Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-01-29
EsaIsIATURE or VIRGINIA.
SENATE.

SENATE.
| THURSDAY, Jan. 81.
| A1ter the transaction of some formal business.
the Senate proceeded to the consideration Of
the Dill to establish the Board of Public Works.
Numerous amendments were submitted and dis
posed OF, when the bill was put upon its pas sage
aud, under the operation O the previous cues.
ton, passed by the following vote ayes 81, noes
9.
The first section of the bill reads rs follows:
l. BE enncted By ahe General assembly, That for the
purpose of eecng Commissioners of the Board of Pablo
WORKS the State shall be divided into three Districts
9ows The counties and corporations of Isle of Wight
Nahsemond, Princess Anne Sussex, Surry Southarnp-
ton Norfolk county Norfolk city, Nottoway, Greenes.
VILE 7Mecklenburg, brunswick, Amelia Dinwidde,
prnee George City of Petersburg Pittsylvania Henry
Patrick Franklin, Halifax Campbell, Buckingham Ap-
pomattox Charlotte, Prince Edward, Cumberland. Pow
hatan, Lunenburg. Chesterfield Bedford Roanoke
Craig, Montgomery, Mercer, Giles, Floyd, Pulaski,
Carroll, Grayson, Wythe, Smyth Washington. Lee.
Scott Russell and Tazewe shall constitute the first
District. ~
ampton. e izabeth City, York, Warwick, James Civ
the City of Williamsburg, New Kent Charles City
Mathews, Gloucester, Middesex, Lancaster Northum
berland, Essex, King and Queen, Westmoreand Caro-
line, Spottsylyapia, King George King William Rich.
mond, Henrico, Fluvanna, Goochand. Louisa Hanover
the City OF Richmond, Amherst, Nelson, Albemarle
Orange, Greene, Madison. Rappahannock, Culpepper
Stafford, buckingham, Augusta, Rockbridge Highland
Bath Allegheny. Pocahontas Greenbrier Monroe Bote
tourt' Logan Boone Wyoming, Cabell Wayne, Putnam,
Kanawha, Fayette, Nicholas and Raleigh shall consti
tute the second District.
The Counties of Prince William, Alexandria. Fairfax
Fauquer, Loudoun Jefferson Clarke Warren pace
Shenandoah Hardy, Frederick, Hampshire Berkeley
Morgan, Pendleton, Randolph, Barbour, Upshur Harr
son, Preston, Monongalia, Marion, Taylor Braxton
Brooke Hancock, Richie Gmer, Wood Writ Mason
jackson and Peasants, shall constitute the third Dis
trict.
On motion of Mr.. GRANTHAM the Senate adjourned ::
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
FRIDAY, Jan. %.
Prayer by the Rev. PETER De ForEsr. of the
Baptist Chnrch.
MIR. BALL from the Committee on Banks pre-
sented bill to authorize the Exchange Bank or
any other Bank ofthis Commonwealth, to estab-
sh an office in the town of Blacksburg.
An engrossed bill providing for the distribution
OF the Code of Virginia and Mayo's Guide to JUS
tees OF the Peace, was taken up with the amend
ment proposed thereto and the recommendation
the Committee for Courts of Justice that the
amendment to be disagreed to. Thereupon Mr..
HEvENER submitted a substitute for the BILL
On motion of Mr.. PATRlcK the bill and amend
ments were laid on tho table.
RICHMOND AND DANvILLE RAILROAD.
The bill providing for the completion of the
Danvlle Railroad and authorizing loan to the
Company of 100000 for this purpose" was ia
ken up aud passed by the following vote:
AYEs-Messrs. Anderson Bare, Bennett Bottom ,
Amelia, Bottom of P and Richie, Bowyer, Boyd, .
BROOKS Burdet Butler Carpenter, Carroll, Chea im
Clark, Crane, Crow Dawson, Dunlap Dunn IIarlr
Echols Edwards Flannary, Fry Garrett Garretson.
Gilmore OF Rockbridge, Greever, Grfin Hairson, Han
cock, Hardy, Headen, Howerton, Hubbard Imbo
den irving Jackson of Wood, Jones of Marshall
ksldwel' King, Leybnrn, Mapp, Martz, Massey
MM:agp'n Mccanley, McCulloch. Mckinney Meen
Miller of Botetourt and Craig Morgan Parks
Patrick, Preston Prince. Renick, Rives Robertson
Rus ell, Rutherford, Scott, Segar. Shannon, Slemp
Smith OF Brooke 4 Hancock, Smith of Russell Spe ed
Staples, Stuart Talbot, Taiiaerro, Taylor, Townes
vawter Wallace, Watson, We'man, West, White +
Hampshire, Wiley, Wilson, Witten. Wooding and Zinu
SO. ~ ~
NoEs-Messrs. Ball, Barbour, Browne, Darlington.
Collier Davis Dawson, billiard, Downing, Gibson Gmer
OF RUSSELL Goode of eckenburg, Goode of Bedford Cor
don, Hamlin Jones of Chesterfield Jordan, Keyser
kilby, Luke Mcclure, Michael Moore of Jefferson.
Moore OF HARRISON Muse. Newman, Nicolson Old
Payne Pendeon, Pierce of Charles City Portlock XII q
alcheson' Saunders, Tomln, Walker, White of Greene
Is Orange, and Yerby-42.