Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-06
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p{R GINA LEGISLATURE.
HOlISI. OE DEIEC ARG

IRGLVL4 LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Vednesd0y, Dec. s. Ordered, that MIR.
Faunleroy be added to the Committee for
Courts of Justice Mr.. Edgngton to she Com
mlilees for Courts of Justice. and of Priyile-
ges and Elections; and Mr.. Mcmillan of
Brooke To the Committees of Propositions
and Grievances, and Claims.-(The appoint
ment OF MIR. Barton member of the Com
mitiee for Courts of Justice was inadvertent
~ omitted in the Tuesdays proceedings.)
Various petitions were read and referred.
Petltions-from Jacob Hitr of Cahell conn
~, praying that the COmmonweal,h's RICH,
ny inquisl'ion of escheat TO n tract of 10 acres
OF land, he reInquished 10 him from Viii
liam tite OF the same county, praying "A SINH
lar REIMBURSEMENT of the Commonwealth
right 10 two tracts, situate therein, containing
100 acres each from Thomas Edwards of
matthew's, praying the passage OF a law, TO au-
thorIze HIM To make good the conveyance of
critain lands which he had sold during the
lifetime of his wife and with her consent and
concurrence from Lewis Bourne of Louisa
I" be dtrorced from DOrotha Bourne his wife, /:
from Robert Douthat, TO be relieved from
the disquallfica,iOns imposed by the act for the
suppression of dueifing from Henry Cariy,
Tor diU0rce from Deborah his wife from
Jnhn III. Pleasanis, To be relieved from the
dIsqualiiicatons imposed by the act for the
suppression OF dueling:-also a petition from
Margaret Cox of Greenbiier county, praying
{" he divorced from her husband or should
this prayer he rejected, praying of the Legis
lature' To confirm an agreement between her
husband and herself, of 18th January 1898
calculated To secure her future acquisitions
against the claims of her husband ALI which
petitions were referred Ia the Committee for
Courts ofJusice.
Petitions We're presented from sundry in
habitanis of Nicholas county, pray;ng for GER
tam alterations in the lines between that com
~ and those of Greenbrier ard Kanawha
from snndry inhabitants of Cupeprr, for the
establishment of a Separate election in The.
town OF Washington in that county from a
number at free persons of color in the city of
Richmond, praying for a law TO authorize
Them To erect in that city, Il House of pubic
worship, 10 be called the Baptist .4Gicam
Church, under such restrictions as the Legs
lature may consider eXpedent = from sun
dry Inhabitants of Giles, Cabeil, 'razeweli and
hanawha counties, for the establishment of :,
new county, within certain specified limits =
from sundry inhabitants OF the county If Po-
cahonlas. for AN alteration in the times of hold
my certain superior courts or law and one
from sundry citizens OF Nicholas aud Green
biirr counties, for the establishment of II ferry
ON Gauly river, on the land of VIM. AI'Creery :
referred 10 the Committee Ut PROPOSITIONS
and Grievances
a petition was presented from Wm Broa-
aus, formerly ii lieutenant i'm the first state re-
ginent, commanded by Col. G. Gibson, pray
ing to be allowed the five years communication
for his half pay for life, to which he was en-
tititd, upon retiring from service, in the revu
iutionary war, as superDnmerary officer =
also one from Joseph Parker of Shenandoah
Tor an Increase of his pension :--Referred to
the Committee of Claims.
Petitions we've presented from a commit
lee OF the Shenandoah Company, praying an
extension OF the time in which they are 10
perform the conditions of their charter from
suhdry citizens of the 3rd taxable district of
Tins State, praying certain amendments :" to
the system, by which the public roads are at
present kept in repair" petition from
snndry inhabitants of Shenandoah to the same
effect :-Referred to the cUmmittee of Roads
and Internal Navigation.
Petitions were presented from billiard
Gordon, free man colour of Essex county.
praying permission for his emancipated wife
10 reside in this commonwealth and Cron
live free persons of color IN Russell county.
praying TIL" same permission :-ReGerred To-
The COMMITTEE for Courts of Justice
Thursday Dcc. MIR. Grdres was added
To the committee of Privileges and Elections.
On Mr.. Serf0n'S motion, the following re-
solution was adopted:
Rssotred, That a committee no appointed IN on
quire, jointly with cuumif,ee from The Senate nn
ne sa'e OF the Bank OF Virginia and Formers Bank
OF tHgIn" That the SAID committee be authorised
20 inspect The minutes Of the proceedings of the
board OF directors Of each liank aud examine all
o'heT matters authorised ~ be examined by the acts
incorporating said banks.
The ,C3feoEor i,;d L.c... ii m .- 4.
from Mr.. Randolph Harrison, commissioner
oi the james and Jackson's River Canal. com
inun'caiins long Report ON the state of that
ImproVement.-Rtfr To the committee ol
roads and Internal Navigation, aud ordered
To he printed
ItutOns were presented IL Il, from sundry
inhabitants Of Bath aud Prndlrton cuunties
Tor the formation of a uew county within GER
IAN specified limits cd. from sundry inha-
bitants Of Harrison aud Nlonnusalia counties
praying for a new county To be- f,nmed out nj
parts ot these counties - sd, from sundry in
ldbitants OF Hampshire county, Tor the estaiI-
IIshmeDt Of separate eecton district. At some
convenient place east Of The North River -
f'h' ron the court, clerk and bar OF Augusta
c"uoty, praying 8 change IN the periods ~
| h"luing their quarterly courts also = petition
from tie Lewisburg circulating Library com
pauy for ~ act at Incorporation from th,
own OF Wheeling, ipr certain regulations q
police also from sundry persons in Scof
county, praying fur law TO prevent any per
son VINO Is = com ,sn drunkard, from holdini
Any Once OF prof or honor in this common
Wealth ALSO one from Graysnn TO alter IN
''me ni holding rs counts .; also from sundr
pf"Piietors oi inbacc0 warehouses in Lynch
Dug PRAYING for an increase Of rents :--an
'Fo'h sundry persons Of Preston county, pray