Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-02-26

! compensation Tor The expenses incurred hy them
IN lhe organization oi their respective companies.
a bill 10 transfer The Commonwealth right in
tract oil forfeited land in The county Of Lewis, 10
the Buchanan Academy in that county, was "a
ken up, on motion of Mr. STEPHENSON, and
the rules OF the House having been suspended,
was read and amended ON his molten, and order.
Ell 10 be engrosscd.
RIGHT tr WAY.
Tine House took up The order Of The daY on The
bill introduced BY Mr.. Shelley, iur The extension
OF The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road through
Virginia.
Mr.. SHEFFEY wi:h.ew his amendment
heretofore noticed and MIR. EDGINGTON sub
mit;cd an amendment aulhnrsing the company
to terminate their road At Wheeling, ana in lin.
roue lhher 10 strike he Ohio al The mouth 0.
Fish Creek; but il, alter survey il should be
found that The route partly by Fish Creek and
| partly by Grave Creek, was better and cheap.
er route, or il il be more COSTLY provided Wheel
ing should pay the difference Of cost in consiruc-
ton, lhen in either case the route partly hy Fish
| Creek and partly by Grave Creek 10 Wheeling
! should be pnIsued.
Mr. EEGINGTO& explained and suslain,i
| his amendment, and Mir HUNTER spoke in
reply in opposition 10 il, aad in favor Ct his own
/ proposition for striking he Ohio a, Fishing Creek,
aud constructing lalerdl branch from that point
| 10 Wheeling-poyidei Wheeling should sub
scribe moi less than 81 ,0C0 600 to The improve
men, and provided farther ha her bond, given
| in payment Of her snbSc ipiion. shonld mol he
Sold in The make, for less than IS els in the col
| lar. Before Mr.. II. had concluded,
! On motion Of MIR $ rEPnEAsON The House
| adjourned.
WEDNESDAY. February 2irH, 1877.
!, SENATE
1 The resolutions providing lof The distribution
| OF The printed copies OF he report CT he reyisor>
| OF the Civil Code, were agreed IL.
Mr.. McMULLEN, from Ire Committee on
| Internal Improvement, reported The bill iegn!a-
| Hng The tolls Of shr Manchester Turnpike Com
| pany, which was passed.
| the report Of The select committee prescribing
rules III the goyeInmeut ui Tie Senate. Was taken
; IN and agreed TO-
| Mr. THOMPSON, from the committee on Gc
neral Laws, reported Inc bill diyorcing Helen A.
| w. Hamilton from her husband, Robert Hamil-
| ION.
!! Mr. THOMPSON nadc a lew remarks in
/ favor of The bill.
| Mr. FRY said thai he defendant in his case
desired the passage o. he hill, and Thai the uppo-
>ion made 10 The bill in lhr House OF Delegates
was not made Al his instance, bu by senIlems
from considerations OF public policy. The bill
then passed.
On motion OF Dir. DENNIS, the Senate al
joutned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES
The SPEAKER laid before The House a COM
runicalion from The Governor, cuclos NJ ietcr
ilom the Secretary o. The Navy, relative In The
| purchase Of 4 small tract vi land adjoining the
Navy Yard AT Gospori.
The SPEAKER also laid before he House
further communication from The Governor en-
closing resolutions adopted in January, lS47, hy
the Stale u Rhode Island and Providence Plan
talions.
Messrs CALWELL AMI JOHNSON were
added 10 the committee 10 Investigate the charges
against Judge Gholson.
| On motion OF Mr.. STlLLMAN-Re:oiv Owed,
Thai The committee on Schools and Colleges be
instructed 10 enquire inlo line expediency OF in
cooperating the Columbia Academy, in Fluvan.
| ma county.
On motion Of Mr.. LEE-ResolveJ, That The
committee Oh hOaGS, &c empire into the sxre
diency ot reporting bill No. 256 oil The session .!
| lSi5-46, with such amendments as they may
think proper.
