Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-02-10
TIGGI.NI.q LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Y,lllrS6nn. Ech.

4 communication from the Senate. stating that
they hal passed the bill, " To preserve the public
arms, (this bill embraces the establishment Of arse
nas)-an! cne g For establishing College in the
comfy OF hlbemarlc, and for amen!irg the Act for
establishing public schools" with amendments
And that they had .iecteI the hin "Concernng
20 ethan Johnson and James Msrtens."
HE said amendments agreed TO by The
House.
Ensres,c6 bills, Concerning r. Fox. sheriff OF
Sioncesrer"-and authorizing the sale of portion
81 tract OF land belonging TO the orphans OF Levi
iavIor. deceased" were respectively read tliid
time and passed.
bill "Confrrnirg the tiles TO lands held by
patents granted on inclusive survey" was taken up
and rejected.
Apcngrossed hill, "Au,horizing Thomas Wilson
and others to erect toll-brilge James river"
near Westham, a few miles above this CITY, was
reed third tine and passed
The House vent into Committee of the Whole,
on the II solutions o. the Committee appointed to
enquire how far Legislative relief ought to be given
10 the people. until the Banks shall specie
pavmerts; and made amcndpents-'i'hey also
dtcuss ID the Bill. " To amend the several Acts
here tni re made 10 prevent unlawful gaming and for
other purposes, to which several amendments
were made. The hi!'was sert to zee encros7ed.
The bill requiring the Sherifs of the different
counties and corporstios within this Commonwealth
to take the sense o the people upon the proprety Of
cainga Contention" was taken up. amended, and
or'ered to be engrossed and rc4d u Sd time, Ayes
SO, Noes SO.
YESTERDAY, the II. of D. passed the
Bill to SUPPRESS Gaming, which declares
that any exhibitor of Faro, E. O. or
any other table-or any individual who
suffers it to be played in his house or
on his race-feld, &c. is guilty of a high
confinement in the Pe1iitenfiary-Th
Law to be gwen in charge to Grand Jul
ries.
The Convention- Bill, which directs a
poll TO be opened in each county and cor
poratlon for registering those .freehoiders
who are in .fGUor of Convention, for re-
vising the State Constitution, and those
who are against it. was taken up yester-
day, discussed, and finally acted on-Tor
The Bill "a, against it 9O-It is tonse-
Quenty lost.
Legislative appointment.
Col. Chamberlayne Jones, (pf Anroi;,..)
Brigsdier General Of the Militia, in the
place OF Gen. l.. Mosi>y, resigned.
REPORT
On tie condition cffhe Bank q TIrgfria and Far
'ners' Bank Of gi'gi'ia.
The Committee appointed on the part of the
touse ct Del, gates, to act jointly with Co nntee
OF the Senate, in examining the condition OF the
Bank OF Virginia and the FMmers' Bank of rgin-
il, have, according 30 Order performed that duty,
and beg leave u rePors;
Ihst the enquiries which they were directed to
make, by the joint resolution OF the two Houses,
consist OF ihe two following descriptions
1t: Whether the Bank of Virginia, or the Far
mers' Bank Of Virginia, either ofthem, continue
u refuse payment ~ specie Of their resDectve notes
when presented for pay ment and if So the causes
thereof; and whether any, and what interference is
necessary on the part ofthe General Assembly to
enable them to resume the payment of their notes
IN specie
@nd'y What IS the condition of the two Banks ,
In regard to the LIST of these enquiries, your com
miltee beg leave to refer the House OF Delegates
Tor information to the annexed letters Nos l. 2, g.
and ., which have passed this occasion between
the Chairman 81! the Joint Committee and the Pre-
sidents Of The Banks.
with respect to the Cd, your Conmittee deem it
most eNpetiient under existing circumstances to
bring into the view oil the House the suboinet gen
era statements of the condition Of each of the two
Banks the list day of January of every year since
sestabishment; the AZ gate in which state
ments n5y be- verified b. a reeurr. nee To the de-
tailed exhibits accompanying this report, and com
muuieatcd lor this entire satisfaction Of Tia.
General Assembly.
5TI a, f0oPT9
Below you will find the Resolution of the
Legislature appointing Committee to examine the !
state Of the Bark Of Virginia, and assigning their u
ty. ] am instructed 10y the Commiitee IN ost 10
formation Of the Bank Of Virginia the folio wing
subjects;
list. Whether the B'rk Of Virginia continues to
refuse payment ~ specie offs notes whea present
ed for payment
2nd. II such be the fact, the cause thereof
and,
5r'i. Whether any and what interference is ne.
cessary on the part oithe Legislature 20 enable the
Bank to resume the payment oil its notes in spe-
Gle
Respectfully, sc.
,u(Sigaed) All POWELL, &C.
Tile Presid'7H efgie Baik IF Virginia.
No. -
o Bank ef Vsgaiia, ED Jan 1916.