Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-02-26
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Saturday Feb. %.
A message was received from the Senate. as
follows
In SENATE, Feb. 81.
The Senate have passed the bills entitled
An act authorizing separate election al the
house OF Mrs. Prudence Parkinson in the county
Of Prince Edward;
An act for the relief Of securities of trustees;
An act Tor the relief OF the James River and
Kanawha Company;
An act amending the act passed 18th Noycm-
Der, 1898 entitled "An act agairstthose who coun-
tereit lei,ers and pIivy tokens 10 receive money
or goods in oiher. mems names !"
An dc, authorizing Willis Wilson to construct
a bridge across Moons Creek in the county Of
Isle of Wight;
An act concerning The election Of Directors OF
the several banks within this Commonwealth
An act divorcins Geo. B. Thurman fiom his
wife, Lucy Ann;
An acl divorcing VIM. Bastlan from his wife,
Temperance;
An acl divorcing Margaret Ann Warden from
her husband, Malachi Warden;
An act changing The time of holding the Coun-
ty Court OF Braxlon county;
An act concerning dams Oh The Lille kanawha
river;
An act amending the act entitled aAn act TO
reduce into one The several acts 10 regulate the
solemnization of marriages" &C., passed March
Isl, 1919;
An act Incorporating the Charlottesville and
Gorlonsville Turnpike Company;
An act amending The acl entitled San act 10
prevent more ef!ectuay distractions 10 the pass
age Of fish in the waters oflhis Commonwealth, "
passed Feb. l3, 1911;
An act authorizing separate election NJ West
End or West Alexandra, IN the county Of Fair
fax
An act TO increase the library Of The Court OF
Appeals at Lcwisburg;
An act divorcing Jacob Basent from his wife,
Eleanor;
An act authorizing The payment of sum OF
money 10 Oliver Snead Of The county oil Russell
An act for the relief Of the heirs of James t.
Watson, decd, and others;
An act authorisins the payment Of sum of
money 10 b. Chambcrayne as Clerk TO the Com
mit,ec on Claims al the last session Of The Gene
raj Assembly;
An act authorizing Peter River 10 establish 4
ferry from his lands in the county OF Berkeley
acrossthe Potomac River;
An act incorporating the South Shenandoah
Copper Company;
An ac, providing for the redemption Of part OF
the public debl;
An act rcvving The acts Incorporating The
Goose Creek Navigation Company;
An acl incorporating The Waterford and Point
Of Rocks Turnpike Company;
An act 10 select the real estate in The CITY o.
Richmond Of which Nathaniel Bowc died seized /;
and
An aci 10 revive an acl entitled an act 10 incor-
po.ac the MARSHALL Manufacturing Company OF
Richmond, passed 23d March, 1887.
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An acl asserting 10 the purchase made by The
United States Of piece Of lard in Chesterfield
county for an arsenal
An act raiifyirg purchases of its stock
made in behalf Of the Lynchb,hrg and Buffalo
Springs Turnpike Company and authorsing 81
milar purchases hereafter, with amendments in
which they request the concurrence OF the House
of Delegates.)
They have rejected the bill entitled
An act concerning John y. Bell, an idiot;
And have postponed indefinitely the bills en-
titled
An act releasing the Commonwealth right in
the Prices Turnpike and Cumberland Gap road
lothc courts OF The counties through which The
road passes, on certain conditions; and
An act 10 provide more cfcctually for the open
inc and repair of Tic public roads in the county
OF Loudoun. a. flANStoRD, Y. ,.
The said amendments ~ ulIio iduISu ia VT
message were read and concurred IN
The order OF the day being on the resolution
for an investigation into the affairs OF the James
River & Kanawha Company, returned from the
Senate with an amendment, which MIR. tarvie
had moved to amend as before slated, came up
for consideration. :.
Mr.. HARVIE said he would relieve the House
from further difficulty on the subject. Inc Sc
nate had sentdown the resolution Wlta an amend
mcnt which he believed, would lhwart his Oh
ect-whcn there was no quorum, so that II there
Should be opposition, the measure could mol pass.
AS anxious as he was for an investigation INTO
the affairs Of the Company, he would rather nave
none than such an one as that proposed by 'ne
Senate. He hoped The next Legislature would
make proper investigation INTO me affairs OF
the Company. To disembarTass The House, ne
would now ask to withdraw ms amendmeM-
To this The House asscnied.
Mr. HARVIE then moved The inhennitc post
ponemenl Of the whole subject. Agreed 70;
a further message was received from the Sc
nate that they had rejected The bill entitled ian
act to amend The several acts concerning The Lit
20 on motion of Mr. LACY, Tie chair was va
Gated for a while 10 enable The Speaker TO sign
the enrolled bills, many OF which had been re-
ported as duly enrolled, BY Mr.. Winston.
The House was again called to oFaef aoou'
one o'clock-Mr. WHITE in The Chan
A message was received from the senate py
Mr.. GALIAHER, that the Committee on the
part OF that body had examined all Inc ehrolea
bills and found them duly enrolled;
Mr.. HARVIE presented the following resolu-
lion which was adopted Unanimously as appears
pRewired Unanimously, That the thanks oil this
EJonso be presented 10 Valentine w. Souihail,
ESQ far his able. dignifed and impartial conduct
as Sneaker Of this House, during the present ses-
sion.
Mr. SPEAKER SOUTHALL having resi-
med The Chair. and being informed OF the vote Of
thanks 10 him, just passed, addressed the House
as follows:
Gentlemen: When, at the period OF your or,
o,n;za,;on Won were pleased to call me to this
Station and when. in return, gave you pied5e
ri fidelity 10 The high and responsible trust win
which I was clothed, was not insensibe TO lis
delicate and arduous duties, and came TO iheii
discharge. not only fully conscious OF my own de-
fcieucies, but relying, mainly, upon your suppor1
and generous forbearance IN the relation winch
had been created between Us. The resolution you
have lust adopted, the vote OF appreciation you
have awarded to me at The close Oh OUT laoors,
received, therefore, gentlemen, hope, with due
sense of obligation on my part ana lot Wn,Ga
pray you 10 accept my very sincere and unahect
ed thanks
In these times of high party excitement, when
we are arrayed in opposite political RANKS
when whilst each is struggling for what each
deems best for common country, when, IN the
honest zeal of conlendDg parizans to attain theiI
particular ends legislative halls are occasionally
The arena of fierce and violent debate, il is not &c
be disguised, that there are moments when the
Office of Sneaker is one OF difficulty and delicacy
which. however anxious the incumbent may be te
discharge with frmness and impanialhy, yetsu
iects, at times, his motives to crilcism and in the
excitement OF party, 10 be questioned and I'M