Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-23
YESTERDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

On Mr.. Fox motion, the House then adjourned
YESTERDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
| A communication received from the Senate, stat
ing that they had passed the bill "Aowng further time
TO William Crump for the completion Of mill dam"
| The Committees made variety of reports.
| MIR. FESABLE, from the Committee on Banks, pre-
sencd the following report
The Committee on Banks, charged with the duty of
enqurng into the condition Of the Banks Of this Com
monwealth, and of reporting the of the late
pension OF specie payments, and such measures of re-
lief, Gf any, may be required beg leave to make
the following Report:
The Committee have received from the officers of
the several Banks, statement of their condition re-
spcctivcly These statements being in possession of
the House, and the the several intcrrooa-
tories having BY the action of the Committee been
communicated already to the House, in place of a de-
tailed report, the Committee deems it expedient 10
present the information thus obtained in this form and
to embody the conclusions which they think that nior
nation warrants, in the following resolutions:
/. ReSoired, That the several Banks in this Com
monwealth, which have suspended specie payments,
are not Justly obnoxious to censure for having adopted
that measure
=. Rcsoired That in the opinion of this Committee,
the sovency of said Banks is free from ell rational
doubt, and that there is just ground to believe that
they will be ready to resume Specie payments when
the Banking Institutions of Baltimore and Phllade!-
phia shall do
3. Resoircd, That provision by law ought be made
to relieve the Banks and the community from the effect
that the suspension OF specie payments under existing
laws has the character and business of the Banks.
Laid upon the table, and ordered TO be printed.
Mr.. STEPHENSON moved to take up the resolution he
had submitted the 9th inst, relative to certain de-
claatons imputed to the President of the Bank of Viz
gna, concerning the value of its stock.-Thls motion
was decided by ayes and messages 81, noes SO.
Mr. Nj CORNELL then moved that the resolution be in.
definitely post oned, which agreed to without divi
MIR. POWELL asked the member from Ohio 10
withdraw his motion for the indefinite postponement Of
the resolutions to enable him to offer the following
an amendment: "And that said committee enquire
whether the statement made in the Message of the
Governor, that all the Banks in the Commonwealth
had suspended specie payments, except The Banks
Portsmouth and Banks at Wheeling, be true or not"
But Mr.. NJ CORNELL refused to withdraw his motion
There was some debate on the two questions, in
which several members participated. Mr.. RADCLIFFE
declared himself for enquiry. (Nlessrs May, RoBERr
son. VESABLE and YERgY spoke in favor Of indefinite
postponcmcn and Messrs. STEPHENSON, JACKSON Of
Wood and MCRAE, against it,
Petitions presented-by Mr.. Souru,LL from
Alexander Riycs and w Dawson, trustees under the
will of NJ Dawson, praying legislative aid for eicctu-
ang the object of the tesator, touching school fund
created by his will for the benefit Of The counties OF
Nelson and Automatically Mr. WooD, from Fabius
Lawson for divorce from his witc:-By Mr.. LAwsoS,
from Reese Browning, asking for the remission of a
fine; and by Mr.. EwrSG, from Daniel Jones, asking
that the Commonwealth right to certain lots in the town
of JoEcsvlle may be released TO him.
The following engrossed bills passed, viz: elk
ing the School quotas of the counties of Orange and
Greenland "To change the time of holding the
general elections in this Commonwealth
The bill "concernin5 executions and trials in
cases upon warrants" with the amendments of the
Committee, taken np,-the amendments were act,
ed upon-aftcr which, Mr.. Worthngton proposed
substitute bill-and they ordered be
printed
An engrossed bill " concerning witnesses in civil
cases was read Sd time, and ryder proposed by
Mr.. Radcliffe, rejected motion was then made by
Mr.. Gregory for the indefinite postponement Of The
bill, and the ayes and noes akcn-aycs g. noes
A communication received from the Governor
enclosing Report from the Principal Professor of The
Military Academy at Lexington Ordered to BE- printed.
On Mr.. STrRMs motion, the House adjourned.
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