Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-03-05
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
MONDAY, March 4th, 1850

MONDAY, March 4th, 1850
Prayer by the Rev ADAM EMPIE.
A communication from the Senate was read inform
ing the House OF the passage of the Convention Bill
with amendments supplying the omissions therein OF the
new counties OF Wyoming and Raleigh. The amend
ments to the bill entitled an act to take the sense of the
People upon the call OF Convention and providing for
organizing the same, being read a motion made by
Mr. SHEPARD that the farther consideration thereof be
indefinitely postponed, and it was determined in the
gative by the following vote, Mr.. STovALL demanding
the ayes and noes:
AYEs-Messrs Layne, Gilmore, Bennett, Wells, Nor
rs of Cabell and Wayne Lacy, Jones Of Chesterfield,
Hill, Pendleton, Price, Lewis of Harrison and bod
bridge, Patrick Tomin, Kidwell, Jones of Marshall
Shepard, Hicks, Warman, Beirue, Smith, Campbell Of
Holloway, Robertson, Hiner, TONNES, Cackley,
" W5 svibe Halt poa9 henn sQua Cam6
Richie and Doddrdge, and Boyd-35 '
NoEs-Messrs. F,nney, Allen, Watson, Carter,
Snowden, Gibson, Flood, McCue, Brown Of Bath and
Highland, Mitchell, Burwell, Hammond, Grantham,
Campbell, Buekner, Cardwel, Barbour, Page, Segar
Williams Of Fairfax, Hume. Tebbs, stiilman, Cai-
borne, Edwards, Wood, Wall, -Clopton, Massie
| Warrington, Duke, Wallace, Gresham, schooey
White, Ball, Stokes, Newman Williams of Mecklen-
burg, Coleman, Duckwall, Peuow, Stubs, Happier
Butt, VERIFY, Henderson, Wheate, Buswell Syme
Neal, Mayo, Mar1 Yancey, Pitman, Haas, Griffin
Conway, Suite, Wheaton, Nicholson, West, Jacobs,
and Brown of Westmoreland-76.
The amendments of the Senate were then agreed to
by the House.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
Mr. CONWAY, from the Committee for Courts of JUS
tce presented reports upon the resolution for requiring
bonds of Deputy Sherfls to be filed by their principals
in the Clerks office of the county where given and
corded and upon petitions in relation to the sale OF the
Church in the town of Martinsburg and of Mary Ell
len Burton and bills
To amend the entitled act to extend the uris-
diction Of the Commonwealth OF Virginia over The
county Of Alexandria;
To prevent the employment of slaves without the
permission of the owners and
Concerning the Jail of the county of Prince George
Mr. JONES OF Chesterfield from the Committee of
Propositions, &C., presented reports upon the petitions of
citizens of Preston, Taylor and Barbour, for new
county OF citizens OF the county OF Lewis to prohibit
the hauling of senes in the west fork of the Mononga-
hea river and its branches of citizens of Preston coun-
tyor establishing separate election in said county of
citizens of the counties of Alexandria and Fairfax and
other adjacent counties for protecting the fishing inte-
rest in the Potomac rver OF citizens Of the counties of
Braxton, Nicholas and Randolph, for new county
and OF citizens OF the county OF Charles City, for Sc
parate election.
Internal Navigation, presented the following bills:
For improving the road between Highland and Po-
cahontas counties; and
To incorporate the Hughes River Turnpike Com
pany
On motion of Mr. PENDLEroN, the Committee of
Roads, c., were discharged from the consideration of
the petitions OF citizens OF the counties OF Orange and
Cu pepper in ation to the location of the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad; of citizens of the counties of
Loudoun and Jefferson for increase of the capital of
the Harper's Ferry and Hillsborough Turnpike Compa-
ny; OF the Stockholders OF the Rocky Mount Turnpike
Company; OF citizens OF the county Of Barbour for
road from the county of Barbour to the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company; Of Jesse Ad-
kins and Lewis Morris for ferry; of citizens of the
county OF Nicholas Tor division OF the Weston and
Gawey Bridge Turnpike road; of citizens OF the coun-
ties of Hamsphire and Hardy for road from Charles
Blues in Hampshire county, to Elizabeth Burohes; upon
the resolution for increasing the capital OF the Cole Ri
Var 81 road
Williamsport in Hardy to Burlington in Hampshire
and for requiring Internal Improvement Companies to
return their accounts annually to be audited by the Sc
cond Auditor-and the said petitions and resolutions
ordered to be laid upon the table.
Mr. CARTER presented abi to restrict the powers of
Internal Improvement Companies in the condemnation
of timber and other materials.
Mr.. GILMER, from the Committee on the subject pre-
sented resolution for voting sword to Captain Ham
ton S Shields.
Mr.. ToMLIN, from the Committee on the Library.
presented a report which, on his motion, laid upon
the table.
PETERSBURG AND LyNCHBuRG RAILROAD.
The motion made by Mr.. BENNEr, on SATURDAY, to
suspend the rule for the purpose OF reconsiderng the
rejecting the engrossed bill to subscribe for the
commonwealth to the capital stock of the Petersburg
and Lynchburg Railroad Company, was taken up as the
order of the day.
Mr. ToMLIN rose and remarked that if the gentleman
from Petersburg did design addressing the House on
the question, he should move the previous question on
the motion to reconsider.
Mr.. SYME sgnifylng no desire 10 address the House
Mr. T. thereupon called tor the previous question: but
withdrew at the instance of
Mr.. TONNES, who addressed the House in opposition
to the reconsideration.
Mr.. SYME replied to the remarks of Mr. Townes and
urged the Justice of the reconsideration.
Mr.. SToyALL said he would vote against the motion
to reconsider He said road of this character had
ever been or ever would be made by individual subscrp
tons. The State would have to come down" ulti-
matey. He was therefore in favour Of awaiting fur.
her Developments relative TO this For himself he
declared that in future he intended voting to finish all
lines Of improvement already begun, before voting one
dollar to new schemes.
MIR. DoRMAN moved the previous question on the mo-
ton to reconsider but the House refused to sustain the
call.
Mr.. NEAL then addressed the House in opposition to
the motion tc ecousider
Mr.. JoHS coN again moved the previous question: