Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-01-11
LEGISL or VIRGINIA
MoyoAY January :, ls55.-lDEFERRED PROCEED
ISos.
ROUSR OF DELEGATES,

M0|UA'' oa'SAHt - A'So' lAI' S""1N ""ShIN'
ISea.l
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
REsoLrrIoSs.
TIE following resolutions offered and adopted:
BY Mr.. TnoMAs-Of increasing the capital stock OF
IA. Ls;sr; Falls aud West Coluu!bix Turnpike Com
raay. ia the county Of Masc..
BY NJ. ASurRsoN-Of reporting bill TO construct
turnpike road from Pe,erstown, by the way of John
T!:!Any store TO the Salt Sulphur Springs in Mon
rue county.
By Mr. DRApnR-Of forming a company for the
purpose OF improving New River from the Central
Depot, Oh the Virginia aud Tennessee Rail Road to
10. Lead Mines in the county OF Wythe.
~ III. FEosr-0f extending the times Of holding
:hc circuit courts TOR the county of Jackson aud
corresponding change in the tinnes of holding the
ssms cour: in the county Of karawha, parts Of the
lS.n circuit.
BY Mr.. MALLoRY-Resolved by the Senate and
House OF Delegates That the Auditor Of Public Ac-
counts be directed TO extend the time for the payment
o: .hs for ths yssr 1855, OF the city Of Norfolk
ana town OK Portsmouth, for ninety days beyond the
p,.o1 liked by law.
b. Nr. RurnrRronRp-O OF amending the 36th sec.
.ion OF ,he I'D chapter o: The Code ct Virginia.
By Mr.. ChBHLL-of 50 aInending the 2Uth section
oi chapter l6 OF the Code Of Virginia to authorize
,he attorneys for the commonwealth, anterior TO the
a5sson OF courts, 10 summon witnesses in behalf of
the commonwealth to testify before the Grand Jury
10 10 cmpsnueled at snid court.
BY Mr.. DoYLE-Of providing by 4 general law for
the voluntary enssvement OF tree negroes and mu.
iattoSs.
fsTed from the forfeiture Of the SCHOOL quota Of said
coan:y for the year 1857.
BY Mr. MAkTIS-Of repeating NIL acts au,hori-
z:cy .sg entry survey ana issuing Of crans for lands
lyiiIs wes: of tue Arglay Mountains, and OF giving
nlitri;y 70 circui. cuuIts T.st Ut said mountain To
appoint Commissioner Commissioners III each
county 10 sell ali lands which may Iow he liable /"
er:7y - that o he Stao and lying i'll their
respective couutieS and other legislation on the sub
jsc.
BY Mr.. FIoYp--Of apprcpriatinS like sums of
crey 10 the use OF free persons OF color, who shall
e:uzrnts 70 any cf The non-ssy ehollnS States and
settle permanently therein, that appropriated
IL. the re,noysl of such persons 10 Li0sric.
BY Mr.. CRocKErT-Of Incorporating the Au.tins.
Wills Lsad Nine Company In the county Of Wythe.
BY Mr.. DILLARp-Of sneuliu, tho 10th Chapter
ns session lS533, Ed as 70 authorize the incorporo-
.vn of Csmery, Hotel. Springs, Water, Gas,
Telegraph, and like companies III the manner pre-
ecI5sd II said act for the incorporation VI Mining
anc. Manufacturing companies
BY Mr.. SEAMAS-Of Increasing the Literary Fund
by appropriation TO an amount sufficient t" educate
all 10. INDECENT children of tic Commonwealth IN
primary schools.
BY NJ. DE.SE-Ofso amending the laws p.escri-
bling iao duties Of the Commissioner OF tie Revenue,
as ~ require them ~ ascertain tbs number OF acres or
land cuIuvated in corn wheat aud tobacco III the
veral coun,ie. of the Commonwealth, the quantity of
eac. Of hese staple crops, production aad the nubcr
Of .aborers employed in their cultivation
BY Mr.. BAKrK-Of refundng TO John MCGOWAN
esun OF MONEY erroueously paid Ivy lim into the
BY Mr. CAxrExrrK-O OF passing law requiring
ts Commissioners of the RerrEue III the county Of
Bath to be elected by the voters OF the respective
districts.
BY Mr.. SairH-Th:, the Attorney General Of this
Commonwealth be requested &c examine INTO the
character and justice OF the claim Of the representa-
lives Of Isaac Holmes, Low pending III the House ot
Delegates and that he report the result OF his exa-
r,au,,on 10 that body, with the evidence relied upon
~ sastaln the same. .
