The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-25

i Tim an aIiitianai sum Of money, besides
1T nc recc,vcs as pension from the gen,
Al government, be rejected.
=. ReSoived also, as the opinion of tn
Ouimittce, that the petition OF Agnes Han.
Aer, stating that her former husband, Joi
= dhe, deceased, was employed in the yeaI
N'76, IN the service o. his country in TIA,
he okee expedition, and was entltlcd u
Nairty eight days pay for his wagsoa and
am, and tor nndinS the Wagon SIX days
'rovision, amounting i'll ali to 26l. l4s as
~ reference To the certificate of Stephen
rlgi5, Wagon master general, is shown (;
nat John + me in his iteume never received
ny part Of the aforesaid claim, nor any one
.incc mis- death, and praying that the sam a
ioTcsaid n:ay DC app,lc;l To the benefit oF the
'eirs OF the said John Fame, deceased, is
'edsona5e. -,
The irst resolution being. twice read, "A
notion WAS made by Mr.. Leigh (of Dipw ID
.,e) to amend the same, by st,iA ng cat the
words g is reasonable" and inserting in
leu thereon, the words " be rejected. -
And the question being put on the said a
mcndment was decided in the Affirmative.
On motion OF Mr. WoodsOn, The secon;,
resolution was ordered to be laid Jpn. the
fbIe. The Sd and 9TH resolutions were
on questions severaliy put thcreupon, agreed
10 by the House.
The Speaker laid before the House .et-
ter from the Auditor of Public Accounts. If
this date, accompanied WIKI general and
detailed account of the taxes OF the year
1911 together with statement of cXpen-
dtures from the first of January TO he sis,
OF december 1911 also list of balance
lie from silerifls and others, from the yea,
~ 81 to 1910, both inclusive.
On motion of Mr.. on,-Ordered Tha,
cave be given TO bring in bill q To amend
n act, entitled an act to punish certain
taetts and fcrgeries )" and that Messrs. Va
hon, 'Cor5in, Otey, Tyler, Pryor, Haler
iebbs, Quarles, Robertson, McComas, Fa.-
~ aud Anderson (of Hanover) do prepare
nd bring in the same.
On motion of Mr. NTH, (of Grecnbrier.
frfred, That leave be given to bring in a
Nil, " to establish an inspection of salt ma
u lctured on Kenawha River in the Count
Is Nenawha ;" and that Messrs Smith,
'reenbrierD Morrow. Hansford, Runner
vans, Caperton, Campbell, (ofW ashington.
hariton, Preston, iScoth, Marreney, Blair
eeson, Taylor, and McComas, do prepare
md bring in the same.
An engrossed bill, "To amend an act
'ncerning the several acts of Asse mblv, res
Getting the turnpike roads, from Sniggers'
T, StaiS, and Ashbr's Gaps on the Blue
dge, to Alexandria, which lay on the Ia.
ne, was taken up, and read third time
nd negatived.
Thursday, January 16.
A communication from the Senate by their clerk
The Senate have passed the following bilis-'' An
act, to amend the act, entitled incorpors
company Ia establish turnpike from the termina
ton of Hunting Greek at Dogue Run, to the Deco.
guam -" An act concerning the navigation OF Pa
munkey and its hranches" " An act concern
ing William b. Waacc."-I'hey hay;. also passel
the bill g Releasing to James Douglass aud Mary hi:
w:'e, John NJ Yates and Ann his wife, the common.
wealth right to certain tract of land therein men
toned, with an amendment, in which they relues
the concurrence Of the House or Delegates-The RI
Or .. concurred.
IN engrossed bill "Concernng Thomas Brews
ter" was read a third time and passed.