Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-12-22

sell a part Of the lot belonging to the F.
piscopal church, in the town OF Wood
stock. SO as to confine the sane to the
PRAYER Of the petitioners. was adopted.
'fhe following rules for the government
&c the two houses of the Legislature were
renortrd from the committee on the sub
J ;ect of expediting the business of the as
|sembly-anL on motion, laid on the table
and ordered to be printed:
.toENr ORD ERs NANDa RULES.
!. That on the tenth day Of the ses-
sion, the election Of governor shall be
gone into.
2. That on the same day. the election
6f -cguase1lor shalt be gene into immedi-
atelv after that for governor IS disposed
of; and if there shall not be time on that
dav. it shall be gone into on the next day.
3. If the committees charged with the
examination Of the public offl es1and ac-
counts. do not report finally thereon in
the first thirty days of the SESSION. the
speaker of each house shall forth"lthap-
point another committee.
4. The chairman, or in his absence,
4 the clerk of each staDdlng committee
shall keep a journal of the attendance
of each member at each sltting,and make
report thereof to the clerk OF the house
on Monday of. each week, which report
shall be entered on the journal OF the
house; and "a member shall not absent
himself from a committee during its ses-
sion withou: the consent IF a majorityef
the committee.
Separate Rules for The II. Of Del.
]. The committee charged with the
tax bill shall report it before the 10th Of
January, or the reason for not doing so.
md on the4th day after the bill is repOr-
ed, it, shall be the order Of the day for
hat and every subsequent tiay'antil it is
finally disposed of. Bat if.any election
mentioned in the foregoing ijeint orders
and rules, should happen on the>said 4th
day or any other day for acting on the
tax bill. IT shall be the order Of the day
far the day after.such election shall be
disposed of. And If the committee fail 10
report the tax bill, on a sufficient reasen
for not doing it, the speaker -shallfforth-
with appoint ano' h II CT mnittee.
2. The committee whose duty it may
be to report the apportionment bill, shall,
within the first 2 days of the session, re-
port-a bill making provision for the reg
Ilar and~known expenses of the govern
ment; and in case OF failure. the speaker
shall forthwith appoint another commit
tee.
8. Every private petition shall be pre-
scented within the first 90 days Of tie ses-
sion, and shall not be received after that
time, unless the subject matter OF it orr
gnated after that time, or so near to 1t
thatit, could not have been transmitted
in time.
The vote was taken on the foregoing
on Wednesday. which resulted in its IN
definite postponeMent.
The following petitions were presented
by AIR. Gatewoed and referred-Of citi-
zens of Strasburg,,in thecounty Of Shen-
andoah, concerning the. road leading to
and from the back street of said town
/ also from the trustees OF Strashurg Acad-
envy. asking an appropriation fr"m the
surpus revenue of the literary fund.
= Wednesday, Dec. IA.
r. MIR. Kane offered resolution instruc-
: ting the committee on finance to enquire
into the propriety of allowing further
time to sheriffs to collect the reyunue.-
Carried. Also. a resolution instructing
the. committee of courts of Justice to in
Equire into the expedency Of having the
avs of this commonwealth revised. Also
carried.
On motion Of Mr. Talliaferro the reso-
hutton concerning relief law was made
be order Of tAesday for Friday next.
Mr.. Miller Of LOudon offered resO-
ton instructing the committee Of cousts
justice to report bill giving to magis-
trates jurisdiction over sums Of fifty dol.