Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-01-04


planned by Mr.. WHIrE, and advocated by MIR. lAL'A'
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| Authorizing the sule of certain lands late the
| rroperty of Cnrnelia Hopkins, deceased.
tn change the times 0f holding tho CIRCUIT Courts
| for the fourth district. ,r:
| Company. ,,,.
| 10 amend the 9lst section ot the Both Chapter OF
| the Code of Virginia rs 20 appnrtion among lhe
four Commissioners of the Revenue for the county oil
| Pittsylyana, the amount formerly paid to the TWO
| Commissioners heretofore existing.
To amend the lst sect 1t the 51;h Chapter oi TIC
| Code of Virginia, So allow four Commissioners
Of the Revenue for the county Of PitsylvGT'a.
Tnrcvive aud amend the charter Of the Glcndower
Mining Company.
| To incorporate the SprinTdGle Boardihs ochooi AS
sorintiuu uf LOudoun.
Bill. making appropriations laid the table,
and made the order of The day for the Ilth inst;
Bills their second reading then considered,
aud lurgc number ordered 10 be cngrosscd and
read third time.
On motion o. Mr.. CoRR, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
| The House met AZ u O'Clock.
/ STANDING COMMITTEES.
The SPEAKER called upon standing committees for
! reports whersuPon,
| Mr.. LEE from the Committee Propositions and
! Grievances reported the following bills: bill nu-
| tIorzmg the Trustees of Woodstock Ia organize
| Fire Company. 4 bill 10 incorporate Montgomery
White Sulphur Springs, in the county If Monfgnne-
ry. bill Incorporating the Resolution Fire Com
| pany. a bill TO annex part Of Pendleton to the
| county Of Pocahontas. An act in relation 10
county subscrp tOns 10 the stock Of the Alexandra,
Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad Company. And
| bill anncXing portion OF the county OF Patrick to
the county at Carroll. Also, resolution rejecting
tho prayer ui the petition vi citizens n Peduon III
the county "f Hampshire for an act ut interpretations
Mr.. FLOYD, trom the committee on Roads Ne,
reported the following bills bin Incorporating the
| Kiugwood and RGwlc,burg Turnpike Company n
| luun fn the MaIilss,i Kali kUiI
Company; and Il bill Incorporating the Sir john Kun
| Turnpike Company The committee asked to be dis
charged from the further consideration o SeuHte biIi
uuthuriZn" The Charr-tuu and Point Pheasant urn
pike Company 10 cullcc; tolls on the bridge
the poCa,a!co river. for the that il recnarts
verbatim M ret upon this subject now IN full force
They also reported upon the inex?eiIency 4" lcsia-
ting upon the subject o u resolution asking iIic con-
sirucnn Of turnpike rund above or near the town
OF Weston. i'll Lewis county, to the head oi valley
river, in Randolph county, and they asked To ID" dis-
charged from the further consideration at II resolution
FOR Matchmaking portion al the ONO RiFer anu Ala-
! rvand road nm STAT" account.
| Mr. PESpLEr"s, from the committee on Courts Of
Justice reported Resolutions the lneNpediency Ut
l.g>lnIug upon the subject -; resolution amentaS
the 9TH section ot chapter ~ "I the Code.
Mr. EDWARDS from the committee OH Agriculture !
and Manufactures reported Senate bill 10 cous"iidatc
the West Columbia Mining and Manufacturing Com
pamy and the Cincinnati and West Columbia Mining
and Manufacturing Company, in the county OF Ma |
son; and House bill! 10 incorporate ID" Jefferson
County Agricultural and Mechanical Society.
Mr.. lMgUpES moved H. iakr up the bill for the re-
lief of Mrs. Sidney K. Points. laid The table f,,w
DAYS ago.
The motion wa. agreed 10, and the bill was read
third time and passed. IL discharges Mrs. Points
from an obligation 10 pnyh of $500, the amount Of
forfeited recogiLanco ol james w. Points in which
Mrs. Points. h,s mother, was surety. He stood on
bnil 10 answer for shooting az some individual in
The town of Saunton. The vote upon its passage
stood, ayes H. hoes TO-
RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were then offered aud
adopted:
l3y Mr.. M,Ys-Of reporting n bill Ia refund to
Mcssrs. Peck " llayih, merchants OF the town oi
Jackson, a sum of morey improperly paid into the
treasury.
Bv Mr. NICHOLSON Ofincorporatng the Petersburg
Female College.
By Mr.. CAKrER-Of reporting bill repeating all
act passed Dec 81 lS42, establishing the town OF New
Baltimore, in the county of Fauqner.
by Mr.. ELLYsuN-Of Incorporating the MctropolI-
tan Savings Bank. in tla city Of Richmond.
