Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-03
Legislature OF Virginia /.
Extracts from the Journal Of the House Of
DefeoafeS

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Delegates.
MONDAY, december 29.-Engrosse bills
" Dividing the county of MOnOngdiia'- 10
reduce Into one the several acts aud parts of
acts, concerning the establishment, jurisdiction
and powers OF The superior courts OF law
cine last, one of the revised bills were res
Pectveiy read Sd time aud passed.
ne itouse Went INTO committee OF tile whole
the revised bill, y" Reducing into one act the
several acts concerning disputed elections of
members OF the Gencrdl = IS -mbly,' was taken
up aud amended.-The said bill was ordered
30 he engrossed and read I'd time
A report from the Committee of schools aud
colleges was taken up and read as follows -
The committee of SCHOOLS and colleges have.
according 10 order, enquirei into the manner
III Which the funds of the Richmond academy
arising from d lottery and subscriptions from
individuals, have been used and invested aud
beg leave TO submit the following facts as de-
rived from the verbal statement of several
persons who appeared before them 1t APP
pears, thdt some years sIHce, law passed tile
Legislature, authorizing the drawing OF "A lot
tory, aud by that means 10 raise for the acssIe-
my, 2O,000 the commissioners appointed uu-
der this ac:, divided the lottery into three
Classes, two OF which we're drawn, and produc.
ed profit OF 5 ,I25 - the remaining class
was not drawn from the uniavorable result of
the two iIrst classes, dad that about. October
1895, individuals had subscribed ) 32fj, max
ing uutedly, : 1888 - of this snm an ex-
Fenditule of about : 1000 has been made by
chasing lands OF lie balance of 5 ,g73 - the
SUM OF ) 1000 is amply secured 10 the acade-
my, and can be received when required the
balance OF ) ,913 IS If is feared will be entire
~ lost, or at ali events not more than one or
two hundred dollars of it will be received, as
from some causes unknown to your committee,
the collection las been so long DELAYED, as 10
bar tie recovery. ItappearS 10 your commit
Tee mat the real property now held by the
trustees OF the academy, is worth about 5 IL.
600, and has been acquired By the liberal doua
ton of individuals and purchase By the trus-
tees, and with the debts well secured, make
the academy worth 3 1900. The funds
OF this institution do not permit the trustees 10
complete the building which they have com
menced, on AN enlarged plan, but il is conf
IDENTITY anticipated, that should they from any
source derive fund sufficient to raise the
walls and cover in the house the liberaIit\ of
the public Will afford the necessary additional
sum ~ complete the building for the reception
OF students and professors, aud to place il IN
TINS situation, tile sum OF sixteen thousand dol
lars is estimated to be necessary. All of which
is respectfully Submitted.
Oh motion of Mr.. ScOtt-Ordered, That the
SAID report he laid upon the table.
TUESDAY,, December 30.-Ledve was given
to bring III several bills of subordinate impor.
lance.
On motion of Mr.. Taylor (of Chesterfield }
| leave was gwen TO bring in bill " 10 amend
an act entitled an act concerning tile General
| Court aud for other purposes"
revised
! bills, reported several other revised bills,
| which were read the first aud second times
and committed to the committee Of the whole.
Engrossed bills Reducing into one act
the several acts concerning disputed elections
| OF members Of the General Assembly, TO
reduce into one the several acts aliOwi : a
| bill OF exceptions 20 be Seaied"-'' Decarlii,,
who shall he couservatoTS of the peace within
this commonwealth" TO reduce into one the
several acts concerning counsel and atfornieS
II
ing the time OF holding courts in the county of
N0ttOway -" appointing commissioners TO as
certain aud mark the lines dividing the conn.
| ties of CraysOn and patrick'-" appointinp
additional trustees for the town of Bath in the
| county Of Berkeley" For isrelief of Jo-
sePh Maze late sheriff of Greenbrer''-'' Ex.
| oheratpg the sheriff of Tyler county from
damages on judgment rendered against him
al the last General COurt"-" concerning JOHN
| Walker" changing The time of appointing
an Inspector of -four for the Richmond dis
trict'-were seyeraly read the third time aud
passed
The House then went into committee of the
| whole, OF the revised bills, and after going
| through seven Of them, reported tie same 10
| the House, with an amendment TO one of them,
| Which was coucurred in-Ordered, that tue
| SAID bills be engrOssed and read sd time.
a report OF the Committee OF Claims was Ia
| ken uP--the resolutions Of which being lavora-
| bile to the petitions Of Sands smith Of Carter
| ". Berkeley, Of John Peck, Of .tamcs Blair and
| Moses COngleton, and Of John 4. Kfiby, were
| all concafred in by the House aud the Com.
| miitce of claims we're instructed to bring ia
| tie bills.
| Some other business on local subjects was
| transaC ied--Nhcn the house adjourned
| WEDNESDAY, Dec 3l.-DincrCut commit
tees handed IN bills on subjects committed to
| them.
On motion Of Mr.. Scott, RSsolred. that tie
| committee Tor courts Oi iGstice be instructed
| ~ enquire into the cxpedicncy Of authorizing
| the ilustings court for the borough OF Norfolk
/ thc town o. Petersburg and Tire ,ity Of Will
| amshur-, o. require Annually bond and sccuri-
| ~ az tht strcints OF the s1id bOroush, tswu o.
| cay, conditioned lor The faithful pcriornauc,
| OF isc dsiies of their oliccs, with leave to re-
| poft hS hii or otherwise.
Mr.. tiacil reported otherrcsisedbil,s. whicl
! Hsrc read The FIST AND second timcs, and &c