Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-12-23
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
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message from the Senate by their Clerk, that they
have passed the bill entitled ian act to amend the
act entitled revving and amending the act ncor-
poratng the Clover Hill Rail road Co, and for other
PURPOSES passed March q, lS43 !"
Mr.. STAsros offered a resolution, requesting the
Auditor of Public Accouts TO rePortto tine House. with
ont deay whether il is his intention to deduct from
the pay Of The members of the General Assembly the
per cenage directed by the present tax law TO be de-
Quoted by him from the salaries Of the officers Of Co.
vernment.
Mr. STANTON had heard that such was the intention
eff the Auditor, and he (ar. 81 wished to know, whe
ther they were 10 be still further "chselled The
resolution was lest.
Mr. BYRD of Frederick offered resolution, that the
Committee OF Finance be, and they hereby instruct.
ed, without deay) to bring in bill to take effect from
its passage, reducing the mileage of members Of the
General Assembly to two dollars for every twenty
mes-their per diem allowance for the first seventy
FIVE days three dOars-tat of the Speaker Of the
House Of Delegates six dollars-,ha of the Speak
err of The Senate 10 five dollars, and that Of the Ser
gean, at arms and Dookeepers of The two houses of
the General Assembly each 10 the sum Of three dol
| lara.
! Mr. BuRwxLL was tired with these amendments, and
moved to lay the table.
| MIR GALLAHER having been accidentally out of the
House when the bill was on its passage, to let out the
legislation Of the Stale TO the oaest bidder, merely
desired to say now, as he had said when the bill was
up BEFORE that he preferred TO s,opat IS days finally
instead of the plan Of starring members out lie was
.o'
solution.
Mr. BuRwELL then withdrew his motion to lay on
the table.
Mr. BYRD of F. called the ayes and noes. The re-
solution was adopted by the following vote:
.4yes- Messrs Powell, Van Buren,, Thompson OF B.,
Bllck Lacy, Hancock. Broadus Garnett, Grgsby, Ty-
ree Payne, Banks Of F., Muse Taaferro Byrd Of F.,
Wood, Pendleton ofG & NJ Leake, Carroll, Edmunds,
S,ovall, Blue, Miles, McRae, Bowden, Gaaher, Tur-
ner, Wallace, Mayo, Bales, Carter, Tebbs, Jackson,
Banks of NJ Morgan, Nicholson, Northing,on, Hutche-
son, Bowlby, Hamilton, Wade. Cabell, VERIFY, Davis,
Mcpherson, Cr.tz, Boiling, W,tcher, l.anier, Gay,
Cooke Baldwin, Daniel Of P. G, Brawner, Sturm,
Barnes, Martz Cootes, Cowan, Kane, Denison, Tate,
Warren, Walker, HARRISON, Goodson, and Rice OF
W.T..
.Noes-Messrs Southall (Speaker,) Gusts, Brown of
A, Layne Harvie, Bell, Fulton Tompkins, Campbell,
Snodgrass, Pendeton of B., Edmston, Stanton, Mere
ton, Marshall of C, Hotson, Brown of E. C. Il W.,
Keith, Robins, Creigh, Ward, Winston, Armstrong
| of H., Raymond, Pace Lewis, Lumpkin, Halves, Far
ley, Grub, Street, Armstrong of NJ. q J OFerrall,
Tay Tor, Tatem, Young, Rice Of n, Edgington, An
derson, Dey Daniel of R. city, Moore, White Stick
ley, Minor, Stephenson, Burwe, and hlcComas-53.
Petitions, &C., presented and referred, viz =
By Mr. MoRGAS three petitions of citizens Of the
ty OF Marion, the subj Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Rail Road Company BY Mr.. BRows of Albsmare,
petition of RI. T. Harris and others, for act of
corporation Of male and female academy, to be To-
Gated in the county of Albemarle BY Mr.. STuRM of
sundry citizens Of Barbour county, praying that their
county seat be called "Benton; and also, of sundry
other citizens, that j, be called "Philippa.'
The following resolutions adopted:
| By Mr. LAYSE-That the Committee on Roads, &c,
enquire the most eectua mode Of disposing OF
the remains of the Covingon Bridge across Jackson
river in the county of Allegheny, will most etectual-
| ly secure it's rebuilding at the site
| BY Mr.. MooRE-That much Of the Governor
message as relates TO the James River and Kanawha
Company, be referred to the Committee on Roads.
! By Mr. RICE, of Wes'morelind-That the Commit.
tee for Courts &c. enquire into the expedency of pro
sidng by law that all actions suits and motions law
or equity, founded upon bonds executed by constabes
shall be instituted or brought within FIVE years ext
after their terms Of Office shall have EXPIRED and not
| afterwards.
tee for Courts &c. enquire into the espedency Of
pealng an act &c 'concernng sales Of certain pro-
pery under writs of vendtioni exponas, passed Feb
23d, 1912
MIR BecocK called up the Report of the Committee
OF Privileges and Elections in favor Of the return OF
WIN. b Davis, as delegate from King & Queen.
Mr. McRAE moved, as substitute, the report of
the minority Of the Committee, IN favor OF the right
OF John Lumpkin the returned member, to his seat.
The ground taken by the contestant that The COM
mssioners exercised The authority of striking from the
poll three votes sometime after they were givenwhich
votes given for the contestant Zone voter Penn
berton was called back and examined By The comms-
sioners and his vote stricken off as bad. p. was
not TO his right to vote Two other voters,
those Of the two Corrs stricken off as bad-but
the two voters not called back examined Had
these not been subducted from the bottom OF the
polls Davis would have received the return The
contestant denies that they had the right TO subduct,
and upon this rests his claim to the seat.
In answer notice of this ground of contest, the
returned candidate stated that he should support his
right to the return by virtue of the maory of votes
ported in his avor and further that he would main
tain his right his seat not only the ground that the
three names stricken from the poll by the commiss on
ers were illegal, but bot others given the contestant
were illegal All these voters were specfied-te due
notices for the taking Of testimony 10 prove them illegal
given 10 the contestant, and testimony taken,