The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-01-11
Viz mia Legislature.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

FRIpAY, Dec. 81 Several bills and re-
solutions were reported by the committees,
fnd laid upon the table.
Other reported resolutions were read -
Among them, one from the committee for
Courts of Justice, upon the memorial OF
the Clerk Of the Court Of Appeals, stating
the Inconvenience and difficulties in III.
performance of his duties, and the dangers
10 tie records and papers of that Court,
arising from the want of any Office, in which
The papers mny he preserved, and the
dulles performed. The committee re
commend 10 provide by law for the re
moval Of these e,ils-~.7greed 10 by the
House. and bill ordered to be brought
ID.
On motion of Mr.. Randolph Of Abe
marie, the following preamble and resolu.
tion were agreed to:
| Whereas the law passed on the 9th day
of March, IG24, entitled IAN act TO amend
the several acts concerning the Penitenlia.
ry Institution, by the i1tl section thereof,
particularly directs that the power of gran
ting reprie,es or pardons which is vested
by the Constitution ~ the Governor with
the advice Of the Council of State, when
! tn. law does not otherwise particularly
| sentence To confinement IN the public jail
Or Peniientiary, upon any ground not
affecting the justice or proprcly of the
conviction, and the case of Caroline Re
becca Ilindmap, a free white woman now
under confinement IN the said public jail
and Pententiary for one year, by sentence
of the Superior Court of Law for Ohio
county, as reported To this House by the
Committee appointed to examine the state
of the pentcnlidry Institution, demands u
prompt exercise of the power given 10
the House OF Delegates by the Cuusltu
ton to grant pardons By their Resolve -
Therefore.
| RESOLVED ty III, House Of Delegates, That
Il full pardon be- granted, and The same is
hereby granted 10 The said Caroline Rebcc
"a iIindmau, and that the Board Of Dncc-
tors of the Peutcn,iary be, and they IRE
thereby required and authorised To make to
her, tilc said Caroline, upon her disc barge
this day by virtue of this Resolve, the full
allowance which they have power to make
undcr ccrl.;I conditions to prisoners dis
charged from the Peniten,ary by the 35th
section of The act of Assembly, e.. III
passed on the 9Th day of March, 1910.
SATURDAY, Jan. Nh. Yancey offered
the following resolution
Resolved, That the committee for courts
of Justice be instructed 10 enquire into the
cxpedicney of repcaling the act, entitled
an act concerning tie military lands lying
south west of The Tennessee river, in til,
state of kentucky"
Mr.. Y. said that in March next, 4 year,
will have expired since the appointment o
an Agent unde, the act 10 snperintcnd tn,
| - a., -.
:, agent, he said, had received an apnua
Il salary of 600 dollars, with an advance
h which, altogether, amounted To about 7 ,00C
= dollars. He did not think the agency ough
% tn he longer continued. Most of the claim,
: he believed were in the hands of the spe
: cuiators.
i Mr.. Co'ston opposed the resolution or
the ground that there WIS necessity fol
: continuing the agency little longer. III,
, enumerated the difficulties which had oc
Cured to prevent the completion Of tn,
surveys before this time.--amons which h,
mentioned the disagreement between til,
two states, and the death of the surveyor
He thought that the business could b,
completed by the next winter, and tina
/ The claims were mostly held by the wi
. dows aud orphans OF old Revoluionar,
: ;olliers.
Mr.. Yancey thought that the agent 10
attending 10 these claims ought not to b,
qnartered on the treasury. The state ha,
already done enough on this subject, an,
the claimants ought to bear the expens,
, themselves.
! Mr.. Colston, in reply, insisted on III,
+ importance ofthc Agents services, hon
, he considered an industrious, intelligcn
c aud useful officer
4 Mr.. Patteson said the remarks of th,
member from Bcrkcly were applicable {,
: the passage of Il bill, rather than TO a reso
. hition to enquire into The erpsdiency of tn,
measure. Aud Mr.. Coston replied that al
the House was moi less competent than III,
, committee 10 decide on HE question, h,
bad opposed the resolution with The vew
t,f saving the time both Of The commiite,
!, and OF the House.
The resolution was agreed 10, co To 60.
: Mr.Gordon offered the following resolve
which was agreed to-
RESOLVED. That the committee OF school.
! and colleges be instructed to enquire as Il
j the amount of capital and revenue Of tn,
: College of William and Mary, setting forth
me number aud general description of the
books in the Library, the value, state and