That ne also r,por, is opinion IA to the legality OF
claim c>1 'hefi KCcu
sc government, i'll similar cases. even though The
claim may be legal aud just, Interest should be ui'
lowed.
And further whether in his opinion this claim is
not properly payable by the government Of the Uni
.yi SiGies.
On :,o:;ou Of Mr.. FLOYD, this resolution wa, laid
Nv Mr. IMDopES- Re. olved BY :hc General Assem-
tir Tia, the Clerks OF the Senate and House OF De
I.;Cs respectively, be authorized aud Instructed 10
procure the necessary postsse stamps and place
lien, upon al! public documents printed by order Of
ri.s,r hrauch of the General Assembly, which may
be IN with either o! sald clerks. by the members OF
TIE General Assembly, properly folded aud address
I'd &c sily citizens vi the Commonwealth, and utter
~ stamping said documents, TO place theu' IN the
Post Otioe 10 be sent to their dostiaa.nl; and the
expenses arising uudur this rcsu:lon shall bs charg-
I'd the head OF stationary, for the use OF tue IT.
nsra Assembly.
Tuis resolution, after q short debate between
N-ssrs. IaRoDES and GARRETT, was laid on the ta-
bio. motion Of tho latter.
Hy Mr, DAVIS, Of Gretnbrler-l hat the fresiuehts
end Cashiers Of the Banks OF this Commonwealth,
l.. which the Stale has Gn Interest he and they are
hereby requested TO inform this llouse whether they
iIaru employed any persons III Richmond or else
where for tho purpose of Influencing the opinions Ut
,:o Numbers OF the Legislature i'll the passage OF a
law removing extending the charters ot said Bsuk
or Banks and if 20, state tho nants OF sud per.
sons and their Compensation gwen, or promised or
authorised to be given for sad services.
BY Mr.. EKEooRD-rhe to!nwirg resolutions
adopted ut meeting of the citizehs OF Gooci'
hold M fhIf N mn Monday. the
OF December, 1855, for the purpose of appointing
Delegates TO the Southern Commercial Convention u
lie heie il Rcbmood on the 3Hth OF Jauuery. 1886
which, on motion Of Mr.. Il. were referred to the joint
con!tuittee to devise retaliatory measures, Go.
-Resolved, That this meeting approve of the OBJ
iecs Of the Commercial Convention to be held IN
Richmond on the goth Of January next and that the
Chairman be requested TO appoint seventeen dele
gates ~ The said Convention.
"ReeClyed, aso As the opinion OF this meeting
tia; the awess outrases perpera,ed by the North
err abo!itionsts the rights Of Southern savehold
er merit and should receive the Severest penaltie,
OF ihs lava; and therefore,
Resolved, That the punishment for stealing slave
should be death. That all accessories before or at
Ter tho fact, should DO confined in the PcntentiarJ
ior ifo-that all vessels which slaves may b.
found contested, shoud be, with their cargoes, con
iet atea aud, in order effectuhy 10 detect kid
Nsppsrs in this uefarons business, in all cases where
Is suspected, tn" testimony of the slave SHOULD
bs sinissable evidence -ss:m.t him on his trial
Tina. when IN effort !,. b-"u made Ia induce slave
SHOULD be felony ard confinement il the Pententiary
Tina, our Pilots now employed in their vocation on
ibe Chesapeake bay aud its waters be authorized
TO toard any suspected vessels; and, in order
euro them from resistance, that tho said pilots ant
taer crews be eRectually armed at the cost Of III,
State In the event OF the capture Of vessel i'll This
is!unious business aud her confsca,iun aud sale, til,
proceeds Of the said sale should 10 to the cap,ors
10 equally divided among them."
-.....--.- PETITIONS.
The following petitions were presented and appro
pris:ey referred:
By Mr.. CALvERr-Of Samuel C.. Williams AL,
other clerks Of county courts praying an amendment
Of the concerning the registration of births.
r.s.s and deaths. BY idr. EGeBoRN-Of Rober
Hudson, for the appointment OF u,neralogist an
seologs: TO examine his farm. by Mr.. BAksEs-k
.euions,rance sgeinst certain changes asked by til
council Of the city Of Wheeling in the charter thcren
BY Mr.. BAxER--Ihe petition of John MCGOWAN witt
copy Of the record showing the claim TO be fsi
Cns, t. hsvs refunded TO him gum of money erro
psously psid ty him into TIE Treasury. BY ar. Hot