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the Valley and Potomac regions Of the State
Very few measures pertaining 10 opr interest
have failed.
| Think the Lss stature will certainly adjourn
on Saturday,.
RlcnMoSD, March ls, ls47
Tho business or zthe week has been pushed
with NE velocity Of steam. The House has
swept its table Of nearly all lis bills, and thrown
upon the Senate nearly firo hundred, all to be ex.
aminei, revised aud acted upon within two Of
three days. This Of course produces imperfect
legislatioa, and increases The business u every
succeeding session, BY imposing The necessity Of
correcting errors unavo'daoiy produced.
| 10 the House, DOT more than IS members
have been present for several days, and the Sc.
nAte is reduced 10 about 90. Still We hopeto
get through alflhe LEGAL bills e interest to JEFF
ferson, Frederick and Clarke, exceP, lhe Win.
chester and Berrys Ferry Turnpike bill.
This bill vas Originally lest b, lie v.ie-
40 TO 4o-but Messrs. Carson snd Castle maa
msde new effort .s lis tehslf, md Mr.. Morrison
moved 10 reconsider the vote, which was sgIeed
| TO, bu, on The question being again pot on the
passage Of the bit, it was lost-ayes 30, noes
As
The bill Incorporating the Berryville and
chafIestoUn Turnpike Comp ny, had also been
lfsiected-bui MIR. Casleman induced MIR Banks
10 move its Reconsideration, and il was passed.
Whether it can be OF through the Senate wlth
the crowd in which lis burned, is by no means
certain. All this difficulty comes Of the misera-
bic aStarvalionp law, which dives members #
10 the Didst Of The business, 81 readers them en-.
tifely too impatient for proper legislation.
The bills Incorporating the 0d4 Fellows
Lodges Of charlea,own, Lseshurg and Warren
:op, 10 promote Education, have passed ,be
House, and viii bereporled from I select COM
mitlee Of the Senate for approval.
The bill incorporating The Harpers Ferry and
Alexandra Raj Road Company, has also been
tPassed BY the House. =
! A bill has been passed by the House, provid-
ing for the connection Of The James River & Ks
nawha Canal with the Tide water at Rich. /
mona.
| It7is impossible, within The Limits prescribed
10 me, to take note o: The numerous bills acted
upon, or rather road by their titles in the House,
within The last three or four days.
A bill TO increase The capital stock Of the Ca
capon and North Branch Turnpike Company,
! was passed by the House; also . hill 10 estabt
tish the Alexandra Savings Insiituiion.
The bill TO encourage the education oftearh-
ers, BY endowing certain Colleges, was lost in
The House, after much debate.
A bill regulating the fees OF Pilots, and one
establishing q now Inspection Of Tobacco in
Richmond, were passed BY the Senate, after
earnest debate.
ReHnoSD, y arch 90, is47.
More than half The business of The session has
been compressed into the last two days, with
barely quorum 10 each Heuse, and no. less
than 200 biiishave been passed within that time,
most Ct them only read BY their titles, and doubt
less full Of inaccuracies.
{ canno, nov keep pace with their epumera.
ton, and will therefore only refer 10 ihose Of |
mosi interest 10 our own region, and some Of
general character
The bill establishes the "Bank Of Martins
burg wasiost in-ihe Senate on Friday, after
earnest support b. Messr, Sloan and G.llaher,
and opposition by Messrs. voolfolk, rhonp-
son snd Witcher-aJese, noes 10.
On Saturday. iis friends induced Mr. Garrstt
to move reconsideration, and, rsllyine some
Of the absences, had the vote re-iakeu, without
debate, and eatr;ed--syss 10, noes 10.
This will be most gratifying TO The people Of
Berkeley, and will greatly facilitate their com
mefcisl Transactions.
; i
The bill amending the District Free School
sysien for The Couuties OF Jefferson snd Freds-
rick, was passed BY The Senate 10 day, amidst
the croSd &c business. 4, 80 amends The s,s-
lem as 10 Limit the amount Of taxation, and pro.
poses 70 submit the question u il. sdopiion 10
'he voters % he fourth Thursday in Jpnean ex,.
I rsquises The vote Of ,Wo-thirds ID adopt il.
So now here can b. afall aud free discuasion
e i, and deiiberais vote upon II. j viii ~.
home siih one copy Off. for publication. il
The Ssnsie has passed The Bills incorpo,.,;ns
Wlldsy Ledge Of Odd Fellevs 81 chaslessown.
and The Lodges a,Leesburg and Warren,op. eor
besevolsni and educational purposes.
The bill to incorporate he Bs,rv,;,,e and
charlsslpvn Turnpiae Company. anly reached |,
the Senate on Friday, and Is nov anepg some i
ferry or ff'y on The table Mr.. voolfolk has
declared thai be viii NOT suffsr spy bill h.yipe !,
an appropriation clause, 70 pass without /, o.o- Il
ran, snd Ibis state Or things being likely g eri.,
% Monday. 4 fear The bill viii Be los,. I,
The bill anlhorizins lhs snith6sld ant she.
As'sstoFn fsrppiks Company 10 er.spd ,hsir