Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-02-19

| the elections will i'm future be guided
Although The President has recommend
Ell iiie taking possession of the Floridas,
as u the treaty had been ratified. n is
stu, however, said that the executive
have received late accounts that il viii be
raiifed, and is expected believe every
day" Boston Cent
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LEGISLATURE OF virginia.
EAihACrs FROM THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE
OF DELEGATES.
Uednesday. February i6 A communication
from the Senate, that they had passed the
bills. Divorciag Mary Brad, from h. r hu,-
band thornton Brady" APP, ointing commas
Sioners 10 locate and mark a road from the
| town OF Winchester to the North Rrancb of
The Potomac river, and from Winchester to
the town OF Romney, and incorporating COM
panIeS to make the same to amend All act
| reducing INTO one the several acts coacerpipy
pilots and regulating their fees''-also the bill
10 amend an act, entitled an act TO reduce
INTO one act tue seve'al acts concerning the
| Literary Fund with an amendment. This
amendment was laid upon the iabl.
The Senate's ameudInpBis TO the bill respect
ing me arranging of the counties into districts
Ioi me election or Senators and tor cunaitZ;ns
| the land tax" were taken up and agreed TO
An engrossed bill, - In amend an act, euti.
concerning guardians, orphans curs, 8
| lntants, masters and apprentices was read
| third time and rejected ayes SO, noes 100
EngroSsed bills" TO enlarge the Luuatic
Ilospltai IN the city of WilIiamsburg"-'' 10
amend an act concerning the constables for
me city OF Richmond"-" for paving the Off
ce's OF the General Assembly for their SER
wees during the present session"-were read a
thlrd time and passed
thursday, Feb ia communication from
the Senate, that they had passed the bill
" CONCERNING Richard p Clements'-aIso the
Dill u amend the act, entitled An act for
clearing and improving the navigation of
James river, and for uniting the eastern and
western waters by the James and Kanawha
rivers, with am endments-and that they had
agreed TO the last amendment of the House
To the Dill concerning slaves, free negroes and
Rnlattoes.
The amendments proposed by the Senate IN
The important bill concerning the uniting of
the eastern and western waters came into
we" when motlonwas made by Mr.. Graves
| toroSipone the bill to the 3ist OF March in
| oiner words, 10 reject il. This gave rise 10 an
animated discussion. in which the rejection
was advocated by Mr.. Graves and strenu
onsiy opposed by Messrs. Lowell. Baldwin.
ohambefiayne and Morris of Hanover The
notiou 10 postpone was lost, ky majority of
90 votes, being l6 more, than had originally
carried the bill through the house-I'Le ayes
and noes were as follow:
AfEs-Mtssrs Drummond, Allen Jeter, RodophiI
JeteI Wdrd OF Berkeley Porter1eld, Eide, Edaneton
dickinson OF Caroline, Armistead Ruane Of Charles
CIy bois'eau, sssrke, Hill of Culpeper, Wilson OF
uieT
iaden Strange, Sexton, Morris Of Gloucester J,fiss
wn,e Armstrong, NeVI, Dyer Smith Of Isle OF Wight
, 1i"cheI, kliny Davenport Lucas, walker. A,ie
,ti '" mug william, Downman, CuTrie Bail OF Lon
uoun Hill OF Madison, James, BurweI Shelton ~
neck'rnbuig, CritendeD, wilson of Honongas Evans
cross, B"rland. Graves, Cock, Dunion, CHM MdsI.
ION OF nonhumbeIand, Knight, Irwin, ChapIine Harsh
fariax, Wooding, Watkins, Booker, Ward Of Princess
Asne Hoee of Prince william Bate Ball OF RandoInb
nuttl DIsk'nson Of Rnsseii, Rogers. Albert Brig,
Bowers, llnson, DelashInuit Pescud Middleton Of
WestinoTelahd, Bukey-7l.
NOES--MfsSys (fb
EveieIl, Garland, IaiiaferIo OF Amherst, Baldwin
Anderson, Brown OF Bath, Campbell Gray, BTecke en-,
Ilhge, fancey, Bocock, BCGinns, Roane Of Campbell
S,nait, baitaiIe, Wills rcklin Of Culpeper, Collier
hunter OF Essex, Garrett, ThonpsO Brown of Eau
u,ssI' woods magilI Johnson Of Giles Sndow
Moogt"n' ferguson, Hail, Smith OF Greenbrier, Nc
Laughlin, STARK, Darlington of Halifax Logan Mere
aiIn motifs OF Hanover, Cunningham, johnson Of
harrison Faris, Chamberlayne Seden Martin Bassett
Lowell Buster, IIoOe Of King George Taiia(eTro OF
King George Chrsman. Mcmillan, Roszell, Mcwborier
Raymond, Harris. winston Niiieft DesrafIenr lid,
Cantrill, Henderson Of Massn, Roy. NicLnIson VasS
Ersklne, powyer Montgomery Charlton Rion Ham
on, Ho6ges, Fletcher, Riyes Shelton Of Nielsen Davis
motoh' hughes, Stiries, Jones of Peudlefon, johnson
OF PeHdltton, Swanson, Archer, Miller Fox CoIIey
hooo, bIanhsm, Bower OF Rockbridge, Aiexander
herIlng, COiville, Spenger Quars HolIaday FiekIin
Of Stafford, waller, VeIvin, Wyc6e, wells, George
feeTy, DRYDEN, Mayo, Glaseock Morris Of wood Men
aeIson OF Wylhe. Grihn, Mocandlisb, Loyal Steven.
The amendments Of the Senate were then
agreed to.
hey 20 TO secure to the present James
his' Co"iPd"N tHe percentage allow al on their
STOCK, to ascertain with still more precision that
discretionary power is allowed TO tho Legis
iatnre 10 stop with or alter the work ia thew
please, and TO exempt the State from any res.
p0nslbiliy OIL account Of any debts that NAV
he contracted further than The couting emf re-
cushion OF ~ 600 year on the fund for
Internal mpTOVement-We shall attempt 10
give THIS Interesting bill in ertenso, iu the next
Enquirer.
The Speaker laid before The House the
following communication from the Governor
enclosing Report and tables OF Assessment
received from the Board of Principal sses-
sOrs Of the lands Of the Commonwealth The
said papers were ordered to be laid upon the
table, aud to be printed.
Council Chamber, Feb. IL, 1920.
SiR-I have the honor 20 lay before the
General Assembly the enclosed Report and
tables of Assessment, received at a late hour
yesterday from the Board Of Principal Asses
sors.
have the honor to he.
WITH great respect,
Your most Obedient servant,
THO: Nj. RANDOLPH.
The Hon. the Speaker
Of the House Of Delegates.
REPORT.
The Boardof Principal Assessors being
about 10 terminate their LoHg and labor.
Gus duties, have taken tins method 10
iniorm the Executive of that fact. and
TO explain some part sftbeir work, which
may not be so uril understood without
II. IN assessing The lands oi The Com
monw calib, they have considered all
ferries, mills and other machinrry, pr