Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-02-24
LEO LSLATUhE VIRGINIA.
EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNALS OF Tne noUsr
DE DELEGATES

OF DELEGATES.
monday, February 2I.-A motion wa
made by Mr.. Srlden, for leave 10 bring
III d bl!i " 10 appoint assessors 10 re assess
the lands IN lenrico county, and Tor o,h-
az puIpo>es"-w hich The House refused
he bill entitled an aci 10 anIend AN
aci entitled an aci reducing into one The
several acIs concerning The Literary
Fund, was taken up, OH Mr.. Chamber
iayhes motion, with HE observation-disclosures.
10 proposed by lie SENATE.
! II" LIST and I'd paragraphs Of this
amendment were as follows: +" BE al fur
tAer enacted, that, IN order To finish lhe
buildings OF The University oil Virginia.
az soon as practicable, there shall be 40
proprlaitd TO thai object the surplus re-
venue OF The Literary Fund, beyond iiar
already appropriated 10 The education of
ihe poor, and to the endowment of The
sad University. Tie appropriation Tor
buildings hereby made shall embrace ihe
surplus aforesaid now on baud, and such
surplus as may hereafter accrue provid-
Ell however, thai ihe whole suul So appro
Priaird shall not exceed S so, 900.
ne Il Jnthey enacted. ThatIi tIe Pre-
sldenl and Directors of,he Literary Fund
shall think II expedienl To ANTICIPATE ANY
part oi The appropriation hereby made 10
Tie buildings OF the University, they
shall be al liberty 10 negotiate d loan.
with either OF the banks in this Common
wealth or with any person, body polite
or corporate, for any part al the said
> 90 900, al an interest not eXceenino six
per cenium per amman, and TO pledge The
surplus revenue aforesaid for The redcnIO
ton thereof"
On Mr.. Cbamberlay mes motion. this
amendment was amended as follows -
In Tie flrsi paragraph Of the said amend
mehI, sirlkr out from HE end OF tie fist
sentence Ia The end of The said paragraph,
and insert provided tie said sum does
not exceed S Az, 53l 10 cents"
III The "a paragraph strike out The
words eighty thousand dollars" and
insert forty t"O thousand five hundred
and thirty one dollars, and 10 cenis."
A motion "as then made bv MIR.
Graves, that the said amendment propos
ed by The Senate be farther aneI,ied, by
striking cut from the word "Ii,ai" IN The
Isl line thereof TO The end OF the ri para
graph, aud Inserting The President aud
Directors Off Literary Fund shall be
and they are hereby authorized aud re-
CURED 10 place The preseHl dlspDsable
surplus of The proceeds OF The Literary
Fund, III such stock as, IN their Judgment.
shall be best calculated 10 increase The
proceeds OF said Fund"-w which motion
was rejected, ayes rs, noes 10.
Mr.. Graves then made a furIhCrmnIion
TO amend the Srnaie's amendment. Ly
striking iherefrom The whole thereof. AS
amended irem the word that" and in
serling the following IN lieu of il 81 HE
rcmainlng dIsposabic surplus OF me I.iter.
AIRY Fund shall be divided Into foHr equal
parts, one OF which shall be applied 10 Tie
purposes 81 The University and The re
naming three paris shall be distributed
10 The different cOHuiiPs and corpora >
lions within This CnmDlomweaIil. IN pro-
portion 10 the number III free whiie pupu.
TALON 10 each respectively, for thr puT.
pose ct educating Tie poor. "--'rhs
hthendment was adopted ayes 80 noes
62.
Aud tie bill thus amended. was return
ed 10 the Seuair.
En2rosscd bills" concerning wits of
error cOiam NObis Sc 10 arr, ud The act.
entitled all acl 10 reduce into one aci
the several acts concerning executions,
and iDr Tie relief Oi lnsulveni debtors"
(witb a ryder proposed by Mr. Buoker-
TO amend an aci, epiilleh an act, cOu-
ceTni"S William Campbell" To amend
az act, entitled, an ACT against embdz-
zIiug OF records, aud for other purposes"
were read 3d time aud passed.
An eDgIossed bill concerning The
FUND Tor ilie erection ni Monument in
lie memory OF George Washington"
was read Sd tine, aud an MIR Wis
action, was postponed until ilie 3ist day
Of March.
I"csdoy, Feb 22.-A communication
ron ibe senate, that ll,ry had passed ,kc
Ddis e." altering Tie time OF holding q
superior court ~ Iaw for the county of
l.unrnburg -" authorizing ihe l.aa,d of