Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-12-12
NIRGINIA LECIsLAruRE.

| he S"r6fe adjourned I'LL the Goth inst
In the Mttse Of Deieyafcs various reports wer,
received from diiiere tCommitiees--wlcl, we snail
! Inbsh more Observation-Disclosures
wins Tor q new election wee ordered to he Is
s,ied ON I'm the county ot Westmareland 10 SUNNY
The place a major John rurher,ille ,lec'l the a.
iher, the place OF Mr.. John Tyler elected into the
fiiyy Cnancil
On moion Of Mr.. Lewis (or Campbell) y CLERK
was appointed to the Standing Committee of Roads
AMI t'ternal navigation.
MIR. Fucker, of Pittsylvana, offered the
following resolution, which was agreed to.
here;s, by an act passed the Sis JANUARY 1872
ms Commonwealth entered into mutual -stinulati
ons with The State OF North Carolina T. the mr.,
pose ~ enabling an incorporated company to cut 4
na'igah'e canal from the river anohe 20 the river
Nieheiii', ard inr other purposes therein mention
Ell, AMI three commissioners were appointed nv
ire sad act who, jointly with three commissioners
appointed by the State of North Carolina were ar
th'rlsed to determine the route ofthe said cana'
ana Tn discharge other duties mentioned in the A.
ioresad supula0us and whcr. as information bas
oeen gwen to this House, that the said commission,
ers nave not yet completed the duties assigned them
by the anres;il act
Resoiued, therefore, that committee he orro;D,
ca 10 enquire into thc progress which the said COM
mssioners have made in the execution ol the alore
sad dates, well as into the causes of their dlav
III d'schargIng the same, and 10 report if any and
"hati urther provisions necessary for the pn..
pose OF carving the aforesaid act more fully and
speedily into ef,et
ne SAID resolution was adopte1 and n commit
tee appointed
Various private or local petitions were presested:
we ,','e oi winch Will be seen Ia HE Reports from
the Committees 20 whom they are referred
\ petition was received and referred from snnd,.v
citizens OF Frederick, Fauqnier and Ioutoun. pray
I'B tnot neg county b. formed out IF certain
p IT'S % those counties, under the name of JacI-
S0'.--aisn petition IN opposition thereto.
S'so-a % ti'ion from suntry Inhabitants of Ere.
d rex aad Shenandoah, praying for the establish
'ent oil ne1o county, out Of parts OF these eoun.
Also--one from sundry citizens of Richmond
praying the incorpo alton Of Company for the nI,
pose ofimproving h1 navigation G James river. so
as To permit vessels navigating the lower per, NJ tIe
river 10 up asfar AS the tide rises and of ;lo.
p owing ekoe creek d James river, above
ieyo's bridge, as high as Hax,lPs mills
A!s'-- one from sunary citizens of Riehmond
praying tie incorporation of company to open al d
ciearaway DISTINCTIONS from the Channel nf James
river, 81 as to permit vessels Of 25Oto 800 toys d,
pass IN to rockets.
(LT i,hei last pronosit'on viii improve the navi-
sa.ion 70 RScietfs--the preceding one will take;t
from Rockets to Mayo's Bridgc)
Als'---one from he manufacturers of salt in IA
nawila, praying the abolition Of the fq1. on sGh and
the release OF The sums now due on that account
.HoRdGy, December H.
Mr. fuckers Resolution to refer all petitions
without being previously read in the Housc-wag
rcjc ted
Mr.. stanar1, (of spatsy'vania) moved re.
Sliut'o to ieOte the law for opening the Rappaha--
mock river above--adsp'cd hail this spirit
with enthusiasm. 1.-THE Legislature will but e.o On,
as they have teSHH, mltUrins the improvements
which are projecting, the present session will be a.
mons The most important ones which Virginia has
witnessed
Various private and local Petitions were offered
and ref,Ir' d.
Two for new banks. one from Shephcrlstown-
the other from Parkershurg, III the county Of Wood
hey are willing to become Branches o. tic exis-
ting Institutions.