Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-01-08
LEGisLATURE OF VIRGINIA.
FRIDAY, JiSrARY |, lS.ai.
SENATE.


The S"ma'" was cnllcd To order nj II pcl"ck by It,
| iiCv. MCC"HiS.
\ communication from the House Of Delegates
wnN r'nd. The amendment rrup"sci by tie House
t" senate bill providing lnr The voluntary cn"lave-
! mcnt "f L"wi, williamson free man of col'r, in
southampton roGu.v, coirurrCi The bill Tor
the relief nf Mrs. Sidney Il. Points WIS considered
! without reference, motion oi Mr.. HARRIs. The
roll WAS called, and The bill pa--rd-aycS -. :.
Mr.. AMRLEn, from thc Committee for Courts of
Justice, reported House bill amending Chapter 10 OF
the Code %! Virginia. in relation 10 the duties and
privileges of members of the General Assembly and
the Officers thereof. Zone nt the amendments ch"ngts
! the tile nf the bill.
! Mr.. AmrLEG, from the Committee for Courts ot
Justice. likewise rrpurtcl back several ros0uticus
riich hal been referred thereto" with the Judgment
nt the committee that it wis ,H,Ij"d'm To lrasIat.
| thereon The resolutions referred l. 10 tie repeal
!" the Usury laws !. Increasing the compensation ot
| lal"rs for taking ni criminals: 3 Providing for
the exemption III superintendent of iunaiic A-ylums
from attendance aS witnesses upon Courts hS 'rp|iS:
l. 81 amc.uling the Code n 10 dispense with the or
der ut publications. Providing by law that plrns of
ii" statute Z" Limitations t" nc"s on simple contract
"ina,is sall hc verified ly a!nvlt that the CLAIM
OF demand has been paid. Mr.. .tMgLrK stated the
object u t.. committee in relation Ia the usury laws
IN br, I" get the o! he Senate the subject.
| Mr.. DESEALE, from the Committee on Roads, &c..
! reported bulls TO auth"rz" the Richmond and Dan
vile Rail Road Company 10 purchase the Dnnville
! T"ll Bridge, amy part al H. tnincOrpOrafe compa-
ny 10 construct II rail road from tho Montgomery
White Sulphur S:rings 10 the Virginia and rennrs-
SEE Rail R"r! and, {" incorporate the Marlborough
AMI Warm Springs Turnpike Company.
NJ. FC.>rr>, from the Committee on Lunatlc
.t-ylums, reported bill authorizing; the establish
n,,.It III The North Western Lnmatir Asylum.
Mr.. TEOMProN, from the committee uii A@rIcul-
;ur,'. &c., reported bill to nrurp"rar the Preston
Luanbcr a;Il Iron Company, in the county ol lr--t"n
and Incorporate III" Sc"iSvilir Factory, Tor the
PURPOSE OF manufacturing COTTON WOOL iron nl"l iuIn
b,.r.
Mr. CREIGm iron. II select committee reported Il
bill Ia nro:pnrut" the knte'S Mountain Turnpike
Company. On motion of Mr.. CKEIGII. said bill was
read nnrc tu-;lnv.
Resolutions ;r>,ruriins III" various committees to
rmInir" INFO the rsci"cy %! reporting thereon were
offered:
BY Mr.. T,rr-Of constructing turnpike road, on
ia" aud lhr"r-.ii;h- rrnrip-, from the yellow
Sulphur Spring. /" the White Sulphur Springs, III the
county of Montgomery.
! Ry Mr.. TUR>EK--DI more ctirctunlly providing
for the admission "f records "i OF other States,
IL evidence in the courts "f this Commonwealth.
BY Mr. THoMNs-Di amending chapter l5 of the
Code Of NirgnH, 80 IL {" provide that attachments
may he sued ont of the clerks office, whether the
claim is payable not, ugaluSt debtors removing or
iutrrim, remove their effects ont Oi the State.
| By Mr.. WrLcH-Of Imposing by law Il penalty
upon any person r throwing the bodies of dead AMI
| rnals in Hazel river.
| By Mr.. hENsrK">"-n Incorporating company
! Ia construct turnpike 1t nr the South Branch
Iiridrr on thr east side the sad Branch, 10 inter
sect The M"or!i.lI anL North Branch turnpike, near
! MuurfrL.
| BvMr Dr>r,Lr--Df increasing the capital stock
of III" Browns Gap tu:nplk" company - a. to ena-
| b. ;hr said cUm!punv IL complete their rond.
| Bv Mr.. DtUGHrKEY ti Incorporating company
! f,r the construction Of Water Works In convey WA
! ter from Lake Drunm"nd Ia the town OF Ports
/ mnuiIl.
! By Mr.. TmonAs--O Oi increasing the capital stock
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