Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-12-23

VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
HOUsE or DELEGATES

HOUSE or Delegates
FRIDAY, Dec. ia variety oil Reports from the
committees were t.ils day acted upon. The fol-
lowing Sketch may be sufficient Tor the general
| reader:
From the Committee Of Craims-Rcsolu,ions
lst Tor allowing to James Markhan's repre- sent..-
lives Communication OF full pay for revolutionary
services 2d. against allowing communication 70 the
heirs OF James Marshall. 3D. reiectine n similar
application OF Joseph Crockett. The Ist resolution
was adopted and the two last laid upon the table
Aiso further Resolutions from the su,ne Commit
tee, lst for allowing 10 Hardin IT, Hull, of pa
trick, such compensation for carrying two lunacs
to Williamsburg, as the AUDITOR may find him lust
ly entitled to and ID for allowing TO j. Carter of
Cabell an addition to his pension Agreed 10 bv
the House.
| From the Committee of Prooosft;ons 4, C,r;en.
dnces-llesoIutions, LIST. for authorisng separate
election in Scott county I'd, for allowing 10 VIM
L. Morris TO annex certain lots api warehouse
near the Basin in Richmond, to Shockue Ware
| house, upon the same terms as lot No SIG was
! annexed by the act OF March 1897; Sd, for allow
ing separate election in Shenandoah ; l,h. for
allowing one in Culpeper; and 9TH agains, adj
fding certain part oil Montgomery county to
.'ies county All these resolutions agreed
| 10, with the exception Of the last, which was so
| amended on Mr.. Craig's motion as 10 reverse the
decision OF the Committee.
I From the Committee Of Schools and Colleges
"A resolution for incorporating the Trustees OF an
! Academy in Chesterfield county--Asreed to-
| From the Committee Of Roads and Internal
Ndrigation.-Rs solutions, LIST, for making provi-
sion Tor the completion Of the road from Wnches
| ter to the Ohio river; and I'd for authorizing r.
Saunders, jr. to erect tide mill on the waters of
| Queens Creek in York county.--9gyeed TO-
From the Committee Of Propositions s. Gyier-
dnces-kesoutions, lst. Against granting the petit
ton OF C. r; Wells, who prayed that as far as the
South and Eastern lines of his land ram II might
be made the boundary between TYLER and Ohio
county; End. for granting a separate election in
Culpeper; 4th. for authorising one in Loudoun :
and 9TH to the same effect in Pttsyl vana county !:
agreed to. And further resolutions from the same
Committee LIST. for establishing IA town at the
| 'Great Bridge; autborsing s. NJ. and s. II jan
ney 10 locate their mil-race upou small part of
| street in the town Of Occoquon 3D.. for chan cling
the site OF an alley in the town of Liberty IL.
! greed to.
| Saturday, Dec. 20.--On motion of Mr.. Miller
of Cumberland, the Committee for Courts of Jus.
tce were instructed TO enquire into the expedi-
| ency OF so amending the 18th section of the act
to reduce into one the several acts concerning
the Auditors and Treasurer and the Sth section
| oil the act TO reduce into one the several acts
concerning the recovery of debts and the sale OF
lands Tor judgments behalf Of the Common
wealth, as to extend the remedies therein proviL-
| ed against public debtors aud their securities TO
their heirs, executors, administrators and deYisees;
and also to inquire into the expediency of so
amending the 9Th section of the last mentioned
act, IA to bind the lands and tenements of public
| officers from the date OF their official bonds
THE CONVENTION.
Mr.. Nelson, Chairman IF the Committee on
| The subject IF Conuenfion, reported biz to or
! gdnize Contention; which was read the first
and second time, and committed TO the committee
| OF the whole house the state of the Common
wealth, and made the order of the day for Monday
the 10Th inst.
Considerable time was consumed in DISCUSSING
the question, whether the day to be fixed for TAX
ing up the bill should be Monday, the 10Th inst,
or Monday, the 9Th of January. Mr.. Nelson
propo'ed the former, and Mr.. Miller of Powha-
tan, the latter day. These gentlemen, together
with Messrs. Doddridge, Mason of f., Hall, Par
ker OF Caroline, Bryce, Witcher, Terrl and Craig
joined in the discussion
! On the one side it was contended, that Monday,
the 9Th was too early day, as the members who
were not on the committee, would not have sufii
Gent time 10 consider and make up their opinions
upon the provisions of bill of such vast import-
| ance, and that the House would be too thinly at
tended In consequence OF the absence of many
members during the Christmas hoiydays, &c
On the other, that the subject was by no means
new; that every member had probably long since
formed his opinion as 10 all the abstract PRINCIPLES
appertaining to the subject and that the provisions
oil the bill, excepting some two or three princi-
Piles OF mportance,) could not require much time
| Tor deliberations and, as TO the expected absence
| OF members during the hoydays, it was insisted
| that most OF the members might and probably
would be in their seats on that day; and that, at
all events, public business OF such great import
| ance ought not to be postponed, and the session
Protracted, 10 suit the convenience or pleasure of
members, whose residence was so near as TO ena-
| BILE them TO visit their families, &c. Mr. Nelson
SAID, that when he was first member of this
House, (some 20 % years ago y the sessions of
the Assembly continued but about six weeks and
that even then, the people complained of what
they thought the unnecessary length of the ses-
sion; but OF late years he sad the sessions of the
Assembly had been continued for three months
the reason for which he had not been able TO dis.
cover until that time-which reason, he found
was, that ii was something like an established prac.
tee OF the House, not TO undertake any important.
business until tire Christmas holydays were over
MIR. N. aide ', that he anxious 10 have this
important bill disposed of, and that the business of
the session should be speedily completed. so that
| the Assembly might adjourn and leave sufficient
Iunds IN the treasury, TO pay the expense of the
| Convention, without the necessity OF resortinp IN
additional taxation, SC.
| On the question (Which was first putt whether
the bill should be made the order OF the day for
! Monday, January 5th, Mr.. Nelson called for the
ayes and noes, which call was sustained, and the
Ayes and Noes were taken, which resulted as fol-
| lows:
| Those who voted in favor of January 5th, were:
Messrs. Banks (Speaker,) Persnger, Terrill,
Booker of Amelia, Jeter, Ellis, Menns, Beasley,
Irotter, Bocock, Yancey, Parker Of Caroline,
Christian OF Charles City, Gaines, Richardson Of
Charlotte, Johnson of Chesterfield Burfoot Hill,
Miller of Cumberland, Fitzgerald, Wynn of Din
widde, Boisseau, Wray, Booker of T.. .Upshaw of E.
| Pitts, FitzhuglTof Fairfax, Wallace, VIM of Flu.
wanna, Smith OF Gloucester, BiIlups, Guerrant
Bryce jr. Spencer Of Greensvilie, Tllar, Atkinson
OF Halifax, GoOdall, Mullen, Harvie, Atkinson of
| Isle OF Wight, Cole, Richardson of James Civ
| Pollard OF King and Queen, Upshaw Of X & O.,
Mason OF X. George, Oldham, Pollard of King
William, Gregory, Leland, Hall, Kimbrough,
street. VI VI Farland OF Luncnburg. Braxion, Goode,
ffarI II