Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-01-11
HOUSE, OF DELEGATES.
The uosse me. .. Ne o,elOek.

Tho Clerk rcadA communication from the Seuate infor.
ming the House OF tho passage OF the following House
oils enuued,-An act amending the 9th section ofaet en-
uuea an act Tor the Incorporation Of Telegraph eompa-
uies." passed Nay 20. 1859 g.
An act Incorporating the Widows Home, and orphan
Asylum In the town OF Alexandra.
An act TO incorporate. the lisrrisonburg Town Hall com.
pany, aud An act authorizing the expenditure Of vested
funds OF the Staunton Academy.
Also Senate bin entitled can act TO amend the charter
OF the Gooney Manor Turnpike company.' This blu
Was read atrst and second time and appropriately refer
red.
The Speaker submitted the following communication
rom the clerk Of the House which was read -
- CLKRxs 0rricE, Ian. ., 1854.
10 the Speaker Of ne House of Delegates:
SIR: l have honot ortransmitting through you to the House
OF Delegates a statement showing the number OF Indepen'
uent hanks, the date OF their several charters, the loca.
uon Of the Banks, and their maximum and minimum cap.
ital, together with a statement Of the branches authorised
to be established by the several Banks Of the common
wealth, with the capital Of each branch, and the dates oil
the several acts authorizing their establishment The said
statements are made in pursuance of a resolution adopted
by the House on the 9Th Of January.
Yours, &c,
Clerk Of the House OF Delegates.
On motion of Mr.. McKKsxiE the communication with
the documents referred to therein were laid OH the table
and 500 copies ordered To be printed.
The SPnAnER submitted another communication from
tho Second Auditor which was read by the CLERK, asiol-
| follows
SEcosp AuplroR's orrlcr, eru Jas, 1854.
TO the Speaker Of the House.
SIR: In reply to a resolution OF the House Of Dele
gates, directing p me to communicate what amount
of State Bonds, heretofore authorized to be is
sued, to raise money to meet the appropriations
heretofore made, has been sold, and what amount has
not been sold, and what amount has been bypothe-
Gated and if any has been hypothecated, by what authority
IL has been done, and what are the terms OF such hypothe
cation.
l beg leave to state, lst. Thatthe total amount of bonds
issued prior TO the first day Of this month. since the com.
mencemen. under acts authorizing loans for the purposes
Of Internal Improvement, after deducting the amounts
redeemed and cancelled, and the amounts purchased by
the Board Of the Literary Fund, is 1899 $50 30, upon
which much has been received, exclusive OF premiums 10
amount OF tlaS9l ,3T5 so, Leaving bonds issued upon
which no marcy has been received amounting to the sum
of 100000. i have no official Information as the actual
sales of the untre amount of the bonds issued, or whether
any amount " the same has been hypothecated.
Trusting that this statement will satisfy the House.
l am, yours respectfully,
W. l.. JACKSON, Second Auditor.
On motioI Of Nj. RAYMOND, this communication was
laid on the table aud ordered tn be printed.
The SPEAtER next proceeded TO call upon standing conf
mittecs for reports, when
Mr.. WHITE, from the committee on Courts of Justice,
reported a hill providing compensation to the Justices OF
the corporation of Fredericksburg for their services,
and
A bill amending the s4th section, of chapter l5G, of the
Cole Of Virginia, so that old testimony may be perpetua.
ed.
Mr.. YERar, from the committee on Schools and Cole
ges reported A bill to incorporate the Polytechnic College,
and
\ bill to incorporate the Centreville Academy.
He also presented the petition of sundry Physicians OF
the counties of Northampton and Accomac, praying for a
repeal of the old charter, and the granting OF an Indepen.
dent charter for Hampden Sydney College.
Mr. Chatham from the committee on claims, reported
the following bills
A bill br the relief of Nelson BurruSs Of the county Of
Louisa.
houses ad lots in the county of Rappshannock, to Eliza
beth Moore and Mary Pitcher.
ALSO, Senate bill without amendment, releasing to C.
Rendering, Sheriff of the county of Mason, so much Of
| the taxes on licenses Tor sale OF country produce. as he
may shGa by certificate in the county court of said county
to have been improperly charged.
Mr. JACKSON OF Wood, offered the following resolution,
which vas adopted
Thata special committee Of fvebe appointed 10 inquire
into tie expediency OF reporting a bill aulhorising 4 loan
upon tie part of the State, to the Northwestern Virginia
Railroad Company.
