Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-04-19
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
TUESDAY, April 10.
HnHCE

The Speaker laid before the House a
communication from the Secretary Of the
Board of Public Works, transmitting CO.
pies Of the proceedings of the Board rela-
tive to the State loans Coupon bonds) nc
gotiated by them with Selden, Withers
4 Co.. being the documents called for by
a resolution of the House. Laid on the Ia
BILE and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Rives, of Albemarle, presented a
petition of citizens and merchants of the
county Of Albemarle. praying that their
license tax should be proportioned to the
invoices Of purchases rather than to the
annual sales as proposed by the license,
law now before the House, which was, on
his motion, laid on the table.
The preamble and resolutions relative
TO the coinage ofsilver, and against the cir
culation Of small notes, which was under
consideration when the House adjourned
yesterday, was taken up. the amendment
to the preamble. submitted by Mr.. Speed,
agreed to. and the preamble and resolu-
'ions passed.
BILLS PASSED.
A bill to exempt millers of manufactur-
ing Auor mills from grinding orn or other
grain. except wheat
A bill concerning suits against persons
and corporations who represent the Com
monwealth-and
A bill appropriating the entire capita
ton tax to education in primary and free
schools.
RESOLUTIONS OF INQUIRY.
BY Mr.. Yerby-Into the expcdiency of
providing by law that no Sheriff or Clerk
of any county, city or town in this Com
monweatlh, shall receive for his services
more than certain sum per annum; the
fees ofany such Sheriff or Clerk amour
ting in any year to more than that sum, to
lie paid over TO the County Court for
County purposes.
BY Mr.. Browne, of Stafford-Of incor-
porating the Fredericksburg and Lowell
Manufacturing Company; and also the
Mitchell Manufacturing and Mining Com
pany.
BY Mr. Wiley-O OF providing by law
that in ALI cases, where the greatest num-
her Of votes are equal for two or more
persons, the election shall be remanded to
the people.
Mr.. Robinson, of r. City, reported from
the Committee of Courts Of Justice, the
following bills:
A bill concerning the officers ofthe Su-
preme Court ofAppeals, and ofthe Dis
,rict Courts:
A bill concerning the bonds of Clerks
ofCodrts;
A bill authorizing notices for taking
dispositions TO be served upon counsel;
A bill concerning the power of County
and Corporation Courts to change the
time for holding their quarterly terms
aud
A bill concerning the plan for the exc
cution Of sentence of death, and the per-
sons to be present at such execution
The execution to take place in the jail
yard, in the presence of the officers of the
court which sentenced the criminal. and
tive I've respectable citizens, including
physician or surgeon ; also the convict's
counsel, Ministers of the Gospel, and the
relatives ofthe convict
A bill was also reported changing the
mode of appointing tobacco Inspectors
Gives to the Governor the power TO ap-
point the first and second inspectors.
Mr.. Taliaferro, from the Select Commit
tee on house to be erected on the Public
Square for Houdon's Statue Of Washing
ton made report IN favor of the erection
of a house, accompanied by resolution
providing for the procurement of plans for
the proposed building, which resolution
was adopted
And then the House adjourned.