Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-01-13
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HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
WeAneSdnY. Lnnifn.u

NedneSdIy, January 10.
a Communi a.ion was received from the
| Senate, stating, that they had PASSED the
| following balls. entitlet--'' An Act appoipt-
| ting CO mm,ssioners To ascertain the MOST
!. proper place for holding courts for the
county of RUSSELL" an Act to author
ize the clerks Of the counties Of tins Com
! monwealth in cases where there is TO
County surveyor. to m k entries of lands.
| and grant copies of records from the Sur
veyor's books of Their respective coun-
ties -" An Act concerning Jacob KEN
an =" An Acc authorizing the removal Of
housr on Wide Water Street IN the DO.
| rongh ONO folk and for other purposes''-
And, that they had also passed tle bill,
entitled . An Act altering tue times of
holding cert in quarterly courts in the
counties of Lee and RUSSELL" with amend
ments--in which amendments the II. OF D.
| concurred.
Engrossed Bills" Concerning John
Burns'des and James Wiudon''-ss F. tab
fishing public square in tn borough of
Norfolk -" Establis ing several towns''-
10 repeal An Act emitted An Act to
prevent the destruction of she ep''-'s Con-
cerning Joseph 4. My-rs''-'' To expi4in
and amend an Act to amend the Act, en-
titled, An Act to reduce into one the sew
eral Acts concerning mills, mill dams, and
other distractions of water-courses' So
were severally read a third time, and pass
ed.
A variety of bills were presented, and
read.
a Report was received from the c. of
+. and q. declaring, that so much of the
petition of the Common Council and sun.
dry citizens of the town of Petersburg as
prEys for an Act entitI,ng them to Re
preventative in the General Assemble
extending the limits OF the said Corpora
ton attaching them to the Dinwidd;e
Senatorial district, and exempting them
from the p yment ofcounty lev,es. is rea-
so7a6le--And that 50 much of the said
petition, as prays that the power OF tue
Common Council to prohibit the erection
OF wooden buildings. when it shall be
deemed eXPedent, may be declared and
defined, be rcjecfed.-These resolutions
were laid upon the table.
Thursday, January II.
Ihe {. OFF,. and l. N to which WAS re-
committed the Bill, " 10 create q Filnd
for Internal enforcement, reported the
me without amendment.-OnM Mr.. Me-
GERS motion, Ordered, that it be laid uDon
the table and that $50 copies of it be
printed.
On motion of Mr.. Jackson, Ordered,
that leave be given to bring IN a bill, Re
gulatIng the Medical Faculty OF the State
OF Virginia
Various Bills and Reports were present
ed-and laid upon the table.
On motion IF MIR. Scott, (of York 1.-THE
death OF William Garrow. a d legate
from the County OF Warwick, having BE- II
announced to the House RESOLVED fl,,n,,i
5J70zLc/ry = c tcct;rrO-tr 6 .o...--.
memory of the Gle ceased, that the mem
bers of this House will wear Grape on the
lett arm for the remainder of the SEES
sion
And the House Immediately adjourn
YESTERDAY, the II. Of D. were en-.
gagged upon variety OF local and private
B.lls-Ihe Bill for opening the navigation
OF the James River up to Rockets. was
read 1st and ordered to be read a 9pd
time-lhc Bill for extending the nsvira-
ton from Rockets up to MSyo's Bridge.
was read the 2nd. and ordered to be en-
crossed and read the Sd time.-A bill was
presented for establishing a Turnpike road
from Manchester to Petersburg.
MIR. Scott (of York from the Commit
tee on the Literary Fund, presented the
REPORT, which this day graces our CO.
l1mns.
The proceedings Of tie Legislature be-
gin 20 assume most interesting aspect
The reports on Internal Improvement, and
on the Literary Fund, attract our most
anxious attention.
.Noz0, is tho question about to be tried.
whether Virginia is to hang back in the ca
recr OF Improvements, whether her
roads and rivers are to be opened ard the
minds Of her citizens are to be cultivated
and improvcd.--We are ashamed ct the
apathy into viii n she has fallen; and we
call upon her Leg slators TO arouse, and
redeem her from her situation.
Take oGthe most odfous tares ; arrange
the residue Of the additional taxes on prin-
ciplcs of equity and justice-but, in the
name of ali that is dear 20 Virginia, do not
starye her Treasury, and paraize her a
bi1ty to imProve her literary institutions, &
! her internal communication. Read the
remarks Oft the Columbian" Of New York
and let as prove by our works, that we
arc sill that high minded people which