Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-02-26
-,,-o ar THE HOUSE.

.;,. ot NJ sToVALL tho ollowngwas adopted
on s,,he,ne for the 2s,h rule OF the House VIZ.
DC ,or,l standing committees snai appoint .
The SEVERN and the Clerk of the House OF Dele
clerks wch nnj the services Of of said clerks 10
sssss, IN cngrossng cnroiIe ois ~ sui
mn, mai be employed by Their resleot'' 'o'''"
may ho' y. roa internal IMPROVEMENTS
;nn ,,as made BIZ Mr.. STOVAiL that the documeh
submitted by him Thursday eu roaon, cenera
proprations made, or peiiuhs
Assembly, be taken mp. ,,hr doho,a IN which the
This motion gave rise TO lengthy ueoate IN Sa,s wa
whole merits Of the internal - ae ss,ed or
ba there were many bills pending which ought
T.; i,I na,ice 10 be included in the document.
NJ MARTY called the previous question Oh 'le loo.
WI W IA ,bra was second The main question wal
Then ordered and the question being taSen he
to take up and consider the document " '''' ''e
AYES bRWEI then and said that he desired I.
,ar ,ho1 The opposition the motion 70 print .e ca re-
Of The Committee Roads ana lneln a b ,
arise from nny fear 10 bring before iie peope 'e sou
nronri,tions made by the General Assembly AZ le plese
session for purposes OF Internal Improvement ma
,;o snrmng from nm unwillingness 10 puosh aocuheh
l9n sp,nsi rd an imperfect delusive and erroneous
,en, If the action of the General Assembly upon !n
subject referred TO- He should therefore, oeI M
smbodvinp all the information proposed 10 oe aoueu Ny m
dnn, 10 which he had alluded, with the important 40
vantage that il will show, beyond dispute le hupe cu
racter and OF the several Wv sd -, h
the present session. ltwoud, moreover pe iouu " o
h number character and amount OF the appicaohs WHICH
have been rejected by the House OF peegues d. US
session II will thus show that the Rouse a pa9 s
small .essinn Mr. said he should therefore
d he resolution which would be found TO explain iise
Resolved Tha, the Clerk of the House be directed 10 pre-
80 sr with The sketches OF the acts, state
m,nt showing the appropriations Tor purposes Vi 1eha
mnroyemcn made during the present session OF lhe he
raj Assembly designating the purposes LOT when I 'a
have been made the proportions IN whc tnt
State is required subscribe the aggregate amour, Vi M
subscription behalf OF the CommoIweai'li siom, =,
noreoyer The amount and character OF appropriations io
subscription on behalf of the Commonwealth whicn sna
have been rejected during the present session OIL the
Assembly. or, i, ,; e laid unor
| On motion oil Mr. Pklofr Tue 'es"'u'''" ~ ~ r
the table.
Rv Mr. WHITE: OF citizens Of I.oudoun asking moor
Scion Of the charter of the Harpes Ferry and HlsboIougf
Tnrnnike Company BY Mr.. SEGAR OF citizens oil Eliza
beth Civ for and against the erection Of tide mill ove
Back river in that county.
| RESOLUTIONS.
On motion of Mr.. RIVES, the Committee Tor Courts o
Justice was instructed enquire into the propEey OF iu
Their legislation in relation 10 the jail tor the county o re
George. . . &, :,
On motion of Mr. HUME, leave given TO report oil
providing for an extension of the corporate limits OF I'M
town of Warrenton ana authorizing he M @
ties of said town. with the consent of majority oi c eeu
voters thereof subscribe 10 branch OF the orange an
Alexandria Rail Road TO that place.
On motion of Mr. HARRISON, the Committee Tor Courts
Of Justice was authorized enquire into the expedency
amending the act of the 18th of March, l347 extending tn
Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth OF Virginia over inc coun
~ of Alexandria BY repeating the provlso 10 the NTH secon
MIR FERGUSON according order reported bill pre-
scrbing the times OF holding the Courts In the sth l9h
goth and 22d Judicial Circuits
BILL REJECTED.
An engrossed bill 10 Macadamize the road from Morgan
town TO the PENNSYLVANIA line being upon lis passage TIT
ayes and noes called, and the bill was rejected by
ayes ~, noes o.
BILLS PASSED
The following engrossed bills read third time ant
passed Allowing Aaron Howard free man color to re
main in the lnonwcah-Concerning John Talsapaugh
of the town of Alexandra-Constructng State road from
Franklin in Pendcton Monterey in Highland-lncorpor
ating the oncsyile and Little Stone Gap Turnpike Conpa
ny-Divorcng Hnldah Heskl from her husband Ferdinand
F. Heskll.
An engrossed bill incorporate the Guyandotte an'
Charleston Railroad Company was read third time, and tn
question being its passage,
On motion Of Mr. FLOYD the House adjourned.