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Correspondence " ~ rizsinia ~ Press.s
RscHnoxp, Jan. /. ls1aI
" s'a.--s,A The House hns MOI aers> fil "a ~
last two weeks. yeti good deal Of busineez ",
transacted, and some Of i Of quite anIimporiana
character
IN Saturday the fst resolution was adopted.
on motion Of Mr.. Meredith. to bring ID bin en-
tending the jurisdiction Of justices of The Peace
to fifty dollars ii certain cases
On motion Of Mr. Floyd, the eommitfee on tie
militia were instructed % inquire into he neces
shy q pfoviding ~ law for HE supply u blan-
kets and clothing for The Virginia regiment now
in service IN Mexico Il seems hat the yolun-
,eefs are allowed ~ he general government -
y month fore oihing and are compelled % buy
from sislers and Uther traders 1t very high
price. The object Of the resolution i that Tie
State should receiEe this sum ffom ne y. s.. AMI
provide closhins u relieve The VOLUNTEERS from
their present necessities
/ On Monday the bin introduced al the instance
Of Mr. McMurran, directing subscription by
the Commonwealth oftw6 iiiihs Of he additional
capital Of the shephefdstown and Smi.hfeld
Turnpike Company, TO extend The Road to
Winchester w. passed, by = vote " "a % %.
Also, abill Incorporating Tie Good Samaritan
as.on q ~ Sons 81 H. the Coun-
Y p Freaerick ana Diii she Mar
lnnsDurg Lyceamf
Mf. McMafran presented a petificn from re.
.omac DiVisi2n q sne sens q Temperance a.
lShepherdstown for an act of Incorporation, al;
lowing them to hold real estate to limited a.
mount (s3. OO09
ME- Hleu presented petition from citizens Of
Hampshire, frederick &c, ior an amendment,
50 as g authorize 2 branch Of the Winchester and
Nardensyille Road 70 the Capon Springs.
On Tuesday, the Speaker announced the fol-
lowing as the committees under the resolution a.
Idopted yesterday, relative % the Reorganization
Of the Board IF Public Works Messrs. Perrow,
Stephenson, Floyd. Seymour, Briggs Parks,
= ttaryieSl thompson 81 Boletourt, Wallace, Bare
Tomlin, Anderson and Pannell
Among the bills passed, was oneto authorize
any 9uaseoi me ssfneaai Sour'' lncer'ain con
tngenciess to hold certain terms Of The Superior
Court
The bill introduced at the instance Of Mr..
\, Wall to authorize The Banks Of the State to Issue
small notes, was also passed The Vote i canno,
now state. f-rhe people Of Virginia cannot fail
to notice the nodes attempt ofthe Baltimore sun
/ to Instruct tie sepate to reject this biil. The
Maryland Banks have q fine field fSrthe circu-
lation Of rpgIR small notes as long as ours are
prohibited.l
A On Wednesday,, Mr. Stephenson presented Sc
yeral tables containing statements If tbewbite
population of each county the State, arranged
according TO their distfietsin 1910 and 1876, cal
sculated from the t;tbables = IslS and .ta,s-
ment of the white population at three different
periods, and the proportion of representation Of
each of the Districts Of the State tor each of IN
years 1890 1910 and 1916 which, on his motion.
was ordered to be referred to theseleet committee
4 appointed e enquire inte the expediencyof re-
appointing representation, and o0o sx,ra cor;es
thereof were ordered 10 he printed.
Among the bills passed were tile following
The Bill % provide for The com1la,an = ~.
Southwestern Turnpike road, was read i third
thine and passed.
The bill providing for an increase If. ,be can't
ltal stock of thenew Shenandoah cbmpany AMI
ahthorizing subscription on the part Il the State,
and for other purposes. was read third time and
passed. III,
hls Pill appropriases $500 600, i'll instalments
n SSo.ooo for every $4,000 raised BY private
s - and authorizes q survey Of the
Shenandoah River and its tributaries
N I, 1aIfsaag 'hr principal business ofthe day
VIZ 'ne passage q = resolution recover viz
gina poflion Of the Land Fund
INT. meredith had offered aresolutiont to appoint
Il commi1Iee on the subject.
Mt Burdett proposed to amend, 50 as 10 direct
.ne reasurer at once to reeeire the Fund (about
SssAV
MT Burwell moved to add, 10 be applied to
purposes OF education but afterwards ,r;fh3rAsg
ms amendment
a spicy debate occurred between Messrs.
sco't' Iupstall, Lanier, and Burweli, for reccp-
ton, and Messss Conway, Harvie ind FLOYD,
against T.
MT Harvie moved the indefinite postponcment
fto65. = - = I'M = z
The resolution vas f6.n r....al
count fThe Denoeraev v u n m,ao W,
however reject itl - z 'n' '1ena'e WIZ
on Fsiday the Commune of p,o,,,,.;,,.,. ].
ported adperseu On te patil;on Il $3.50 ~:
lof Sons Of Te,nnerace !, sha.,l