Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-19
.r ne Board Of Public Works b. and sy hereby in

Vie Board Of Public Works DO, and thoy are hereby in.
structed to survey be made OF the Pam1nk
aver from New Castle in the county OF Hanover TO the
Junction oil the North aud South branches and also of the
south branch up TO Darricoths Mills, in the county of
Hanover And 1t the engagements Of the Principal Eng
nccr of the State will not permit him 10 perform the ser
vice. That they hereby authorized employ some COM
pernt engineer purpose who shall report to the
next General Assembly AN estimate of the cost of max
! PLAZA.
q iAnfs RIVER AND EANAwnA COMPANY
ia" li L. amend She charter OF the James River and
/ hsnawha Company was read second time.
The Objects of ,his bill are-Eilst authorize the
purchase or condemnation for the company, of land
along Tie yrnrraiu" of improvement, OF greater breadth
uan one hundred feet, nnder proper limitations aud
s,fcu"ns1 Secondly: Authnrlzng the company to rur
chase small parcels of land along The line of improve
nen under proper limitations and restrictions,
though such parcels of land may be necessary for
me construction of the works of the company, for
pDu;mehs, or for the of their buildings; aud Third
w mat the mode of assessing damages for land
dernned which provided by The charter is SO changed
as ha III lieu of the which the country
are required to appoint board Of ASSESSORS, having ju
rsdciion over the whole line of Improvement, is to be
app'ned and their proceedings regulated by the Board
OF Public Works1
Mr. GARLAND OF A. moved to amend the bill by stir
King out the following clause
For the purpose of ASSESSING The damages TO the
owner from the condemnation of his land for the of
The road or canal any feeder of the canal for any
aouent OF DAM or for the sites of toll-louses, sta
pies ana other buildings, there shall be appointed by the
BOARD OF Public Works five ssors being discreet in
ellgen and impartial men, neither stockholders of the
company nor owners of any land through which the i'm
provemens of The company will pass; who, any three
or more o thrm, shall constitute board for the
nrht oi such damages throughout the whole line of i'm
proycmeni All vacancies ia the Board of Assessors
shall he flied Ivy the Board of Public Works. These
assessors shall hold their offices during the pleasure Of
the Board OF Public Works; and shall receive as n com
pensaton for their services five dollars EACH for every
d9ues, and twenty cents for every mile he shall
.y aVe - ana from the place of performing his duties
to be paid by the company"
/; rms mohon was opposed by Messrs. Summers, Wat
kiins 1riggs Gregory and Brooke, and supported by
messts Sarand of A., Gilrncr, Austin and Booker, and
Tie uyes and having been ordered, on motion of
air Garland of A, tho question was put and decided
IN Tie negative as follows:
.fyesnHiessrs Gilmer Southall, Wiley, Garland of
I,uSuh, Danle Samuel, Hill, Wilson of Co. Hunter of
T., smith OF Fauquier, Strange, Holland, Coleman,
onson Taylor OF H. Harris Rngsdale Rogers, Benton,
Brow Brown ct ~ Almond Hopkins, Madison Stands, VIII
hams R" Nehn Moiiet,, Conrad Jessee Bare Rinker,
Du.s' Crutchheid, iiargfaye Gibson and Stanard-46
s'oeS-messrs Banks, (SpeakerD Layne, Brooke,
nnnler OF D., Hcnsiaw, Decamps BcnLring Johnson,
Vaughan Servant, Ball, Price s,eger, Hale of f., Da
yison Smith of Frederick Watts Smith of c. Watkins,
lia OF g., Wehcred, Nixon Mullen, Kincheloe, Bolts,
SHreg9ry Gggs Berry, Summers Neill Hays, straton,
Deafd Wnggener, Morgan, Sherrard Murdaugh, Cooke,
fhzgeraid Ciapinc Masters, Adams, M Coy, Cackley,
CARROLL siarency, Leyburn, Nj Mullen, Moncure, Gil
lespe, Dri"shinutt, Jett and Cunningham--53
Mr. SrANAnD moved to amend the bill by adding the
following proviso TO The last section:
rrorded h0cerer, That the that the provisions
Oh @ act changing HE mode of assessing damages shall
MOI Ie confirmed by the x General Assembly the
sa from and alter the adlounn Of the next General
sSrnuy Cease and determine, and the clauses of tho
original charter herein mentioned repealed shall be
rhs'avd, and form part of the charter of the coInpa
ny IN like though this act had not been pass.
ed.
This motion opposed by Messrs Summers and
watkins and supported by Messrs. Stanard and Fon
MIR WATKINS moved the following substitute for MIR
Snhard amendment 'Pr0eidcd hoicecer That nothing
rom hereafter altering repeating the mode of
ing damages as provided Tor in this act The ayes and
noes having been called, motion of MIR. Austin, the
question was put ON the substitute and il adopted
by the following vote:
dyeS-Nlcssrs. Soutla Layne, Brooke, Hunter of b.,
iensliaw, Miller Wilson of b. Decauips Turnbull
Beuhring, Daniel, Johnson Vaughan Price, Sleger,
Hale OF r., Holland, Smith OF Frederick Smith of Glou
sss'er, Wan,''s, ISL of Grayson, Wehered Nixon,
"a hinch . Gregory rggs, Berry, summers
ley, Carroll Lcy6uIn, Jessee NlcNlullen, Butts, Har
grave, Gillespie, Delashmuu Gibson, Jett, Cunning
nam, Brown of P.--55
Nocs-M cssrs. Gnlcr, Wiley, Garland of A., Booker
Austin, SafoueI Wilson of Cumberland, Hunter of H.,
Ball, Smith Of Fauquier Strange, Dawson, Coleman
sloan, Goodnil Bots, Fontaine, Hoeman, Robinson,
Mui daugh, Almond, Hopkins, Madison, Williams, Nick
I'm Bare Cru:enfed, Moncure sanard-,35
Upwards OF forty bills had their second readings, and
were ordered TO be cngrosscd.
The SPEAKER presented a communication from the
Governor Enclosing letter from the Governor of Ohio
transmitting resolutions of the Legislature of that State
declaring ii expcdent that the Constitution Of the u s.
he so amended 10 preclude the election of President
Vice President of the s. by the House of Repre-
snaiives and TO make these functonares elective by
the people alone.
On motion Of Mr.. WILSON, ofB., the communication
was laid on the table and motion Of Mr.. Wethered
ii was ordered to be printed.
On motion of MIR. CRUrcnFIELD,
The House adjourned
friday, AfGTck 1S
number OF cngrossed bill were passed among which
were the bill TO amend the charter of the James River
and kanawia tompany-and the bill to exempt a GER
tain portion of the property of insoven debtors from
seizure The former passed by of G2 to 38-the
latter by vote Of o3 To Is.
Mr.. MoRGAN moved the reconsideration of the vote
(aken few days since) rejecting the Bill increase
the Banking capital of the Satc which motion, after a
brief discussion, was rejected, Ayes 81, Noes 40.
MIR. MURDAUGH then moved for the suspension of the
rule, TO enable him for leave bring in bill 20
establish independent Bank at Portsmouth After
considerable debate, The motion rejected, Ayes 80
Noes Ga.
The engrossed bill to authorize the Treasurer TO sub
scribe on behalf of the State the stock of the Chesa
peake and Ohio Canal Company read a third time
and on it's passage, was rejcced--Ayes %, Noes o.
Details in next.
TO THE EDIT ORS
RICHMOND, i7ih March,
Sins find in tho OF yesterdays proceedings The House
Of