Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-01-16
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

THURSDAY, Jan. TX. 1911
A niessage from the Senate announced the
passag @ of certain bills which were appropriate
ly refer red.
The speaker announced the name of Mr..
Browne, OF King George and Stafford, as the ad-
ditional member uf the Joint Committee, IN re-
la,on to the affairs of the Bank of the Old Do
minion; bat Mr.. Browne at his request being ex-
cused, the Spe aker substituted the name of Mr..
White, of Hanover.
The Speaker 'aid before the House commune
cations from the Presidents of the Bank of Nir
gna and the Fa -mers Bank of Virginia, asking
in obedience TO in structions of the Stockholders
of those Banks, the renewal of their charters,
which,
On motion of Mr.. Ellyson, was referred to the
Committee on Banks.
Committees made reports.
On motion of Mr.. Tomln n resolution was
adopted with mod iicatons suggested by Messrs
Staples, of Patrick, Fowler and Moore, requiring
the Board of Public Works to communicate a
great deal of information relative to the Blue
Ridge Tunnel, the condition of that work, &c,
whether the laborers have been paid in current
funds or in what! A nd also the salaries of Chief
Engineers and compensation to the officers of
the other leading lines of the State.
On motion of Mr.. Kemper,a joint resolution
adopted for the purpose of appointing joint
committee with the Senate, inquiring into the
affnrs Of the james River and Kanawha Compa-
ny, and the same was communicated to the SEN
ate by Mr.. kemper.
On motion of Mir. Wallace the Secretary of the
Commonwealth was instructed to obtain state
ments from the banks of the Commonwealth 10Th
er than the Exchange Bank, which has already
furnished such statement,) of the condition of
the principal and each of the branch banks, for
the last four years, together with the amount of
the contingent fund and amounts in which the
same was distributed between the parent bank
and branches.
On motion of Mr.. Mckenzie, tine Committee on
Banks was instructed to inquire into the expe-
diency (f they deem it advisable to recharter the
present Banks) of providing that they deposite
with the Treasurer annually for the next ten
years Que million of dollars of State securities
requiring one million Of dollars of old notes to be
withdrawn and the Treasurerissung TO them one
million of countcrsgned notes.
On motion of Mr.. Elyson, the Committee of
Finance was instructedt inquire into the exPe-
diency of authorsing the State Colonization
Board to employ clerk, to be paid out OF the
fund appropriated for the of said Board.
On motion of Mr.. Buford, the Committee OF
Militia Laws instructed to inquire INTO the
expedency of repeating the law OF Sd April, lco3
abolishnf company parades and re-enachng the
law ii existed prior to the passage OF that act
The engrossed bill to amend the forty-fourth
section of chapter eighty five of the Cod of Nir-
gna so as to authorize the committing Of estates
of lunatics 20 sherffs and sergoauts when COM
mittees appointed by courts fail to qualify, was
read third time and passed.
Other resolutions were offered and adopted,
not of very general or very important character.
On motion of Mr.. Talbot, the House adjourn