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WEDsEsDAx, Jan. 2S. i
Senate.
Mr. Mason made q report from the S.D...
Commiitee on the subjecs OF aIte,.,;an. !, -
senate Cha mber. The report cop,emnl.,..
the removal of the partition in from, of -. D.
sidenfs, chair, so as 10 allow q deu,h of .....
feet to be added to the chamber ~. s..--.--
to the gallery TO remain as al nres.n, h..s.s
stalrs to start from the Secrerary's ofs;cs 80
posite the Chamber. . = ohce, OP-
r;.:. ne senate then passed reseIus;op. au,hc-
J. s.ns .ne superintendent of Public Ru;Id;n~.
:. son'Iact Ior and have executed such siseys.
~ -. n.a:,y - n'ay accommodate Senators. Renorf-
ssss;n,n s, &C., and also resolved 10 hold IL
repairs be made I council Chamber until said
On motion Of Mr.. Barne,,
soscsa, mat the Committee an p.nt. -
instructed to inquire into fhe -. E.nAs s Oe
au.hof1sIng the hanks Of de Cosprsn..ssy - q
70 issue per cent. upon their cas;sai s,ass.
~ plis Of denomination less than Eve doiiss..
ana aa aiso % provide more efecrhaiy 10 preven.
lhe circulation OF all other bills Of Ike deno.;
nation. :, - ''As ss oenomi-
Honse Of Delegates.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Woodbr;doe
A report from the Commit,ee on P,;v;lsn..
and Elections, rejected the petition of P. m.
Adams, contesting the election of Robert DIM
lap, the returned member from Braxton and
Nicholas. The report was laid on the table.
The Speaker presented memorial from N
r. Maury, praying for the incorporation of !.
company TO establish a line of steamers from
Norfolk to the ports of Brazil. The memorial
was referred to select committees Of Messrs.
Robertson ofNorfolk, Wallace, segar, ButIe,
and Massey. -
A bill was reported, incorporating the Shaa.
ven Manufacturing Company of AlbemarIe,
a report from the Committee on the Clerk =
ounce, stated that tile Clerk had complied with
all the requisitions of the law-hs Office = 4
good order, the papers labelled, systematicaIlv IL
arranged, and in the best condition for preser.
vation. - p'Sss'
Mr.. Miller of Botetourt, introduced reso-
iuuon, lnquiring II any legislation be necessary
sa1u ~ Oonos 10 be executed by Sheriffs
MIR. 5. I. Stuart offered resoI ution ia fayo,
OF State Agricultural Society under the pa.
tronage of the State.
Mr. Mcdonald introduced resolution. IN.
| structing the Committee of Courts of 1us,;ce
to inquire into the expedency of instruct;ns
the Attorney General to institute suit aga;ns;
the Wire Suspension Bridge Company Of the
city OF Pittsburgh. Pa; also, against the Mo
nongalia Bridge Company in Pennsyiyan;a
also, against the Brownsville Bridge (:omns !,
in the same State; all of said bridges. AZ al
times, obsiructing the navigation Of iiie Monon
| gala rlyer 10 the serious grievance of rhe neo
| pie OF Virginia. On Mr.. McDonaId,s motion
the resolution was, for the present, laid on ,he
table. .N'' ~ s''s
The following was offered by MIR. Speed, and
adopted by the House:
| Resolred, That the officers of each Ro;lroao
Company in the State, and the Engineer ir
charge OF any survey for Railroad, made b,
the authority of the State, be required /.
| furnish an accurate statement of the distances
grades, and curvatures on, and costs of the se
veral roads finished and proposed; and tha IN,
same be published under the direction Of th.
Second Auditor.
A resolution from the Senate, in relation r.
furnishing the General Assembly with the mus
ter and pay rolls of officers and soldiers of tht
war OF 1872, was concurred in by the House.
The Speaker presented a communication
from the Governor Of Virginia, enclosing /,
communication from VIM. Morris, President O
the Select Council, and Thomas Snowdeu
President OF the Common Council of Philadel
phia, Pa, desiring that Preamble and Reso
lutions adopted by the bodies over which The,
sembly Of Virginia. The preamble and reso
lutions SET forth, that the city Of Phladelp lphia
10 her corporate capacity, propose the erection
OF monument or monuments on Indepen
dence Square, lthe spot ON which the Con
gress of the American colonies declared theil
| independence,1 commemorative Of The States
and the parties to that glorious event. Ant
to accomplish this patriotic design, the 1:
original States are asked, through their Le
gislatures, 10 appoint each two delegates 10 1
Convention TO assemble in Independence Hall
on the 4th OF July next. as the guests of the eli
ty ofPhiladelphia, to deliberate upon plan Of
carrying into effect the proposition "in a man
ner becoming the means ofther respective con
slituents, and the memories .of,he illusiriou,
dead.'
The communications were laid on the table
and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Robertson, of Norfolk city, introduced
resolution for giving authority to the Com
mon Council TO change certain streets in that
| city.
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