Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-01-24
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.


A communication received from the Senate that
they have passed the bill, entitled
"An act changing the time Of holding the quarterly
terms Of the county court of Wayne"
The following resolution has been adopted by The
Senate:
Resoioed Gy the General assembly, That the Execu
tive is hereby authorized and requested TO TO be
collected the debts due the "Washington Monument
Fund" both principal and interest," in four equal install
mcnts the FIRST TO be paid the Isl day of July next
and the others at regular intervals of six months after
And fthe instruments be not promptly paid at The re-
qured periods, should the Executive from any cause
consider any portion Of the debt in danger of being
lost he is authorized and requested Immediately there
upon 10 call in the whole amount held by such ten
quent borrowers, or deemed by him SO periled. And
he is Furthermore requested to The said fund, as
collected to be invested in the bonds of the State OF
Virginia. bearing interest of not less than per cent
per annum, TO be mannually paid, and the interest
as il accrues semannuaIy invested.
Read and laid on The table.
Petitions were presented and referred, viz: BY Mr.
TAIAFERRo, of Fl. F. Terry and others, for amend
ment Of the act passed 10Th March, lSi2:-By Nj
IRVING, Of portion of the citizens of Cumberland for
relief law BY MIR. BRoADUs, Of citizens of CulPe
per, for further protection 10 assemblies OF religious
worship BY Mr. LEWIS, of citizens of Westmoreland,
to prohibit free negroes from selling grain without Ger
,;6cate BY Mr. LACY, the remonstrance of the Pa
munkey tribe of Indians and their Tru stces, against
the petition Of citizens Of King William BY MIR.
BENEFIT, Of Nicholas billiard, for appropriation out
of The School quota for Pttsy for tuition of poor
children by MIR. BLUE, the memorial Of the Literary
Society of Romncy, Hampshire, for modification OF
the existing laws, in reference 10 the vendors
of lottery tickets on the ground that the restrictions
imposed upon them interfere with privilege grantee
for valuable consideration TO said Society by Mr..
A. Smith, of citizens of Randolph, for the re-enact,
men OF law, passed 18th March, 1880, authorizing
the opening and construction of road from Beverley IN
Randolph county to Clarksburg in Harrison.
The following resolutions were adopted
By Mr.. RowDEN; Instructing the Committee on Lu
nac Asylums 10 provide by law, that sheris uilors
&c 10 whom any unatic shall be committed for safe
keepng shall forthwith notify the Directors oil one OF
the Lunotic Asyums thereof
By MIR. WILLIAMS; Instructing the Committee OF
Conrs of Justice TO enquire into expectancy OF so
amending the law as TO require judges OF the General
Court to grant wrs of upon bills of exceptions
signed BY the county and corporation courts in cases OF
for breaches OF The peace Iecoghzahces
for good behavior.
MIR. GARRETT moved TO take up his resolution for
receiving the share Of Virginia in the proceeds Of the
public lands But The motion rejected by ayes and
noes, 80 to S3, as follows:
.ayes-Messrs Randolph, Frazier, Snodgrass, Moore
of c. Il W., Toler, Nowlin, Lacy, Irving, Brown OF
E. C. s. w, Garne,t Payne, French, Ilohns, Smith
Of Harrison, M'Rae, Galiaher, Warrington, Parks,
Wallace, Halves, Gray, Miller Of Lcudoun, Miller of
NJ. 81 j. Cabell, Watts, Yerby, Cri,z Keen, Bennett,
White Of Rockbrdge, Lewis-32.
Nots-Nlessrs. Hoenan, (Speaker) Ailworth, Gus
lis. Leske of Albemerc, Mann Cooke Powell Of Am
hest, Byrd Of Ds;h, Wing6eld, Nswkrk, Wilson,
Stanton, Meredith, Blick, Hubbard, Samuel Dennis,
Hancock, Broadus, Goodwin, Powell Of Fairfax, Smith
OF Fauqu;er Rust, Stockton, Muse, Taaferro, Wood,
Byrd OF Frederick, Lsaks of Goochland, Calwfll,
Jones, Edmunds of Halifax, Stoyall, Blue, Ward,
White of Hanover, Miles, Basel, King Bowden, Da-
Wis of X. & O. Gibson, stollines, Jackson, Marshall,
Kdwe, Martin, Nor,hingion Tanzey, Adai,, Dyehe'
Davis Of .. q G., Bird DIP Hopkins Brown Of Pres,
Anderson, Dey, Daniel Of P. Co. Brawner, sturm,
Burwell, Moore of Rockbridge, Deneale, Coo,es,
Cowan, Kane, Gatewooj, Williams, Tate, Crutchfeld,
Hedgman, Warren, Spots, West, Henry, Goodson,
Neal-s3.
The Report from the Committee Of finance was ia.
ken up-with Mr. CrutchGeld's motion TO strike out SO
much as relates 10 the liability Of The State for her sub
scrpton 10 the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
The following amendment was submitted by hlr Ran
dolph, and engrafted part Of the Report, viz
(which liability however The 4th July lS43
unless the said company performs its part Of the con-