Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-02-11
VIRGINIA LEGIsLAruaE.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES

ny,'-"RevSiUg Sunify Acts concerning the Public
Guard III the City of Richmond" -"iucorporati
accompany int the Improvement of Little Roanake
and Buiialoe Hivers'--anI tho, have agreed To the
resolution "t,i Getting survey aud renort of the
most practicable ronIe ios connecting, by Il Canal,
the waters OF Appondt"X with t'r- south branch of
Wales RiVef, AMI with ep Ctee>, ami hudson,
Cheek
Engros'pd Bills 40 amend m Act, entitled
An Act To amen! the several laws imposing Il tax
Oh Licences In Merchants dui Others, and for other
purposes, '--"fo amend the several Acts concern
my the recovery ordchlS due To the Public and the
sale OF land for Judgments nn behalf of the Com
mpnwealth, --"An Act releasing Aia:slialls from,
the collection OF Ohrr,S fees To revise aud
ncnd the Act Incorporating the Richn,ond Acuue-
duct Company, pa sSed the 3Dth January, l323,"-
"Conccrning the Richmond and Manchester Gel
onizatou ciatv,-" 10 provide relief for the Sc
cufIes nj Cnmmitces of the estates of Insane Per-
sous, and for the appointment nj Guardians for the
children of Lunatc,, ITO alter the time Of hold
ing the Superior Court of law, for the county of
Pocahontas"-were ycad Il third time aud passed.
The bill aboishin3 the Board of Public Works
being on its passage,
Mr.. GORDON advocated the passage of the bill.
which was further supported by Mr.. Watkins, of
Prince Edward.
The views of tie gentlemen who supported the
bill were. IN brief, that the Board of Public Works
we're utterly uSelesSthat all its reports drawn
from the previous intelligence furnished In them by
the Civil Engineer proof oC which was, that in
instance had the erroneous report of the Engineer
been corrected by :hen--that they were annual
eypencc to the State Ct S20t0--,hat ;hoy were ir-
responsible directly To lnc peuplc-that the proper
responsibility of the legislature was weakened by
Them, and that the duties they performed those
ouly, which could be- as well performed by Com
mitice of this liouSc.-All intention of abolishng
the fund for Internal improvements was lisclaimed
10y the friends nl the bill.
Mr.. CoLsToN opposed its passage, and called
upon Members from those sections of the State
which had yet received no advantage from this
fund, to oppose any chance IN the organization of
the corporation. lie urged the superior capacity
OF the Board of Public Worhs over Committee OF
fhe House, TO acquire information an questions of
Internal Improvement; and that the annual eXpen-
Ces of lis members not to be compared wife
the value IF thc. services. lie stated that in mini
years ul their existence, the expences Of the Board
had but little excerdad 10000. MIR. c. con,rastcd
che superior advantages of the Board as it is now
organized, composed of individuals of intelligence
from all the grand divisions of the State, to one
composed of cr-OVi,i0 Members officers of the
government. located in and Confined to Richmond
Mr.. C. considered this the first step towards the
abolition oi the fund, and he wanted members who
were friendly 10 Internal Improvements, 70 pause
before they voted Tor this bill
MIR. RANDOLPH, of Albemarle REQUIRED to the
motive OF constituting such Board, and referred to
ity oi such n body.
Mr.. Il. exempted the Board from any Sha re in
promoting the James Riyer scheme.
The question was put on the passage of the bill,
aud carried in the negative.-Aycs s. Toes !08.
So the House refused TO abolish the Board of
Public Works.
Nj. MAYO offered the following resolution:
Rcsolrsd, That leave be given to bring in Il hill
10 authorize the County Court of Heurco TO make
certain repairs, &c. in the Court House of said
county. Leave refused.
On motion of Mr. Colston,
ReSolced That this House will. on tomorrow,
proceed by Joint ballet with the Senrte, TO choose
members OF the Board eli Public Works.
On motion of Mr.. Watkins, of (ioochland
ResOlUed, That this House will, on Thursday
next, proceed to the election of Commissioner OF
the james and Jackson Rivrrs-of the Kanawha
Road and Navigation, aud of the Canal through
the Blue Ridge
The SPEAKER laid before the House, com
muncaton from the Second Aud tor lnclosiug
ce tain P, oc elngs of the Board of p b c
Works-vginch were follows:
At meeting of the board of Public Works on,
Saturday, the 5th February, 1925, the follow
ing Reports and Resolutions were adopted
The committee to whom was referred the pc
tition of the Shepherrlstown and Smithield
Turnpike Company sent to this Board by the
House of Delegates, have had the same under
consideration, and submit the following report:
That tho application Of the petitioners seem,
reasonable to your Committee but that the state
of the fund does not authorize the granting the
aid they require, and perhaps NAV not for seye
raj years to come the adoption of the follow
ing resolution is therefore recommended:
ReS0iUed, That it is neXpedcnt at this time
TO comply with the prayer OF the petition of the
Shepcristown and 5mithfcld Turnpike Compa
ny, and that the Secretary be requested to com
nunicatc the preceding report aud resolution to
the House Of Delegates
tition of the Chesterfield Golfers have had the
same under consideration, and beg leave to re.
port,
That no survey has been made ofthe route oftbe
, proposed Canal; that no other than conlectura
estimate of the expense to be encountered, anC
benefits to be derived, has been exhibited anC
that the board of Public Works cannot discreet
ly recommend the project to the patronage O
the Gem raj Assembly without the lights to BIZ
afforded by survey and estimate.
The committee recommend the following res
olution:
- ReSolUed, That the petition ofthe Golfers O
Chesterfield county be returned to the House o
Delegates with copy of the above report.
The foregoing are true copies from the pro
ceedings of the board.
JAMES BROWN, Jr.
Second Auditor
These papers were on Mr.. Morgan's motion
laid upon the rable
communication from the Governor. enclosing Ger
'ain Resolutions of the Legislature of New-Jc,sev
Council CHAMBER,
Gtt Ftbru11y, 1895. {
Sta: have the honor 10 lay before the Gene
raj Assembly tho cn.y af iottor r-,,r, H.,