The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-03-17
Virginia Legislature.
TUESDAY. March l6.
House of Delegates.

TUESDAY, March 10.
House of Delegates.
Bills were reportsd-alnong them, bill in
cooperating "The ST. Mary's Female Acade-
my and Orphan Asylum in the City OF NOR.
folk" bill lin obedience to resolution Of
fered by Mr.. Downing) concerning Oysters IN
the waters of the county of Lancaster; bill
concerning Divorces. aud amending the 7ih,
9Th and 14th sections Of chap. 100, title III, OF
the Code of Virginia, in relation thereto, and
hill from the Senate Incorporating the Potomac
Insurance Company of Alexandria.
A bill concerning the next term OF the Ge-
neral Court was passed. Repeats the 9th
section of chap. l59 of the Code. and provides
that there shall this year be a term OF the Ge-
neral Court commencing on the ODD of June.J
MIR. TaIiaterro offered the following resoiu'
ton:
Resolred, That Select Committee Of Five
be appoipted to consider the communication
of Robert Mills, relative 10 the Washington
Monument; and further to inquire into the ex'
pediency of erecting fire-proof house for the
preservation of Houdon's statue OF Washing
ton. .
Dir. Robinson of Richmond City, offered the
following as substitute for the above:
The 18th chapter of the Code having pro-
yided that the Governor, after procuring suit
able model, should cause the Monument to
Washington to be erected upon such plan as
he and majority of the Council might concur
in thinking suitable and proper; and that he
should appoint one or more Commissioners to
superintend the structure, and the Governor
having, on the 9th inst, submitted to the Ge-
nsral Assembly a communication from Robert
Mills, ESQ.,, as Architect of the Monument.
proposing a modification of its design, and
having asked for that communication the ear
Hest attention,
Resolved, That the Governor be requested
tosinform the House of Delegates whether the
structure, so far, is not according to model
and plan procured from Thomas Crawford,
ESQ.,, and whether the proposed modification
| is approved by MIR. Crawford or by the Com
missioners appointed to superintend the struc-
| ture, or by the Governor. ID. The names of
| the Commissioners who now superintend the
structure. Sd. If there be such Commission
ers, and the Monument is to be proceeded will:
| upon MIR. Crawford's plan, whether any further
services about it on the part of MIR. Mills, may
| not, in the Governors opinion, be dispensed
| with, without detriment to the public interest.
Mr. Russell suggested that as there was
| already Monument Committee, expected to
report in a few days, and which would proba-
| bly Law before the House some Information
| useful on the subject proposed by the resolu.
| ton and substitute ust offered, he thought II
| would be we'll to postpone the appointment OF
| another Committee and all action on the sub
port. After remarks by Mr.. VERIFY and others,
| Mr.. Taliaferro moved to lay his resolution and
the substitute, for the present, on the tatle-
which was agreed to.
On motion of Dir. Bottom, the Auditor of
| Public Accounts was directed to furnish for
the use of the House, the amounts paid to
| Shepherd & Colin, Colin, Baptist & Nowlan,
and Colin & Nowlan, for the printing and
binding of the decisions of the Court of APP
peaIs, and the General Court, from 1887 to
| 1852 inclusive.
On motion of Mr.. Imboden, the Committee
| of Counts of Justice were instructed TO ell
| qure into the expedIency of so amending the
existing laws. as to authorize single Justice
of the Peace to render Judgment and award
execution on forfeited delivery bond taken by
Constable also to renew unsalisfied exc
cution after the lapse of twelve months from
its dute; and to authorize the sale of property
sold under execution in The hands Of Con-
stable, at some public place in the Constable's
district, instead of at the Court House, as now
required by law.
On motion of Mr.. Price, of g., the Commit
tee on Banks was instructed to enquire into
the expediency of reporting bill to enable
the Farmers, Bank of Virginia to put in ope-
ration branch at the town of Lewisburg.
A large number of bills received a second
reading-after which the House adjourned.