Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-12-08

luton, and expressed his conviction, that its
adoption would save much time, and enable
the House 10 proceed with more rapidity i'm.
transac;ing the public business
fesof'fd, that the following he added to the stand
ing rules oi this House.-Ihat hereafter, when n
member shall rise To pr n petition tn t, House
he shall briefly state the facts contained in IL and The
same shall be referred without being read unless by
mo''on OF u member for its reading, fog its rccc-
ton.
Mr.. Mallory of Orange, wished that the re-
solution would be laid on the table, and that
IL would receive the same fate as the one
winch the House had Just taken up.
Mr.. Trump, OF Cumberland, expressed him
self favorable TO tbs object of the resolution.
lie anImadverted on the time which was us,i-
ally consumed in reading petitions, and the
consequent expense To the commonwealth
Economy in the expenditures of the Legisla-
ture was us desirable ds il any other branch
oi the government. He thought some effort
ought 10 he made In curtail the enormous IT,
gislative expenses OF the state, amounting M
tins time 10 one fourth of its revenue. II had
been increasing for the last twenty wears with
rapidlty which ought To be checked. Mr..
=. hoped IN short time 10 furnish to the
House statement showing this Accommodations
Mr.. Mccoy again urged the tendency of
TIE resolution 10 save the time of the House
lie saw, 40 impropriety in acting upon il inn
mcdiately.
The House refused to lay the resolution on
the table, and the question recurring upon its
adoption, MIR. Mallory expressed his opinion
that the resolution SD far from saving time,
would add To It's consumption.
! Mr.. Blackburn Concurring in this opinion.
was opposed to changing the rule of the House
on this subject, which was founded in wisdom
and experience. He said there were already
more rules OF the House than he well under
stood, or than were generally practiscd, and if
The reading OF petitions was dispensed with,
more time would he consumed by members
IN making long speeches, explanatory of the
objects OF petitions than was now consumed
by the clerk in reading them
DIR. Mccoy thought the statements of mem
bers need be very brief, and could not be as
long as the petitions themselves.
| Mr. Page could not consent to destroy the
rules which had been adopted from the fuun-
cation OF the government, and had been sane
TONED by the wisdom of all preceding legs-
iat"res Applauding The object intended To
be gained 10y the resolution, he entered into Il
BRET statement To show that it could not be
attained IN this way.-Iie believed that the
| people We're not unwilling to allow sufficient
time 10 thelrrcpresentatiyes to understand and
examine fully every subject which should he
presented for their consideration.
| The question was put, and the resolution
was rejected
On motion of AIr. Page, leave was given 10
bring IN bill RESPECTING, the glebc land in
| the parish of Frederick"
On Mr.. Garland's motion, the resolution
proposed by MIN on yesterday was taken up.
and amended, s:,,l on the question put there
upon, was agreed to by the House, in the fol
lowing words
EesOireI, that the Documents hereafter ordered 10
be printed 10y this House, shall bc printed ptpe
OF the same sac OF the Journals and a copy shall
he hound up with each Journal he furnished u the
members 1T the end of the session and thai ii,.
public prnier he dt ected 10 print 80 additional 90
PIES oi each document, ordered 10 be printed, Tor the
.,hovc purpose.
On motion of Mr.. Epps,
Res0tued, That the Executive he requested to Iay
| their Journal hciore the ii
On Mr.. Hunton's motion, leave was given
10 bring III bill 81 10 amend the militia law $
| OF this commonwealth"
petition was presented from Andrew
Barrett of the county ofCabeIl, complaining Of
1 the undue return of Alexander Ca,ct IT, as a
Delegate, in violation of the right OF the peti-
toner, who contends that he was duly elect
ed :-Reierred TO the committee of T. s. T..
Petitions were received :--tru.n ''rhomas
Edwards oiMathews county, who sold in 1917
"A tract OF land which he then held in right Of
his wife, who approved of the sale but has sud
denly departed this life without having made
deed for the same; the legal tile Ia which
is nov vested i'll the petitioners infant children
IN right OF the deceased mother the pet-
; toner prays for law TO authorizes Elm Il
convey the said land in fee simple 10 ih,
purchasers from John Ward, PRAYING for ;
law securing to him the possession, until
prior claim of ,ract of land of 1000 acre.
which he holds under patent, issued to Jere
; miah Ward assignee of Thos. Iion dated tn,
9th July, 1893, the said land being discover
, ed To be included In a military grant, to Capt
John Savage and sixty one or two persons, fo
1857 acres ; part of two lots whcreo
covering "A part of the 1000 acres has sine
} been escheaied to the commonwealth from
Robert 5. Smith, an emigrant from Grra
Britain, now residing in Wood county, pra yin;
that he may be authorized to take conveyanc
: OF certain lot i'll Parkersburg, &c. Oh con
dition of his becoming citizen as soon as tn
: laws of the L. States will permit from I'D
, ward Hughes, a resident of Charrstown inlet
ierson county, and an emigrant from irclan
IN 1916, hut who has determined To become
citizen of the L. States praying leave to hoi
: a lot i'll said town in fee simple from Wnl
Ryan and Catharne his wife in the city {
Z, Richmond, who emg@ted from Ireland i
l 1904, and are now ciiiZc MS of Virginia, pray
: ing the commonwealth to release its right {
, certain real property in the said city, Of whic
: John DicAIara, died seized, intestatc and with
I out any child or other relative in the Unite
! States, save petitioner Catherine, &c. &c
5 from Peggy Cox of the county of Grecnbrie
to be divorced from her husband Henry Cox
, from Phebc Bennett, widow ofVan Bennett
; tate ct Jefferson county, praying for leave t
sell tract Of land i'll Berkeley county, fo
the purpose of paying his debts, and prevent
], Ing the serious sacrifice Of his personal Pre-