Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-01-24

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sn' nWe OF Washington Morris OF Wood Bukry Gleaves
NNs--Ns>.rs. Banks ohe s,eaker,, prummond, Wise
D,nr Gngyin, Jones OF brunswick Mallory Of I,rf,wrk
p"" OF buckingham. Eoise puckin ham, Rivrs o,
C.mphei- Clarke of 'nmpbrll BERNARD, Dickinson Of Ca
role Arn'''ie. tcane OF cAri.> Cu,, Wyatt, Richard
Sn, Johas.n Of Chesterfield Mci,a, Ward Cupeper
Dinwidiie Ross, Collier, Conn. Brooke Tbonp..
g,on Sexton Pave pcrra Msrri,s Of ."eo"..r w.r.
OF 6o"chmnd, Woodson, Bl" Maelin Stewart Sneed Car
Allen, Dyer, fio-nn wis Kirby Gregory. sauphter
incas Lowell, Ruler, Cpshaw. Smith Of X o. iiooc Of
va carc ii@oa Mas iss Hc io'p sr S H. william
Daniel Smith Of Luncnhury. Nllctt AIndison Iludeins
Charlton, Sh.rrard, O'errnll Cooon Daughtry Christian
rnvss Sw Lee S,r',,on Dun,on, Basye, Bets, Knight
ward oi holloway Harris. CobS, Shannon Mallory OF o.
Morton, Fairfax Hughes, Tam, Swanson, Walton of
Ed@a W"l e DSPsy CLARK Of r.
Coey, kives of 4. George Martency, Bramham Garter
Of Stafford veivn, Crmp qf sury Epps, iIuson Curtis
lone, OF Warwick, Mayo of Washington, Jett Hungerio
Loyal, Spooner and lIarvieA-i43.
motion was then made by Mr.. Mayo of
Washington, that the following Resolutions
he agreed tn, IN lieu of the Resolution report
ed as aforesaid from the Committee OF the
whole House, viz
E.sol'ed, as the opinion of this Committee that il
Is ineXpedient at this time, remove the seat of
government from the city Of Richmond, and that the
petitions IRON the counties of Bath, Greenb,ier ,
Hardy, Monongaa, Rockingham and W,thc pray
lag The s;tIne be rejected 3.
Resoffe also as the opinion of the Committee thar
me oheriIs oil the several counties and
IN ts commonwealth, whicL entitled To rcprese,-
tai'on in The General Assembly, be directed a, the
ensuing spriug elections for delegates in the
next General Assembly, 10 take the sense of the
| fcehnders entitled TO vote aforesaid, AS TO the
| proprieiy Of such removal.
On motion of Mr.. Boiling of Buckingham.
the question was separately put upon each of
the said Resolutions ; and each question was
decided in the negative.
The Resolution reported from the Commit
zee OF the whole House was, on the question
beng put thereupon, agreed to by the House.
| Resolred, iliat the said petitions lie rejected
| YESTERDAY, the House of Delegates were
engaged i'm little business of general descrip-
tion.-An cngrOssed bill To amend the SGD
section OF the act, concerning the method
oil proceeding against free persons, charged
with certain crimes, decl ring the mode of pro-
ceedlnS on indictments, nformalions and pros
ecutions on penal statutes" was passed
| An cngrossed bill establishing ferry across
The Chesapeake Bay, from the lands of John
X. Floyd on Kings creek, in the county OF
northampton, To the towns ofNorfolk, Hamp-
ton and York, and To East river in the coun-
ty of Matthew's, though IA local business, ex-
cited much interest and discussion, from its
coming int" competition with another long
established ferry :Thc bill was finally passed,
anil sent To the Senate.
A bill was also passed "to amend an act
reducing into one tie several acts concerning
| slaves, free negroes and mulattocs."
Errnia in an T.. jnny" ia our SATURDAYS Dsper
In ine % for Gas much ia" read .peH In line "a
| for " they" read these.