Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-12-09
Virginia Legislature.
R,cHxoss. December 8, Isas.

tion. The Speaker nominated the
various standing Committees, viz:
the Committee for Courts of Justice /;
the Committee of Privileges and E.
lections: the Committee of PROPOSE
lions Il Grievances the Committee
of Claims; the Commitee to exam
inc the state of the Penitentiary In
stiru,ion; the Committee to examine
the Executive Expenditures for the
last year; the Committee OF Roads
and Internal Navigation; the Com
mit.ee to examine the Registers Or
fice: the Committee OF Finance; the
Committee to examine the enrolled
hills 4: a Committee of Schools and
Colleges; a Committee jointly with
one from the Senate to examine the
Trcasurer's accounts; a Committee
ON the Auditors Office; one to ex.
anime the Bonds of Public Officers,
and a Committee to examine the Mi
litia Laws of this Commonwealth.
TIE next step was to appnInt
Clerks to such standing Committees
As had much writing and drafting TO
execute, and the following Clerks
we're re.app"iu, d, NJ: Mr.. Cal
thorn Howard Clerk to the Commits
tee for Courts of Justice; Mr.. Tho
mas vanuerson, Clerk to the Con-
mittee of Propositions aud Grievan-
ces : and Mr.. Pey Ton Drew. Clerk
to the Committee of Roads and To-
terual Navigation.
In the appointment of Clerk to
the Committee of Privilege, and F.
lections. and Of Claims, two canei-
dates were brought forward. viz :
MIR. Charles Barrett. (who had act
ed as such for several winter, with
the exception of the last, when ne
was detained at home by sickness.
and Mr.. Lawson. who suc' eeded 10
Mr.. Barret,.-Upon counting the
ballots. the votes stOod-Lawson 90,
Barrett 90.
A singular question presented it.
self in rotation tn three persons, who
were returned from the county OF
Lewis, Delegates 10 sit in the pre-.
sent General Assembly. ltwas pre-
scented to the House by a letter from
one of them, Mr.. E. Jackson, who
stated the circumstances, and request
ed the instructions of the H"use. On
motion of Mr.. Blackburn, the House
resolved itself into Committee OF
the Whole, to take this very novel
cas- into consideratiOn-Mr. ThOmp-
son. of Fairfax. in the chair. Mr..
Morris, OF Hanover, submitted sun
dry remarks. going to show that all
tina, the House could do at present
vas 80 determine which OF the per-
sons were entitled TO take their seat
THAT on this point they should he
regulated by the return uf the return
ing officer--ieasing 1t To the Com
miitee of Privileges and Elections to
determine finali. which OF them were
entitled 10 their seat He then sub
United a resolution. declaring that
Messrs. Haymond and Maxwell were
entitled to take their seats - The
Committee adopted this resolution
without opposition-and the House
concurred
The Annual Reports IN the state
of the Primary Schools. and on 'ht
University, were received and order
ed to be printed.
Not single petition waa yester'
day read and referred.
TREASURY CoMMUNlCATIoS.
From the rreasurer's Communi
cation, which was laid before the
Legislature IN Monday, it appears
that the &" Receipts, on account OF the
Commonweal u, from the LIST Octo-
Der, 1929. 10 goth September. 1928.
aud OF the Literary Fund and Board
o. Public Work. from lst October,
1854, to the ,st of March last. (when
the cd Auditor came into Office a.
mounted to D6S7.25s 90; which. az
ded to the balance on hand on the Soth
Sept. 1899, of DIO9.47S AZ, makes
an aggregate of D796,726 Sc, that
the Disbursements during the same
period. amounted to D16S.7i9 81
leaving a balance in the Treasury on
the sOth Sept. 1895, of sS,o57 10 at
the credit of the CommonW eaIth.
1t also appears, that "of the balance
OH hand on soth Sept. last. the sum OF
DIs.O6s 10 had been paid into the
Treasury at different periods anterl'
L. 4 l. a Ia