Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-01-04
VIRGINIA LEcIsI.ATusH.
SENATE.

| Tuesday, JAP. srd, 1884.
The following Hon.e bills read and referred to Ii
respective committee
A bill to,ncorporatc the llarrsouburg Town Haiicom
| pany.
Lr amending the 9th section OF an act entitled AT
act Tor the nco poraiion and regulation OF telegraph
panies passed May goth, lS52
A bill 10 Incorporate a widows Home and orphan asy
| lum for bows ia the city ot Alexandria.
bill appointing commissioners by tho Board OF Public
Works to report losses sustained by Edward Parish In IN,
construction Of the Ohio River and Maryland Turnpike
road.
Abii to incorporate the Washington Alexandra and
Mount Vernon Steamboat company.
bill to amend the charter Of the Fredericksburg Wa
ter Power comp NY.
BILLS READ THIRD TINE AND LAID ON rnr TABLE,.
bill to amend the 18th section OF an act concerning
tho salaries OF crain officers OF government
ton OF the members and officers OF the General Assembly
mileage and other allowances passed June bth 1852 20
as to increase the salary Of the clerk Of the Penen-
tiary.
bin to amend the act Incorporating the Guayandoe
Bridge company passed March eth lSIs repeating the
10th section of said and providing Subscription
thereto the part Of the state.
A bill to incorporate the West Columbia and Le,ar,
Falls Turnpike Company.
BILLS PAssxp
bill authorising the improvement Of certain land In
ths county of uenrico, Tor wharf purposes
bill providing for the opening aud keeping In repa
the county roads in the county OF Marshall
bill to define the power and establish the compensa.
ton OF Aldermen Of corporations.
bill authorizing the Trustees OF the Methodist Eplsco
prO
perry belonging to the said Church.
bill amend the second aud eighth sections Of an net
entitled an act Incorporating the Petersburg aud Norfolk
Savings Institution, passed March ned, 1853.
bill to incorporate the Valley Savings Bank at Win
chester in Virginia
RESOLUTIONS.
BY Mr. HARRIS That the Committee for Courts of Ina
tce inquire into the espediency Of amending the I'd sec
ton of the act concerning the registration births mar
rages and Deaths assign the statistical duties now
deyolvci upon Ministers To the county Clerks
By Mr., CREIaH. That the Committee mn roada g.,
inquire into the eIpedency Of approprating the sum OF
five thousand dollars for the purpose Of completing the
Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike.
BY Mr.. JOHNSON, That the Committee of General Laws
inquire in the expedency Of authorizing the Common
Council Of the town Of Liberty in the county of Bedford "a
the public Jail of said county.
BY Mr.. REGER, That the Committee ON roads, &c In.
qure into the expediency Of Incorporating Joint Stock
Company, for the purpose Of constructing Turnpike
Gennville aud Bulltosn Turnpike, TO the Weston and
Gauy bridge Turnpike at the town Of jackson in the
county of Lewis.
by Mr. BALDWIN, That the committee on Banks in
qure into the espediency ofncorporatng bank under
the title of tho South western Bank Of Virginia" al
Lynchburg, with one more branches.
BY Mr HARRIS, That the committee on Banks ipuuirs
into propriey OF establishing Saving, Bank In ,hs
town OF Ilarrisonburg, in Rocknshani county
by Mr. BARNETT That the committee Of general laws in.
qure into the expediency OF Incorporating the MontRon
cry Hotel Company, in the town Of Christiansburg
BILLS PRESENTED.
bill TO authorize tho the Methodist Church
IN New Town. Frederick county, to sell the parsonage be
longing TO said church
bill to incorporate the Marshall manufacturing com
pany.
bin 20 incorporate the Potomac manufacturing COM
pany, in the county of Fairfax
bill authorising the construction Of water fences on
both sides of Big Mill creek in the county of Jackson
bill to incorporate the Virginia company
bill to incorporate the Coal Branch coal mining and
manufacturing company, in the county of Powhatan.
PETITIONS.
BS Mr. RroKR. of PsegriUe Hays sheriff of Gilmer
county, praying TO be released from fine imposed upon
him by the Circuit Court OF Richmond CITY,
by Mr. HARRIS Of citizens of the counties Of Augusta
and Rockingham asking that James Rock restored to
the rights OF a citizen of this Commonwealth.