Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-03-03
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

"WEDNESDAY, March 2.
Senate bill to extend the Boydton and Pc
tersburg Plank road read the first and
| second time and on motion of Mr.. GoopE, laid on
the table.
Tho SPEAKER laid before the House II letter
IRON W. =. Flournoy, Esq, resigned his seat as
the delegate from the county of Prince Edward.
Mr. +. assigns i'll health the cause of his reti-
| racy. The House ordered an election for his
scccessor on the 9th of March.
BOARD PUBLIC WORKS.
An act dstricting the State for Commissioners
of the Board of Public Works, providing for their
election, compensation and the time and place
OF their first meeting, was taken up us the un-
finished business of the 26th of February. The
question was taken on Mr.. YERBY's motion to
amend the Senate's amendment by reducing the
salary of the Commissioners of Public Works to
the sum ofSl250, and decided in the negative,
ayes 81, noes 81.
Mr.. WILEY moved to insert the sum of $4,000
as the salary of each member of the Board per
| annnm. Rejected-ayes Is, noes 106.
Mr.. RIyEs moved the sum of $3.50 and pro-
viding that they shall be paid all necessary expen-
ses, not exceeding $3.50 per annum. which shall
be paid quarterly. Rejected-ayes SO, noes 60.
Mr. Patrick proposed the sum of $4,000 per
annum. Rejected-ayes 80, noes Il.
MIR. RICE moved to fill the blank with $500,
penses of each member, not exceeding $3.50 per
annum, incurred in attending to the business of
their office, shall be paid. This amendment was
adopted-ayes 70, noes So.
On motion of Mr.. TowNEs,st bill was
amended in the eleventh section rs fellows =
'The members of the Board shall conform in all
respects to the provisions of the existing laws
regulating the present Board of Public Works.
except so far as the said laws may DO inconsis-
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Commissioners of the Sinking Fund.-
On motion of Mr.. ROBERTSON, the rules were
suspended tor the purpose of reconsdering the
vote by which the amendment of Mr. TowNEs
was adopted last Monday; aud the following was
substituted for it,:
Before entering upon the discharge of the du,
ties OF his office, each Of said Commissioners
besides the other oaths of office prescribed
by law, shall also take an oath that he will not
during his term of office be interested or con.
cerned directly or indirectly in or about my
contract authorized by any chartered Company
OF TINS Commonwealth, nor in or about any con-
tract Tor work to be done State account; and
any commissioner offending herein shall be fined
Slooo Tor each offence and shall forfeit his of
fee.
Several other amen lments were made to the
Dill as amended by the Senate. After which that
BODY was Informed thereof.
o'"So was received from the SENATE IN
forming the Honse that they had passed the
% OIL entitled an act to authorize the Virginia and
lennessee Railroad Company to construct n
oranch to Cumberland Gap and to authorize a
o'aee subscription to the stock for that purpose,
anu 10 authorize an independent company to
make said road on failure of said company to &C.
cepc the provisions of this uct.
An engrossed bill to authorize the Virginia and
Tennessee road to construct a branch railroad
from their road to the mouth of Greenbrier river,
with State subscription to authorize an indie
pendent company to make the same on the full
ure Of said company to accept the provisions of
this act, was passed-ayes so, noes 81.
The House then adjourned.