Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-01-27
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURES.
EXTRACTS FROM TIE PROCEEDINGS OF TIL
HOUSE OF DELEGATES

IlhO&N(A LEGISLATURES.
| EXTRACTS FROM TIE PROCEEDINGS OF THE
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Thursday. Jun. 25 MIR. YaDcey, from the
committee OF X. and N. reported bill to
ameud tue act of last session, Tor clearing and
| Improving The navigation OF James river ana
| tor uniting the eosierb and western waters by
| the James aud kanhawa rivers. On his ,no-
| ion u was twice read, recommitted, aud orr
| dered 10 he printed
| The following bills ware also presebted--
| L, hy MIR. MasIli itom the &. for c. OF J.
| sesims III Ann Purcell The Commemorative
| night to certttn real property 2, by Mr.,
| Thompson OF Fauquier, providiur Tor enlArr-
| l'E Tie pTes"n', or erecting i new Jail for the
| county Of faUanIer; 3, by MIR. Mallory of
| U a"sr. concerning ihr legal representative
OF S"inm"d0re Jane> Rau0n, decd A bill l
concerning Nicholas Harrison: and 5,b con-
ee'h'ns John u Cary; q, lay Mr.. Meredith
concerning froe negroes aud maaiioes 2, MIR,
baSseit, if"n The &. OF 5 aud C.presenIed a
b''i 10 amend the act entitled an act 10 liz
corporate the trustees OF Northumberland A.
cadeIny - the county OF northumberland.
a"d ior The endowment of the same" All
"luch biils were laid upon The table
MT Cray from the Committee OF p. s. G.
repo'tea without amendmcmt. a bill foI ming
NE" county out OF part OF the counties of
Bath, Botetouri and Monroe-which was orr
deIen 10 be eHgrossed and read third time
I'm MI. NJ alIory motion. the &. of C. was
al Charged from the farther consideration OF a
CdbelI County.
On motion ofM Nc MILAN. The following
Resoiuiio0 was agreed to.
Resolved by the General Assembly That
the baard OF Public Words be- and they
are hereby requested 10 examine into the
eSpfdiency OF directing their Engineer To
eAainine The situation OF the Chnch and Pow
ell Niveis IRON the State inc o tennessee
TO the highest points OF which they are sns.
ceptible OF navigation by boats and To report
10 the next Legislature Iht prariicdbility Of
opehln@ qua improving The navigation OF The
said Rivers,
"A" eneroSSed Bill g concerning the Po-
tonac Company The object of which is TO
ASCERTAIN whether that Company have rorfei-
ied iheir Charter, or not WAS taken up Oh MIR.
SeTate
EngroSsed biIs-I concerning the town of
ChaTlI stow' In henawha--2, releasing To Jo-
seph Gray, the coDmonweeiih Iighi to cer-
t-ln real esiat', we've read aud passed
Inc mouse again went into Committee up-
on The bill, " concerning the sale OF prvp.tfy
under Executions and inc umbrances:' where's
upon, MIR. Mallory OF OIan.e, and Nh Loy~
ell, addTes,ed the Committee III opposition To-
anu MI Doddrijge il support OF The motion
Tor stilkIDg out the fiisi secIion-fhe ours.
tioU d length as put and determined IN Tie
affirmative
He committee then rose, and the Chairman
reported the bill with the amendment
motion was made 10y Mr.. Magiil 10 Law
The bill and amendment on The table Mr.
GIeaveS moved that the further cOUsIuei alton
OF TIE BIZ and amendment be postponed uu..
al the 3lsI March. Several un,uccess fui mo-
uons having been made 10 adjourn. Mr.. Ste
v'rson called Tor The preriOuS question aud the
house sustaining the call, Mr.. Gleaves' motion
tor post pODeme nj, was decide d in the atfiTma-
tive, hy ayes and noes as follows:
hYES-me'sr'. Banks Che spsaLer,) Rl,on. Black
buIn, Campbell, Breckenridge, Burwel, Edis, BOD.
bridge, Mallory OFF,, Lynch. Parker, Dickinson Of c.
Bossesn, Elan, Goodwin Of H., Collier Cotton
enhrongb OF E., Hunter, Thompson OF t., Sangster
Johnson "f g., Sntdsw, Lewis, NORRIS OF e.. fail
Mclaughlin Weihersd, Spencer ,Maclin Sneed Logan
white Of H., Meredith, Morris Of H., simons, Guam,
beTlaync, Selden. Crockef, Lawrence Hitby Bassetf
Row, fiooe, hyleit Roane, Gmour CufIie Ban wat
son. 5ill Henderson OF 81 ,Cfitiepden, EeaIy Wagner
Raymond ofM., Vass, Bower of NJ. Charlton Cfess
CoOk, Dunion. Nottingham Bayse, Belts Fletcher
ward OF Chapline, Fairfax Venabe, Dupuy, wata
OFF French, Coley BroeLenhTorgb Of X, BOwyetof
H., Herring, Jesse, Dickinson Of H Evcritle, Good
cyD ol puaTies, Patton, Waller, Rose, Edwards,
Trump Of EpPes, George, Gillespie, Mayo, Glesves
@cnieomery, Loyal, Stevenson 95.
NOES-Metsfs. DTummond Tesckle, Gordon, Gar.
iano, IadieTTo OF A., Estcli, Paue;on, BTowB Otey
MsIa OF b., PoHeIheld, BeaseJ, Yancey, meGiunis
McCsmas, bgfion, walker wyatt Richardson Barbour
Iickbn, wilson Of c., Edmonds, TbompJon Off.
Payne, Strange, Holland, caawsj, Magill, Sexton,
Watkins Of Woodson AecaTty, Maohif Dsvissos
Bincheloe, Dyer Davenport. Lucas Lowell Thompsop
Of Taliaferro II X G Mcmillan, RuSt, Raymond
NJ L . mcwhorter, winstoa Deer Fenreidi smith ~
L., Hudens, James, sbeltoa NJ, Green, Cray, shey
rard Gnsiin. Hamilton, Stewart, Shelton Of NJ cobbs
mckinley, Mallory ~ o morten, Ashby, Staples "a,
Watkins Of p. Marsney, Hart, Alexander, Matthews,
WOOD, TAYLOR, WALTON C0iville, wilton, Middleton
Glasscoet, Morris Of w, CTesi-s4
So That The bill for STAYING executions. &c.
was regretted by majority Of eleven votes
And the House adjourned.
Yesterday, MIR MaeiH, from the rompii.
Tee tor &. Of j presented bill making zee
neral provisions on the subject OF divorces.
An engrossed bill " forming new CONNIE
OF parts ut Bath, Pepdleton aud RandoIph
counties" was read a third time, and passed.
The Senate have yet TO act upon il. The pro-
posed name of the rev county is Smith in
honor Of the celebrated father of Virginia.
Capt. John Smith
a great number Of reports of Committees
we're read SONS concufred in. Others reject
ed Il but no business was done Of geueralJy
Interesting natnre.
as the debate on the Execution bill vas Terminated
much sooner than We bad anticipated we shall pehaps
ehdesTor IN some future nusber to give to our rssders
brief sketch Of the arguments used BY gentlemen On
that interesting subject
The long report from toe Committee NJ Finance to
the Legislature 81 Virginia. psbl,hsd ia this days "a
per- excludes almost every ing else from our eoiomas
~ We have received 10 northern mail for
the last two dsysii