Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-01-28
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.


HOUSE OF Delegates.
Tr,sp,y. Ian. %. 1899.
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annually within tbo,, resnec,jye L,ioades.
On motion Of Mr. Armstrong, Resoirci, I hat the
COMMITTEE on Roads, &c. inquire into the ex pcdiency
ofsctillng by law the loeariln Of the Road from
I Stanton to L. rkcrsburg.
Mr.. Stuart, after explaining IT'S propriety aud ne
cessi,y offered The following resoltion:
Re,oired, That the COMMITTED for Courts of Jus
tice inquire into the expedlency OF providing by law
for the appointment Of a committee or Board of
/ Revision. Of which the Attorney General of the
Commonwealth, or some other officer or officers
learned in the law, shall be a member, to which
Committee or Board, all laws OF a pencral character,
winch may hereafter be passed by the General As
seinbly. shall be submitted for critical examination
aud revision, anil IN case the Committee for Courts
OF Justice shall dcem it expedieu, 10 provide FOR the
appointment Of such committee or boatd of reyIs.
SION. they shall define particularly the duties of said
board or committee.
Mr.. Bolts opposed the adoption Of his resolution,
and after some iunher remark, in IFS favor by MIR.
Stuart, II WAS adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Watts, Rcsoluea, That the
Committee on Roads, &c. inquire INTO the cxpedi-
ency Of so increasing the Commonwealth subscrip-
uon to til" capital stock of the Portsmouth aud
Roanoke Rail Road Company, as TO make II equal
10 two-dllhs of said stock.
On motion OF Mr.. Bolts, Rcsolucd, That the
Committee Tor Courts OF JusIce inquire into the OK
pcdlenry ol so providing by law as to prevent
persons from lfansaclns business under fictitious
names.
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Auditor. transmitting a statement of the names and
salaries Of he Clerks employed in his Office.
On motion of Mr.. Mccoy. laid on the table.
The Speaker also presented a Report from the
FIRST and Second Auditors. transmitting, in com
place with a resolution Of the House, statements
containing all The Information their office afford
ed, respecting appropriations Tor literal Improve
ment, and the Public Debt of the Commonwealth.
On motion OF Mr.. Bayly, laid on the table.
Petitions were presented -
BY Mr.. Tnnstai., from Thos. p. Atkinson and
others, OF Danville, IN PIttsylyania. asking the con
stfuctlon of n Ran Road from DanvllIe by Evans
lennessee ''ne' on state account.
by Mr.. conway nom citizens oil Lancaster
county, Tor iae passage o' an ac' inah'hS IL pehal 'of
the owners oil slaves 10 quarter 'hem upon a larm
remote from the one on whlcn 'hey reside, wiihou,
an overseer, &c.
by MIR. Robertson, from Joseph M. Sheppard,
President Of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac Rail Road Company. in behalf oil that
Company, praying the puarantee of the State on a
Loan, for the purpose of extending the Road from
fredericksburg to Aqua Creek.
by Mr.. Flowers, tfom Mary Rusk, sustained by
citizens OF Harrison, for a divorce from her husband
Benjamin Is. Rusk.
by MIR. Cloud. from ciIizens of Patrick, FOR a law
authorizing the County Court OF said county to APP
point two commissioners Of The revenue instead of
one. Also, from cltIzens OF SAID county, for the Gre
alton of . new regiment.
Commercial Contention.
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