Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-12-15
orlorcd to be printed, on motion OF MIR.


orlcrcd to be printed, on motion of Mr.
Fox.
The Speaker presented communication
from Chapman Johnson, ESD, stating that IA
had mldh no iurthcr progress III a Revision OF
TIE Criminal laws, In consequence oi con
uuu dedicate health, AMI that he is not able
u iiui Ii said revision.
RESOLUTIONS.
by Mt. kilby, Rcqoircd. by thu General
Assembly, That the Librarian be. and be is
hereby dttcC;, d 10 furnish. upon application.
10 each o' the Judgos ul The General Court,
Who have not received it. one set oi ll,niug's
Statutes at Large. in 3 volumes, and the CON
tinaa,ion OF the Statute published by Samuel
Shepherd. in three VOLUMES. Courts. &c. in
qnirc into the expcdicncy OF passing law
1b l'shlng imprisonment for debt, within the
Commonwealth oI Virginia.
by Mr.. Tumhull. Rc,oiued, That the Com
miitcc / Count. &c. inquire into the cxpcdi
cncy oi providing by law that all deeds oitrust
which shall be hereafter made, Tor the purpose
/ OF giving a favor d creditor priority or pre-
/ ference over general creditors, shall cnurc 10
the benefit of all bona fdc creditors, pro rata
PROVIDED, that such deed shall not have been
executed To secure the payment of the pur-
chase money, Tor the property 80 conveyed.
! On motion OF Mr.. Laird. RcSOlrcd, That the
pcdiency Of appropri ting twenty thousand
dollars, from the Treasury, for the purpose OF
improving Tie Road leading from the Rich
lands in the county of 1H2cwcll, down the
Louisa fork OF Sandy. To the State line.
! Cn The adoption of this resolution. some de-
( bate occurred between Mcssrs. Pcndeton and
Burwell, in favor of AN inquiry, and Mr.. Gar
nett in opposition 10 the appropriation and
the inquiry.
On motion of Mr. Brown, of Hanover a
bill incorporating Aaron Halls Free School
was recommitted to the Commute, OF Schools
with document in It's support.
reports Of COMMITTEES.
! The following reports were concurred in by
the House:
/ From the Committee of Finance, declaring
it inexpedient to abolish the tax on yrits.
From the Committee of Courts of Justice
rejecting the petition OF Amanda Gosling for
a divorce from her husband.
From the Committee of Claims, rejecting
the petition OF Joseph ii. Beacham, to be re.
funded certain costs.
| MIR. J. III. GUSTS reported bill to prevent
the destruction OF oysters i'll the waters of the
county of Accomac.
/ On motion of Mr. Leake, the memorial OF
Thomas 5. Peasants and others, praying com.
pcnsation for damages sustained by the Old
James River Company, was referred To the
Committee of Claims.
Recess for tie Senate.
: The House concuned in the following re-
solution from the Senate:
! Resoired, That when the Senate adiourns on
Monday, the 18th instant, ii will, with the
consent OF the House of Delegates, adjourn
until Monday the 9th day of January next.
/ Bills Passed.
| A hill clanoiDp the timp of hnl1inu the Conn
ty Court of Wayne.
Z A bill authorizing Thomas Shannon TO con-
struct Road across Cloyd Mountain.
I a bill concerning the Presbyterian and Lu-
thoran Congregations of Jacobs Church, in
I the County oil Shenandoah
a bill divorcing John J. Campbell from his
/ wife Ann Maria.
On motion of Mr.. Parks, the House adjourn
ed.