Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-01-04
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prnyiso which would forbid h, ha.batl 4
IT. Carter tom marrying again du,ins tn. &
life time ut his wife. 2
Mr. Colston said. that he though, ;.
could see fhro, sh the While If thi, ,a,r;
the match lad disappoIIt'! the IatIsr IN
law, uho fading his daugh :, MT - eie +
Igantly married as he wishe : had irr.iateA <
he husband BY those innaperable and
uameless vexations. with hieh SON. are
so well acquainted. and had soa,ied tie (
man to go ava II divorces ~tre tranI
Ell on such grounds sursys m Won i ION
he no, more respected THAI that Qi Ehais
Island, jyhere divorces % casIy %.
tanned, that court OF New YoJk had /
lately hung a man or menced lum 10
the pesitentiary for big,uy, ttougb b. J
had plead divorce in the state OF Rhode
Island.
Mr.. EstilI declared tht ha considered
this house as the most incompetent ibl.
ma! 10 investigate the frcts, on which
divorces we're prayed 70, aid that twas
far better to leave il to ! Court Of chan.
.cerv 10 try the facts, and il those facts
were proven. then for e cour, to cor.
summate the divorce.
/ The amendment to re amendment
wa. lost, as also the orig al Amendment,
ayes 50, noes =, and n report ol IN.
committee asalns. the petition w4s lhru
c ,nlirRed.
The house then went into committee Of
the whole, on the Map Bill, slr Eallsr
III tie chair.
The original bill proposed bv VI. J.
Thompson, Of r. III. chairman Of he
select committee on NJ. subject. va,
read i goes in uncun! risnai term. 10
repeat the act Of last winter for ha,iry
map fake. oi this state aui sfa.t If
each county.
Mr. Mercer of l.. proposed substitute
which goes 10 reneal - much 81 .ha a,t
a give th- county cour the D 1--WE 70
contract tor chart ul each-cnualy I'D
transfers Ii exclusively ~ the Elecuti,e.
with power Ia Cont act ior the survey Of
all or several OF the Counties with. ofs
agent. giving the Eyecu We also the DOW
er to use thei- discretion as to tho nun.
Der u p" nts in each County which hey
would have noied On the chart. limiting
The Whole eSpeusr Of The survey If ths
STATE exclusive Of engraving, x. 70
10000, making it aso the du'v Of the
county surveyors to transact r.gularl to
the board III public works map of every
new read tina, i, run, viii. se established,
&c.
Mr.. Mercer spoke a considerable time
in favor Of this proposition. and aes nst A
repeal Of the law Of last uintc-, dIa nc
upon both the military aid civil s,s.sb,
taseA If geographical knonirdre. ed af
thavag cor'eci Hap i,r he uhpl. ,,.r.
a d Il cha't TO- each couaty. stating Il
he reason why so many sc the cnnt.,ct,
nadc under the law ec,. so biyb. a..
because the courts had IN interpreted i
aud had gi7en too large a scope to the
contemplated ,utvry,; he stated that in
some ca-es the contracts had been mad.
TOR 5 or 600 dollars she the law has
been correctly constru d (; he had m
toubt that the whole wor could be d,na
Tor 10000 dollars. Mr.. ". showed how
l'a'hv the money could be spared from
the fund Tor internal improvement; that
IT'S re enn'Iext year m1v be axpecteJ
TO be at least 10000 d5i!ars; AMI how
was this to be used There was or,v
nHe scheme ripe Tor the operation. Of tn.
IN d 70 wit, the improvement of TIA
river Rappahannccs, whose s 5i,, had
been subscribed BY ind vidua!s that he
Vas willing to coiitribu'e as tie 9 ,jths If
she proportion Of he board of pablo
works 10000 dOilar, the work woaIJ
not De done IN less than three gears. being
aot moe than q or 1900 dollars; that
the ROANOKE navigation, he was hsppy
this day to hea' BY gcn,ieman employ.
ed on that subject 10 North Carolina
could be Completed wi,hoat the aid of this
State bat MIR. VI. sal h. was for eop
tr'butrg $4,000, to be expeud d in.
three yea more-an abundant fund.
therefore. would re left Tor the connie.
ton OF the niap-Hr. VI. catered into 4
particular calculation to SHOW that this
eerehce would be reimbursed by the sale
of the maps.
MIR. Banks proposed mother substitute
"inch weni 30 rrpral law of The Ia.
winter, respecting h. e, er. the contracts,
which bad been air ade. lie sad
he had been d f'ie u nj the scheme last
winter; surprising : ~ woa'd cost ="
more than had been aIcnla,cd-.brt he
haa found that the expense was likely to
pr"re much greater. he peodGced an
Authenticated copy III t e con' aci, winch
mad been ma,ie ey the ourts, from ,,hica
he inferred II w0nid est not less than