Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-07

hesofred, That II shall he the duty OF membe
when presenting petition TO state IN general term
ne object, and whence il comes, after which il sha
DC disposed OF without being read, unless re asou
assigned some member shonld dcs,fe ,,s reading.
nir. Carter Of King George, thought tina
uAiess the House was prepared to submit 1,
the uIctatioo al the committees, they woul,
call for the reading OF the petition, and tina
nothing would be gained in this respect.
Mr. Patteson replied, that If the petition
was read at the time the bill was to be act-t
upon, as was frequently the case, the merit,
OF eaeh case would be better understood ant
time would be saved.
Mr.. Gordon said, the right Of petition was
Oh toe essence Of liberty land the resolution
pun "a member in delicate situation. He
m'ght'ieel il his duty To present a petition
winch he could'n"t support II. drew dis
unction between the powers of Congress and
Of the legislatures opposed the innova-
tlon as announcement, and erroneous upon prin-
ciple.-
rir. fatteson's proposition was rejected.
nr. fancey said,t behooved every menu
per OF the House to do every thing in his
power To lessen the length Of the sessions.
ne legislation Of the country had become
oppressive, and the people were clamorous on
the subject. The population Of the country
was increasing, and the number Of grievances
10 ne redressrd had become numerous. He
SAID there was no necessity for residing "a petit
lion when presented. Its contents weie often
f"rgntten. Ii read at the time the bill was
acted on, every member wouidbe more fully
possessed Of the merits Of each case. H..
SAID he was satisfied that the resolution would
save annually from 10 To 10000 dollars to the
good people Of the Commonwealth. The ex-
penses OF the legislature had now increased TO
y 7ntla. tt.ts a..
OF appropriation tie sua, was not mentioned:
a hing, which he said had never occurred
before and lie could see no reason for il ex-
eept, perhaps, that the sum bore no proper
uon 10 tile small value or Importance Of " hat
was done by that Assembly.
MIR. Yancey's amendment, as amended, was
then agreed To. And IN tn. passage Of the
restitution as amended, Mr. Daniel Of Stafford
called Tor the ayes and noes, ON the ground of
me Importance Of the question.
The Resolution was carried ayes los, noes
so.
On Mr.. SCARS motion, the Committee of
schools and Colleges were instructed 70 en-
quire INTO the expediency Of amending the
act Ut Dec. 29th, 1909, aufhorising the sale of
a ceriain tract of land in Middesex county
devised by A. Frazier for the benefit of free
schools.
MIR. Garland obtained leave TO bring in
b''i 10 amend the act concerning timetables
and The mode Of laying and collecting the
county Jevies.
On Mr.. Shrrrard's motion, the militia COM
m''ee were Instructed to enquire into thts
propriety or reducing the expenses of the MI
IItia, which he said had greatly exceeded the
amount Of militia fines for the last wear.
CONVENTIONS
rom the county of Frederick, praying that
law may pass To take the sense of iile peopi..
pn the Pr"prieiy Of calling Conpeafion. MIR.
Harsie. Of X. offered similar petition from
the citizcnsSof Rrhmond-snd Mr.. Rather
lord, fo,n sundIy citizens Of Rnckinshalp-
asd nlr. Hiner, from sundry Inhabitants of
fendleion.-Aiie some conversation as To
me proprety OF IT ferring these petitions, and
all OF sInilar nature, To a seiect committee.
OK To the coniM,iiee of the whole, they were
fei'rr' 10 select COMMITTEES, with pnwer 10
report by bill or otherwise, and n conn i,e.
was apru,nsed of Messrs. Sexton, Rutherford.
Ship, Hiner, Mart-ney, Co!sion, Turner
Garland, Gordon, Wilcher, Hooe Upsher
and Winston.
variety of petitions We're presented, and
referred 10 commtters without being read
short sketch Ofthem is as fellows.
Petitions presented (by Mr.. Carter of K.lG.l
from John Baker of tina, county, for n reInis
sion ot Il fne-(hy Mr. Tho.nas) from Wm. "A
Hereford, praying 10 be paid the value of ).
horse, employed in Transporting convict 10
me PeniealIary, and died ON the ruad-fby
Mr.. ll''l,j from WIN. Broadus, praylng half
pay inr lie, or ful!-pay for five years as COM
nutatipa therefor, for military services during
the revolutionary war-(ny Mr.. Thomas i a
petition from Andrew Fleming, representing
that he was wounded INF the service Of this
state, under the command of Ensign James
V anbibber, at the mouth Of the Great Kama,
VIVA in May 1893, aud pray ne to be allowed
pension, with reasonable sum for present re-
lief "a petition presented by Mr. Jones of
York, from John Slaughter, /. soldier of Tie
Revolution, praying the renewal of a certfi
cate for one hundred and odd pounds, which
mas been lost by accident, with payment of The
INTEREST tnefeupon also petition presented
ny Mr. Briggs, from Edmund Southland and
wife, formerly Sarah Thornton, representing
hat land-ofiice Treasury Variant was is ned
10 1893, to the Rev. Thomas Thornton. lathe
pf the petitioner Sarah the location of WATCH
warrant had been prev. mt by the erection
kentuckyinto an independent government,
ana II remains unappropriatcd TO this day
praying therefore reasonable compensation
IN money or other laDd.-.M icLich pelitious
'cere referred 10 The committee ofciaims.
MIR. Sexton presented petition from GER
tam citizens of Winchester, praying that their
Common Council may be authorised TO make
sale oil certain ends Of streets or alleys in
Woods and Fairfax's addition MIR. Ru-
therlord presented petition from sundry citi-
Gems OF Culpeper, MADISON, Orange, Ssienan-
doah and other counties, praying that the sp-
pointment OF inspectors OF iluur may be trans
ferred from the county aud corporaiIon courts
to the Governor and Council Mr.. Jones of
GrsysoD also presented a petition from sun
dtJ inhabitants of Grasys"o, praying an alter