Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-04-04
A bill concerning the Armory was under con
side ration when the hour of recess arrived.
EVENING SESSION.

TIChSOuIs dHi LUX tAiu6C
| He accordingly introduced such a bill.
A communication was received from The DC,
maize, stating that they had passed the Tax Dill
with amendments.
A bill concerning the Armory was IN pro
gress a, The time OF the recess. The Dill aver
| discussion was then passed.
A bill to change The place ofholdins a scpafa.e
election in the county OF Rockingham was passed.
A bill retunding a sum of money to Pyrfnus
McGipniss was passed. nj,
A bill Tor The relief oil the heirs OIL george fich-
ell, decd, was passed.
A bill incorporating The Shenandoah Paper
Manufacturing Company, in Jefferson, was iaid
on The table.
A bill diyorcing Scoty Catharine Brown from
her husband, Orlando w. Brown. was passed.
bill releasing 10 Magnus T. Sroigrass a GER
tain fine imposed by the county court OF Berkeley
was passed. -
A bin Incorporating the Piney Point Mining
and Manufacturing Company was passed;
A bill! amending an act entitled an act moor.
p~oraiing the Piedmont Mining Company, passed
1884, was passed.
Various bills were then read first and second
time.
A bill incorporating The Manchester Bridge
Company was taken up. Mr.. PERROW moved
to lay il ON The liable. Mr.. JONES, IN an able
and eloquent speech, opposed the motion. Inc
motion was then rejec!ed. The bill was then
ordered to be engrossed.
The House, on motion OF Mr.. PARKS, ad-
journed. -
FRIDAY, MARCH 3lsr, 1048.
SENATE
The bill concerning John Hannah, late Snerin
Of Cahell, was passed; also, The bill 10 increase
The capital stock of The Parkersburg and Charles
town Turnpike; also, the bill esta biishing a Sc
parare cleo ion at Farnville, in Prince Edward.
The bill concerning he Manchester Turnpike
Company was Indefinitely postponed. The Dill
incorporating the Russell, Old Courthouse and
Abingdon Turnpike Company was passed; also,
The bill 10 Incorporate Leeds Manor Turnpike
Company. The bill concerning the General
Court and The Special Court OF Appeals was
amended and passed; also, the uill concerning The
'reIesraphic lines within the Stale; also, the bill
incorporating The Jacksonville Turnpike Compa.
ny; also, The bill Incorporating The Boston Coal
and Iron Company; also, the bill concerning pyrf-
hus McGinnis.
TIE TAX BILL.
The House OF Delegates disagreed 10 the Sc
naie's amendments 10 the lax bill. lne senate
then receded from their amendments.
The bill changing The place of holding a sepa-
rate election in The county OF Rockingham was
passed; also, The bill authorizing the County
Court CT Prince William TO reassess The Ocqu-
con Cotton Factory property; also, The bill moor
p~oraling the Hampshire Coal and Iron Compa-
ny; al>o, The h,li taking The sense OF the citizens OF
Boone in regard 10 me location OF their seht oi
Justice; also, the bill concerning William Myles,
Of The county OF Fayelie. The bill concerning
the road frem Gravely's Creek 10 the Ohio river
was rejected.
The Senate then took a recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION..
nj In = q, tho Spni fh.
fell and Shepherdslown Turnpike COMPANY was
passed. Also, The bill incorporating the Front
Royall and Canes Cross Roads Turnpike Com
pany. Also, The bill concerning The Road Laws
Of The county OF Brooke. Also, thr bill dec'ar-
ing Fosters Creek a public Highway. Also, the
bin concerning The Lynchburg MANUFACTURING
Company. Also, b.. hill concerning cannon tim
Der a,Ihe Penilentiary.
The bill concerning The transfer OF Slate STOCK
was passed. Also, the bill concerning draining
hands, sc. Also, The bill concerning deeds part
y proved
The bill concerning The allowance made TO Ger.
tain Jallors was passed. Also. the bill concern
ing the mode OF incorporating Odd Fellows, Ma
sons, &c.
