Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-31
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

m THURSDAY. March 90 IB3I
- ne Hrhntc have passed the bills, Concern;r,,
10 / icndieton and Hiram Chiles; , Concarni.s
Elisha COLLISION; 3 Further hircctinr tho c,,,rsn -
Administration of personal uss"is; t. Further IN r,
ulate the practice of suciug out and prosecnr ,vr
OF Scire fdcias; ., Concerning Certun Dcv,seos az
CTecu iHnnHr dec q; G, Authorizing n separate cl.r
ton IN the county Of Gonchand: 7 hutbnri-;r
separate elections IN the counties Of Charlotte and
hc"'y . Authorizing a separate ceCtiun m O,co
guam ID IN" county of Prince WIiham; o Auhorj
1lng the formation of the county of Pare CIR, If mr.,
OF Rockingham and Shenandoah Two inst y,,,L
amcEdmtnts-which amendments were rcnd and
Io"c"Ne" ln-as were several mmatorlal amend
nen's tn bills reported IN this pa per- Yesterday
hlr Tert from the Select Committee YESTERDAY
appointed reported bill authorizing the pres,dnnt
ara DIRECTORS at the Lexington and CovInpton turn
PIKE comPany,o enter upon lands through which IN,
''u Is 20 pass and prosecute the construction of the
2Hod dimnuni, &c ~ "
Is Us passed., II incorporate the Winchester
auu Potomac rail road COMPANY; >. The I,oudonn
rail ROAD company; ;, Authorizing +, lotor,, ~, ~
the streets OF charlottesville. F
Mr. Leigh from the committee OF conference mad.
report at reasons To be submit ed TO the Senate -,
hUhce mat body To agree to certain amendments tn
the delinquent land bill, which were sanctioned bv
the House. ~
On motion OF Mr. GooIo. Resolved, ,ba. ibc
"a auditor be required to furnish annually To tho
House OF Delegates, statement relative 10 oil tho
pub4c improvements OF the Commonwealth and All
the lont stock companies IN which tho St,tc holJ,
pecunlarY interest, showing the cost of the
ton OF cachi the gross amount of tolls rents or
other revenue; the nett amount after defravnp the
cost OF collection OF tolls, the superlnte ndance and
repair OF the works; together with all such o,barir
FORMATION aS may be calculated 10 show tho value of
the funds vested III such works or improvements
Inc OIL authorizing the appointment of commits
slcners 20 make rCrounuisances, prepare estimates
aud collect information IN regard 10 the lanes RE
and other contemplated improvements beng on il,
second reading, " "
MIR Gnodc moycdlts indefinite postponemcnt. and
assigned his reasons at som" Cuuth IN suDport IF hc
m"fion-uS that II committed h.. state /, the con-
tenplatcd improvements and involved eFpense 10
correct mat In"rnatIon which Er fl teen wears En-
gi"eef AFTER Engineer Commissioned after Commits
sioner, had been employed 10 co!t"c, and uoon sinh
Je"'s III relation 10 which. R-uor' after Rcpor, had
areldy been naCc To Tie Legislature.
MT moore opposed the motion, declaring his
readiness. It he motion prevailed, to advocate
dE'son OF the State, being hus coEvinced that the
beacral Assembly would never effect those ,,nnrovo
West VI '"S
M Garland Of Nelson, also cppos d the motion
WIN much Misunderstanding upon the necessity Of
making improvements to restore VirGipin IN her }or
tHer prosperity. the spirit which was abroad and
winch demanded his Measure and reminding oer,Is
men VINO now opposed the bill, of the arguments by
winch they had defeated the loan bll-namelv tbnt
The necessary information to author ~ so large an ms
propriat'on was nat possessed Mr. Goode adver,ed
to the splendid efforts OF other States IN improve
ehts mo practical benefits which had resulted and
addressed great vorieiy Of views 10 he House in
opposition 10 ppstpOnement
Moore replied o. WIZ 'l
The motion was farther supported by Messrs Cib
son. and Mason OF Fred, and opposed by Messrs Tor
riii' Garland of Nelson, Miller Of Bot and Norris
MT MASON ct Fred, who opposed the bill on &C
count OF the means 1t suggested of obtaining nforna
ton, expressed his purpose Of voting for il unoN The
assurance that lis friends were willing so to modify il
a. ~ Ie GUY OF collecting information upon
tne rn"c'pl Engineer, assisted by some other Engi-
me question on postponng was then put, and the
motion negatived, 40 follows: VIZ
AVS Nlessrs shell, Watkins Broadu, ',.on Jones, Chi.
iaoome' Green, tas!,y, Clrhadon Dyer Atkinson Pol
IaLd ro.ad, tluds'ns Knox, Gooi,, Waits O'FcraiI
Goodwin hloncure, Gillespie 81
No's- li-srs Banks, lsrcoEcr) W Wood, ,rcrdII NJ
Anderson, T. Ntlcr - C,npbell, C,,rj,, S,,isi W
VI Ewss lay Taylor Inlybuuou Brodnax Marshall PSynr
Seymour. Dayson, Leigh. semple Lucas C,IIabr,, S,
ncfs' fiooe, Ewing, Hays Lawson W Mason caldwell
{ 'hoon J Garland Mclaughlin. Murlspob Jho n'o,,
biakwsl fl Anderson, Jacobs ranioil Hrner Bax,rI'
Williams Harris, Ga'ewood, Hamilton Cr,mp Moo NJ
Land tes .Se%,on Jackson, Crockett, Maxwell, McFar-
, Upon the motions Of uessrs Miller Of Bot and Gar.
Ianu OF Nelson, the bill modified as indicated
ahovc, and thus amended was ordered to be cnpross
ed. III directs survey of the James and JacEs,,
rivers, the country between the James, Roanoke and
New Rivers. and New River with a view 10 ascertain
the bes-modc ofimproycmcnt.
b"I5 PharG-l, Concerning Charlcstoyu i'm tho
county OF Jefferson; =. huihDrg.np the cornoro,ior
OF Lynchburg 10 sub.cubc 10 he stock or The
IyHchbnrg and new River Rail Road, ,. To amend
an act iJf iHc cIeCtioH Of q new bridge across An
Pom'tr& E,F.r 1t Petersburg; = Incorporating tic
DauYn!s AID Hyan.hani Turnpike company; :. An
'HorMug separate election in Montgomery; g. H.
provide for the repair ci public arms and Tor otbcr
purposes. ''