Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-01-30
VIRGINIA kgidaHsl.ia'fE,ssa3.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
ihGrsaay. JuuuGry y.


4 message received roln the Senate stating tia,
they had agreed u the resolution requiring the Board o.
Public Works TO cause survey In be nmdr OF Smith
River, with amendment [Agrerd toby the House ]
On motion Of Mr.. lrSTEK Ut T., it ordered that,
when this House adj"urn II VIII ad ourn until II clock
tom
[Ihc House ha, met at pc!nc, for the three pre-
vinus mornings, and the change mad. upon the
ground that The earlier hour lncIrrrd with the business
vi the committees
Ga motion Of Mr. MGEpArGtI, leave WAS gwen u
bring in bill 10 amend the 9Th section Of the act passed
March ll;h, lS}j, directing the Governor to cause
houses shelters TO be erected for the protection and
preservation Of the equipments OF the Rc!mond Fayete
and Portsmouth Artillery companies.
On motion Of MIR. JEss&E, the Committee OF Courts
Of Justice Instructed To inquire int" the rSprdicncy
of requiring by l1w That the Jaor OF each county shall
reside in the dwellings that may hereafter
attached said Jais for tile better security Of the pr
g.
On mutton of MI aluLrR, the committee on the H.
brary instructed to inquire into r rxpedcncy Of
am"ndins tic existing regulations Of the library
OAmotl'n ut Mr.. BALL, the select committee on abn
ton was instructed 10 inquire into the expectancy of in
sructing Senators and requesting our Representa-
tivrs in the Congress Of the United States to their
best ctITts 10 procure such alterations the laws rlat
ing to the Post Office Department. may be best cacu
lated tn prevent the transmission through the mail Of all
lncendiary publications.
Mr. GREGORY submitted resolution ins:rucng the
SeircL Committee on Abolition to INQUIRE into , ex-
petiency Of preventing free negroes ad :nlaoes who
go from this State TO Misunderstanding States from
turning again into this State; which WIS. motion of
Mr. Parker, laid nn the table until tomorrow.
On motion Of MIR. GREG6ar, the vo:c re- ecng bill
to provide for The construction of Toad the Blue
Ridge al Ailn.ns Gap recons:tered and the bill
laid on the table.
VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS OF i:2l
Mr. WATKINS 10 oiltr resn!utiuns connected
with the Expungng question, which he had intended nf
erins along with those resolutions but had subsequent
~ thought 1t c1pebirnt To rsc lv themselves.
AS he sa" however, disposition in Ill: House cou.
stanily to refer to and discuss the subject III The res"d-
tons which he offered lie laI thought i. atv!sab t
10 bling the subject before the House Tie ojrct Of the
present proposition, was, to cSc;nd the resolutions pass
ed by this General Assembly. two years ego. with The
exception Of the fourth, declaring tie n:u"nal!ty
oa Bank Of the U. S. We do ask that these resolu-
Lions be expungcd BECAUSE oto we believe them IN INC
highest degree unjuat and nexpedent, the Legislature
had constitutional light 10 pass them Had The Legs.
latu!c transcribed its constitutional power, we would
have moved to expunse the esouiions hus as that was
not the case motion TO rescnd would rrrt the objrc:
in view. II proper for Mir W to stale, that while in
Ohio last summer he drew up series Of resolutions,
which he intended present 10 tue Legislature upon
this very subject but those resolutions had been msad
lost with the exception Of one, which he read to the
House, to show that this proposition scheme
Ms. Watkins said it was not his object that they should