Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-12-22
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Wednesday,, Dec.>7.

additlOnalNS standing Committees:
COMMITTEE to eramsine Penisentsorp-
Messrs. Williams. Yerby, French, Cow
an, Wilson and Rust.
committee to examine Pubic .A,mory|
Samuels, Smith of Fauquier,
,ioadwyn, Snodgrass. Miller of Loudoun,l
Edmunds of L., and Gibson.
Committee on EGeeutive Expenditures
-Messrs. Strother, Ailworth, Dennis,
Payne, Deskias, Jones and Nofthington
tComnsfttee to enamine Office Of .Audito,
Of Public .Hcconats-Mess aLeake o
Goochland, Mitchell. Stovall, White !
Wallace, Halves and Falman.
Committee to examine the Office of III e
Second .audstor-Messrs. Gallaher, Jack
son, Kidweli, Nicholson, Miller of Ma
son and Jackson, Adair and Wade.
Committee to examine the Clerks Office
-Messrs. Williams. Hedgman, Henry,
Sparks, Lewis, Dyche, and Oliver.
Committee to examine The Registers Of
fce-Messrs. Deneale, White of Rock
bridge, Black, Brown of Elizabeth City
and Warwick, Stockton, Muse, and
Ward.
Committee to examine the Treasurer's
.Accounts--Hancock. Burwe,l, StoIlings,
Smith of N, Rice, Byrd of P. and Crifz.
Committee to e.ranasne Bonds of Public
C1tcers-Messrs. Lacy, Daniel of P. 6. :,
Calwell, Brawner, Strole, Kane, West
and Newkirk.
COMMITTEE to Examine Lib.ary-- Messrs.
Daniel of Richmond, Irving. Halves,
Basel, Leftwich. Nicholson and Boiling.
Committee on .agriulture and .Manufac-
Nessrs. HUBBARD, Goodwin. Broa-
dus, Northington, Gray, Rust, Payne,
Carroll, Dennis, Gatewood, Stoyall,
Sandgrass, and Oliver.
Committee to enaminet Enrd1led Balls
Messrs. Wood, Leake of GoochIand,
Brawner, White Of Rockbridge, Parks,
King and Deskins.
Committee to e;eamine Laa,dtic .4syl1n
-Messrs. Brooke, Marshall, Mitchell,
Sparks, VERIFY, Robins, Powell of Am
herst, Tanzy. Tate, Warren, Neale,
Wallace and KidwelI.
Committee on Banks-Messrs. Ed
munds of Halifax, Brown of Preston,
Byrd Of Frederick, Hancock, Taylor.
Toler, Ailworth, Stanton, GalIaher, Ran
dolph, Cowan, and Bennett.
Committee Of Trade and Mechanic .4ris
-Messrs. Wingfeld, Curtis, Newkirk,
Stanton. Moore Of C. and W.. Nowlin,
Muse, Jones, Cootes, West ,iKeen, .and|
Edgington.
A message was received ffrom the Sc
nate by Mr.. Bouldin, proposing that thu
Senate and House of Delegates appoint
Joint Committee to ascertain what join
or several orders or rules may be adopt
ed to expedite the business Of the Gener
al Assembly, and shorten the sessions.
The Resolution was passed, and the
Speaker appointed the following Commit
tee, ,onfthe part of the House :-Messrs
Hopkins, Crutchfeld, McRae, Powell o
Amherst, snd Watts.
The Speaker then continued to AN
nounced the standing committees as fol
lows:
Committee for .apportionment of Repre-
sentdtion-Messrs. Edmunds of Halifax
Watts, Warren, Hancock, Jiggits, And
erson, Taliaferro, Ailworth. Davis o
King and Queen, Wallace, Lacy, Leakd
Of Albemarle. Banks, Gray. Worthing
ton. Deneale, Burweil, Goddson, French
Smith Of Harrison and Staunton.
The Speaker laid before the House
Report Of the Clark of the House, .giyina
an abstract of the number of suits in all
the Superior Courts Of the Common
wealth, and the number Of days the
were in session for each year-excep
sBraxton and Wayne-which was laid Of
the table. and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Taylor offered resolution in
structing the committees Of courts of jus
tice to enquire into the expedieucy of in
cooperating the Norfolk Seamen's Friena
Society. (Carrifd.)
MIR. Banks offered resolution to in
struct the Committee of Privileges ant
Elections to enquire into the expediency
Of amending and revising the laws con-
corning General Elections. (Carried.)
Mr.. Lewis offered the following resoIt-
ton:
Resoloed, That the Committee for
Courts of Justice be intructcd to enquire
into the expediency Of providing by Law
a more speedy and effectual remedy fq
persons having debts, claims or demand
or cause Of action for the same, again
the masters or owners Of vessels. resi-
ing without the limits of the Commol
wealth. where cargoes Of wodd, grain,
other commodity have been sold or elo
gned by such masters or owners, or Il
shipper. or person in command, so as
make the vessel specifically liable ihera
for by attachment or other summary pr,
cess issued by Justice Of the Peac,
(Carried.)
Mr.. Williams offered the following re-
solutions at different times-which were
all adopted:
ReS0lyed. That the Committee af