Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-07
WEDNESDAY, JAN S, ls4s.

The SPEAKER laid before he Honse coz
municalion rom the President Of The Jams
River and Kanawha Company, responding 10 BE-
resolution adopted On the 30Ih nit, calling ieFt
formation relative To the number Of days IN each
wear that the canal has been closed; which was
ordered TO be laid on the table.
Committees made reports.
On motion OF MIR. McLAUGHLlN-Re
solved. That The Committee on Roads, &c, en-
quiic into the expectancy OF authorizing i su;
vey Of road from The town OF Weston, passing
through Sutton, in the county oi Braxion, aHi
Summcrsvie in The counly OF Nicholas, soss0
iatersecl the Kanawha Turnpike road, al or neat
the tails of the Great Kanawha River, 10 tie
county Of Fayeite.
On motion Of Mr. PARKS-Resolved, Thai
select committee be appointed 10 rePoII bill
or bills, amending Ire laws providing br The
District Fee School System, so lar as may re.
late to the counties OF Kanawha and Pa'lcl.
On motion Of Mr.. COLSON-Resolved, That
The commire On Finance enquire into The eIpe.
diency Of increasing the compensation o. Inc
Commissioners OF Tie Revenue OF Lee couniy
Onmo;ion of Mr. OLDHAM-Resclvet, That
the committee for Courts OF Justice enqGle INTO
The cXpediency OF providing By law Tor The Ial~
fer. by assignment Of Pedlars' licences.
committee on Claims enquire into The eIpeiiel
cy O, authorizing The Auditor of Public Acccuns
to pay 10 Sarah c. Byars, erccutrix of GeCis.
Byars, deceased, The valuation OF slave
named Jim, condemned by the county couh Il
SmyIh county, and reprieved by The EIecu.l'.
Tor sale and transportation, which payment shall
be m de on the certified valuation OF The couf
of said county, wilhoutrequiring separate vara'
ton as prescribed in the frs, section OF The &c
providing for The payment OF slaves cOndemned'o
death or transportation, passed March IA, 1870
MIR STEPHENSON presented several abs
containing statements oil The white population q
each county OF the Stale, arranged according
their districts In 1910 and 1876, calculated from
the ,lhables in 1916. and sialemen, oil The Will:
population al three different periods, and The PFC
potion OF representation OF each OF The Dlsun,
Of the State Tor each OF The years 1880, lelO az.
1876, which, on his motion, was ordered 10 &c r.
tered 10 The select committee appointed 10 I'll
quire into the expediencY Of reapPoTlion'us ie'
presentation, and l,000 extra copies thereof wee
ordered 10 be printed.
Petitions were presented and ordered 10 be re-
ferred TO appropriate committees:
By Mr.. HA YMOND-Ot the trustees Of Inc
borough of Paramount, for certain changes IN ,he
act incorporating said borough. BY MI FLulp
OF The School Commissioners Of Washns'i
county, for al alteration in the Common schV
law. By Mr.. ChRROLL-Oft citizens OF Gfs!'
son. for separa'e election a, the house Of Chs'
DougheHy on Elk Creek. BY Mr.. CONWhl-
OF cilizens of Spollsylvania, and adjoining coUi
ties for the incorporation ola company to cons.iG,
a railroad from Fredericksburg 10 Orange I. D
ByMr. STEWART--Ofcilizen Of BerkeleyaH
jefferson, Tor the modification OF laws in rels.i'
to PcdlaIs, in certain cases. BY Mr.. DARE
COTT-O citizens Of Hanover, tor an ACT s''
lhorizing The extension OF the Louisa Railfoaf
or near the Dock in the city Of Richmond.
The engrossed bill TO provide for The comps.
ton Of The Southwestern Turnpike road, v"
read a third time and passed.
The engrossed bill providing for an increase
the capital stock Of the new Shenandoah ComlS,
ny and au,hori.ing subscription on the PAL. "a
the State and for olher purposes, was read '""'
time and passed.
Bills were read first and second time.
On motion OF Mr.. HlETT, the House az
journed.