Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-03-28
HOUSE OF DELEGATES
THURSDAY, March 27 Is

THURSDAY, warren III, 1901.
A communication received from the Senate sta
ing mat they have passed the bill establish the con-
" OF Opshur out OF Randolph, Barbour and Lewis
coun1es' Also, that they had rejected the resolu ion
pfoviung Tor the construction and working of section
OF haifoad upon the principle of the invention of las
>. French And that they adhere to the amendment 10
the Dill entitled an act releasing to VIM Hall the Com.
monweaitis night TO certain lois therein mentioned and
Tor other purposes. '
SOUTH WESTERN TURNPIKE.
The resolution from the Senate in relation IN ,ba
HOPKINS 0 " '
the Senate's resolution: "
Resolved by the General Assembly, That the Board
OF fnbhc Works be, and they are hereby authorized
and required to suspend the further construction Of %
Southwestern Turnpike Road, except SO much AZ NAV
be necessary to furnish any Intermediate sections be-
tween the eastern part OF said road, which have been
ilsneu, ana me extreme western part Of sand road
work" "'e"''"
MIR; HOPKINS eloquently and energetcay opposed
me substitute OF Mr. SrovALI, Mr. STovALL advocat-
adop,ed-ayes 50. noes "a.
subsequently Mr. Pearls moved to reconsider the vote
adopting the substitute of Mr. STovaLL Messrs HOP.
KINs and BOYD advocated the notion and Mr. CRUrcn-
FIELD opposed it,
The previous question ordered.
The roll was then called, and resulted ayes 4G; noes
90. Not two thirds.l So the motion to reconsider
was lost, lwo-thrds not voting in the affirmative
BILLS REJECTED.
bill to incorporate the New Market aud Franklin
Turnpike Company was indefinitely postponed, on mo-
ton OF Mr. BoLLING-ayes 40, noes "a.
bill to Increase the Capital Stock OF the Pennsy
wanna, Morgantown and Beverley Turnpike Company,
was reected-ayes 3d. noes H.
BILLS PASSED.
Dill authorizing George Harston to erect dam
across Smiths River, in Franklin, cominRIup its pas
sage, Mr.. SEGAR moved its indefinite postponement
which was los-ayes Al noes so. The bill was then
passed
A bill to authorize the Valley Mining and Manulac.
turing Company and the Georges Creek Company to
construct Branch Railroad across the Potomac Rv.
or. and to connect with the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road was passed.
A bill to form the county Of out of parts of the
counties of Wood, Tyler and Ritchie was taken up
Mr.. BURwELI proposed to bestow upon the new
county to be formed out OF parts of Wood Tyler and
Richie, the of James Peasants formerly Cover
nor OF Virginia, man whose worth and good sense
commanded the confidence of his native State and had
been rewarded by a course OF official employment ex.
tended through term gilmore than thirty years,
pretending the most important oil national his
tory and comprising the important Offices under
The State and Federal Government.
The motion was agreed to, and the bill was passed.
A bill 10 incorporate the town OF st. Mary, 10 the.
county of Wood was amended, motion of Mr.
RUSSELL, TO incorporate Ritcheilown, and the bill as
amended was passed.
A bill Incorporating the town OF Claysville in Wood
county, was passed.
A bill relating TO the Hutionsvlle and Hunters
vile and the Allegheny and Huntersve Road was
passed.
bill allowing James Gordon, j.. aud Aaron Mil