Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-05
VIRGINIA.

virginia.
la the House Of Delegates on the 93l ms, ,,,o cen
port oi committee was under consideration decl,r.
ins Unit The petition from some of the Western conn.
ues, PRAYING for the removal of the seat of govern
ment tn more central situation. is unreasonable and
ought not To be granted motion was made IN a.
mend the report bv sirk ing out is unreasonable
aud inserting " is reasonable Mr. Blackburn deli;
Nered ms sentiments in favor OF the enfmcnt IL, ,
speech o some length. When he SAT dawn t,n ,,cs
ON was taken, and the ayes and noes being cnllc,
Ior,'t appeared That So taken in favor of the
amendment and IL 10 against t--so the amcn.lmen,
was rejected. resolution was then offered IN ,ho
shape of AN amendment the report 10 take the
sense oil the frcehollers the ensuing sprino cleo
lions on the propreiv OF removing the scat Of
ment-wli'ch also rejected The uuestion ,r,s
then put on agreeing TO the report Of the committee
wN'ch declares inc PRAYER OF the petitioners unrca-
sopale. and carried in the affirmative We had not
supposed his question would have been seriously
pressed. u Is not of our business. to be sure lint
iiad we y vote we would stand by the old CAPITOL ms
long one h,ict was left on another-Dr r,,her ,s
iong as me ancient Commonwealth remained &c one
anu '"u''S"'e' ~ Nat. m.
lhc Legislature appears to have been sedulouslv
engaged ~ the dscharce Gifts public duties An nc,
la heeu passed to reduce the COMPENSATION oc ,he
siemners OF the Legislature dollars per eIv
ana reducing also the pay of the officers oi the state
The Governors salary is fixed nj $1,000 pcr an
mum tina NJ the Supreme Judges nj $1,000 each
and hai oi Presidents of Common Pleas $1,000 e,cb
these ani other reductions of expenditure were cr
leccd hy three separate rs, which is the only ,v,v
sn which arrductiOn of t1c expc ndi,,,re of nm, c
Ncrnment can ever he effected. The state of The
treasury oi OHIO was the inducemeni To these re.
ircnchnents. According 10 the report of The Com
mittee OF Finance, it appc ircd that
q" The receipts inro the Treasury, during the year
ending on December /, 1920, Amounted TO 3 1863
and that the bills drawn by the Auditor of Stare ,I,r
rug the same period, amounted 10 SIf2 46O. Ir,y;m
a deficit, on the above day. S29,591 IL apncars nl
SO, that The receipts, during the year ending Docen
ner ., To-, mcinhhs the loan oiihc Virginia Mill
try School Fund. amounted 10 Sy3,595; and ,ho,
The amount oil audited bills dawn during the same
period, amounted TO St00,77t; leaving a teGri IN
a,l'ion 10 mat OF the preceding year, Of S7i19
Ihe'e sums, together with the estimated expen.Ii-
lures oi tie government, during the presenf wear
and the balances due sundrv counties mike = ;r,nd
'o'Ai OF Si@''4O9. The receipts into the treasury,
during the same period, estimated at g63 27O
leaving balance due, The first Monday i'm Dccem
Der next, OF S62.I99"
lswas this state Of the finances which made re-
10 lie attended to-
report upon the Pcmitentary has been made lax
committee cs tue Legislature, recommending scvc.
Tai measures OF reforni, among which we observe
the following
90 The committee also recommend a classification
OF the conyIcs, agrceably to the nature of their res
peciive crimes and that hardened and n,roc;ons
Villains he kept separate from young and veniaI often
ders, so as To Try The effect Of SoiayY confinement in
fs fullest extent, on the former"
Among the recommendations is that of the mas
sage oil law, providing for The punishment of minor
offences, IN the counties where the same may he
committed, 10y whipping al public whipping pnsi O,
IVY some o'her expectations and cheap metlnd." This
- Que way of reducing the cost of ne n;len,;,rv
establishment. But you may ds well abolish il y,
once. 80
report has been made in the Senate upop tlc
maryland proposition, which concludes with the C,,
loving resolutions, which, I thew have MOI ALREADY
passed. will, from ak previous Indications, no doubt
pass
Resoired by the General 3ssenlbLy Of Nc STATE Of
Ohio, That the claim advanced in the report and re
solutions of the General Assembly OF MARYLAND 10 n,
appropriation OF publ lands, in favor OF the orui-
MAJ slltes' and also OF Kentucky for the support of
schools, upon the assumed ground that donations of
school lands have been made in favor of the me- ~,
states, kentucky excepted) is i'll founded and there.
