Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-30

Vas hfsotstd mat leave he gwen tn bring ia
bill tn amend the net entitled an act Ia re-
,lucc into one act the several acts concerning
executors aud for the relief of inso,,ent debt
ors, y" MS 10 a",h"ris" The imprisonment ofany
pers"n living in any corporate town. and taken
under any mrsne final process in the mil
! "i the corporation. wherever there shall be-
| IN such corporation county Jail
| Mr. y. explained The necessity for this n
| mendment, and, particularly, in regard to The
town ct Petersburg which being situated in
three counties, IFS citizens, as the law now
stands, are liable To he imprisoned in the ail
OF either, according To the issuing of the pro-
| cess, &c.
On Mr.. Coston's motion it was Resorrcd
That the e. of Roads and Internal Navigation.
Ia whom was referred the memorial of the
committees appointed by the Convention al
Washington, on the 9th Nov 1898, an the
| subject of the Potomac navigation, have leave
To report by bill or otherwise
Mr.. Goggin, from the Committee IN whom
IL had been referred, reported the bill Ia s,,s-
pend the prOcessOnnS Of land in the county
of Bedford, with AN amendment, embracing
several other counties. Several meDbers rose
in thrir places and proposed still further To n
mead the hill by the addition of their respec-
tive counties
| Nj. Garland then suggested that as there
seemed to be such disposition the part of
gentlemen to extend the provisions of the bill
| II had perhaps better be reconnitied with the
view of making the law general one and
submitted that motion. The bill was recon-
mitted.
The Speaker laid before the House the fol-
lowing letter from the Governor.
Connect Chgmber, 29ih December, 1925.
SIR j have the honor To lay before the
General Assembly, copies of the returns made
To this department, in conformity with the
law on that subject, by the North Western
Bank, and Bank uf The Valley, giving an ac-
count ut the state OF those institutions, aud
their several branches on the LIST day of Aug.
and LIST OF Dec. last, ahd at intermediate Pc
| RODS.
| l am, with great respect, your obedent SER
| want JAS. PLEASANTS, Jr.
| The Hon The Speaker of the Ii. of Delegates.
| Mr. Knchtl,e offered resolution instruct
ing the Board of Public Works, To cause the
Engineer to lay out read from Clarksburg to
Psn, Pleasant. Mr. X. made a statement
showing the importance Of the road and the
great Inconvenience encountered by the peo-
Pile from the want of il.
Mr. Cnlston suggested the proprrty Of so
modifying the resolution, and all others Of 81
| milar nature, To refer the subject either to
| the Board of Public Works, or the Committee
OF X and Navigation, that the eYpediency
of the proposition may be enquired into. He
remarked on the Inconvenience and expen
ses resulting from giving unqualified orders
| for surveys, which, in some 6 tses must prove
useless And the resolution was so modified
as In request the Board of Public Works TO in
quire into the expediency of laying out the
road in question, and agreed to by the House.
| On Mr.. Garand's motion
ResoIred. That leave be given 10 bring in
bill" to prevent private lotteries the disposition
III this state of tickets in lotteries unauthoris-
| ed by law, and To restrain insurance of lottery
| tickets"
MIR g. remarked that his object was to res
train effeciually the sale of tickets in lotteries
not authorised by the State. Some measure
lie thought importan, 90 this subject, as il was
apparent on the streets ofthis city, that not
withstandiDg the existing laws, tickets we're
sold every day under the eyes Oflhe Legislature.
| On Mr.. Garand'S motion ii was also
ResolCed, That leave he given 10 bling in a
biil s. requiring persons keeping Offices for
huyIug and selling or exchanging bank notes,
to obtain license therefor"
| Mr. Riyes, of Nelson, offered the following
Preamble aud Resolutions
| Whereas, it appears that the Peniienary system
| OF punstmeni az II has existed, and been conducted
iu Virginia, has answered realized the valua-
be and benevolent purposes, for which oriei-
n@lIy instituted that the other hand, this mode
OF punishment, as adopted with Us, and dictated IN
the best feelings oil the human hear, has had bu
ur tendency 10 prevent the commission OF crime,
may he iauiy Inferred from tue unceasiBg Increase
o IT'S conVcts and iher Of Of rem Tor
| cond and lD s0me cases, third oGeRces That
II ~ the certainty Of punishment and it's degree
WhIch mas most influence, principle Recognized bN
al writers criminal law I'd about the 0f
which position there be but li,ile diversity oil
opIuIon. " Is, therefore, not the blood ned
code 10 which We should esout, bur well or
gan'zed, and effective Penicnii'ty system. Lee It moi
he said, however, that peculiar system Of Peni-
'en'ary psn'shmer' has not bee" ,ally andi fairly
| ested; II has been tested lay The stubborn experi.
ence oi twen1 years, and 'hai experience shows
lquesiopably, not the nefcienci Of awell dgesied
system, but the complete iutilIy of the present one
which has had uu Other good effect ~ Virginia ex-
cep 'hat OF the mere temporary restraint " imposes
on he cODVics, thereby d"privng them duriug their
co hnemen only OF the power Of offending against
Laws human and divine And shall Ibis KIND Of nv
gHtSe merit justify us in continuation OF svsten NJ
50 cpniesscty inadequate 10 the Htiaipmeu; OF the
important purpose c0utemplaedby lie human ne found
ers Under the operations Of the above Impressions
ana u"d ,ue conviction that u IS always part Of
wisdom % pToEt nv experience, ~ musf he now M
knowiedged, ibat the time has Icing arTived when
! the puhpc Interests require, that the most thorough
aud radical changes should he made in the Peneu-
nary system OF the stale, aud that those changes can
not he too soon adopted for the common good Where
| tore.
Resoired, That the Penuen,iary Committee he IN
sTucted 30 enquire into the expediencv of adOutiug
the ,oaiy cell system
| Resoired, also, Tha they be instructed 10 enquire
mo the eNped'e1cy OF abuhshng imprisonment ~
The public jail or peneniIHTy house for less iban FIVE
years, aud substituting lieu thereof the punisbtnen NJ
OF public casiigalion and incarceration 10 the county
jiils.
find Rssoued, furthermore, That they he instruct
ed tn enquire inO he sXpedency of introducing The
tread OF Stepping mill The penientiary Of Ills
stare, with leave TO report these different subjects
| by Till O otherwise.
| Mr.. Rives made few remarks in favor oil
I the prnpnsition me submitted aud said that in