Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-20
VIRGL.vLa LEGLSL.g7vJRE.

VIRGLVLa LEGISLATURE.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE or DELEGATES
HednsSddy Dec. I7.-On Mr.. CaidweHs motion
leave was gwen 10 bring in "a hill auibotising The
county co"r' al kusselio appoint Two commissioners
oi the revenue whose conipe shall be The sn me-
MS rs now allowed by law 10 one
On Nj. 'Laidey's motion, leave was given to bring
~ h''i " TO amend an act emitted an act auIlo-
tsiHg separate election IA the county OF Cabeil'-
passed 4th January 1921.
On motion of Mr.. Thomas, leave was given TO
hrine IN "a bill " TO amend an ac', entitled an act
spln"rr'n,"g sum ct money for "peaing ,oad
| from Clark shurg 10 Pcint Pleasant, and Tor o.her
| purposes, passed the 10Th day of January 1872
On moton OF Me-. Bar'0n, leave given 10 bring
IN hill, aulhor's"g The President aud D ectors OF
TIC Smokers Gap turnpike to make such alter ,tiuns
p"n that part OF the road Leading from the Eastern
hase of the Blue Ridge In LiiiIe River as the, may
conceive necessary provided such alteration be
made ~ coni"fniv TO the powers conferred lay the
| ac ~ Jan 29h, 1910, Incorporating r,- company
Eng 0ssed hills" establishing - ferry across Gan
y RIVER from the lands of VIM. McCinng IN Green-
hr'"r county -" to enlarge the town nt Wheeling IN
Ohio county, and for other pu, Loses"ss establish
inc Terry from the lamd al JOHN aud Elisha Rose
merry, a. f"in. Piehsani IN 'he county of Mason,
across The OHM iiver'-" concerning The towu nj
Smi'hGed in The county of Jelfrrsnn"s: authorship
JOSIAH Cowper 10 assume ihc surname of Parker
concerning Zacharlah Hurl :" were seye,ally read
| The 81 time and passed.
| On Mr. R'ndulph's motion, the Petite ntary Com.
| House.
resolution whirh had been reporIrd l,y The c. of
| Propositions and Grievances, was taken up am,
a""p'ed.-Ihe resolution accr'ies To the petition OF
'he JUSTICES oi The peace ioi The county of Princess
Anne, prayIng some anIendme ia The act Of Janu-
ary,i"Zo changing the place al holding oGurIs' for
thai county.
a restitution was also read, from The Comn,tee of
S,aims, lar allowing a pension To Lewis Spencer,
who represents the exertons and sacrifices he had
made during The Revolutionary whose 90 smlT. -
'nss ana hnrdslips dnring This lung and arduuu,
struggle Tor liheny, brought Diseases which SET
'ird upon his eyes, and finally about 10 or 10 yeais
ago, deprived h'n, en1rriy OF sigt.'-The House
concnTred in hiS ResOiufior.
+ nrther resolutions read from The same com
miiiee-ls, Tor granting relief Ia the pour {. wretch
] Ell widow oi William rIrncy WHO was accidental,
| shot dead IN 1915, when stationed as "a soldier in IN.
Town al York PA, in favor of renewing the LOST
certificate of John Slaughter for one bu,l, ed and
n"d pounds, which he hHd originally rrcri,ed for
'hfee years services ~ the revolutionary war and
3D. Tor allowing VIM Broadus, an oil ,eyo,i io,.,ry
"hce', iuii pay for Gve years, communication OF his
House. ~ Wv
lwo resolutions from the Commi,ise of Rnnds and
N"H's non were read, Isl, aLce'iing 10 lie me-
MOI ~ oil The Stockholders of the Lynrhhurg and Sa
ZEN turnpike Company who pray tlat he act N
February 1898 NAV lac nntliiird as that the L.
gsIaure shall not righ TO apply ,he tolls
10 me iurher extension Of The road without The an
P'ooaliod o The company, least viii uplv a ca
Sonahie portion only To that oiiect I'd ysj,cf;yo
~ much OF the memorial prayS that the exeusu1
ct lhe road may he accomplished lay the establish
MI Blackburn, from the G. Tor G.. Of Justice, re-
ported resolution declaring that while IL Is ntxpe-
,'e"i to divorce Nancy MeCamphcll from her hus-
oah an act ought 10 pass Or the purpusr securing
70 her such property size has or may bereaf-
| TEL acquire Agreed 10 i,y The House.
