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HOUSE or DELEGATES.
The Speaker lad before the House
= communication from the President OF
the Bank of.tirginia. transmitting .
statement with regard 10 The dealings
OF the Bank. IN obedience 10 q call OF
the House.-The statement Is accom-
panied By he following letter:
TO tie Spsoker efihs n. Of Delegates:
"Couiorming 10 rcqUlsiiion OF the
House OF Deiegstes by . resolution
adopted on the 10th January. the Pre-
s'deni Ct the Sank Of Virginia herewith
submits list Of loans made by the
Bank. aud now outstanding TO indivi.
duals. frIns. aud corporations, exceed.
'ss Eve Thousand dolisss each, together
With the 'rsidence and Occupation VI
each so Tar as known.
'lie has not literally pursued TIE
form prescribed by tie said resolution.
but gives iiir required information sub
stsniially. Tb., last includes all the
debts above the SUN sI,-c,hed, "a neither
BY note. bill or bond-yood. bad and
doubtful. On mos, o. the larger debt.
collateral security has been added 10
personal, AMI many ot them consist
manly OF What H. technically called bu.
siness paper. The President does not
feel himself justified Ia descna,ing the
account Of any Director, but tina, of IN.
own; but he deems IL a duty To remark
that the aggregate debt Of the " hole
Board Constituted, with the exception
OF the Treasurer himself, of men ac-
lively engaged ia trade. Is under one
hundred thousand dollars. aud large
proportion oi that on temper ary paper.
Under the same restriction, lie states
thai the united debts OF the Cashier
and other officers Of the Bank. are be-
low four thousand dollars. When the
returns from the branches are rcceiv.
ed, they will be Transmitted 10 the
House Of Delegates.
BANK OF VIRGINIA.
Sd February. ISIS"
The whole No. of shares held by
members Of the Legislature in the
Virginia Bank is 10.
On motion the letter and document
were laid on the table and ordered TO
be printed.
POOR DEBTORS.
The bill tn repeal the law OF the last
session coming on at It's second read L.
ing,
MIR. Watkins moved TO lay il on the
table Tor the present, in order 10 afford
nun the opportunity Of preparing an
Mr. Smith Of ! Of w. hoped the
law would be repealed, as it had been
found TO operate injuriously to the poor
man.
MIR. Vaughan moved the indefinite
postponement Of the bill.
The. question was. taken on the in.
definite postPonement, and decided in
me Affirmative by ayes and noes as
follows:
AIEs-Me'srs. RiVes, Randolph. Holloway,
Jeisr, Stuart, Kinney, Byrd, Fryatt. snod-
grass, Shanks. PeyIon, TrIp!e,t. lar MALI
~, Hubbard, Daniel, cardweiI. CasiIeman
htl, Wilson, Vaughan, Servant. Strange
Paisley, Keen, Chapman Of G., Watkins. Pin.
nell, Spencer, Taylor Of Halifax. white.
Muiler' Harrison, Lucas, Smith Of *, Luck
en- Beard, Taylor Of L., GOODWIN Newman.
huagins. Flshsr, Morgan, Buck, Brown, Gun.
bingham, Watts, Fitzgerald, M'CoooslI
voolfolk, Cabell, Gay, VenabIe. storm,
PeDdieton, Robertson, Leyburu. h,DoweII
Sonn' Crawford, DAVIS, Ripley, Ma, berry
Nos'-Me.srs. Banks. Speaker BayIv nj
A., TaliAferro. Mitchell. Cobbs, TurnbuiI
Ihornhprg. Chesthsm, Corb,H. Cox. Io,;.
mer, Sangster. Digges, Dickinson. Wood
Sherrard, Ogiesby, Edmunds, Park, Bolts
Marlin. Smith Of Of w, Wright. Alien
MDonald, orEain. Garland. BurweII, Hay.
mond, Chapman az Monroe, Barnett, Hodge,
segsr' Alexander, Adams, May, TunsiaII.
M'cha1x, Fairfax, Stands. CooIes, Thomas.
gray, Cuibertson, cruieh6sld. Ford. Bailey
50 o'ss'es'
BILLS PASSED.
The following engrossed bills were
read third time and passed:
a ball to authorize a separate cleo.
ton at Snickersville, in the county Of
LCudoUn.
a bull abolishing the punishment Of
burning in Tie hand in all cases.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
WEDNESDAY. Feb. 7.
MI Flowers offered the following re.
solution:
Resoivsd, That the Committee Of
Schools and Colleges be instructed 40
inquire into the expediency Of adopt.
ing some general system Of education
by which every Tree white child in thi,
Commonwealth, may obtain a liberal
education al the expense Of the Go.
yeTnment.
The question on the adoption Of the
resolution was taken; and At was agreed
TO, ayes 90, mes 30.
Tux BANKS
Mr.. Smith Of OF W.. made the col.
loving Report .soH lhe Committee on
Banks -
The Committee 10 whom was refer.
red that part Of The Goyr,nors Ne,.
sage, which relates 10 lhe Banks. have
bad that subject under consideration
and beg leave 10 report. IN part