Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-17

ResOlrcd, By the General ASSEMBLY, That the Super
ntcndant of Public Buildings under the direction o
the Executive, carefully examine, and cause to be
removed from the antic story of the Capitol all com
bustblc materials except books, and take such other
precautions may be necessary to guard and protect
the same.
! On Mr.. TrSsrALLs notion the House agreed to re.
consider the bill "concerning Edward Chapman. And
after reading the documents CONNECTED with IT, for re-
hitting fine of $50, charge of selling sprtnous
liquors without cense the bill indefinitely post
poned, by vote of 30 to 3S.
MIR. SrEPuEssos called up the bill "reducing into
the several acts prescribing the mode Of
ing the taxable property within the Commonwealth
and for collecting the public revenue, with the amend
ments Of the Senate
| Several Intellectual efforts made to get rid OF
the bill; and
Mr.. GREGORY proposed to postpone it indefinitely
with view of printing it, and submitting 1t to the con-
sderaon of the people.
Questions were taken on several of the amendments
and of them accepted, and others rejected
when
| On Mr.. MAYS motion, the bill and amendments
were laid upon the table, and the Senate amend
ments ordered to be printed for the consideration OF the
| House.
! The bill for the "rccf of Levi Blankenshp' (rcmis
sion of ine) up the second reading and was
supported by Messrs. Clarke and Taylor, and being
amended on MIR. Mays motion, ordered TO be en-
crossed
| A few other bills had their lst or I'd reading.
| The bill increasing the reward for experimenting run
away slaves, and the Scnae's amendment thereto pro-
hbtng the keepers Of public ferries the Ohio river
and that part of the Potomac river lying above tide
ter, from employing slaves, free negroes and mulaoes
ferry boats their ferries and requiring the owners
of canoes and other boats said river to keep the
same secured at night, being under consideration
Mr. WoETnINGToS moved TO amend the Senate s
aIne ndment To the not 10 affect the
keepers of public ferries who slaves, and whose
| ferries above the mouth Of the Shenandoah.
Mr.. BYRD opposed to the amendment to the
amendment. II was he said, saluary provision; and
| he advocated the Senates amendment ut some length
| Mr.. RAMEY was opposed TO the amendment to the
amendment, because runaway slaves from the county
of Loudoun would cross the Blne Ridge and the
Shenandoah river and escape from the county Of Jcer
the Potomac River He called for the read
ing Of petition from citizens of Loudoun, praying
that the owners Of canoes and other boats ght be
qured by law to keep them secured at night and at
! frmed that the petition signed by citizens Of the
highest responsibility in Loudoun.
After the reading of the pctItion the question was
taken; and the amendment to the amendment adopted
The Senatcs amendment amended was then dis
| agreed to BY the House
The bill ssmuking provision for removing the Senate
Chamber to the first story of the Capitol came up
and after conversation, in which Ncssrs. alAYan
TuSsrALL supported the bill, and Mr.. CRrrcnrIELh
opposed it, it indefinitely postponed, on Mr..
| CRrTCHFIELDs motion.
|
out the Southern room on the first floor for Senate
chamber and turning the present Senate chamber into
Court room for the accommodation of the Court of
Appeals 80,
MIR. VExABLE moved the House to take up the bill
'sTo authorize the Banks of this Commonwealth TO
issue notes of the denomination Of one and two dol
| lars which motion prevailed, BY vote of Al to IS
The bill was then read (lt authorizes the several
chartered banks of this State to issue bills notes OF
the denomination of and two dollars 10 an amount
not less than two than four per centum upon
their respective capitals until the LIST January le4!.
1t also provides, that if any such bank shall fail to pay
in specie any note issued by it in virtue of this section,
when duly presented for payment, It shall be lawful
for the holder of any such notes to receive the amount
thereof, with 81 per cent. damages the samc)
The bill read the first tImc-and second time,
BY reading its title, when Mr.. May moved to amend it,
by adding after the word ''payment the words sat
any odcc branch IF the Bnnk mhich may lure tSSutd
hc same, which was agreed to-
| The question for cnGrossing the bill was carried
| ayes Al noes 81, by the following vote:
I.as McssrS. Sna, Caeli McCur Stuart, MITCHELL Myers
Of Berkeley Hunter, Mcmillan Kyle Flood Fox c9rhin Cole
Carroll Er<kinc Mcac, Gregory Reynolds Tayoe Of
r. G.orec Tayoe Of L. r. Beard, Ranry Harrison Mas.e
Waits. Ih.rir, IGnstaI Tauan schalx, Vrnabe Roberts,
~ybun, Cntchcd FiHhugh, Stephenson, Goodson Walker
Is. -
Gimcr tSpcaker Carpenter Jackson of Bray
ton Lewis Meredith IIaskIns Thornbng, Cox, Howell,
kim. Smith Guenant Butts, Taylor o Halifax Clarke OF
H. Alien u! H. Lee Armstrong Smith Of of W., Wright Fon
ainr Ewing, Lpscomb, Organ, Banks, Taylor :" Mathews
Mdesra Clayton Evans Myers Of Morgan, acshc Ilincr,
r. Heath, Shpman, Smii! Of RUSSELL oncn. Conn.,
Bare ,Grrcvcr, Princes.
And on Mr. HrxTEn's notion the House adjourned.