Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-11-14

prince-George,) SteinbcrgeN Belsclhes go,
!of Bote,onrta Field, Barrett Cook tbf Frag'
Paxton, sIcWhorther, Thomas (Npf Mason. Zoo
lev, Mitchell, HALEY, Jordan ann Holt
Il Conm,ttse 70 examine The 1rApory- NJ, ssrs.
Smythe (of Wythe,) Preston, irwin, Bradiey,
Graves, Blackburn, Booth, Moryau, Da,le,
FulkcrSon, Bradford, Galloway and stuart
Il Com 1itteeto examine the ieniteat;a,y- House
..Messrs. Banks, Hughes, Booker Edie, John
Rees B. Thompson, Field, Joplin, Latane, Bry.
am, Gray, King and Bradford.
Il Costautteeto examine the Executive Erpendi-
lures, d,oing he past yer; .Messrs Maury, Yam,
Carmichael. Bernard, Foster, Hankins, Tur-
ner, Smith (of Giles,) and McHenry.
A Committee Of Roads and hnternai Navigation
.Messrs. Lewis of Campbell Mercer( cf Lou
doun) Smythe (of w ythe,) Mercer (of Spott-
syYana, farewell, Stokely, Tucker ,Dade ,Craw-
ford, Gray, Harrison (ofRockingham,l Marshall,
Rose, Penn (of Amherst Penn (of Patrick,
Clark of Halifax, y Caldwell (of Ohio, Jackson,
Pcake, Cook (of Norfolk Wilson (of kenaw
ha,) and Berkshire.
Il Committee TO eraD,ine the Register s-Ofice..
Messrs. Estill, Wilson (of Monongalia,) Mar
tin, HYDE, Mathews. Fugate Borland, Cary (of
Warwick, and Currin
A Committee to eTdmine the CLERKS Office.
Messrs. Cook (of Norfolk, Richardson, Harda-
way, Porterfied, Land, Seawell, Newsum, AL
eXander, Daniel and Edmunds.
A Committee Of Finance. .Messrs. Mercer (of
Loudoun,) Hay, Tazeweli, Mercer {of Spottsyl-
vania,) Giles, Archer, Baker, EstilI, Doddridge,
Smythe COT Wythe Heath, Yancey (of Trucking
ham, Mallory, Lane, Thweatt, Marshall, Wyatt,
Wooding, Lewis (of Campbell, Crawford, ID
ley, Rose and Bowyer.
n Committee to erdmine Enrolled Bills.
Messrs. Williams, Graves, Gregg, Inghram,
Enstace, Pescud, Lawrence and Arniistead (of
Chares-City.)
n Committee Of Schools and Colleges Messrs.
Scott, Giles, Tazewell, Hay, Maury, Taylor(of
Chcstcriieid,) Faulcon, Bryce, NeSsum, Gar
net, faliaterro, Upshur, Penn (of Amherst,)
Austin, Atkinson, jackson, Harrison (of Rock
ngham j Doddridse, Morgan, Tucker, Grymes,
Curd and Pollard.
The following gentlemen were re-eiect-
ed Clerks TO the several Committees above
designated =
Caithorp Howard Clerk of the Committee
for Courts of Justice; Edmund Pendle,on, jr.
Clerk of the Committee of Propositions and
grievances; Charles Barrett, Clerk of the
Committee of Privileges and Elections, and
Claims; and Peyton Drew, Clerk of the Com
mittee of Roads and Internal Navigation.
Mr.. Hay (of Henrico) presented the petition
OF George Savage, contesting the election of
William u. Chamberlayne, person returned
to serve as Delegate in the present General
Assembly, from the County of Henrico, on the
ground that the Petitioner, as he contends, and
not the said Chamberlayne, was duly. elected,
bya majority of the Freeholders of the said
CountX.--Reierred to the Committee of Privi-
legcs and Elections.
n motion was made by Mr.. Sexton, that the
House agree TO the following as an addition to
the standing Rules thereof, viz
II shall he the duty of the Public Printer re-
gularly, as reprints the Journals ofthis House,
to send TO each County within this Common
wealth, by mail, four copies of the Journals of
inns House, to be sent to such places the
Members of the County shall previously direct
and one other copy to the Clerk Ofeach Court
of Law or Equity within this Commonwealth,
to be by the said Clerk preserved for the use
n md fnr Tho inf fiOr, IL
good people of the Commonwealth. The ex-
pence ofpostage shall be paid out of the Con-
tingent fund
He enlarged upon the propriety of diffusing
information among the people, as well as hav-
| ing the Journals a record for reference-sta-
| ting, that on some occasions, il might be re-
celved as the only authentic evidence of an APP
polntmcnt for instance, of Judge.
motion was Aisati by MIR. DodGridec to fill
| the blank with te,a-Lost-Anotlier motion to
| fill il with sir, was also Ost--Four was then mo-
we'd, and carried.
Or. Lane asked who was TO gather and pre-
serve the copy-ifsent? If the Mie-sheet were
lost, who was to know whether it was the Jour
nal of that House, or of any other?-He thought
it would be sufficient to send one extra copy TO
the clerk of each county to be preserved for the
inspection of the peOple-He therefore offered
the following substitute:
Resolred, That one Copy of the Journal of the
House of Delegates be annually transmitted
with the laws OF this Commonwealth to the
Clerk of each County, to be kept by him, sub
ject to the inspection ofthe inhabitants of his
county.
Dir. Baker doubted whether they could thus
regulate the duties of the public printer by
their own decisiOn-but suggested, whether it
would not be best to direct themselves, over
whom they hadjurisdiction, TO deposit one of
their present copies at the Clerks office, as
public record
Mr.. Giles observed, that as the members had
such different views upon the subject it would
be better to take time for consideratiOn-more
ernor's Message to act upon it-He therefore
moved 10 lay the resolution OH the table, which
was agreed to.
Mr.. Mercer of Ioudoun,) presented pc
titiOn from I" the Loudoun company for the
encouragement of agriculture and manufac-
lures" praying for act of incorporation
stating, if it were iheXpedent to grant that re-
quest-then TO suspend the penalties of the act
of the last session for the suppression ofunchar-
tered banks, by the passage of a law protect
ing them against its operation, and enabling
them TO collect their loans, and close the bust
ness of the company, in a fair and honorable
way-The memOrialists urge, that since the
passage of the act of the last assembly, they
have endeavoured by regular curtails, -. settle
and close the business of the institution and
toavoidthe violation of the law-but that they
have found il impossible, within the time
therein prescribed to accomplish their object
This petition was referred To select commit
tee, consisting of Messrs. Mercer, of LoudounO
Gregg, Sexton, CostOn, Heath, Peak Por-
terhcld, Williams and Thomson, (of Fair
fax)
Mr.. Coiston (of Berkeley also presented ape-
tition from certain inhabitants ofBcrkeley conn
~, stating the wantof a banking capital among