Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-12-31
VIRGINIA LEGLSLATURE.
HOUSE OF DFTTTNTCS
Eifdau. Eecember %.

Mr.. Dale called IN the Execution Bill
which the Select Committee had brought
in-Scveral amendments wereproposed.
Mr.. Alexander moved TO strike out
=" deeds Of trust" so as to let them remain
untouched-Lost.
Mr.. Stohelv (of Wood moved TO intro
duce " the bank Of Marietta in the state
OF Ohio" as one of those, whose notes
might be receiyed-Mr. :. stated that
these notes constituted a large portion of
the circulating medium of his section OF
country-Car,1ed.
MIR. WCoy (of Tyier,) moved to add
:" the Union Bank of PENNSYLVANIA
whose notes circulated in the North Eas-
tern Section of the Statc-Cmried
Mr.. Clarke (of Powhatan) proposed to
add after the enumeration of the banks,
proviso, that " the court of the county
where such sale is about to take place,
shall previously have determined such
notes to be current i'll that county"-Mr
C.. assigned as the reason of this propo-
sitlon that it would prevent any notes
from being received where thew are not
current, while it would permit them TO
be rendered wherever they were current.
This amendment was carried
Mr. Dade proposed 10 add to the com
mencing clause, that this act " shall con
tinue int force till the BLANK day of blank :
Carried
Mr.. Dade also proposed to amend the
bill so as TO make il the duty OF the coun-
ty courts to declare which of the nofes
specified were in circulation in their res
pectye counties-Amcndment agreed to.
The question was then put on engross-
ing and reading the bill the third time,
which was carried.
Some private and local bills were acted
onabout which the reader will in llpro-
liability feel little interest.
Saturday, Dscsmbe,' %.
The Speaker presented the following
Communication which he had received
from the Governor:
Council Chamber, 9Th Dec. 1916.
SIR,
Through You have the honor 10
communicate to the House of Delegates,
the enclosed letter Just received. ! must
be pardoned, for the oppression of tiat
peculiar pleasure which feel, in being
made the organ of this communication,
modest, interesting, and so honorable to
the feelings of our Justly distinguished
teilow-ciiIzen, Major General Edmund
Pendleton Gaines.
have the honor TO be,
With great respect,
Your humble servant.
JAMES p. PRESTON.
The Honorable
The Speaker of the
House Of Delegates.
Richmond, Va. Dee. cd, 1916.
SIR,
have the honor TO acknowledge the
receipt ola letter from your distinguished
predecessor, Governor Nicholas, encIos-
ing resolutions of the General A ssembIy
ofVirglnia, testifying their appreciation
ofmy conduct in the defence of Fort Erie.
and presenting their thanks to nv gal
liant associates IN arms, during the cam
paign of 1914, for the noble manner in
which they sustained the military charac-
ter Oftheir country.
The qualification derived from contrast
ing the present state of our country with
the past-of Witnessing, and participating
III the blessings of honorable peace, COM
pared with the evils which preceded it, is,
TO me, a sweet and ample rec0mpence for
the privations and tolls Of war: but when
TO this, the General Assembly of nv ma
tre state generously add the unanimous
offering Of one of the highest tokens of
honorable applause, that the Legislature
ofan independent people can bestOw, or
soldier or citizen receive, feel myself
nader an obligation which no service that
have rendered or canrender tony coun-
try, can remove.
Permit me, Sir, to offer TO the General
Assembly, through your Excelcncy, the
slender tribute ofmy sincere md grateful
thanks, for the very honorable notice they
have taken of the gallant officers and men
with whom had the good fortune TO meet
Tie enemy.
deem 1t proper TO observe, that the
nature Of my movements during the last
summer, deprived me Of the pleasure of
receiving the very handsome and com
pllmeufary letter Of Isis ExceIlency Co
vernon Nicholas, until I've latter part of
august last, since which time my alb
sence from my compiaad, added TO the
particular occasion Of thqt ojssece, has pre-
vented my attention to this subject at an
earlier period.
have the honor to be,
With tile highest consideration