The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-01-14
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~ communication from she Senate by their clerk.
ne Senate have agreed To the refolu,ion, for an
Pointinga coms,,tee To examine the bopre ana, ~.
let apart for the ue of the Governor. and ,.
'P'non on the exPence necefiary to be incurred far
eP'i'ng the lame and have accordingly appointed
aeotnittee on their part, to act jointly with COM
h'''ee appointed on the part of the Houie of Dele
gates in the iad buinefs.
Inc following reiolu'iors (Which lay on the tai,le)
were Called up and read.
Rsf'lsed, That the PRECEDENT and directors rs ~.
os',k OF Virginia. be requefcd to furniIh tn. H,u.
oi delegates wiki ttatemeut of the amour, Of ,,,
capital ioek c: the iad company Of the deb,, due
70 the iame OF the depoGts in their Golfers of tbe
uo'es III Circulation, and of the cal i'm hand: and
tn 'he PRECEDENT aud directors he further reou,1i
10 i"rniii the Houe of Delegates with the booe or
o'1ss containing minutes Of their proceedings.
NJ0ISe3' nat committee be appointed 70 call on
e pIehaeht and d'retaors OF theiaid bank for N, u
oofe hatcment, aud to receive the hook or b,ot.
containing the minutes above referred To-
a motion was made to amend rho in -.r,,n,:
~ iiertg IN lieu Ut 1t alublitute in the olloxpy
words: " " io'i'""S
T90!vtd, That the PRECEDENT and t,ire aors rs RI.
oi''k OF virginia, be reauetled to Grni,h the .,n-
W y. .e ita+ w'sh itatement OF the amour, Of he
~ MOCK OF The company; of the de5ts due to
the lame of the depoits in their cosars sc h.
notes in circulation, and of the caG, i, b,,d al
that the preiden and directors be fr+ber r.,n.o.J
10 ihrhh the Legislature of the late with rho boL
u o"oHS containing minutes of their proceedipo,
a uotion was made to amend the iaid fubti,u,e
ny iilertins between the word " furniih" and lie
word " the the words ga committee of :" and tbe
!ue',,on being pn. upon the propofed anendmer-
1t paied in tie affirmative
Some debate took place on tl;e ,,,sr5,
The principal qucnion was not, wbethrr ,lc IT,.
s'iiature lhould or fhould not cal, for the i,-
formation required, but whether the minutes of
tne bank fhould be fuhjetted 70 the infection
OF e7e,T member, or Of felect committce
bisiirs. Singleton and Rohettfon fl1oorted
the hrlt meaflrc. They fated tha, the nrofoe-
my or every bank depended upon the Dropor-
ton, that exiited, between the value offs po,es
IN circulation and the amount of its Gnecie "a
pi'a' that the ltate was concerned. on sccorn+
OF KS 5000 fhares, in ponetIing this infor-
NATION That 1t ought not to be given
70 committee only, but TO every member of
.'e .louic; that other information might be ut
the me time obtained, which might he necec.
iary for explaining a difference, which lad
taken place between one of the branches e. tbe
mother bank; that if as one of the branches
commended they ought not TO he any more de.
pendant upon the bank of Richmond. than th.t
bank upon them, it might be neceGary for tht.
LegllIatnre to initru6t its treafiIrcr r., vo,e az
cordIngly in the general meeting of the 0ocI,-
holders; and that in an iutitution, which ;s G,
liable to corruption, it was ever neceGarv for
the Legislature TO exercife its h1perintending
care, and to convince the officers of the b,pt
that whatever they might think of their own
"re'Ponhoility, they were not altogether indie
pendent OF the commonwealth.
Mefirs. Kinney, Hirrifon, and Minor ID
voca'ed the appointment of committee. If
the minute book ct the bank was laid unon
the table, how was each of the members r.,
lnipett it! Was each man to wait unit, b7s
neighbour had gone through if, or we're thew
10 order $50 copies OF 1t to be printed for The
u'e of the members? They urged that bv
keeping this book lying before them, they mich,
impede the operations of the bank. az The
bank had not two copies oft, rough and :,
fair copy that the information be flrniihed
by committee would be as correctly and r..
tisfactorily obtained, az If each individual mem.
Der was to be at the trouble of inveGigating
the minutes of the proceedings and that as
to the expediency of making the officers of the
bank feel their dependence, there was no ne
ceffity for it; they already felt it there was
not an occafon in which the bank of Virginia
was brought into the view of the Legislature,
but 1t Hook to its foundation and threatened
to "topple downwards." WHY then make
theie crouch beneath them, who already felt
their power 70 acutely?1
The queition being then put upon the fad flb-
iitute as amended, it agreed to by the houfe.
motion was then made to amend the frcond re-.
iouton BY inierting in lieu of it fubntute in the
! following words
R5j0'1rf, That committee be appointed on the
part OF the Houie Of Delegates, to a with commit
| tee from the Senate, in calling on the preGdent aud
directors OF the bank for tile above aatenient and Ia
receive the back books containing the minutes a.
| b0ye referred to.
And the queition being put upon the aid fubhitute,
it was agreed to by the houfe.
0rdred That the clerk carry the faid refoutions TO
| the Senate and deIire their concurrence
O,dcred, That committee be appointed purluant
to the faid rsfoluon land committee was appointed
| ut Mefrs. Singleton HsrriIon tof Amelia) Robert
fan, Pnrwsll, 9. z. Harrifo, snyth Of Wy:ks} aat
| Kinney.
Mr.. Harye prefented from the committee to whom
referred the memorial Of the preiijent and de
| reaOrs Of the Lower James river company, bill
Concerning the navigation Of James river"
Saturday, Jan. II.
The hSnfe, according TO the order ofthe dav,
| rcfolved itfelf into a committee of the whole
houfe on bill, To amend the iadiciary fyf.
tenn" and after fome time fpent therein, Mr..
| Speaker returned the chair and Mr.. Byrd repo,t-
ed, that the committee of the whole houfe had,
according to order, had the faid bill uuder conf.
deration, ard had made fone progrefs therein.
hut not having tin,e to 20 through the ftn,e, bad
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