The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-02-08

done little. Perhaps no Legislature ever fat in
the Capitoi, that was more decided enemy TO
/. innovation.
In the extracts which we have made from
: the Journals of the houfe, in the debates, and
/ In the epitome of the acts which we have pub
h'hed, the reader will have feen the nature and
the fate of many of thefe meaiures. A few o.
theirs remain, whole taleis yet to be told
The bill to extend the iurifdietion of Jingle
maglitrate to 20 dolls. and to abolilh petitions
! FOR fmall debts, pafed the Houfe of Delegates !;
ayes 49, Noes SO, but was loft in the Senate
oy the eating vote of the fpeaker. The provi-
Viiions or this bill were nearly fimilar to that
which pafled the Houfe of Delegates at the laft
feihon.-As far as 10 dolls. the deciion of q fin
gle magIitrate was inal.-From 10 to 90 dolls.
an appeal might be taken; but to prevent ap-
Pea's tor the fake of delay, a ftay of execution
was allowed. Oa the afhrmance of the Judge
ment ten per cent damages were to be awarded,
and execution ifIued againft both principal and
| iecur'ty. On n execution after tay, or the
aiirmance of a.iudgement no fecurity could be
| taRen.-lt an officer returp'd no effe6fs. !" nm
on an execution ifued by magiRrate. new
execution might be iiIued BY the clerk of the
court againff the body of the defendant. To
relieve magistrates from the trouble of taking
oonas, the bare acknowledgment of the party
ana ms fecurity indorfed on the warrant was de-
4
Inc bill to prevent the emancipation of flaves
wMn'n TINS commonwealth, was loft in the Houfe
OF Delegates. on the queftion for reading third
t,me. Ayes 70, Noes "a claufe which was
afterwards introduced by the Senate as an A.
mendment to the bill concerning 0aves sc. and
agreed to by the Houfe of Delegates (Ayesg4.
NOES 65,) permits emancipation as heretofore.
out directs that the naves emancipated fbal
leave the fate in twelve mouths thereafter. or
fhall forfeit all right to freedom.
Inc amendment to The contribution of the
United States propoied by the Rate of Kcntuc-
KY, which has for its Object the abridpment of
the judicial power, as it reflects s.controvcr(ie.
between citizens of different ftates, coptrover-
mes between citizens of the fame Fate claiming
lands under grants from different Rates, and
controversies between citizens of fate. and
c't'zens or fubjeets of foreign Fate" was re.
fcrred to the confederation of a committee. and
after ione time had clapfed, the committee
was discharged from the further confederate,
| of the fubiect.
Inc blank in the refolution for appointing
commIiiloners to diget new judiciary fvftcm,
W was hheo mp with the aames of George Wythe,
j. Brooke, Robert White, Alexander Snvth
Pn.hp n. Nicholas, Edmund Randolph. Jnhn
Wickham, George Hay ard John Taylor. I'm.
on coming before the fcnate, they added. Tohn
Nlarihaii, VIM. Il. Giles, and Daniel Call TN.
on returning it to the houfc of Delegates. the
rei1ut'on was poitpened til the SIT of March.
! Inc col'liion which took place between the
TWO honies about the right of the fenate to a..
mend an appropriation bill, was uncommonIv
animated and exhibited the mott ftrkine in.
nance OF what the French call the esbrit d.
CPS, ,nat can perhaps be found in the annals
otlegiilation. Both honfes were vuo,;,,o,,, -
the iupPort of their REFLECTIVE privileges. There
was not member of the fenate, who did not
iu.'Port the claim of that body to the right Of
an, nsndment there was not member in the
Houie OF Delegates, who did not cppofe If.
We mutt referve for our next paper. Z, more
| complete account of this difpute, with an able
report OF Mr.. Jefferfon during the fsfIion of
| 1a7s' IN oppoiition to the claims of the fenate.
! ms qnen.o' IT VIII be obferved, by referring
to the Journals of the Houfe of Delegates. h. :
been unlimited by a refolution of thai houfr. to
the confederation of the people.