Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-03-06
VIRGINIA LEGISLATJTRE.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
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town of Jeersonvle for the passage Of an act ncorpo
rating said town.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES
MI FERGUSON, from the Committee of Courts of
S9stce presented report upon the petition of Wikin
Marshall, and bill divorcing James B. Harrison from
MS wle Sarah e.; Harrison, and for other purposes
~ hf. CARrER, from the Committee of Schools and
Coeges, presented report upon the resolution instruct
ing the committee to enquire into the expedency of ap-
the poor.
Mr. WooD, from the Committee of Privileges, &c,
presented report upon the returns of elections and the
Qualifications OF members OF the General Assembly.
n, -, RESOLUTIONS OF INQUIRY ADOPTED.
by MI oYME-Authorlslng the Petersburg and Roam
oke haroad Company to subscribe to the stock of the
North Carolina Railroad
BY MIR. BERNE-Authorising the Board of Public
" ofAs 10 employ as soon as practicable, competent
Engineer and such assistants as he NAV need to survey
the nearest and best route for railroad commencing at
some point at or near Covingon, in the county of AL
leghany, and terminating the Ohio river: and that
SAID Engineer return to the Board as soon as NAV be
map OF the route surveyed together with estimates
OF the cost OF constructing the road and of its probable
advantage to the public when completed together with
such other information as he may deem useful to FIJI
understanding OF the subject.
Tins resolution gave rise to discussion Various
amendments were proposed, but voted down. and the
| resolution adopted In its original form
Mr. RIvEs, from the committee on Agriculture and
Manufactures, presented bills concerning Jefferson r
Sinclair, and the Virginia Agricultural Society
DAY OF ADJOURNMENT FIXED.
On motion OF MIR. WlcKHAM, the resolution from the
Senate, designating day of adjournment was taken
| up and read as follows:
Resolued, That when the Senate adjourns on Mon
day. the 18th OF March next it will with the consent
OF the House OF Delegates, adjourn to meet again on
| the first Monday in December next"
Mr. w EST proposed to amend the Senates resolution
by striking out " Monday, the 18th of March," and
substituting in lieu thereof Monday, the 18th March,
and the motion was agreed to-ayes 66, noes So The
| resolution, as amended, then passed
THE CONVENTION BILL.
Mr. WEST offered the following nreamhle and resolu-
ton:
Whereas the Legislature of Virginia has passed
Dill to provide tor the opening of poll at the ensuing
election for members of the General Assembly to take
the vote OF the legally qualified voters tor and against
the call OF Convention to amend the Constitution of
thlss Commonwealth
And whereas it desirable and important that all the
possible should be afforded to the people at large
to enable them to act and advisedy on subject of
such vital Importance
Be it therefore Resolped, That - copies of the
bill providing for the call of Convention to amend the
Constitution OF this Commonwealth, be printed for the
use OF the members Of the House, to be distributed
among the people of the State.
Mr. FERGUSON moved to fill the blank in the resolu-
ton with the words "ten thousand"
MIR. PATRICK moved to fill the blank with the word
item"
Thereupon Mr. CLAIBORNE moved that the farther
consideration OF the preamble and resolution with the
p proposed amendments, be indefinitely postponed.
Mr DoRMAN moved the previous question on the mo-
ton to postpone indefinitely.
Mr.. FERGUSON proceeded to discuss the proprety OF
secondng the call for the previous question and was
called to orderly Mr. DoRMAN.
The SPEAKER decided that MIR. FERGUSON was in
order the rule requiring that the previous question should
not be debated and that twenty members should be re-
CURED to second the call it therefore competent to
| use arguments to prevent the second.
! Mr.. DoRMAN appealed from the decision of the
| Speaker
| On motion of Mr. PRICE, the appeal was laid upon
the table.
The previous question was then sustained by the
House and the question being put upon posponing the
resolution and amendments indefinitely, was determined
IN the affirmative by the following vote-ayes 81 noes
BILLS PASSED.
