Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-12-16

TO move 10 days notice. for the recovery Of thu
nnes they have incurred. Your Committee would
iuFtner suggest the necessity Of law restraints
the commissioners from allowing their Clerks more
compensation than would amount 10 two pei
sent on the sum disbursed; for they perceive tina
In some counties, the allowance To Clerks has e
qualied 10 per cent. on the whole amount of IN,
quotas received. Your Conh.iitee iu.ther SUCCESS
tue propriety Of prohibiting the Commissioners,
rom receiving their respective portions of IN,
quo.as aiowed Their counties, and compelling then
| to disburse the whole sum thro' their Treasurer
VINO gives bond and security, and who alone i.
sible.
Your Committee have examined all the eyiden.
ces o. STOCK owned by, and debts due to these
eral Funds, and find them carefully preserved and
corresponding with the report of the I'd Auditor
made to the present General Assembly
Al al which Is respectfully submitted.
ms Report was ordered tobe printed.
Mr.. Pollard Of X. s. @. presented q petition from
tne court OF that county, praying an appropriation
Vi sum OF money to defray the expences Of tran
scribing its Records injured by fire in lS2S-Re.
ferred to the g. for Courts of Justice.
Mr. Segar, presented petition from Thomas r.
Evans, the Administrator Of John Fleet to be al
lowed the communication of years full pay in lieu
Oh hai pay Tor life, for Fleets services Re ferred
10 the G. Of Claims.
Petitions were presented BY htr. Upshayy of
n. q v from the citizens of that county, priying
me passage oil law placing mad dogs and dog >
that have been bitten by such, the same pen.
aiies and restrictions as sheep killing dogs And
6y Mr.. Tyler OF p W., from s. NJ. and S. Fl.
Janney, for authority to locate mil-race on part
OF street in the town of Occoquan: Referred 10
the C. of p. & Grievances
On motion OF MIR. Dobeare, (the same being A.
msnded ON motion OF Mr.. Miller of P.) the Com
mittee OF Finance were instructed to enquire into
the expectancy OF repeating or amending so much
OF the act for regulating ORDINANCES, &c. rs prohib.
us any person residing within 500 yards of any
pubic ROAD, from receiving compensation for Diet
ing any person or feeding any horse.
RESOLUTIONS from the C. OF r. s. l. ~. were read
ist, Tor authorising Stephen Thompson to erect a
dam from his land in Lee corniy, across Powell =
river for grist-b.il and End, for incorporating
company to construct a turnpike road from Merri-
wethers Bridge on the Rvanna river TO Boyd's
Tavern in Acknowledgment to 6y the House
Two resolutions were read from the c. for C. of
LIST, declaring, (upon so much OF the Govern
or's Communicaion as relates 10 abolishing impr-
sonment for debt) that the facilities afforded by
our present laws Tor the prompt discharge of all
Peis ms imprisoned for debt, are such as TO render
unnecessary to legisate upon the subject; 2nIy,
That il is expedent 20 make further provision for
the more efectual punishment OF white meas-T no
satI furnish papers other aid facilities Tor alb
seonding slaves-The LIST Resou,isr was laid ON
The table, on MFR. Cooks inotion; and the End was
agreed 70.
A resolution from the same Committee was read
on the petition Of Rebecca Trueman of Ches-
terhetd, who prays for divorce FROM her husband
John AFTER their marriage he had been disso-
iute, excessively addicted to intoxicaton; had
wasted all her property, and abandoned her and
her infant child on their way to the western coun-
Try; and she has never since seen or heard from
him, aitho' she is Informed he lives in NJ Carolina
mat ne has been guilty of cruel personal abuse,
W W.T.; me slightest provocaon; the petitioner
VIII be entitled, after her mothers death to an in.
terest In 10 or 20 slaves, which she and her child
may be deprived of by her husband, in case of his
surviving her mother-Upon these grounds, the
Committee report in favor of granting her divorce
menSa ct th0ro-Agreed TO-
Also additional Resolutions from the same Com
m'ttee; Ist For changing the time Of the spring
term oil Randolph Superior court; 2nd. for allowing
Fiiiiis and Hannah, emancipated persons of CO.
iour, to allow FIVE years in the State for specified
purposes of humanity Sd. for providing for the
preservation Of certain records in the office of the
surveyor OF OHIO county, and for all similar cases;
ana 4th' TJecftng the petition from L0udoun ami
Fairfax praying for provision to secure from depre
da'ion & outrage the church and burying. ground
OF the parish OF Cameron; upon the ground that
the object OF the petitioner. is already provided
Tor by law:-These several resolutions were a.
sFeeu TO- except the Sd, which was, on Mr. Kim
oroughs motion, laid upon the table.
several resolutions from the c. of p and Griev-
snces on petitions were read; lyt. For authorising
commissioners to re-survey the town of Jefferson
Vile In Iazeweli county, and to include certain
lot. IN the west end Of that town, &c.-2nd Tor
authorizing separate election in the county of
Hampshire I'D for allowing separate election
also IN Randolph county:-4ih. for allowing the
same to Pit.sylvana:-and 5lh. for granting The
petition OF the inhabitants of w esburgh and its
'.e"hty WHO ask ieaVe 10 raise by lottery sum
Oh money not exceeding; dollars, tor the pur.
pose OF regaining Water Street in tina. town and
OF preserving the bank of the river in front there
oI-Ihese resolutions were agreed to BY the
House. $40
Petitions were presented-By Mr.. Thorr,burg,
from John Carter, soldier Of the Revolution for an
augmentation OF his F.nsion;-and by Mr.. Dol
Deare, from the county OF Randolph for change
IN the time ct holding it, separate eections-Re-
ierred to the Z. Of p. and Srieyances.
Saturday, Dec. I3-Varous bills and resolu.
lions were reported by the committees.
on MT. liorGon's motion, the Committee for
Courts OF Justice were instructed TO enquire into
the expediency Of permitting in actions at law,
Where me demand or defence is founded on a writ
ing under seal, the opposite party 10 file any plea
winch would be admissible if such Writing were
not under seal.
An engrossed bill " authorizing Archee Brown
10 erect Toll bridge across the Mattapony river
Saitcr an unsuccessful motion Of Mr.. Parker OF
Y. to postPone il indefinitely Engrossed bills
authorizing the Board of Public Works to sub
scribe IN behaIf OF the State to the Middle Turn
pike Compan " to Authorize the erection of a
dam across the Middle Fork Of Holstein River
- TO authorize separate election at the town OF
fayeite in the county OF Montgomery''-s incor
porating the trustees Of the Smiti field Academy
Id Tie county Of Isle Of Wighf'-s to authorize
.he erection oil gates across the public road lead
ing from Parkersburg to Marietta"-were read a
tmfd time, passed, and sent 10 the Senate for their
concurrence.
a variety OF bills were read second time, and
oruered 70 De engrossed-and several were read
the hrst time, and then re committed
resolution was read from the COMMITTEES of
Oftif1S, Te1ccflHQ the De;ition of YIN iai