Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-01-02
LEGISLATURES OF VIRGINIA.
MONDAY, JANUARY |, l848.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

f1OCSc OC DELEGhl
The session was opened with prayer by the
Reverend Mr.. Gage OF the Universalist Church.
BILLS READ.
The following bills were read a first, and or
dered to be read second time:
bill Ito amend an act entitled, an act to
authorize separate election in the county Of
Fayette;''
A bill authorizing separate election at Bos-
ton Post Office, in the county of Culpeper;
A bill authorizing separate election at the
house of Lewis Hatcher, in the county Of Mer-
GER;
A bill 'to amend the act establishing the
town of Grandyille, in the county Of Mononga.
La"
A bill TO extend throughout the Common
wealth the provisions Of the act to prevent the
killing Of deer within certain periods, annual
"
A bill providing for taking the sense of the
citizens of Writ county, upon the selection of
a site for the seat Of justice thereof;
A bill changing the time OF holding the
County Court Of Alexandria county;
A bill for the. relief of Martha Watts was
read, and ordered to be engrossed.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
The following reports were read and agreed
TO:
From the committee on Propositions and
Grievances, against the petition Of Adephi
Lodge, No. A. of the Independent Order Of
Odd Fellows, asking for an act of incorporation;
against the expedency of passing law to re-
move Instructions to the free passage of Fish,
in the South branch of the Potomac; against the
eIpedency Of amending the "act concerning
conveyances or devises Of places of meeting Of
certain benevolent associations" against the ex-
pediency of establishing precinct election at
the house Of John Roop, in the county of Pu-
lask asking TO be discharged from the further
consideration Of the resolution directing them
to enquire into the expediency OF providing BY
law for the assessment Of damages, occasoned
by the erection Of mil-dams, which were not
foreseen by the jury first empannelled to en-.
quire into such damages.
The following reports from the committee on
Propositions and Grievances, were read and
laid on the table by special motion: Against the
petition of citizens Of Fayette county, for a
new county out Of certain parts thereof, with
the seat of justice at or near the 46ih mile post
on the James River and Kanawha Turnpike
Road-Against the petition Of citizens Of Fay.
elite county, for new county with the seat Of
Justice at the town Of Raleigh.
PETITIONS.
Petitions were presented and referred:
BY Mr. VAUGHAN: Of citizens OF Din
widdie, Tor A precinct election al the house OF
Benz. w. Shelley, in said county.
BY Mr.. BEIRNE Of Monroe: Of citizens OIL
Monroe. against The formation of a new county
out OF paris Of Giles, Botetourt and Monroe.
BY Mr. COWPER: Of citizens OF Norfolk
city, for an amendment OF the laws in relation &c
the taking and uanspianting OF oysters, &c.
By MIR. PRICE: OF citizens OF Greenbrer
for repeal OF all laws authorizing imprison
meut for debt and TO authorize the sale of real
properly for debt.
By MIR. PRICE, OF large number Of the cili
zsns OF GreenbIier for repeal OF all laws au
horizing the arrest OF the body of debtor with
out The intervention OF Magistrate.
BY Mr.. JONES: OF The stockholders Of lht
Chesterfield Railroad Company, for authority II
alter the line OF their road.
RESOLUTIONS.
On motion of Mr.. BElRNE-Resolved, Tha
the committee on Roads, &c. enquire into ID,
eYpediency Of so amending the law relative I,
The establishment OF ferries as 10 allow ferries L
be established within quarter Of mile, or SOC
yards by The meandering OF the streams, OF these
now established by law.
On motion of Mr.. FERGUSON-Reso
That the Committee Tor Courts OF Justice, en-
quire into the expediency OF 80 amending hi
criminal laws 10 make persons Jointly indicted
bur eleciing TO be tried separately, competent wit
nesses Tor or agains, each olhar.
On motion Of MIR. LANEr. Lec-Resolved
That the committee on Roads, &c. enquire init
The eIpediency Of approprialing $500 on tn,
part OF the State, and authorizing The COUNTY
courts uf Lee county, TO levy such addiliona
sum, as may be necessary 10 complete The bridg
across Powell's river in said county, on The Cum
berIand Gap and Prices Turnpike road.
On motion of Mr.. LANE-Resolved, That h
committee for Cours OF Justice enquire into III
eIpedency Of repeating an act relating to III
Commissioners OF the Revenue, passed Marc
18th, l6i7; and so much OF The act, 10 which
is an amendment, as relates TO the clerks OF III
County Courts Of The Commonwealth.
On motion Of Mr.. FUGATE-Resolved Tha
the committee on Finance enquire into the expe
diency OF reporting tax bill as nearly as posi-
bic upon the ad ralorem principle.
Or motion OF Mr.. MOORE-Resolved, Tha
the committee on Claims enquire into The expe
diency OF refunding The sum of SIG IS 10 ]. E
and w. Hite, being The amount paid by Them o
merchants License issued 10 them by The Com
missioner OF the Revenue tor Kanawha county
July Ctr, 1917
Dill making an appropriation TO the Virgin
Military Institute, was taken up, on motion {
Mr.. STOVALL, and being put on its third reaC
ing was passed.
WILMOT PROVISO.
Mr. SCOTT Of Fauquier presented The follow
ing resolutions as substitute for those reporte
from the select committee on the subject of III
Wilmo, Proviso. On his motion they were lai
on The table, and ardered to be printed:
l. Resolved, That the. institution Of SLAYER
was fully discussed by the Convention whic
formed the Constitution OF the United Stale
and that the rights OF Shareholders were fully T,
cognised aud protected BY its provisions; tina
without The compromises then solemnly entere
into, the union OF The States lever could hay
been formed.
That, whether Congress posses
lional power to prohibit or abride