Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-03-10
LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA.
The Senate was called to order at Il O'Clock BY Lieut. Gov Mos-
FAGUE

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The Senate was called to order at Il oco, BY Lieut. Gov Mos-
FAGUE.
Messr Is8ELL LAYNE KNIGHT and BEALE asked and OBJ,
should be entered upon the journal that had
voted go favor OF southern Conference ana against The rGu
toUs the majority the Joint Committee adopted on that
Mr. CARSON requested that permission DC given (Which
corded so az % correct the senate Journal Of uedy as to Th9
fact that be voted ssnt the uu0us Of the majority al
Jsrse 70 Southern Conference.
uycSDlEr VIRGINIA
Mr. STUART from the select committee On me syecto uAe
boundary line bee and Nga returned report
ON that subject gt which embraced in the following
gols appended thereto and which were 'e'Psa Oy tue
M R5ei F6a' me General Assembly do hereby disapprove
Virginia and Tennessee aud
ported by Ls9liis Bauga and James O. Black as Commissioners
~ R,J That the Governor be- and be hereby author
with said Leoudas Baugh and James Black
FOR r-rcs rendered and expenses incurred by them In
ming said liz e. and he hereby empowered draw m warrant
the Treasury for the amount tanned DIV him 10 be dur lya
b out auy money treasury not otherwise appropriated
81 Es9y ina the Governor be- ne Is hereby, author
lied 90 appoint more Commissioners TO run AGAIN anu re
marx the lines between Virginia Tnnesseen strict conformity
with compact l2 ratified by Tie Legislature OF Nr
gua In s and he authorized TO ao" such Oonmsioner or
Commissioners the compensation as was provided by the act
aososGAuElA Ayto,uoSiCoNrASY.
motion Sir Newon, the Senate passed by the unhoshed
business and pro,eede 20 consider House OH O. authorize SUI
stock ot the MOuongt Ella Navigation Company Inc Dll Wa
adsoceiby dessr Neglon aud August aud was pi'seaAyes
80 nays L.
Mr JOHNSON presented the petition 81 seventy sLens Of Bo
s " extend the camel % Coviugton
vIRGSt, MAINLAND BOUNDARY.
FINNET offered the following Joint resout0ns which were
his motion, referred % select committee;
Whereas the Legislatures Of Maryland and Virginia have each
passed ac-ht former March 2Gtn A. ID 1852 and he latter
March 2gth D. jsprovidng for the surveying retracng
and maraug boundary line between Me two states which
Watkins Point the Eastern Shore to The Atlantic
Ocean And whe ia accordance with The prov SONS OF sd
Col J. Lee the 81 Maryaud ana Col Angus
Mcdonald the OF Virginia appointed Commission
sury, ed and marsd and 6sTe with the ass,tance Of Lieut.
Mck Of he o. : Corps Engineers assigned TO That service by
the Var Department caused aid lines 70 be re traced surveyed
and marked and fun elaborate pats and maps OF the same
made and returned 10 each Of said states therefore,
r., oCe3 That suitable and permanent monuments should De
me ermiu along said une 10 peeuate tie oca
ton OF the the joint cost Of the said rNo states and mat
Ngina portion Of said cost provided for by the said act Of
March 9th 1859
Aud be Il further
R5o, Governor he aud he is hereby authorized
and requested 10 send TO England competent agent ana OBTAIN
from thence an record aud documentary evidence which may ere
be had enug TO ascertain and tbsh the lines Of boundary
between Virginia and the states OF North Carolina, Tennessee and
that sueh is proyi
dei form The said act OF March 2,h, ISIS.
The tOIOsns gentlemen appointed by te Presideu mem
be Of the committee called FOR bY the resolutions viz Mess
Funey, Beale, Thomas, Of f., Carter and Armstrong.
REJECTED.
The bin entitled an act 10 amend the charter OF the James M
e and KanNWha Company being the order Of the day called
by PAXTON when the ordering Il % Is third reading
the third time its passage reeeed-Aye
Aterward on motion Of Mr. THOMAS Of Fairfax
reconsdered and hill and laid on the table.
BANK CURRENCY
House bill repeaug the Isl I'd 80 and 4h sections Of an act
passed April 81 ISIS entitled providing uniform
Of The Banks OF the state came upa one OF the orders
OF the day
Mr. BEALE offered an amendment which voted down
The bill discussed Ut length Without coming 10 vote
the senate adjourned.