The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-12-08
VIRGINIA LEGISLATIRE


A quorum Of both Houses wasflrned on tho frat day.
In the Senate, WIN, C Holt was rs-ohos"n Spcake ~.
and Addison Hanstord Clerk, without opposition In
Tho House ofDaleg ,tcs, linn Banks, tho farmer S pest
er, Goo. w MInford, tho former Clerk, and the Door
Keepers Of tho lnst session were rn-elected, without op.
position, aud Pntor Francisco was elected sergea nj Al
Arms, by the following vo,o Francisco i0l, Winston
Uhe forrqr sorgonnn rs, Jordan 4.
flm Goyornors Message having boeu read, il was laid
un the table, anh 800 copies ordered 10 lie printed.
The Annual Reports Of the Treusurcr, Auditor, and
President ofthc Literary Fund, were severally resd. laid
On the table, aud ordered to BIZ printed.
A letter va, presented from Richard l.. G. Monenre,
OF Stafford, %resignmg his seat As, msnhar oftho House
BaleRl.~.,-Y III the House ndionuted.
TUESDAY. Doceinber 9.
Alter the appointment Of thu Standing committss,
(Which We shall notice more fully in our nsKt, } aud the
appointment Of their several Clerks.
Mr.. tiye,, OF Campbell, presented a petition from
RanInlpa d. Garden, and one from caupboll aud
LJntAhna.
SO much Of the Governors message NJ refars. LIST: 10
keeping the public fund, out nj tho hlnl. Of thu Trels
ur.r and making the Bank. tho place Of dcpo., and
oily, to the extension of tt- s1n.sir Turnpike. was
referred to appropriate committees.
Ills Treasurer informed the House that he al APP
pointed Churlos 4. Mercer u reprr.art The interests o T
the Co II non wealth in tina ne etn2s Of the Chesapeake
and ONO G unI Company il,o. touching the deficit IN
the Cincinnati Fund, by the late Treasurer.
After some other aninrortant bi.nes., whieh ".
shall notice at It's m IRE advanced stages. tho IIrl.n ad.
togrped until 4 O'Clock. f1f the purpose of proceeding.
by Ioint ballot with the Ne,atc to In. election Of an T.
leetor Of President aud Vice President. 10 supply thu
vacaucy occasionedby the recuutdoath Of Geo Brclnor
esq. of Caroline.
Tue two Houses accordingly assembled at 4-Ahns
GsrriI Minor. sdeisgpte from the cpInfy Of opottsyiya-
nia, aud Chlrlsa p G1oIIl, s~ieicyab from Hanover,
WIRE nanntted As Sieetot Ar M,aer 80 elected, the
vote beng far Minor los, Goodall @.
WEDNESDAY, Decefn5ar ..
Mr.. Wallace, of %faufuier, offered a short preamble
concluding with tho following resolution. which was, on
hi, motion, laid on the table
" Be IT therefore r ss9lyeI, Tint a con nittee consist
ing Of QUO nemhrr iron each District. b, nppo,n,-
ed. aud instructed To rcrortt6 tbs House a bill PROVED
ing for the org tnIsiIOn of aColvrEiion 10 alnsnd tho
Constitution ot tai, ComnonSenitn.'
Mr.. Newton laii on tie lahls a resolution proposing
50 to arnslid tho Con-titniou Of tho T.. states, that the
Presidents torn of service shall lao CHANGED from four
to six ysars. aud tliai. no individual shall ever 30 elected
twice TO that Office
sundry petitions werc presented among them. onn
from =. NJ. toggin of bradford, contethle the election of
Simon VI, Noel aud one from sundry citizons of Lynch
burg, praying certain amendments To the milIia laws.
THURSDAY. December l.
1hs'spsaker lail before tho IInu, a letter from Sew
ern T.. Parker, a delegate from Northampton, aud ano,l,-
or from John {. Calhoun, u delegate from Nan.cmori,
the forner stating tlat he was Commonwealth Attor-
nry a, the time ELL election, aud the latter that he wa,
Coroner, wherefore they doubted teir eligibility. Re
ferred.
A reportffom the committee Of I. and Elections, was
.anctisned by the House, declaring vacant the sgat OF
Benz amin "rfin, of southampton, who. at the time Of his
election, was a Colnuiss N Ier # The Rrvenuo.
Mr.. Nelson , 'rcd sundry resolutions, with a view 10
~metheIi'e anleNped.ye business. by dissec,ing the 30.
yernor's u3ss,so, and referring zach subject oinlrufed
in II To It's nppropraIo CON nitteo, These resoInti on
were Had over.
The House resolved to proceed on the It'll, dast Sat
arlay) To Tho election Of n Governor for one ysar.
Ttomts Richie, tho presen, incumbent, WIS re elect
ed PdIlie Printer, without npp,-iiion.
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ELECTORAL cofI.EGE.-The Electoral Colby.
Of Virginia assembled In n ich noad on the "a inst ma
gavo the twenty four votes Of thh state To Andrew jack
son as President and john G. Calhoun as vkc Prtsiden
Of lhe United States., Details 10 our ipHt