The following committee was appointed in pursuance
OF the resolution Messrs. jackson, Moore, Brapnon,
Wallace and Garnet.
The following resolutions were then offered and adopted
a resolution 10y Mr. HAiMosp-That the committee on
Courts of Justice inquire into the erpediency of fixing by
law some limited sum, for which an appeal may be taken
from the Judgment Of a Justice Ct the Peace.
BY Mr GwIS-That the committee ON Schools and Col
legcs inquire into the expediency of appropriating a por.
ton OF the proceeds oil the sales Of forfeited and delinquent
lands in the hands Of the commissioner Of said lands for
Braxton county to the Brirton county Seminary.
BY Mr Sr,PLEs,O of ontgomery-T the committee on
Courts Of Jastice inquire into the eA pediency of so amend.
ing the i69th chap. of the Code Of Virginia, "a to provide
for the institution Of suits in any county in which the de.
PENDANT may he found, when he has no fixed place ofresi-
dence in Virginia.
BY Mr. CIRrER, of Fauquier-That the committee on
Courts OF Justice inquire into the expediency Of reporting
a bill so amending section 3, chapter l49, OF the Code OF
Virginia, as To limirthc period in which action may he
had againstthe securities of constables in their official
bonds, TO five years.
BY saine-That the committee on Roads, &C., inquire
into the e~xpediency Of reporting a bill to incorporate the
Alexandria and Washington city Railroad Company.
By Mr MDoR-That the committee on Propositions and
Grievances inquire into the eApsdiency of authorizing the
county court OF Halifax to erect toll bridges across the
| la river in said county. al such Dlacpg "a tIay may
think properp
by Mr Harvey, that the committee on Propositions
and Grievances inquire into the eIpediency Of exempting
persons living in the neighborhood Of Pocatalice Bridge,
in the county Of Putnam from the payment of tolls in
crossing said bridge. in going to and from mill.
By Mr wHITE, that the committee on Courts Of Justice
inquire into the e~Gpcdiency of of providing by law that nu
person consrisnhomiy opposed to the Institution Of slave
~ as il exists in Virginia, or to holding hegrocs, OF
mnllatoes as slaves, az they are now held in Virginia, OF
who Processes 10 he 40 opposed. shall be admitted ia
get on any jury in any case involving 4 claim to freedom
in behalf of any negro, and that the existence Of any
such opinion shall be a legal cause Of challenge or eTcep-
ton TO any person summoned or called on as juror ia
anJ such case, when proved either 10y the admission 0
t8s person so summoned or called, or otherwise to exist
By Mr. CRUHP, that the committee on Schools aud Col
legfs inquire into the cEpediency of authorizing the pay
ment Of n school account due to William Folkes for the
e1ication Of INDECENT children in the county Of Charlie;
Cit5.
inquire into the eSpediency of Incorporating n company
in t1e counties of G,lmer and WiTt, 10 be called thC
Burning Spring Coal Mining salt and Iron Manufacturing
Company.
BS Mr. SUMMERS. that the committee on Roads SC.
inquire into the eIpedienCy Of making an additional ap-
preparation to the Clatksburg and Buchannon Turnpike
Company Ior tie purpose Of completing the McAdaniza
sion Of said rad.
By -. sEuPER, that tie committee on Agriculture, SC
inquire into the e~Spediebcy Of Incorporating the Greene
Mining company.
BY Mr. ELY, the following preamble and resolution.
which on motion Of Mr. PATRICE, were laid on the table
and ordered to be printed.
Whereas, since II has been the fixed and settled policy
Of Virginia TO prosecute boldly and theoretically her great
works Of Internal Improvement, aud thereby to d evelopetbs
vast and Doubtless resouices that are omboE eIlsh IN her
mountains to occupy that portion among the States Of the
Union to which she IL 20 justly entitled, and IA
dispense the blessings of knowledge aud education
throughout her borders, aud whereas 10 order to the sue.
cessful attainment Of these great and dcsrable objects
heavy demands upon the Treasury Of the State must be
made, thereby endangering to some extent, her credit
both AZ home and abroad, AMI whereas the public lands were
originally coded to the United States by Virginia, North
Carolina, South Caroline, Georgia, New York, Connecticut
and Massachusetts for purposes Of general harmony, and
as a trust fund TO meet the expenses Of the revolnlioDary
war, and whereas IL was expressly stipulated in and ayr ed
by the deeds ofce1ion, that ne soon as the war debt should
be paid on, the public lands should be disposed Of for the
use and benefit Of such Of the United States az had be
come or should become members OF the then existing con.
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