Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-12-24
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.


Ar HAYS of Lewis having been called 10 the
Chair as Speaker pro. F"'. =, 49,
NIL. took The Chair. ,,.
The following Resolutions were adoptea:
Rr Mr. LEE, that the Committee on pIoPosi-
lions &C., enquire into the eSPediehcy " asrs e
tho law in relation 10 The election OF overseeis VI
tho noor so as 10 have one of The saio ove'Seeis
elecied annuaily-to the end ina, 'he sa'u oseI-
seers shall be one continuous ooay, always po'-
srs.ed of stock OF experience ihs.eau VI eAph'nS
- 4 now does, at the end OF every three years, ana
sna rsnacel by successors, as il often is, who'll
- ;nsymerienced in The duties of their office.
pr Mr. KIDWELL. that The Committee on
Militia Laws enquire into the expediency OF revl-
SING and con,ensing the Militia Laws OF this
Commonwealth.
pronosilions, &C.. enquire into the expedency of
amending the ac, giving power to the County
Conrts to establish ferries and to regulate the rate
If ferriases passed February TO- 1919, for The pur
nose of providing for cases not embraced IN that
By Mr.. JACKSON, that the Committee on
f.onrts. &c, enquire into the expectancy OF amend
ING the law regulating the proceedings IN cases
of prosecutions for misdemeanor.
Petitions, &C., were presented and referred:
Nv Mr.. LACY, of sundry citizens OF Charles
CIV county, for the Incorporation OF literary, bene-
Violent and religious associations;
Ry Mr. COWAN, of citizens OF Russell coun-
&c for an &C, declaring certain lands in said conn-
- as waste and unappropriated lands, wh,ch
,yere mortgased TO the Commonwealth IN The
vear 1872 BY Peter De Tubeauf and others;
Ry MIR. PRESTON, of John Raines and other
citizens Of Pulaski county, praying that an cleo,
lion district may be formed out OF puiasSi anu
Montgomery counties and for precinct cleo
ion \, The house Of Samuel Coyy in Pulaski
county: =. ,-,h o.
~, for amendments Of the militia laws;
Pv Mr. HALL. of sundry citizens OF Mason
.,nn,v for law changing the place OF holding
IN. SEPARATE election in the town OIL Buffalo, rom
the store house of James A. Payne IN SAID town
- the tavern house Of the heirs OF John "A. Smell,
in said town; "a;
IONS of Marshall county against me memorial Oh
,he Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Nv Mr. GAY. an order OF the County Court OF
porahontas. asking change in their court days;
Nv Mfr. KANE, a petition OF citizens OF Scott
,,nn,v for an ACT to take the sense OF the people
as 10 a State Convention;
~ Mr. FULTON Of Wyihe, Tin the name
Of Mr. Leake,) of Stephen Duval, for the reduc-
duction Of assessment Of certain lands IN Gooch-
land.
On motion of Mr.. JAChSOS, the CoHlhiilee
on Propositions and Grievances were discharged
from the consideration Of remonstrance oil CT
items Of Richie county against the application
% form new county out OF parts oil HARRISON
TYLER and Richie counties.
The following engrossed bills were read thiro
lime and passed:
Authorizing the payment of certain sum Oh
money TO Elizabeth Walden Of the town OF Pc
tersbnrs;"
~Appor,ioning the school quotas of Harrison,
Barbour, Marion and Taylor" ard
Incorporating the Trustees Of Fairfax Acade-
nv in the county of Culpeper,"
The engrossed bill Releasing TO Benjamin
Howell OF the county OF Floyd, the amount OF
fine imposed upon him by the Circuit Superior
Court of said county" being on its passage
ponement.
Mr.. FULTON of Wythe sustained The bill,
which was rejected.
A number of bills were read a first or second
time, or laid on the table.
Resolutions from the Committee on Courts of
Justice were agreed TO- viz: against the expedien-
cy Of altering the law in relation TO the com
hitting of estates into the hands OF sherifts;
against repeating The act concerning apprentices
bound out by overseers OF the poor; asaln:. amer
inc the laws in relation to escapes; against The
petition Of W. w. Dickinson and others for the
release of The Commonwealth title to certain
lands; against the petition of J. c. Campbell
for divorce, and against amending the law reia-
ting 10 The sale of real estate held by trustees ana
infants.
The Committee on Courts, &C., were discharged
from the consideration Of letter OF Obed Waiie,
on the subject OF adultery, &c.
Resolutions from the Committee on PROPOSE
tons &C., were agreed to, viz against the reno
val ola separate election from The house OF w m.
Meredith to that of James Morgan in Marion
county, for want Of notice; and against the petit
lion Of citizens of Lewis county for separate
election at the house Of James Norman, Tor want
Of notice.
A resolution from the Committee on Claims,
against refunding T. M. Clark and d. B.
Hatcher, Deputy SherifTs Of Patrick county, GER
tain money improperly paid BY them into the
Treasury, was agreed 10; also
A resolution from the Committee on Finance
against the petition ofAndrew Beirne and others
for reduction of the taxes upon the Red Sulphur
Springs Company.
On motion Of Mr.. NEWTON, The House adj