The blrconcerning The Sergeant Of The town
iected: ayes 5, noes II. The bill concerning The
Scufh Western road from Salem 10 Buchanan
was postponed, on motion Of Mr.. MeCAuLEY.
On motion of Mr.. COX, the Seuale adjourneds
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
A communication was received from the Sc
nate, stating they had passed the bills TO estab-
lish a Bank at Weston, in Lewis county; and a
bill to revive the act, authorizing the county
Court of Augusta 10 subscribe for stock in the
S,aunton and James River Turnpike Company,
both with amendments which were agreed TO.
On motion Of Mr.. FLOYD, the following re-
solutions, offered by him on Wednesday, were
taken up:
Whereas, a correct knowledge Of the location
of certain important works projected for the In
ternal improvement Of Virginia is indispensable.
Their fore,
Resolved, By the General Assembly, That the
Board of Public Woi ks shall cause such recon
uoisance and surveys TO be made by competent
and skilful Engineers as will enable them to re-
port to the next Session Of tue Legislature, the
general character and comparative cost Of con.
%slruction of the following Railroad routes
From the town of Danville TO the town Of
Wytheyille, and thence 10 the Tennessee line:
From the town Of Lynchburg 10 the Tennessee
line: From the town of Gordonsville to the Ohio
river by way Of Charlottesville TO Corington, BY
wa Of Harri.onburg TO the Ohio river.
On mu,lon OF Mr.. HAYMDNU The said reso-
luton was amended by substituting therefor the
following:
Resolved, by the Senate and House Of Dele.
gates. That we viii proceed on Sd day OF April
to the election OF a State Engineer. whose duty II
shall be 10 make surveys and econDoissance
prcnara,ory to The construction Of Railroads: first,
rom Lynchbn.g ard rom Oanville 10 The Ten
nessee line; secondly, from Oh irioltrsviile through
the valley Of Virginia to The Tine Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Road; thirdly, from Coyingion 10 h
Ohio river; and ;tpor! 10 The nexi Legislature his
opinion of lhe ~propfiety OF constructing railroads
along all or erher Of these lines.
Mr.. WHITE proposed 10 amend The same by
adding to The said subs itute the following:
And be it further Resolved, That The Engi'
neer be direclrd 10 survey The proposed route for
a Railroad from Alexandria 10 Harper's Ferry
Also the proposed improvement Of The Shenan.
,oah river; and The proposed route Tor a Railroad
from Richmond % Ethan, and from Chailot'es-
vile 10 C"virg'cn.
Mr.. PANNELL moved 10 add 10 the subsri
tue The following: "And be il further Res lvet
That a survey b. directed from aordonsv'lls 10
Parkersburg by way of Harrisonburs, also from
Harrisnnbure % Covington."
On motion OF Mr.. HART, the said resolutions
md amendments were ordered 10 De laid ON Inc
table.
The lax bill, with The amendments Of the
Senate thereto, was taken up. The amendments
imposing the same lax on Harps as I'm Pianos
was agreed 10, and changing he TAX from 2 to
ID per cent. was agreed 10. All The olheI
am. pdmenls OF the Senate were agreed 10
A bill establishing an inspection OF lime in The
civ Of Richmond, with amendments thereto, pro
nosed by Mr.. COOKE, to establish an Inspection
Of plaster in Richmond and Petersburg, was Ia
ken up, and The amendments having been with
drawn. The bill was ordered 10 be ensrossed.
A bill concerning the printed records Of The
Court Of Appeals, as heretofore amended, wa!
taken up on motion of Mr.. LACY, amended ane
ordered TO be engr SD.
A bill reducing the present capital stock o
the Shockoe Iron and Nail Manufacturing
Company was passed.
bill 10 in incorporate the James River Manu-
featuring Company, in the town of Manchester