Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-12-27

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BILLS REPORTED.
Bills were repo:ted from tls sanding commit
tees:
Fur the relief of Rohert Cox, Akron Fletcher,
Samuel Duff. snd Jas. Mills OF Lee county;
For The relieE OF Edward S. Gay;
For the reiiefo Of S. BaSSe;I French,
To counecI Inc woterS OF the Uh River and
The chesapeake Day w continuous road.
Pfuviti'ng for the compIet Oh of the Covington
Authorizing loan 10 tue Virginia Genital Rail-
road Company;
To incresse the capital stuck of Halifax and
PittSylvania Ra load Company, aud changing tue
terminus OF the same.
report presented adverse 10 the ne:j ion
Of the Ptt;SOLrg and SeubenVIfie Railroad Com
pany 10 bridge the Ohio river.
PAY OF TUE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,.
The b'il cunceTn ny The duties, privileges, &C
OF ,he General Assembly, winch was under con
sheraton ~ hen The House adjourned yesterday,
came up as the unfinished business, aud lne QIes-
ton pendng was on the motion o! MI. ImuOdeG to
amend the bill by adding section. FroYNl ns 'uat
the pay OF tne members OF tue General Assembly
shat be S. per dem.
Nit. 1mboden said that after mature cousilera
lion and ''So0er second iLOIght,' We had rOncIu
ded 10 withdraw MS proposition. He had been
appra ed 10 Oy the ratIUn OF lGe U!l' Mr. TuMlinl
nut 10 embarrJSS il by lie auentIment pruposeu,
MI. Toni - moved that the Tih section Of the
Oli: be SIEcken out, viz:
No Office OF eitue! OfaHch Of ihc .ent raj sem
bly,. nor clerk oil any committee sheIeut. Snali be
tn"t'ed to receive any GARY payor o'ner cOmPen
saIiOn Tor any day on whcU he shall la. or ne,
gee. TO attend tre sessions OF The House cr com
mItlee OF which he is officer or clrrA, his
aIteuuonce shall be PREVENTED ny sickness of hun
self rfamy, or by perform nee OF dolisS assigned
him ny said house or committee.
Mr.. TUmn stated thai us Object in submitting
this motion was TO make She biz more acceptable
20 The House and 10 svoid any risk Of its passage
IN the Other Ufancr Of the general as emily.
Tue motion was "sreed 10, aud The bill there
upon ordeIej to be eJgtosSed.
BANKING STATISTICS.
On motion OF Alt. Rutherford il was
Ees0lvsd, TTst The cashier OF ,he banks and
brhnch Usnks oil Virginia he tequeSted by tue Sec
rotary of Comnonwt aIth 20 repuT to This House
statement showing o; he JaIeS oil iheiI several
quareliy retUIns for the year beginning LIST Oct,
1854, ami ending Isl Oct 1855.
|. The amounts which ihey then he of nott S,
bills, drnftS or OFT er evidences oil debt whc0 mad
been discounted by them, payable at any point out
OF the Stale OF Virginia; ard at what p aces, and
and in what amounts respectively they fell Que.
2. The amounts which they held AT said dates,
of notes, bills.Or dIas which lnsy had discounted
payable in Virginia.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT 20 THE CODE.
Ga motion of Nj. TomIin, il was
ResOired Thst Inc committee for Courts of Jus.
lice inquire into The eSpediency OF amending The
t20Ih cMapter OF the Cole OF Virginia, proviriirp
for the appointment of noiaries within ami com.
mis- loners without The Stale, so as 10 prescribe
their tenn Of office.
SHERIFF. OF STAFFORD COUNTY.
en- motion OF Mr. Seldom, IL was
ResoIUsa, That the committee OF Finance in
quire into the expsdiency Of extending for Two
months the time allowed by law TO the SneuG OIL
Stafford county 10 pay into the Treasury lie Rev
enue AK of said county for TIE year 1855.
TUE PORTSMOUTH ORPHAN ASYLUM
The House was engaged Tor several hours IN the
discussion OF an amendment proposed by Mr.
Cocker of the county of the Isle oil Wight, 20 IN
engrOSsed providing furthe incorporation Of tue
Portsmouth Orphan Asylum.
Mi. CIocker proposed to substitute the names off
sixteen Democratic gentlemen. in lieu o: the names
OF the mayor and council or PoHsmOu, h, Cw no are
Amerienssl Included in the Till among the list vi
tus'ees.
Tie motion was agreed TO. afterwards rec ,usid.
cred, nd w,thirawn. THE bill was then re COM
mitted. Askelch Of the debate viii appear here.
after.
On motion of Mr.. Nottingham,
Tue House adjourned.