Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-02-04

ou HiouOn OF Nr. LEE, the Rouse ADJOURNED.
Tuesday, FeLruary2.
The Senate announced that they had passed the bill
emitted an act providing for taking the Of the
citizens of Tyler county upon the removal of the seat
| OF justice for said county
Mr. SMITH OF Isle of Wight from the Committee Of
Propositions and Grievances, presented bill establish
ing The county of out of the county of Brooke.
| MIR. DoRHAS, from the Committee on Finance pre-
scented report upon the revenues and expenditures
and debt OF the Commonwealth, and table showing
the present rates of tnxaton and the proposed increase
Tor 1871; which, on his motion, laid upon the Ia
Bile, and ordered To lie printed.
| MIR. Coles, from the Committee on Militia Laws,
presented bill authorizing the officers Of the 9TH, 5ilh
and Oath regiments 10 train together.
On motion of Mr.. Lee leave granted to the
Committee for Courts of Justice TO sit during the ses-
sion Of the House.
Mr.. LEyBrRy, from The Committee of Schools and
Colleges, presented bill concerning the glebe fund Of
Shelburne parish IN Loudoun county.
MIR. CRrTcHFIELD, from the Committee Of Roads and
Internal Navigation presented reports upon the petit
ton of the Salem and Peppers Ferry Turnpike Com
pany aud of the Red and Blue Sui phur Springs Turn
pike Company.
The following engrosscd bills were read third time
and passed:
A bill concerning the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company.
A bill 10 authorize separate election at Marysve, in
the county Of Campbell;
hill changing The time Of holding the nll tern, OF
The Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for
Amelia county.
MONoNGALIA AND HARRISON COUNTY.
An engrossed bill establishing county out nf
parts Of The counties of Monongala and Harrison,
taken up on motion Of Mr.. CLAYTON.
Thereupon, n motion made BY MIR. McCoSsEIL
that the further consideration thereof be indefinitely
postponed
This hill gave rise 10 considerable debate, which was
AT length cut off By Mr.. TrSsrALL moving the previous
question.
Nessrs Scorr Nv Nccox.r,, ,,d otlers on
posed the bill, conending generally, that the splitting
up OF counties attended with great increase oil
taxation, and no adequate advantage.
Messrs. STEPHENSON of TYLER BRows of Preston,
and others, conended that the splitting Of the trans
Allegheny counties necessary TO the welfare, com
fort and prosperity Of these counties.
As the vote on this question: may he considered as
indicative of the feelings of the House on the subjec,
Of the dividing counties, give the ayes and noes:
Yus- hlessrs. Chopper, Coles, Carpenter, Wiley
Cabe, NJ Cue, Stuart, BuTwel of Bedford, Vandorrn,
Fryatt, Kyle, Toler Corbn, Coleman, Cadwell, Cox,
Broadus, Irving, Vaughan, Scott NJ Laughn, Woods,
Hale, Gather, Smith Of Gou., Gnerran, Ersklnc, Tay-
Tor of H., Clarke Vance, Odell, Thompson, Mullen,
NJ Rae, Hamlet, Smith of !. Of W., Gregory Stephen
son Of j. Worthngton, Donnelly, Dabney, Beard, Ra-
mey, Harrison, Caldwell, Goode, Boyd, Tanzey, Or
rick, Harrell, Brown of ~, VERIFY, Smith of n, Fitz
gerald, Conne, May Tnnsal!, Keen, Porter, Burke,
Dcy, Heath, Radcliffe, STROLLER, Lryburn, Smith Of II
Shipman, Cruichfrld, Warren, Walker, Fulton-7l.
edith, Burlington, Burwell Of {. & W., Sangs,er,
Marshall of F, Deskns, Wood, Johnston, Wilkinson,
Lee Armstrong, Davis, Habern, Ballard, Booton, Bry-
an, Clayton, Chapman, Wade, McPhers"n, ii'ner'
Burner, Brown Off, Elliott, Snider, Cowan, Bevlns,
Conn, Williams, TAFT, Fizhugh Stephenson of Tyler,
Stephenson of Wood-3I.
Mr. DABxEY moved that when the llonse adjourned
to-day, it would adjourn to meet tomorrow at II o.
clock (.1d0pttdJ
Mr. DAEsEy stated that his object was to enable the
committees 10 proceed with the business before them.
The House had been informed this morning, by the
clairmcn of two of the most important committees
that there was great of business demanding the
attention of those committees There was certainly
rood deal Of business before committee To which he
(Mr. ID beonged-the Committee of Courts OF JUS
tce The Select Committee too, on Public Edhces
which was raised on his mir. D.'s) motion, had been
charged with number of ects OF considerable
consequence the State, which urgently required to
be acted on this session. That committee had, as YET
been able 10 dispose of but little of its business and had
appointed meeting for Tomorrow. The session was
now considerably advanced and, was not unusually
the case the most important and essential business
of the Commonwealth had been overlad, and much
of still fingered before the committees while topics
of more exciting character, but Of comparatively
little utility had consumed most OF the time OF the SEES
sion. 1t mpractIcabe, as members knew, Tor the
committees to get along with their business with any
despatch or advantage, when the House met at III
&C lock- and only allowed one honr to the committees
y The time committee could get pretty well into the
examination of a subject they were cut off, and COM
PEELED to rise on account of the meeting OF the House,
and then the next morning the subject taken up de
noyo afresh before new committee, composed
in mart at least of members who were not present on
the preceding morning. Let US despatch The business
before the committees bring it all beture the House
despatcl it there by long and business mot speaking
sessions and we might then make calculation
about our adournment and indulge the hope Of spec
DIV return to our homes and families
SMALL NOTE BILL
On this bill coming up Tor a third reading,
Mr. LEE moved TO amend the bill, by adding the fol-
lowing new section, BY way of ryder
Pr0ridcd hoiercr, That if the NJ, rchants and Me-
chanics Bank of Wheeling shall avail Itself OF the au
borlty hereby granted, issue notes OF less demo-
minaon than SIS, the said Bank shall be subject IN all
respects to the provisions Of any law which may be
passed during the present session of the Legislature TO
prohibit the banks of this State from issuing post notes.
or notes not yable on demand, and liable to all the
penalties which may be enacted to prohibit the ems
sion of such post notes.
Mr.. LEE said that he had intended to renew to-day
the proposition he had made yesterday IN the form
OF an amendment TO the bill, when IL was upon It's Sc
cond reading. That amendment had for ITS ohlect, |"
take away from the Banks of the Northwest the power
TO issue post nesbut It rejected and he had lhe
voted against the bill The ryder which he held IN MS
hand would enable him to attain his object thougn w
different FORM and he presumed that 1t soud meet WIZ,
no objection now in any part of the House, as the o.
lection on Yesterday, 10 the form IN which 'e pro-
position was made, not to its merits AND, as lie nav
stated on Yesterday the bill would receive his support
il contained the provision embraced IN his proposluon
otherwise, not