Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-12-20
VTReTTTIA LEGISLATURE
HoI7sE OF DELEGATES.ss

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b.t;on pf, Johif u. nd on, al Pr debt Of the
lanes Biyer and Kama h8 Company Anewer to
reso,5iiSn N 6ptedbJ th Hnnse on inst,
bSsii. on motion aIr. Lewis, was ofdeIed TO ee
laid on the table and printed.
nrfoRrs OF COMMITTEES. Z
Mr.. Speed, frou9the Committee of Courtsof Jus-
tee presented re- iorts upon resolutions for amend
inc the law SO as 70 allow Justice 70 order the
impanneillng OF iGTy to ny cases OF assault and
battery. and for amending Tie law 40 eu thof1seIa
Constable levyfng an attachment returnabIe 70
Court receive % saie= OF e1ec1uonp
and to sellfbe property. soleved on by him, and 70
charge the same commission that Shent1s now re-
fsfijSaes Of oheSsffeid;i from the Committee Of
Propositions and eneYances, presented the fol-
lowing bill CONCERNING the town Of Wytheville'
'Mr MART, from the Committee of, Claims, a bill
for the relief. of John Rodgers. "a, " -
Mr. Lewis, from the Committee Of Roads and In
ternal Navigation, presented the following.
IA bill to incorporate the Guyandotte Turnpike
~ bill authorizing a loan to the Wheeling and
Belmont Bridge Company. -5aos Ill g. tfi
"A bill to incorporate the HunterSVille and Mon
Aibiii to incorporatcsthe Boone County. .TuIn.
nike CompanY.sA sullF. 10 azaafa --'-ia =..=l
A bill to authorize S.Robinson and G. StuIl,
to construct a Turnpike Road. Cd ~ ~
a bill incorporating the Gilmere and Braxtonp
A Bill to increase tie stock of the Logan; RAJ
leigh and Monroe Turnpike Company.
bill to ino0rpoFaEtseF the RapPes HAMMOCK Rail
Mr.. TaIiafeiro ffoin the Conmitteei6ht the Mill
tia Laws, a bill authorizing an exchange, OF arms
for the "Young Guard.n
MI. .egar, from the Committee on the Public
Library, bill to establish the office of State Lii
brarian, =. sViSqfT7rJF E.7r+1
MrJWilson, ffrom the Committee 5of agriculture
and Manufactures, presented the following:
A bill 10 amend the charter of the Naomi Mi
ming Company; bill to incorporate the Logan In
stitute, in Logan County Dill 70 incorporate tne
Carbondale Camel Coal Company, in the coun-
ties of Logan, Boone and yomingi and, a bill to
amend the charter Of the Henry Mining Com
pany.g sac a.4 ...s5 aess s.T
'l~5is =. EEsoLUEioks.
The following resolutionsWere offered for adoP-
ton:
By Mr.. Martz-of authorizing the Rockingham
Turnpike Company put up gates and collect tolls
on that part of their road which has been graded
and not metalled. il=at = .-ts'rs7s
), Mr.. Miller, ofsBotetourt moved that leave be
given to bring in bill appropTiating money to the
extend its improvement from Buchanan TO CoVlng-
ton and that Messrs. Miller, of Botetourt Lewis,
Carpenter, Irving and Patrck, prepare and bFIu
| in the same. a. -s.i ITO t =-...r-4
ME-. Lewis, on that motion, said that unless he
| (Mr. Miller showed some substantial reason for
taking up the questionj!t did not belong to the
House to take up or vote on this motion.
| Mr.. Miller said his object was simply to intro
duce bill of Importance and principally to econ
omize time, and could not see why there should be
any delay in furthering the interests of this bill
and wished that the gentleman would withdraw
/ his motion. 1r rfa ssaiy 'lt
1 Mr.. Lewis-if it wasthe gentleman's intention
that the House give this question precedence, it
was his (Mr. Miller's) duty to show the House why
it should do so. He (Mr, Lewisl could not sec
why it should have pTecedencei nor did he come
u kSpl.
might be said to be contained in that bill. He (Mt
Lewis) had heard objections from every section OF
| the State against the James River and Kanawha
| Company; and If such objections were well found
ed, it the duty of the House to act in compll-
ance with what was the best interests of the
i House; and therefore would refer the resolution
| TO the Committee of Finance ,-r-s f---5
Mr.. Miller had mo- objection 10 have itlaid be-
| fore the Committee of Finance; but hoped that
Mr.. Lewis amendment be objected TO.
r= Mr.. Burdett would wish that the amendment of
| the member from Harrison be adopted f.
Mr.. Goode Of MeckIensbuEg, could not conceive
whythe question should lie committed 10 the Com
mitee of Finance; nor as TO the seriousness ofthe
question, coaldnot see why the Houseobject tothe
| motion made by the member from BotetOuIt.u
i BY Mr.. Bottonr-That the House will, with the
consent OF the Senate, proceed at one O'Clock on
Saturday 18th inst, to elect Public Printer for
| the Commonwealth; ordered that the clerk COM
municates the same to the Senate and requesttheir
| concurrence.
| BY Mr.. Roberison-That the Committee on
Militia Laws be'instuctedto enquire into the ex-
pedieucy of supplying the Norfolk Light Artillery
Blues" with percussion muskets, in lieu pt the
muskets nov n their possession.
BY Mr.. Wallace freporting bill No. 653ofthe
session acts of1840, Isl, authorizing the pgSmenr
to the legal representative Of Isaac Holmes, de-
i ceased, the balance of q judgment. ts,l
1 BY Mr.. Jackson, of Gilmer and Wert-otamen-
ding the charter of the Newark and Elizabeth Turn
| pike Company. 81 % -
BY Mr.. Downing-of incorpor ating Library
Association to be styled "the Fredericksburg Dis
t1ict Court Library Association" and endownig
the same with Henning's Statutes at large, all the
Virginia reports and the acts of Assembly. r'.'.
| PETITIONS. ,a-5 aef
The following petitions were presented: r 49,
ByMr Bottom-OfSamuelR r. Seay, Commission
or ii az Reren,. fnr the cnnniH of Amelia asking