Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-03-04
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE OF
.NoHduy, Feb. 25h. 1850
PRAYER by the Rev. NJ ID Hora.

Monday Feb. 25h, 1850.
Payer BY the Rev. NJ ID Hor..
Reports from COMMITTEES.
Mr. Rives r. m The COMMITTEE. IN Trade, So, rerovied
hills suth, riz'ng The n nr Inspector fr The town Of Fal
moufb: 10 inspect q ,ur al F,cklin's Mill in the county
Of Srrt<yivania.
10 revive and amend the act 10 incorporate The
Branh Mining and Manufacturing Company in the
c,uniy of Pawha an.
To incorpora'e The Fredericks hurr Mutual Insurance
Company and Savings Institution. and
Inc tporaii' g the Southern Gpld Mining, - and The
Alias Manufacturing aud Miniag Companies.
Mr. Has. firm the COMMITTEES On the Peniieniiafy.
rreseaied a bill increa dng the salary of The clerk of the
Psaiiep,iarv.
Dir Hume. ~acrardinr 10 nrder. rep 7 ed a bill for eH-
tending the mrs, 4 he ioun Of Wauen.un, aud ft
other purposes.
PETITIONS.
The Speaker laid before the House a cnmmuuica
,ion fto,n J d ID RESET. relative to certain lands.
asking The inierp lion of The State against oihtr
claimants. (Referred TO The canmities OF Gour's ofJes.
iice
By Mr. Alien petition Of citizens of The county Of ac-
con,sc. fr a separate eleoiion / be held at the store Of l.
A Holman in said cauuiv.
BY Mr. SUPPLEMENTAL Of The Ulcers of he Hamp-
ton Savings Bank ft a charge 4 their charter.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The House ~proceeded by joint vote with the sena'e 10
the execution Of The joint order Of The day, which had for
its ohjpc, the election Of certain officers. viz Second
Auditor. Register uf The Land Office, Secretary ct the
Commonwealth and Librarian .penItenliary Stofekeeper,
and Superintendent Of The Peni'entisry.
On rsuiion uf Mr. Conway. the rule prescribing that e
leclans shall he made separately. was suspended.
Mr. Mayo nominated eonserniiyely fH the above men
n ned eiices. the present insunben's Is. Messrs Jtm's
Bpwn. jf. Stafford II Parker, W II Richardson. Jas {
Sroi,s. and Charles S Morgan.
No other naminaii,ns t~ing made. The tol was called.
and James Brown. IT,, received IA vnies,.-S III Parker
49, w " Richardson lli.-J { Sphts ll2, and G
: Morgan ll2,-BJ Wotsham received one vote iut
Register, viz: Mr. Shepard. Hiram MARI received
one fi Superintendent Of The Peniieniiafy. viz: Mr. Nor.
rs If c aud W,-Wm Wallace received one vote for
S'orekeeper, via: Mr. Claib tne-all Democrats Mr. Riyes
ID dad MOI voie tt $40 ekerpcr. and Mr. George Cd for
Supetiuetden, If the Peni'e tary.
The committee appointed To asc, r,ain he Juint vn'c,
reported lhst J Bmwu and W II Rlchartsn each
received l37 voies-S II Palket l35 ,oles.-aud ] {
Spots and { 5 Mapaa each l33 votes. They were
,heteupoo declared duly reelected to lheir Respective VI
hes.
BILLS PASSED.
To amend The acl pass d March l7lh 1910. entiled
nm act 10 incnrputa e The knobley. Valley Turnpike
Company. and 10 a%uilo'ize an increase Il the cap
ial stock f The MooIefield and Nurll Branch Tim
pike Company. (Chsnaes the name If the former TO
"Paussou's Crerk Nall'v Turupike Company - and
subscrihes IN the part Of lhe State To the same Sl0O0-io
the o,het 81 5000
To incorporate the trustees Of The May Washington
Monument Company.
N'"'EiNE w nv W 'fibfiG NV N'NIhFil
Courts & Law and Chancery in the countries Of Middle
sen. Mathews. Gloucester. and King aud Queen.
10 an h flze separate elections III cedain counties
therein m nlioned. and 10 change The place OF holding
certain others.
Raj ROAD Bill REJECTED.
The cnerossed hill III incntporais The Gaynndoite and
Charleston railr,ad { mpany came mp in order and was
discussed by Messfs MnrIss Of {. and W., Boyd, Clan
bprne. Ferguson and Bniwtll.
Mr. Bnrwrll said he d. sired 10 explain his position in
fen4f1f 10 al. llI nd. IL "
toiofe decared himself in favor nf lwu great liors oil in.
iernal cpnmnnica' ioa. The Virgini, aud Tennessee
Railrnsd wunld. be huned. he extended 10 the Mlssis.
slppi. The Louisa RAILROAD contemplated an exten-
SION 10 the oh'o uver. Ttesa two ptrsi improvements
were unued in iu, re-t. They each mn,siefcd to he
same great pn tpose they would draw ihrit resources
from dis Ant and dislluci regiuns of cuunlty hey would
mite these tesonices 10 promote the prosperity of VIZ
gluia. lie had (flt hnund under The n nciple referred
10. ard according Ia the teum,uf good fllth, To vote for
the extension Of each Of tn, ~ lmprover eni- at a proper
time, and under proper circumstances. lie considered
II the proper policy uf he State To construct. FIST. The
more important lines Of internal communica'iun in
preference Ia applying the means Of the Stale Ia heal
and subordinate Improvements which nav he postponed
without dermenl 70 the public inicr ST. Il would r-
suit from these prime pies that. whilst he had voted for
an Appropriation to extend the Louisa road, he could
not vpie 10 construct u dlsucsied section of the sane
road. He Thought that the construction OF such an
improvement, would conflict with the prolet appllcati,n uf
ofa't au III IA great phtlrtsf Which he hal Indicated.
Upon the merits OF his proposition he should make M
observations. lie considered ihai the iniercou So between
the p pulous and %prospetnn' valley of The Kaoawha aud
The market towns upon The Ohio river d. served m impfov-
ed means Of the kanawha river. " the construction Il a
railroad. For the reasons however which he had plven he
could not al The presen! tine vote Tor the appropriation
asked in the bill but should be compelled To record his vut,
against ii.
The question being put up,n the passage Of he hill il
vas o",efn1nea /" ne negative by a v'te OF ayes a. L
noes Is. "A State subscription 1870. 900 was provi
ded for In The bill
BILLS REJECTED.
A bill divorcing Ruth Lester from her h. shand Johr
Lester was rejected Ayes 50, noes So. (Gronnd q
a~PpI'cation -desertion aud adaltery--psr contra ,repor, e,
supposed adultery on the part Of The arphcant0
A bill 10 incorporate the IVES, Milford and New Salem
turnpike c mpany. Ayes IS noes Sc. (Amnuni Of STAT
subscription $4,000 The House suhseq zen " sere.,
To reconsider this vote. and made the bill lhe order OF III
day for 10 morrow.
On motion, The House al 'urned.
February. %
In the Senate, the hill authotizinr the lo,n # STA,
Stocks 10 the James River and kanawha Conpany /
lieu Of guaranteed bands, vas aiken up, and the que il,
being put put upon lis passage, was rjecied, by the 70
lowing vote