The following engrossed bills were read third time
and passed:
Increasing the capital stock of the Weston and Cav
ley Bridge Tunpike-ayes Sc, noes 4S;
Divorcng VIM. b. Spencer from his wife Elizabeth :;
Amending the act passed March 18th, 1849, incorpo
Company;
Incorporating the Morgantown Bridge Company, in
the county OF Monongalia--ayes 3d. noes SO
Extending the charter OF the Wythe Watering Com
pany;
Changing part of the line dividing the county of
Putnam from the counties Of Cabell and Kanawha;
Extending the corporate jurisdiction of the town of
Waynesborough, in the county OF Augusta
| For the relief OF VIM. A. Talbot of the town Of
| Lynchburg
For the relief of Geo. D. Vaughan OF Cupeper;
Amending, SO far as the county of Northampton is
concerned, the act concerning the District School Sys
tenn;
Amending the act Incorporating the Morgantown and
Bridgeport Turnpike Company, and concerning the
condemnation OF timber and other materials for plank
roads.
THE TwENTY-FIRsT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
The bill concerning the 2ls Judicial Circuit coming
up on Its third reading, various blanks filled the
instance OF Mr.. MAYO, who also proposed to fill the
blank In the clause providing for compensation to the
two Judges with "two thousand dollars" the amount
at present paid
MIR. SoUTHALL moved to amend Mr. Mayos propo-
stlon by hlllng the blank with fifteen hundred dol
lars"
| The question being taken, the latter motion was
| agreed to.
Mr.. CLAIBORNE rose and remarked that as he did not
suppose any man who was fit to be audge could live in
the city OF Richmond tor the of $500, he would
therefore move the indefinite posponement of the bill
Mr DoRMAN called the previous question on the mo-
ton to postpone indefinitely, and there was second
the main question being then ordered and taken the
House refused to postpone by the following voteayes
| A. noes g.
The question then recurring on the motion to fill the
blank in the bill with $780, the amount of compen-
saton to be allowed each Judge, it was decided in the
affirmative
Mr.. PEspLEroN then called the previous question
upon the passage OF the BILL and there second J;
the main question was then ordered and being taken
! by ayes and noes the bill passed, as follows:
] AYEs-Messrs. Layne, Flood, Grantham, Gilmore,
Bennett, Wells, Lewis of Brunswick, Morris of Cabel
nn Way Fairfax reb sman Ga sgas P N
dleton, Clopton Massie, stoval, Fleming, Powell,
Stump, Wckham, Lewis Of Harrison and Doddridge,
Lancaster, Worthington, Howser, Tomlin, Gresham,
Minter, Ferguson, Stokes, Newman, Kidwel, Will
bell of Nottoway Wheate, Boswell, Robertson, Hiner,
Syme, Cackley, Hopkins Wheeler, Garrison, Rves,
Mayo, Maru Yancey, CULLEN, Pitman, Haas, Camp
bell Of Smythe, Conway, Suttle Wheaton, Nieho-
son, George. West, Jacobs, Cook of Wood Writ,
Richie and Doddrdge, and Boyd-67
NoEs-Messrs. Finney, Allen, Watson, Carter,
Snowden, Mitchell, Burwell, Hammond, Forbes, La
cy, Jones of Chesterfield, Page, Hume, Edwards,
Wood, Price, Weton, Southa, Duke, Scbooey,
White. Ball, Jones of Marshall Shepard, D9ckwall,
Doman, Paterson, Griffin, johnson, McCue, Shelf
few and Brown of Westmoreland-41.
Bills were then taken upon their second reading, and
progressed one stage.
On motono f Mr. FEReUsoN,
The House adjourned
PUBLIC MEETING IN LUXEMBOURG.
| meeting of the citizens Of Lunenburg, held at
Red Level, on Saturday. the 23d of February 1885, to
nsderaon the huildino of Plank Road