Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-01-02

President of the United States regiment
of volunteers, for the purpose of preser-
wing law and order in Kansas.
This resolution was debated at some
length, and ultimately referred to the
joint committee appointed to consider the
question Of more effectually preventing
the escape of slaves, and of devising re-
taliatory measures, with the following
amendment, offered by Mr.. Wiley:
That joint committee be appointed
to consider the present troubles in the
Territory OF Kansas, and TO enquire what
action, if any. should be taken by the
General Assembly, in reference to that
subject
The following resolutions were then Of
fered and adopted
By Mr.. Barnes-That the Second Au-
ditor be requested to prepare for the use
Of the House Of Delegates, in tabular
form, the number and character of the
various works of internal improvements in
which the State is stakeholder, in each
of the four grand divisions of the State !;
the amount appropriated and expended,
and the amount authorized to be expended.
the interest the State has in each of said
works also, the amount guaranteed by
the State for internal improvements in
each also, the amount loaned by the
State to companies in each of the four
grand divisions Of the State.
By Mr. Brannon-Of amending and
re>enacting the 22d section of an act pass
ed the 22nd of April, 1852. providing
for the election, qualification, powers. du~
ties, &c, of Justices of the Peace and for
other purposes.
BY Mr.. HoIden-Of providing for the
sale Of all the State stocks which she has
in the Banks and in the various internal
improvements within the Commonwealth,
to be made annually until the entire stocks
shall have been disposed of, and the pro-
ceeds of the sales thereof be annually APP
piled to the liquidation of the debt and
present liabilities of the Commonwealth.
FRIDAY, Dec. ID.
SENATE.-Mr. Deneale from the Com
mitlee on Roads, &c, reported bills au-
thorizjng a survey Of route for railroad
from the junction Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad and North western Virginia
Railroad, to some point on the Coyington
and Ohio Railroad, with Geological
survey Of said road and authorizing the
Board of Public Works to construct a
turnpike road from the Shinnston and Sis
tersville road, to the Maryland and Ohio
Turnpike road.
The following resolutions OF inquiry
were offered
By Mr.. Turner Prohibiting by law all
companies Incorporated fer works of in
ternal improvement, from paying or
agreeing to pay to contractors fer work
done on said improvements, any portion
Of contract price of said work in the stock
of said company.
By Mr.. ampbell--Authorizin the
County Courts to Increase the allowance
for public services to the Clerks of the
several County Courts, in all cases where
the fees OF the Office of said Clerks shall
not exceed the sum of five hundred dol
lars provided, the allowance to said
County Court shall in no case exceed the
sum OF three hundred dollars.
All the bills on the calendar were read
the first or second times, according tc
their position.
Bills making appropriations, on theil
passage, were laid on the table and mad,
the order for the 18th Of January.
On motion Of Mr.. Lane, the bill in re.
i }utiOn 10 the Covington and Ohio railroad
was taken from the table and amended
Mr.. Johnson desiring to propose further
amendments, on his motion, it was again
laid on the table.
Mr.. Jones called up from the table, tho
bill to amend the 18th section Of Chapter
5 of the Code of Virginia. in relation tc
the fees of Attorneys for the Common
wealth.
Mr.. Jones proposed to amend by ma
king the minimum allowance to Common
wealth's Attorneys "two hundred anC
fifty dollars.
Messrs. Jones, Amber, Steenrod and
Tazewe!l advocated, and Mr.. Roger op
posed the amendment. Without coming
10 a vote, on motion of Mr.. Baldwin, the
bill was laid on the table.
HoUsE.-Mr. Floyd from the Commit
tee on Roads, &C., reported bill to re.
peal the 7th section Of the act passed the
18th February, 1851, entitled " An act tc
incorporate the Northwestern Virgins
Railroad Company - and an act passed
on 29d February, 1854, amending the
same.
The following resolution was offered
and adopted:
BY Mr.. Kemper That the committee
on Banks enquire into the expediency o.
prohibiting the issue and suppressing the
circulation, within the limits of the Com
monwealth, of all bank notes of denomi,
nation less than ten dollars, and all other
bank notes except those of decimal de,
nomination.
SATURDAY, Dec. 5.
SENATE.-Mr. Douglas, from the Com
mittee on Finance, &c, reported Senate
bill to provide for the payment of interest
upon the bonds of the James River and
kanawha Company, which have been