Mr. BOCOCK, fom The committee FOL Courts
Of Justice, presented reports upon The petitions Of
| George Head, and upon The resolution Tor giving
10 The Courts discretionary power in committing
estates of decedenls 10 The hands OF Sheriff.; and
bill for The relief Of James l. Campbell.
| Mr.. BANKS from The committee on PROPOSE
| lions, &C., presented bill! establishing separate
| election on Walters Creek, in Lee county, and
bill changing the place Of holdnga separate cleo
ton in each of the counties of Frunk!in, Wash
inglon Tappahanrock Accolhack aud Morgan.
Mr. BROWN OF Albemarle, from he Com
mitiee on Finance, presented report upon The
petition of Eliza White.
Mr. HOLIDAY, from the COMMITTEE on
Claims, presented reports upon The reiitions oil
! Samuel johnson and Of JaS. A. Price; ard
bill concerning Thos. y. Brent, deputy Tor D
| Cox, sheriff of Northumberland county.
On motion OF Mr.. HOLIDAY. the Com
/ mitlee on Claims were discharged from The con-
sideralon Of The petition Of Chas. Wallace and
from the resolution Tor allowing to Garnet Lee
/ payment OF sum oil money advanced IN The
public service; and The said petition and resolution
we're laid on The table.
Mr. LEE, from the Committee on Roads &c,
presented bill Tor The relief OF the Leesburg and
Smokers Gap Turnpike Company; also, bill
Incorporating The New Marke! and Bufaoe
Springs Turnpike Company and bill supple
mental 10 an act entitled an act 10 Incorporate
the Richmond aud Ohio Railroad Company.
Mr.. TYLER, from select commiltee, report
| ed with substitute bill 10 incorporate the Bank
Of Potomac in Alexandra.
Mr.. SHEFFEY, from the Committee on
Schools and Colleges, presented bill 10 author
ize the County Couu Of King George To levy
certain amount for The purposes OF education.
PETITIONS, &c
Petitions, &C.. were presented and referred, viz:
| BY MIR. HUNTER: Petition oi citizens oi
Jefferson asking change in the school law, as
it applies 10 that county; together with certain re-
| solutions oil The school commissioners on The same
subject. BY Mr.. DAVIS Petition Of Lucy NJ.
Montague, asking to Re divorced from her nus
band William W. Montague. BY Mr. HAP
PER Memorial OF citizens Of Noro county,
demonstrating against the reltion ct clliz'ns Of
Portsmouth, asking an ACT incorporating said
town By Mr.. MCPHERSON: Petition oil cili-
zens of The county iul Shenandoah, for the estab
lishmeni If separate election al Forresvil'e, in
said county. BY Mr.. MAYO: A document
to support The petition OF Samuel Freeman
A bill 10 authorize the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company To construct The extension Of
their road through The territory OF Virginia vi h
the substitute proposed nv Mr. Hunter, and The
! amendment thereto Submitted bv MIR. Edeinolon
was laken IN, and discussed by Messrs. HUN
TER. EDGlNGTON, THOMPSON Of j., aud
DUNCAN
The following is the amendment, proposed BY
Mr. Edginelon TO the substitute OF Mr.. Hunter:
Strike out Of The lst section oflhe substitute ol
Mr.. Hunter, all after The word Gas" in the 81
line, and insert, ito pass from point IN The RAJ
vine Of Buffalo Creek, 4: or near the month o
Piles Fork 10 d depn IL be established by SAID
! company on The northern side IT Wheeling
Creek, in the CITY oil Wheeling, in Ohio county,
bv such route as upon minnie estimates 10 be
made aller full examinations and st;umental
surveys oithe feasible Of practicable routes, shall
appear 10 be The cheapest upon which Ia con.
s,rucl, maintain and work said railroad. which
| estimates shall be made on like principles aid
plans in like manner, and upon as grea, respect.
| i've amounts of trade and travel as were adoped
and employed in The comparative estimates OF The
Companys Chief Engineer, laid before The meel-
ing OF the Stakeholder, o The said Company, held
in Baltimore on the 18th day oil july eighteen
hundred and forty five: Proptaed that sail Rail
road shall not be made 10 enter the iavine OF tic
Ohio river Al any point further South than The
mouth OF Fish Creek, in Marshall comfy: And
nopided that if the said Railroad by the cheape.t
ronre 10 The city OF Wheeling. which shall no!
enter he ravine OF the Ohio river al any roini
South Of Grave Creek, in Marshall comfy,
shall appear from the estimates 10 be made