Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-22

MIR. Mason of Frederick a.ed W;l,;,m Ran.
io'ph lie had acted az Serg ms to tie Con
veo'ion' and given high character to the office nv
tue manner in which he pei formed the iu,ies SOM
were OF opinion that the office was a mere .necure
ana OF little consequence but Mr.. though 9th. rwi.e
ne character OF the office Dope nded upop IN. ma,
MIR. was good officer. Mr. Mason had seen him
perform bis duty, and could spe ak with certain " "a
was was one oil Natures gentlemen-his manners engsg.
ing and polite, willie he had hrmness and activity or
the performance OF IN. duty of the Office He had moi
been IN The revolutionary army. because he wa. too
young but his 500, Gen. Randop phi Of Cumberland had
performed most impor ant services in The late
He hoped The House would see fit 10 .iec, AR r
and he could asn'e it, that, il he wa. elected. he
would not be the f0eum tenens Of a sineeure
The Clerk proceeded to call the roll of memhe,s
when the following was the result, ::
Winston "A
Subbl field .,
Randolph "a
Temple 81
MIR. Christian rose TO Withdraw Mr.. s.ubb,.6s,,-
saying MIR. s. had been unwilling AZ 6rs, 20 b. brou n,
into comp. u'ion with Revolutionary officer (sIr TEN.
Mr. YES Of Prince George then a.ked whether
as Mr. Subheheli was Withdrawn, Mr.. Temple min,
not DO permitted to remain among the candidates, net
wths'andng the rule OF the House for dr ,ppiny the
lowest candidate. rrs VIC
The Speaker deciding that he could not ul .ss the
rn'e oil the House was suspended MIR. Rives of r.
Eeorge rose to make that motion. The Speaker sug.
gested, as there was no objection made the motion
might be considered as adopted. But MIR. Lewis hon
ed That the question would be formally puwhich was
accordingly done, end the motion was rejected
Mr. kives OF Campbell then asked whether the
name OF stuob eheld could be Withdrawn without the
consent oil the House. The Speaker said il could not.
and that any gentleman at liberty 10 vote for him
Iha roll was again called, and the following was the
result: ~ e
Winston 20
Stubblefeld So
Randolph %
MIR. Anderson OF b. advocated the election ot At,
heid 'rvipg that for ten years he rad per-
formed The duties OF Sergeant-at-Arns
Mr. Morris said he had gu opposed en- ,rks w,r. ro,u
out OF order hut he would simply state that he under
stood the individual opposed Major Winston to be
man oil property, while Maj. Winston was Door
The Speaker said that debate was now ont af o-,r
MT Williams OF Harrison, presumed he might reply
to remark that had been made. If Mr. Stubblefeld
had done the duty Of Arms he hal Soh,
less been we'll paid for it,. 1t was quite different Of
hce from that OF doorkeeper. And he did no, agree
to the TACT, that Mr. s. had filled it had been Stated
Mr. emerson OF b., rose to ask whether the gen
tieman from Harrison denied his statement
Mr. Williams of H. thought he had made bimseI
distinct enough. when he did deny the fact that Al
s'ubbieheld had performed the duty oil Sergeant a,
Arms for ten years. "
On the third call of the House, (AIr. Randolph he.
ing dropto the vote stood as follows:
Winston IN
Stubble6eld 70
So Major Winston was declared to be elected Ser.
geantat-Arms. ~
On motion of Mr.. Marshall, the resolution from ,be
Committee for Courts of Justice was taken nm m ,h
petition OF the children of Turner Dixon late o Fan
quier county. The Committee submitted the follow
Ing resolution
ReSoiued as the opinion of this committee That ,b
SAN petition, stating that the father of the
died. nestate in the year 1920, leasing large estate
real AMI personal one.thri whereof amounling to al
least ioOoO, was allotted to their mother as her dow
er: That for % years past she has been entirely do
prived her reason, and ground OF hope of her
covery now re- aims and that one-,bird of The annu
income OF the dover estate ia Acknowledged h, -.
Guardian, twho is also her broth to he fuilv snt6
cient for the supply of all her wants. and prayoS ,h
passage OF law an'horising the Superior Court o
onancety, II snail APPEAR to that Court upon due en-.
curry thai no probability of her recovery exists Il
decree division OF the dover estate except an nnct
may De necessary Tor her support, with such cond
uon' as to the Legislature may seem just and proper
reasonable The resolution agreed to-
The engrossed biIlAuthorsing Constables TO reouir,
lndemnliylng bonds-was read third time and pass
| ed. ~ Pc
The engrossed bill-Concerning the Hall Of ,be
House oil Delegates, was read third time and passed
This bill auhorises and requires the Superintendent
10y pubic buildings TO contract with some skiIfuI me
chanic Tor the improvement of the Hall of the Hons,
oil Delegates in conformity to the specification and re
commentators OF report, and in pursuance of reso
luton upon that subject, passed by the House of De
egaes on the 18th inst. and that the Audtor oI p,L
accounts be authorised TO pay the thereof on IN,
order OF the Execr"e, pro- ided the same shall not y
ceed the sum ~ ollars
On motion Newman, the vote on enrrossin,
the bill to construct road from the Kanawbe road i
Point Pleasant, was reconsdered and the bill reco,n
| mitted '''' 'e'o'"
The Committee of Propositions and Grievances 70
pOi'o" iavoiaoly on the petition OF the people OF IN,
Town oil wheeling for the incorporation Of a Fire In
snrance Company in that town. Agreed to-sso favor
ably on the petition Of the citizens of the counties nj
Mason, Kanawha, and Wood, for a new county. A.
greed to. "a
MAP OF VIRGINIA.
On motion Of Mr.. Venable, the bill MAKING Gur,ho,
provision for the publication and sale of the Man .
Virginia was taken up, and having been read secop,
time ~ '''o YIN
| Mr.. Gllmer moved that II be committed TO ,be Com.
inee on me Library He said that the Library as
the sale OF the map, was devoted the increase and
support OF the library. He did not think II wac ~.
cessary 10 make additional publication of the man :,
present, as he was informed by the Librarian Thai
was now large number unsold, while every effort was
made TO dispose OF them II people would moi buy the
map, there was no remedy for IL.
MIR. Venable said that the expence Of the var;ou,
surveys, made with view TO the publication of tbs
map, was paid ont Of the fund for Internal Jmprove
expence Of publication, would go to that fund Tho
original act had provided IT the library wa, in wan,
OF assistance, it ought 10 be obtained from the tersr
fund What was the object OF publishing This mani I,
was not to make money-but TO disseminate gesoranb;
cal knowledge Of the State-to supply II ia sII ,bo
schools in the Commonwealth, at a cheap rate Re-,
what was the effect Of its management Nothing was
made by IT. and II was not distributed because lie ptire
was TOO high. SIN all number Of copies had been
Struck on and the Dorma ion taken by other artists
who copied the map. and II was published else where
ny persons who were underselIing the State of Virgin
a. Ihose mostly sold, were from Findlay & Co. The
PIate, under present circumstances, was not worth
transporting from Philadelphia He trusted ibe mn
would not be committed to the Library committee. az r.
was one on which that committee could not properly
set f''f'''y
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