Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1823-03-01

prOCEEDiNCS OF IuE IL. o. DIRK
Saturday Feb. 10 a.
4 lang e argm;aeniatise repaTt CrrR,
the ce,c,uit,ee of Roals aud Eateraa!
Nayis. .tion was read in ths II ,use al
Deies .tes. A resola;ian had passed
ina, House calling upon the coc'nilsee
to enquire into the "xpeHiency ~ aboi.
ishi,c the Board Of Public Wo.ii-, and
tn sseer,1ia IN what manner The Fuui
far Ethereal Improvement niay he mal-
aspd 81 as Ia curtaii lis expenaet. The
en,nniltee examined The wigle ground,
they conclude that the ''piincip!es On
wa:cn i. was originality orGs"ized were
the souudest which wisdya, e"u'i sus
ees, or p.udcnce adop,"-and they pre-
SEA, the fniinwing resalu'inn:
:. Resolved, az the opinion Of this
Commi,,ee, tina, it is ime.rpedienf 10
aholis,, nr change the Boatd .. Public
Wo ks.''
he Huu,e adopted the report and
rest,u;iDD.
a.c. Garland, from the committee Of
Finaoee, pvo.ented two bills. one & i'm
posing taxes for the support OF Sovesn-
nen:." MD ano;her . nfvrops Ealing
t3e pune 0efenue
An ensro-se,, bili1 to amend the acts
Incorporating a company for The pnrs
p,se of improving tbr navigation aF
James River " was passed Alsu ana
Their bill " to extend The provision of
the laws regala ing ,he navigation o:
Jsu,e. Rive, a5,ve the falls Theresa! 10
other n.viSa5lc rivers in this Co,Hman
We thu
TIE House went iato committee Of
the wAoie 20 talze into constellation the
BIZ mocsi8g axes FOR The euppert Of
GO o melt" SIR. I.oyali II The chat:
NO ,.n adment was made III u, and
the bill was ur9ered fur engrusS-
ment.
Mr. Griffin asked leave to hing 10 t
bill "to extenJ al amnesty Is pcr.oDs
vyho my have violated he provision
Of the law, entitled" and act to sup
press D,pHiRg" ihs vote WY =
for, ~ against II. Sume discussion thea
easued upoa the Speakers right to give
the casting vo,e, af,ee having already
voted oaee. (Tae Speaker stated that !he
practice Of the House had been esainst
ia rhi. Discussion h. viewer WAS ter
minated by r mutton b-ing made BY
MIR. lett Of NDythut,be inad, 10 suspend
the rule Of hs HOUSE for tie purpose OF
accommodating IFS last vote, which was
de;ermi; j ia the negative.
NJ DedIsidge, from ,hs committee
upon ,,ia.rS>siect presented Il report
csa1a6 ;nr of his State upon
. f. :, IN tae United States. Il
Il ~ thee Fesaiu ioas:
H. i
mir opiu;nn this Common
- las a just CLAW. upon tho U
- interest upon such Of III late
i AID expenditure borne by thi.
: the Z. States have sgreed to
~sesoluad, That the Governor Of this
Cosnmonw@aiih berequesied to forward
to each Senator aud Representative Of
this state in The Congress OF The Uni,
ted States, eeyy Of his foregoing re-
pot add rssJiJti,0, together with
copy of Feppri Of HI committee "i Fi-
nsnee made 10 The House of Delegates
the te;h Of FEBRUARY. 1916, and all
such farther Information. III ihe Exc
cutive may posses or can obtain, cal
cuIated TO throw light upoa tbs claims
before mentioned.
GO Resalvgd also, chat our Senators be
insi, ucieI end our Rep e.entative in
the Congress OF the T. s D. requested
to use their best exeTIion TO procure the
passage Of d law not aLiy aulhosising
the further liquidation Of the claims of
this state nPou the govc.nmtnt oY the
u States but also of interest UpoD
these claim.
The report and resolutions were a.
dop ei~-aad transmitted TO The Seq
ate.
Or Mr. Bowyer's motion, the Spa
ker signed the enrolled bills (55 in
nuDber)
Monday Frb. IL.
The house q? Delegates rereded from
their disagree nIent 10 amendment to
the bill, TO amend tn oef, &c. regula-
ting Tue militia of siis Commonwealth
BY one OF the provisions of tbis Act, the
AdjuIant General is exempted from the
necessity Vi paying more ,ban one visit
90 the States Arsenal at Lexington.
Ga MIR. Blwyer's moiioo, t Repof, Of
the Committee Of Schools aud Colleges
was taken up. This Report concluded
with The fouS following Resolut:ons;
" lst. Resolved &c. Th@t il is expe
diem, az this iime to eff,rd ard to Hump
den Syd0ey College from The appropri