Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-06
cAINERAL ASSEMBLY.
IN SESATB-Pru A

The Senate have passed the bill to prevent the
destruction of oysters certain rivers Of the corn
monwealth.
house OF DELRGATER-Frn s.
Mr. G'tnler offered tho following preamble and
resolutions:
Whereas a resolution has boon herc,ofore adop,ed
by the General Assembly requesting the Executive
to prepare and transmit 10 the Senators and Roprc
sentelives FROM this Stale, in Congress- statement
showing the amount OF unsatisied claims for lards
belonging to the officers, soldiers and seamen Of tho
Virginia Site line during the Revolution, and such
statement has oB accordingly prepared and trans.
uiLtc d-1herefore,
Resolved, unanimously, by the General Assembly.
that tn Senators representing this State IN Congress
be instructed, and the Representatives from this
STate be earnestly requested, TO use their bsst en-
for the satisfaction Of the said claims. in such mode
as may be deemed most expedent and proper.
Resolved that the Executive be requested to pro-
cure aud 10 lay bcforc the neXt session of the Gene
raj Assembly, oil the Information WHICH may DO re-
quTTcd, IN relation TO the unsatiFled claims of the
officers, soldiers aud scGmen of the Va. State line
during the Bcvon ion to military bounty lands, with
III the State OF Hontueky; and TO ASCERTAIN rs far
rs prncticnble the present condition of those lands
and the portion thereof which remains Indicated
MIR. Ciner said, that it was proper to state briefly
the outlines Of the claim which Virginia assorted on
this subject 1t was no appeal to the generosity of
the Federal Government, but substantial demand
OH It's Justice. 10 1891 the legislature Of Virginia in
pursuance Of recommendation OF Congress- that The
STATES should Ccde their Territory TO the u
States, adopted certain resolutions, DECLARING the
terms and conditions on which Virginia would con-
sent tn tho cession oflcr Norhwes ern domain Tho
9Th resolution declared That in case the quantity of
good lands on tho southeast side OF the Ohio upon
the waters Of Cumberland river, aud between tho
Green and Tennossce rivers, which have been ro-
served by law, for the Virginia troops on continental
establishment, and upon her State estdblshne,L
SHOULD from the North Carolina line bearing in fur.
ther upon tho Cumberland lands than was expeoted
prove insufficient for their legal bounties the defc
ency should he nude UP to tho said troops in rood
lands to be laid Oft between the rivers Scioto and
Miami, on the northwest side of the river Ohio in
such proportions as have been engaged to them bv
the State of Virginia" These resolutions were l,ic
rally transcribed and forwarded to Congress, where
they were referred to select committee They were
considered reasonable by the committee, and report
was made recommending acceptance of tho ces.
sion from virginia on the Terms which had been pro.
posed In the report Of this committee the words
d1d upon her oion state estabhstmsHt" in the 5tb ro
solution were omitted. This omission happened II
IL supposed accidentally, through tho negligence or
the clerk of the committee. This report the soloct
committee, with this OMISSION was agreed TO by Con.
gross, and an act Of cession afterwards adop,ed
by the legislature of Virginia. The same omission
occurs in tho act Of cesson and only be account
cd foJ as mistake, arising from presumption ON
the part of the legislature, that tho committee OF
congress had actually as they professsd, set forth
ne forms on which Virginia had proposed to code