BY Mr.Wo"p--Of amending the lth section OF
chapter 80 Of the Code, rs 10 define more clearly
ami specially The persons and subjects upon which
the County Courts may hereafter lay the county
levits.
ByMr. EGGBoRS-Tha. leave be given {" withdraw
from tn" files of the House the bill ol Inst session
to extend the corporate limits OF the town "f Ftlr
fax, and that the bc referred tn the committee Oh
Propositions and Grievances.
BY Mr.. RuffNER-Of enacting game laws for the
counties ui kanawhn SrGNon, Fnye'tc and Nicholas
Win Wow III preventing lHt WHlDH ana uIllhC'esh-
ry destruction Of deer in those counties from the 10Th OF
December In the 1t Of August.
| BY Mr.. BuRwELL, OF PatriciOf authorizing the
Dnmville and Wythrv!lle Turnpike Company to con
OF said road on tie two aad three !,Lis
principle from point at the meadows OF Dan
in the county Of Patrick, in the direction {" Floyd
Court House, To nter;cct the Floyd and Carr" urn
pike point not exceeding five mixes south ol fioyd
Court House.
By Mr.. FLoYu-Of incorporating company TO
construct turnpike road from the Sweet Spring. Ill
Monroe counry some point IN the James Eiver ,
AMI KGnaw Ia Turnpike, between The Greenhrier
Bridge Rnd the White Sulphur Springs.
Bv Mr.. CHRIsrI,S-rhat ~ much at the report at
the Superintendent al the Western Luuatic Asylum |
us refers Il the practice 81 sHmmunng such OiiIccrt"
testify nh expert the subject of insanity. before
Court! of Justice bc referred 10 the Committee tor
Courts Uf Justice Tor enquiry into the expectancy OF
passing Jaw eSemr;inS physicians nj the Lunat'c |
i.svlums from obligations I" testify in such cases.
BY NJ. SrDDoS-That the Secretary of the Com !
monwcaIth be requested 10 procure from the Presi-
dents al the mother Banks and branches, the number
ct Stockholders in the vicinity of each bank and
branch, and the aggregate amount ii their shares
parately, and the amount of dividends pad out at
| each bank and branch.
BY Mr.. DAvIs-Of prohibiting the President, D !
rectors, Cashiers, any officers of Bank 10 deal
| in buying selling exchanging any bank notes
OF this State for less tlan their nominal value, or
| employ, for that purpose" any broker.
| BY Mr.. TomLIS-Ut providing for the qualihca-
ton of the Governor anu Lieut. Governor, in the pre-
s-nce OF the General Assembly, and for informing
the Governor OF the election OF the Attorney Gene
| rail-
| STATEMENTS OF CASHIERS OF HAWKS.
| The SPEAKER submitted statements from the Cash
| ierS OF the branch nt the Farmers Bank Peters
burg, and of the Exchange Ban! nj Abingdon, show
us the amount of notes discounted quarterly com
mcncing the Isl of October 1854 and ending the
! LIST of October 1880, ami where payable; which were
| referred Ia the committee Banks.
| This Information was furnished in conformity with
with resolution adopted on the sIst OF last month
PETITIONS.
The following petitions were presented and appro.
| priaely referred:
BY Mr.. IIAwKs--Oi members of the bar and Off.
GERS o! the counties of Clark and Jefferson, for
| changing the time of holding the Circuit Courts in
said counties. By Mr.. JOHNsToS-Four petitions Of
sundry citizens Of Harrison county asking tina; the
North Western Virginia Kali Company, may be
| allowed 10 use their work when Completed
| by Mr.. BRAsNoN-Of suTdry ctzcne Of Lewis
county, praying The repeal OF the laws imposing
srictpns on the North. Western Rail Road. BY Mr..
| luRwELL OF Patrck-A reInonstrnncr from the PEG.
| pie at Patrick county, against the annexation al n
portion vi that county 10 the county of Henry. Bv
| Mr. VASoRspALL-Uf citizens of Morgan county, in
favor of the construction of the Sir John Kun Turn.
pike Road. BY MIR. MAYs-Of Messrs. Peck and
llayh. asking 10 Ue refunded sum of money lie
galy paid by them into the Treasury.
| BILL PASSED.
The following Senate bill WAS read third time
and passed: An act providing for the voluntary
slavcment of Lewis Williamson free person Of color
of the county of southampton.
i Mr. Bass moved that the report of the Committee
on Finance advers" 10 the application Of l.. Is. Me-
CANADIAN, for eN;ra compensation rs Commissions
or of the Revenue "i the county of Roanoke in the
year 1882, be taken up, which motion being agreed
To, he moved Ia revive the report, and that it bo re-
crred back TO the committee, with instructions to
port bill upon the subject.
He briefly explained the merits Of this clnim;
whereupon the vote was taken on his notion and
decided in the negative. The report then con-
CURED in.