Mr.. fancev, from til" OF II and I. N reunr,cd
su"dry resolutions list, for anihurzimg Bernard
= ger To erect w.'er grlst mill and II dam c,oss
J"cksons rver :-2h icjrrting the petition from sun
my c'zen9 OF Stafford, WHO pray that the law al
loving COMPENSATION TO the oycrseers of road, may
repealed 3 he al n
h"rren Tor cOnIinuanre Of II iol-gatc so the Swcc,
springs inT Tue ieTm OF hv" years Agreed by the
ttonsc Mr.. GOggn having INSIDE an unavailing NM
ton to amend The ~ Resolution by striking ouI i,e
| reJected and inserting % is reasonable ="
MT Mallory, from the al Claims, reported "a res.
| oluIiun for refnndng To VIM M,rrn9 sheriff nC
GrernbrIer county, certain damages obtained pr,ins.
| HIM 10y The Commonwealth Agreed To o., the
| House.
Thmsd,y, Dec 10 "A variety or bills was receiveI
irom'Ae Commu,ees-1nd Others bad THEN LIST or ID
readings.
The engrosscd hill " To amond the existing laws Il,
"cven' the destruction Of oysfers" taken up on
motion Of NJ. Jones of Yo'k - nj declared Mr. Jorcs
~ opposition, aud Mr.. Norris or GlouCesiei n f.,
vou' 81 ii.-Fhe It'll WAS finally rejscted.
| On Mr.. Sheirard's moiiUr, the Committee FOR
Courts of Justice were instructed enquire, whe
tIef "nv, and II any, what ndDients are necessa-
~ 10 The ACT, entitled - further Io amend th
penal laws of this Commonwealth" passed 2lsf Fo
bruary, l323,,nd The act entitled " an act to pro-
vide for more eifeclua punishment Of certain often
ees," passed the IltlI Februarv, 1923.
Report was presented by Mr.. 1hOmpeon of Fair
FAX, from the Commitee nf Privileges aud Elections
on the Memorial of John Canirl, complaining of tl,e
undue election of Is Newman Of the nlembe Rs
returned from the county Of Mason. The Commit
tcc report ~ opposition to the prayer of the memnri-
alst--lnd the House COncuTred ~ their Resolutiou
Petitions preseuird--frOm the dpnuiies of w
Iruchearl the sheriff of Hanover Tor 1921 92 o br
allowed the amount oi cerf,,n insolyents which the
auditor dsaowed, because The certified lis ,yns no,
presented ~ due time ID lrom ]. Cox bate sheriff
Of aiOnungalil praying to be allowed certain
damages collected of him 81 from J Lamkin oil
Cup'per for pensun 9TH, fron, Charles Ewell
Of r William go he allowed Tor s revolutionary ser
Wees his BALI pay FOR liIe I've wears full pIy rs
communication 9th, from john B. Richardson col
lcctor OF Ghcs IN the l9h Eeg'l, he allowed the
amnunt OF si Of Insolvcnis aud NONRESIDENT del,n
quents which he has been compelled pay into the
treasury :-iti, from Jos. Martin of Brunswick for
compensation of TIL coninlissoAers for marx
ing Oui the road from The Caroliaa line 10 Manrhes-
'er 9th, from WIN. Pond Of Culpcper, PRAYING ra-
ANNEXATION for military services ;--and 9th, from
sundry persons praying that the peusinp allowed
| Moses itolliu Of Wood may be discontinued -Refey-
| red 10 the &. 81 Claims.
Petitions prescnied-isi, from Thomas
Barton oi Fredericksburg, to Le Believed from the
disquacatious incurred Ivy violation of the ACT In
suppress dueiling :-2, from Oslnurnc Parker 10 he
divorced from her husband Sd, from Richard
! Young ol Richmond 10 he allowed some Indulgence
| ~ paying debt, whic he owes the commonwealth
on account Of The rent of wharf in that civ :4,h
/ tom Mary WILSON 10 bc divorced from VIM Wilson
9th tom W. IL Preniss and others. pgayipg release