Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1842-03-03
Virginia Legislature.
FRiDAy. Feb. Is, 1912.
BILLS PASSED.

BILLS PASSED.
An act more particularly to define the dutie
Surveyors OF Public Roads-An act amend
the act, passed 3rd March, 1885, entitled ..an
to provide for the opening and repair of the p
lie roads in this Commonwealth act IL
mend the act, passed 5th January, 1871, EMIT
San act, to amend an act, entitled an act, decl
ing simpsons creek public highway"-An;
= concerning John B. kibler, Jr--An act autho
zing the taking Of forthcoming bonds by cons
- bIes in civil cases.
Resolution was offered by Mr.. Crutchiel
and adopted by the House, that leave be given
5 bring IN dill, providing, that all persons havn
Il the disbursement appropriations, substitution
. or loans, made by them, for which the State
{ responsible, shall be liable for exceedinr sue
Y appropriations, subscriptions, or loans.
c HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
e SATURDAY, Feb. 10.
! communication was received from the Senate
.hat they had passed "an act providing for paying
.'e woIhmcn Tor compile cling the additional build
ing 10 The Western 1unatic Asylum," with n.
inendments, in which they request the concur
renee Of 'lie House. The bill and amendments
Were laid on the table.
REMOVAL OF THE SEAT OF GOVERN.
NlENT.
MT. Morgan offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on Public Edi.
hcee be instructed 90 enquire into the expeaiencv
OF the removal Of the seat of government from
the city o. iiichmcni 90 the town of Staunton in
we couh'y oil Augusta, or some other point as
near the centre of the State as practicable; and
mat sad committee be further instructed to en-.
9uIre whether a house suitable to the temporarv
accommodation of The General Assembly can ba
Obtained n said town of Staunlon until the neces.
! sa!y public buildings can be erected.
nir' hcen moved to postpone the Resolution
I'll The 2ist March, rs by that time we should
aaTe fifteen days oil starva,ion-and the ndvanta-
ges OF removing the seat of government TO the
West. ~ ''0
Mr.. Hunter was opposed to postponement, but
p'ole'Ieu Seiecl Committee, with the gentle-
man oil Honongalia at the head of it,
Mr.. Kinney said, it was due 10 himself, TO his
constituents, and 10 Ike House, that he should
say, thai the resolution Of The gentleman from,
Monongalia, had been presented without his
knowledge and without any concert or conference
with hin.. tle had heard day or Two before
uha' resolution 10 report bin for taking the
sense OF the voters I'll the Spring election on the
question oil removal of the seat Of Government
20 some more central part of the Commonwealth,
would be presented but he had not anlicpated
That resolution going directly TO the question of
removal by The present General Assembly, would
ne presented. As il had been, however, he did
ho' hesitate TO say that he was friendly to a re-
inoVai oil Tie seat of Government 10 some more
centra! point, not only for the reasons assigned
oy the gentleman irom Monongaia, but because
lie believed by a removal, the sessions of the Lee
giSla.nre would be greatly shortened, thus produ-
eng great saving Of expense; that we should
the pup &c square on which the present capitol
stood, would more than deiray all the expenses of
removal, and erection of other suitable buildings.
lie would have preferred that the point to which
me removal should take place had been left blank;
and should the House refuse the indefinite nost
ponemeni, lie would, MANY members were
now absent from their seats, and the question had
been suddenly sprung upon the House, move TO
ray me resolution on Tie table, in order 10 enable
MA 10 move aperdynenfis ,uo lnuci, BUSINESS had
led put IN NIT If cncho
luton as this, at this Iaie day. But yesterday
select committee was raised 10 inquire into the
remedy for the distress existing in the county,
Mr.. ii. thought too great disposition mani
tested 10 legislate Oh matters above the iurisdc-
ton of the General Assembly.
MIR. Hopkins said he had no hope Of seeing the
Legislature adjourn before the Goth day of March.
He moved the Indefinite pos,ponenent of the
resolution.
MIR. Morgan called for the Ayes and Noes, and
the resolution was postponed by the following
vote:
Ayrs-Messrs. Southall, (Speaker,) Ailwor,h,
Rlves, ldrve, Mayse, Mitchell, RiddIck, Harri
son OF b., Nowlin, Samuel, Cox of c., Broadus,
Irving, Semple, Thomas, Scott of F., Foster,
Payne, Robins, Clark, Watkins, M'Rae, Grirgs,
Bowden, Kennedy, Davis of X. and O., Dabney;
Edmonds' Taylor of IT,, Ramey, M'llhaney,
s oIlad"y' MarsaI Banks Digs, Scott Of NJ,
! erby, Smith oil ~, Fitzgerald, Cheatham.
w iiains, Keen. Hopkins, wilson, Dey, Brawi
ner, Strother, Smith Of r., Urquhart, Crutch-
field, Warren, Mayo, and lackson--57.
NoEs-Messrs. Holloway, Davis Of A., Kim
ney, Brooke, NingGed, Hunter, Newkirk, Rob-
inson, Cox Of b. and H., Jones Of b., Moore,
MLanghln, Early, French, Carroll, Erskine,
Mullen, kincheloe, Armstrong, MoIer, Wood
ward, Clendenin, Martin Of NJ, Saith of NJ
and j., Morgan, Harrison Of NJ, Davis of NJ
and r., Orrick, Hidden. Mcpherson, Hner,
Grimes, Brown Of p, Elliott, McCauley, Ley.
burn, Dorman, Shipman, Cowan. CULLEN, Gate:
wood, Crawford, Tate, Bowen, Martin of T.,
Buck, and GoodsoE--;1.
MONDAY, Feb. 81.
COMMON SCHOOLS.
On motion Of Mir. Hives, tie House proceeded
to consider the order OF tie day-the report of
the Committee or Schools and Colleges on the
subject OF Common Schools
the report concludes with the following resoi
luton
Resolved, That is cxpedient to provide by law
for the establishment Of Common Schools upon
the principles indicated in the foregoing report.
MIR. Rives addressed the House at length i'm
support of the views contained in the report.
The resolution then adopted without
division.
John NJ GTerrnrv Esq tho scnior co,neelor IS