Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-01-15

ceedlng oile-half thereof, as have not been paid
over to the Board of the Literary Fund, and
have not been pledged by that board to proper
oeleets shall remain in the General Treasury
THE SHORT TRAcFsTo gHARLoTTstIlLc. =
On motion of Mr.. Imb0dens thesS Senate bill au>,
thorizing the Virginia Central Railroad to CON
struct direct road from ghafio ttsyilIe to Rich
mond, was taken up again laid upon the, table,s
and made the order of the day for Friday next,
at lo'clOek-ayes 56, nays IS,
BASK NOTES
On motion of Mr. TAYLOR, it was
sResOtped, That the Committee on. Banks bein=3
strueteds TO ascertain and report to- this House
what amount of the stock of this State is now
held by the Bank of Virginia. the Farmers Bank,
the Bank of the Valley, the Merchants Bank,
and the, North Western Bank.
On motion of air. Hoge, itwas
hesotred, That the Committee on Finance IN
quire into. the expediency of providing by law
for the sale of the Bank stocks now held by the
Commonwealth t,ts e,
SENATE Bills REJECTED. Il
bill to provide for taking the sense of the
votars of Hanover county as to the change ofIo-
cation of their seat of Justice was taken up, dis
c1ssed at some length by Messrs, Nelson, Doyle,
Tomlin and others, and finally rejected.
A bill for the relief of Robert Cox and others
of Lee county, rejected a few days since, was
taken up, on motion of Mr. Christian, (the usual
parliamentary proceedings having been preyi-
ously had) and the bfl, after some debate, was
again rejected. ses ~ ~
HOUSE BILLS.
The following epgrossed bills were read and
Incorporating the oceana Savings Bank inthe
county of Wyoming as,r
Tolincorporate the Montgomery White Sui
| phur Springs Company, in the county of Mont
gomery. .a1a ssIEiTa . 81
1tEss s,ANESDHESTs TO THE CODE. 3 GO $
| The committee for Courts of Justice were d.
rected to inquire into the expedicncy of amend
| ing the Code
1 BY Mr.. SmithAso as to give defendants in at
tachments the 3rd and 4th sections of chapter
/ Isl the same facilities for a re-hearing, which
| is given under the LIST and second sec. of that
| chapter ic1s
By the same-so as to compel answers to in
te.Togatorics contemplated by sec of chap 1873,
without first reporting any failure or refusal to
answer to the Court.
/ BY Mr.. Crockett-so as to increase jail fees Of
| this Commonwealth.
RESOLUTIONS
The appropriate Committees were instructed
to inquire into the expediency of sundry propo-
sitions, viz:
By Mr. Holiday of defining more clearly the
the qualifications ofvoters in the town of Mounds
vile; of allowing the use of the county Jail for
the confinement of persons sentenced to impris-
onment under the ordinances of said town; and
for the appointment of aldermen with certain
and specific powers. ff
BY the same-of an Independent Bank in Ben
wood, in the county of Marshall, to be STYLED
the Farmers and Manufacturers Bank of Ben
wood"
By Mr.. Crabtree-of authorizing the acting
justices in each magisterial district of the sever.
al counties of the commonwealth to apportion
public roads, and to assign said hands to such
precincts, and in such numbers as they may
think proper.
BY Mr. Howell-of Incorporating the virrinia
copper company.
By Mr.. BakeF-ofi cooperating in Winchester
a college, to be styled the Virginia College"
BY Mr.. Newlon-authorizing the citizens Of
J Fetterman in Taylor coonty to elect constable
in said town.