssrs. Currie, STANDARD of
spousyi,anra, Yanee,, Tyler, Bowyer, Leigh OF
Dnwidie, Preston, Arch.r, Coleman OF Caroline,
l.. of 40 folk borough, Barbour. 5ranham, Um-
dtrwopd Bact burn, johnson OF Isle of Wight,
Rosne Watkins ut Charlotte, aud Holt.
On mo,.n by Mr.. Jones OF Essex. --O ordered,
That Leave be given 10 bring H. a bill amend nj,
Act ehtltiru =" IN act Tor hlrther continuing and
mendinS the act, ent'led an act tor reducing
Que the several acts coue.rr:ng Executions, and
for the relief OF insol,ent jebtors !; aud Il commit
tee accordingly appointed.
On motion by MIR. johnson Of Isle ofNYleht-
Ordered, That leave BE- given to bring in b "a" TO
amend and explain the act entitled, Z" an act cor
corning taxes lands :" and eommttse was ac-
cordingly app0iuted.
On motion by Mr.. Nnland.--Reso!yed, That a
G. nmitt,e be ap ointed TO examine the Registers
Ohiv".-And, one Unsupported.
a petition was prcseue ed and read, from sunlry
citizens, inhabitants OF the county OF Pitsyiyania
praying repeal OF the Act passed at the last
ion OF assembly concerning taxes on lands, Re
ferred u tie committee appointed to bril- 9 in a L
s' TO amend * explain the Sud act."
"A petition presented and read, from the
citizens ~ Richmond county, idins III iuneabure
Parish. praying tat the Churches ~ the said cou-
y which formerly belonged to tia Protestant pis-
col,ai Society, be sold, together With the Plate
thereto belonging AID that the money arising there
from be appropriated to the eddcat;n ut poor chill.
dren in the saitl cuIniy.9'sn Il ,e'tou from the
eiizGn Of the sam cnu ~, resl.ns in .North.
59,IhGnl Perish, to the So e purpor.--.4 pc
iitlon of Bark, emaacipaicd .n,a of color
lately the property OF James flonpson. sen. de-
ceased PRAYING 10 b. permitted to continue as a free
person III this con, IIon@ eaih-A petition subioined
thereto, by Francis y. Thompson, Cat'arine
Thompson, widow OF James Thompson, dece ,se,i
au5 others, that the prayer Of the said petition niay
b grauted-a petition nj Sam HNs RAN al color
emaueipated on the 1870 of August last rrqu, sting
PERMISSION remain ,n TIE state of Virginia AS a
free i,fic't o. S!ulrY persons Ia lis a.
foI'; and petition of .Inc Sport. .,dnby shewi,is
th.t no York tnwa, the properly os " il
liz ary, nnw deceased, who, by his last will desi-
7, 81, If the petit behaved himself aitAfii.ly
and obeIlipnty to his widow, during her life he
Ghpud I've emancIprtrd at her decrease he therefore
pray the legs alive body consider his SITUATION
q grart him liberty to remain in his state
pro- uciHG also sun,ry documents ia support of his
pett.on--al wheel. petitions referred to the
committee for Courts OF Justice.
A petition presented aud rad from the Nav
or, r. cor Ter, atitTmeu and Common Council men.
and other frech0lders OF the t1~e OF Winchester
praying, for rtasous st forth therein, that an act
may pass allowing the treeh0ldsrs of the said town
to send a Delegate e. the General DISQUALIFICATION a
petition Of sunirN inhabitants of the county of Mont
spuery, representing that they suffer great ineonve.
EieHres trOIl being compelled to pay toll for travel
ling the turnpike road on the Ailegany Mountain ia
gone To and from musiers courts martial, couaty &
RI. riOr courts, meetings for divine worship, &c.
tr a man and horse are little, or no, Injury 90 the
SAID rna and, trSm experience, drOvs at cattle are
vesy injurious; aud praying that law may pass to
reucdy tie grievances OF which, they compiain-a
petition from q number of the in abitants Of the
ssme county, pra' ing that separate election of de-
lie ats, &c. be he'll At the hons. OF Daniel Spang.r
any other house the OF the pat OF th,
county where the petitioners reside, the south
side OF the Pilot MOuntaiu to comprehend
fonr captains eompSiies. namely, Cox's, Hnwcl's
Goo,isop's rnd smith st petition from number O.
Mia isants OF Monroe county, Collecting AT apuro
pfiatio. at the of three hundred dollars towards
assisting in the conpleti of road thsrei, nenti-
one Ia petition of Lawrence Muse, of Essex coun
ty, praying to he exempted from the obligation i'm
posed, by an act of assembly, passed IN the year
1866, upon certain &c! iba' Richie his lac IRIS aud
assigns, (the petitioner being purchaser from the
said Ritche,) to keep aud maintain IN or,'er a GER
tain eauseway the road to his ferry ut .apuahsu-
mock, and to keep in rspair a road from the said
causaway to the publ road Of Richmond ounty-S
petition Of the inhabitants OF Russell county for
farther siO. to flat county, of the law di-
rectiug the proee sspning Of lands Al which petiii
ons were referred to the committee of Propositions
hHe tiri"vanc 6.
petiiion If vid Ruifuer, of the county of Ke- |
nawa, was presented and read, con. planning of lii.
un ne eecton return OF David Cartmi!, a dele |
gate returned to serve IN the present General rs.
senbiy the gr 'unh that the petitioner had ma
jor y Of votes thc evening Of te first day of cleo
ton. and that gooi exsted far keeping the
poll open second day n ferrtd to the committee
Of Privileges and FL ctions
a petition was pr nted and read Of John More !
head pf the cnnnty of R1ckbridge, (with sundry do
eaments in support thereof) TO he allowed conpep.
saffron for the of boat, and labor of the persons
navigating her, icy I'd in the service of the com
s7sion -appointcd 10 view the improvements mad,
Nv thr James Riyec Company from Crows Ge,;, 10 |
Richmond Referred 20 the committee of Claims.
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