tore unjust.
lands, or moneys arising from the sale of lands he
made by Congress for the support of schools or 70,
o'ner state purposes those appropriations should be
extended IN just proportions 10 all the states nike
aud that IN making such appropriations Justice. and
sound policy require that ali the vacant lands within
tue United States, at the close Of the revolutionary
mr including those within the present limits of The
Original states, he taken into consideration
fcsofred That ibis General Assembly deem il in
Sos',ehl WIN me rights OF stale sovereignty that one
state Should hold lands within the jurisdiction OF ano-
ther without the consent OF the states within whose
limits such lands may be situated
heS0fre6. hat this General Assembly would cheer
fuIb concur ~ any appropriation of moneys arising
from the sale oil public lands for the cncoi,rooencni
oil learning, which should be justified b, su,HJ MI
cy, ana DC coniormable to principles Of Justice and
e9nahy.
~ nts,fis
~ conigltec olthe Senate, on lie menlori ctbr
mayor and Common Council Of Washington
Inc Comnntec, To whom was referred tie n,erno-
Iti o. tbe Mayor, Aide men, and Common Coun-
cH OF tue Sty OF Washington" praying that an .ci
may nc passed, authorizing the sale, within the satc
81 Ohio, oficSets in any lottery which has lecn ~
h'y bP, auihorzedio for public purposes IN said Cy .
nave had .'c subject under considerations and Hnv
submit the following report:
Ahii, irom an examination ofthc subject, connect
- ',a w PEof OF use petitioners your committee
gre co9inced It has been the policy 0f the Gcncral
Assembly oi ONO 10 refuse MI similar a,,ulicofin,s
as wen those made by Citizens as by cilizcps
" the othei states
Several applications lave been made ly c;t;,c,s
or boGes coposie within Ibis state f3r tc p,,rpose
81 "iuinng aGiUfIy lrOaa the Legislature TO ra..
iSo"ts Ny Hay OF loteIy, TO- aid in the proe rutun n
su"e id'orie object Those applications. fion.h |
tiH iOi purposes ~ themselves cOniessediv aua-
bic aud vi maniic4i public utiy have Of E,,n ,csr
oe'n mlo'mly refused. This refusal has probably
resulted from conviction, Oh tiie pr Of the Legs.
ittile, mat lotteries detrimental ia be ri,i;c
welfare, md deg'oraziRg 10 their influence on fhc
concur '"''
The direct aud obvious tendency oCl0t,cr;cs i q,
take from the 1iany, aud give to the few TO erc,c
ig'tunes Tor individuals at the spouse Of their i.o
r"@enfs ai9 merely, i some measure destroy f,,
eqn' ~ 80 'he distribution Of properly, which W. be-.
hs'e ~ oe one al te strongest pillars Ola reDnca
aoteranegt. " conceive Tho dealing a. L,,,c,,
n'"ois 70 DC species Of gaming, which in nnny
instances, la"ces at easta partial reliance on for.
sumo ior ti support and competency Tor the attain
Meh' 81 "Hich, prudence teaches 10 toy on our
oMn exertDps 81 f1r as this is true lotteries ten
cieis !" asc0hiage industry, which is the parent oC
n1''on'i a. vel Is Of individual wealth and piospe-
riy aud 90 promote idicnoss and spirit Of io,nrn
ccni specnlaop, with a their attendant train of dis
a.poii,hcDts, vices, and crimes We niotea,er
conceive II extremely Inconsistent for legislature
whose nets proinbn private OF individual aanine
uH@ef severe penalties, v saacdon legal o. public