sentences:  The first bill he offered to the House authorized the construction of the first turnpike in Bath County and gave control of the turnpike to the Owingsville and Big Sandy Road Company; this bill passed and was signed into law by Governor James Clark on February 16, 1832.His most notable action in the House was arguing against the repeal of an 1833 law that prohibited the importation of slaves.Fellow representative Thomas F. Marshall called Menefee's speech on this occasion "the master effort of his mind that winter."