Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-16

to the Forge mills through the island occupi-
ell by Joseph Lawrence, was agreed to--alier
an unavalng attempt OH the part of Mr.. Mi
nor 10 reverse it..
Engrosscd bills" concerning Charles D.
Stewart, late sheriff of the county of Berke-
ley"-' to amend the act entitcd IAN act
concerning the Potomac Company''-"a at
taching the county of Allegheny To the Lewis
burg chancery district, and for other purpo-
ses"-" TO amend an act, entitled AN act, incur
porating the town of Warrenton in the couu-
ty ofFauquier''--and "to amend an act, en-
titled am act, appointing commissioners to
lay out and mark way for road from the
town of Beverley in Randolph county, to the
nearest point on the upper navigab!c part of
james river'-were severally read the Sd time
and passed.
An engrossed bill to amend an act, enti-
tied An act to amend the act to reduce into
one the several acts concerning the Auditor
and Treasurer" was read Sd time and reject
ed.
An cngrossed bill to amend the act incor-
porating the Library Society of Romney, was
rejected.
A resolution from the Committee for
Courts OF Justice, declaring it inexpedient to
amend the law regulating the fees of the mar
shalS of the chancery courts, was agreed to.
favor of paying to John Ponsonby Martin Ger
tain sums, after applying the proper scale of
depreciation, was agreed To.
The House took up resolution from the
&. of II. and |. N. proposing, in conformity
with the memorial of Philip Doddridge, TO in
corporate company again for the purpose of
making an artificial road from Nellsburg in
Brooke TO the Western Boundary of Pennsyl-
vania on the way to Washington in that state,
and authorizing e5ths of the stock (being
s l5.O0O.) to be taken by the Board of Public
Works-.4greed to by the House
Thursday, Feb. IA communication from
the Senate, that they had passed the bill " to
revive and amend two several acts incorpnrat-
Ing companies for the Improvement OF the
navigation of the Pamunkey, and the South
and North Anna Rivers :''-also with an a.
mcndment, the bill "to fix the re-ussessment
oflands and ienements within the county of
Fairfax" This amendment was agreed 10
by the House
Engrossed bills giving effect to the will Of
Reuben Howard deceased" -" Releasing to
john Seabrook, the Commemorative right to
certain lots of land therein mentioned %
" incorporating the Petersburg Aqueduct
Company"-wcre severally read the Sd time
and passed
The engrossed bill to amend the act concern
ing the county Jail of Fauquier was rejected ::
and the bill to amend the amendatory law
concerning the inspection of lumber, was post
poned until the list of March.
KENTUCKY MISSION.
The House went into committee of the
whole ON the state of the commonwealth, to
take under consideration the preamble and re-
solutions offered by Mr.. Broione of Williams
burg, relating 10 the Kentucky Mission. Mr.
Mallory, of .. i'm the Chair
Mr.. .GOrriS, of XII. remarked that he was
NOT disposed TO concur in the preamble and
resolutions under consideration, because they
fell short Of the propositions submitted by the
commissioners from Kentucky, and offered
the following as substitute in lieu OF them:
The General Assembly of Virginia have consider
ed with attention, the propositions submitted them
~ theii present ScsSion by Henry Clay and George
W. Bib t.>qnires Commissioners the part of the
safe ot kentucky. The first proposition calls upon
lie General Assembly =" 10 declare by resolution or
ether act, that according To their sense of the true
intent and meaning of the which they passed
on the 18th day of December 1888, concerning the
erection of the District of Kentucky into an indie
pendent state, the legislature of Kentucky was not
restricted from passing two acts, the one on the
!" 9Th OF February 1897, ened 90 an act concern
Jag Occupying claimants of land,' and the other on
" the 3lst day of January 1919, entitled an act to
" amend entitled. an ACT concernur occunyinc
claimants of land"
The General Assembly sensible that no opinion
wh'ch they may entertain or express touching the
power OF kentucky 10 pass the said acts can affect
or ought to atec, the rights of individuals claiming
on The one hand, the protection Of the compact be-
tween the two states forth in the act of 1889
ana on the other, the benefit OF the kentucky acts.
ihese rights arc fit subjects OF Judicial cognizamce
aud ought TO be decided, and no doubt will lie deci-
ded without reference 10 the opinion OF the General
Assembly. This consideration would of itself he suf-
hc'en TO justify the General Assembly in declining
To accede to the first proposition submitted by the
N. ua fhaya Hold
express an opinion, and no good reason exists for
withholding As indeed their silence upon the sub
Jeci might he mlsconsrued into acquiescence in
me exercise OF the power claimed by Kentucky
they do not hesitate TO declare that in their Judgment
The t,st Interpretation of the compact between the
Two states, did restrict the legislature of Kentucky
from passing the acts in question. When the Gene
raj Assembly adverd 10 the third article OF that COM
pact which declared that all private rights and inter
es.s OF lands within the District Of Kentucky derived
from the laws of Virginia, prior to the separation
should remain raid and secure, under the laws OF the
proposed state and should be determined by the laws
ten existing IN Virginia, and compare the provisions
OF tile Kentucky acts with that article, they can
not doubt, that so far the interests of The
CITIZENS oil virginia are concerned, those pro-
visions are in conflict with thesaid article The
General Assembly cannot perceive the substantial
difference between the law which should declare
mat private right and interest, in lands derived
IRON the laws OF Virginia prior TO the separations
should no longer remain valid and secure and thai
species of enactment which in its practical operation
takes away the possibility Of enjoying these rights and
Interests.
Reso'red therefore, the opinion of The General
fssembl9, That II is inexpedient TO accede to the
mrs. proposition submitted to them by Henry CLAY
and George NJ. Bbb, Esquires, Commissioners on the
part OF the state Of Kentucky
he second proposition of the said Commissioners
submits the alternatives that the General Assembly
- oi Virginia in such mode rs may he deemed proner
- do concur by convention for that purpose to be
'. enter ed into with the" said Henry Clay and Geo
M. Bob Esqures, IA constituting Il board Of inn
" partial commissioners according TO the provisions
. contained IN the 9Th article ofthe conditions speci
" ned IN the 4tli section Of the aforesaid act of Viz
%" elnia 10 decide upon the validity Of the two acts
y aforementioned OfKenmcky, and also the act pass
" cd by rs legislature the 20th December 1870