Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-11-26
Hayinid Legislature.


I that rue Rouse DO Come to the following res
solution
Resolved. that the treasurer Sc required
To call an the presideut of the Eank az v:r.
gina. an'l the pre- 'ident Sf che Farme-ss
hank Of Virgiria. aud .nscertai, from them
the amount Of all sums Of money which they
have advanced for the use Of the mmon.
wealth. since the middle Of lriy iaSt, tcge
Their with statement Of any saynent which
they a. elther of shea, mag have received
on accouat Of such advances, and make re-
port to this House.
On motion Of Mr.. Watkins VI Charlotte,
The sald resolution was amended. BY adj.
ding thereto the words see sks1Yiyr.. h the
said report, he distinguish beeweea such sums.
as may have hsen advanced al, the. instance
OF the government, and such as the Banks
may have voluntarily paid
hno the said resolution, as amended being
twice read. was. on the question put there
u, On, agreed to by the House.
Oo n1orion ot. Mr.. Watkins of Charlotte.
the following resolutions were laid upon
the table fnr:the consideration of the HHuse
: Resolved. by the General Assembly
tnat the Executive of this Common We alth
De. and they are hereby authorised and re
CURED, to pay into the pubic Treasury
the one hundred Thousand dollars of Treas
sury Notes received by them of the General
governments and that the Treasurer be
hereby authorized and required 70 receive
the same and that the said one hundred
Thousand dollars be placed 70 the credit of
the General Government in the account of
mcnt>
And be il farther resolved, that the
reasurer De authorized and required to
Commute tne same, or any part thereof, for
the Bank Notes of the Banks Of anv o,b.r
state, which may be disposed of in payment
OF any claims On the Treasury: or in anv
other way TO dispose of the same, in saris-
faction OF claims against the State"
pni tor the relief of the sick and i'm
nrn' militia soldiers discharged or on fur.
OsSn, on their return to their respec i've
places OF residence - was read the first.
aud ON Mr. Magill's motion, the second time
and ordered 70 be Committed to commit
zee OF the whole House on the state of the
commonwealth.
On motion of Mr.. Watkins of Charlatte.
ordered, that 2. q copies of the said bill
oe printed for the use Of the members of the
General Assembly,
On motion of Mr.. Moseley.
Inc Restitution Of the committee for Courts
y, 9es,,Se, voting reasonable the petition OF
onsy warner, for divorce frpm ner hus-
band Osburn Warner, wss raken up and,
on the question put snereupon, agreed to
by the House
Ordered. that bill be brought in con.
sormably Herewith and that,he commits
tee for Cnurts OF Justice do prepare and
bring in the same
The House, according TO rhe order nj the
day, resolved itself into a committee of the
whole House on the state If the common.s
wealth; MIR. Watkins of Charlotte, in the
Chair; and, alter some time spent therein.
the speaker resumed the chair, and Mr..
Watkins reported, thar the committee of
the whole House had, according to order,
had nnder consideration bHl = to amend
an act for Repeating conveyances. which
passed the 9th If February 1874. . and had
agreed to several amendments threto. which
ne delivered in at the Clerks table, toge
Their with the said bill.
On motion o! Mr.. Robertson.
Ordered. tii.s the said bill and amend.
ments be Laid epon the table
Mr. Magl, from the committee for Courts
of Justice, presented
A bill g concerning Mary Andrews"
which, on Mr.. Tazewell's motion, was read
the first, and ordered to be read a second
time.
Mr.. Magill. from the same committee.
preserved
A bill " diyorcing Richard Jones from his
wife Peggy :"
bill incorporating company tn esta-
biish a turnpike road from the city of Rich.
mond to the Meadow Bridges" and,
A bill " Incorporating company to es-
tablish turnpike road from the western
termination of the Brooke turnpike to the
| Merry Oaks in the County Of Hasover ~
which bills had been re-committed to the
said committee
| Mr.. holland, from the same committee
| presented
A bill vesting part of tho public square
in the town in Fredericksburg in the Trus.
tees of the Male Charity School within the
| same :" and,
| A bill to amend an act for regulating con.
! veyances, which passed the 9th Of February
| 1914, with the amendments thereto propos
ed by the cont. ittee of the whole House
! was, on Mr.. Bakers motion taken I'D 49,
Whereupon,
The said amendments, being twice read
were. on questions severally put thereupon
agreed to by the House.
A Ordered, that said bill, as amended. bs
| engrossed and read third time.
report Of the committee on the subjec
OF state defence. was read as follows ::
The committee, 10 whom was referred 4,
much OF she Governors message to the &c
neral Assembly, as relates to the policy o
substituting a permanent force, for that nov
embodied in defence of the commonwealth
| have, according TO order, mad that subisc
under consideration, and beg to leave report
! IN part performance oftbeir duty. that the
have no hesitation Ia expressing their entir
concurrence in the recommendation of Tn
/ Governor.
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