Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-03-04
Virginia Legislature.

the bill providing summary remedy against
| constablcs and their securities IN certain Ca
SEES"
The cngrossei bin '.for estendsas n. clarsef'
effAe Parrr-s' Bask Of gsrgIma." was taken
up, on Mr.. Harsie's motion, and further dis
cussed.
Mr.. Rrayce OF Goochland vas opposed to
the aasage OF the b u; and cusscdits merits
at some length, submitting ama,ion Tor its in.
definite pes,ponement. This motion he was
subseuuentl, induced to withdraw at the sug.
,scs.ion of MIR Colston.
MIR. Morris of Hanover newt took the floor
and deliyerca 4 long elaborate speech in OPP
position TO the bill lie was replied TO by Messrs
Loyal and Harvie OF X. and the debate WAS
concluded by
Mr.. Blackburn, who opposed the Bill with
his usual powers OF eloquence and satire.
The Question was then taken by ayes and
noes--a,cs III. noes 70. So the bill passed IN
the a6Trmaf.o., and was sent to the Senate for
their concurrence. And the House adjourned
about 5 O'Clock.
MONDAY, Feb. ia communication was
received from the Senate stating that they had
passed tho bill, entitled, can act to amend an
act entitled an act TO reduce into one act the
acts now in force. directing the mode OF suing
out and prosecuting writs of ha6eas corpus, and
to amend the remedy by writ de hon,inc re-
biegsanGo and for other purposes, with -
meadnents in which the House concurred.
The bill concerning Justices Of the Peace
which had been amended by the Senate, and
referred by the II. OF ID. TO the committee tor
courts OF justice. by whou, the amendment
the Senate had been amended, was taken up.
mir. Blackboard expressed himself opposed
to the amendments Of the Senate. That body
had stricken out the whole ofihc bill as iuy
was from the r. OF u. except the words be 10
enacted They had also smalgsied two bills
which had gone from the lower House. This he
thought was, to all iutents and purposes ora
pinatiug bills II was an exercise ct power
winch the constitution had denied 10 that branch
of the legislature, and against which he felt il
his duty TO protest. lie was also opposed 10 the
principle of the Senate's amendmeut and adj
yocated the amendment proposed by the CON.
mttee for e. OF j.
Mr. Taylor also opposed the senatc's amend
| ment.
Mr.. Heiskeli Of Lee, moved that the bill and
anne ailments be indefinitely postponed
| Mr.. Coggln was in favor Of the original bill,
| and novel that the amendments Of the Senate,
/ and Of the Committee be disagreed to
| Mr.. Old remarked that the bill limiting the
| time within which magistrates should qualify to
| their commissions had been Incorporated with
| the bin Under consideration. To the FIRST bill
| he believed there was no opposition, aud he
| hoped that the motion to postpone would not
prevail, and that the feature TO which he alIud.
ed would be preserved.
Mr. Chiffon opposed the motion TO postpone;
| and it was decided in the Negative.
Mr. Heiskeli Of Lee moved so to amend the
proposed amendment of the committee, as to
| give to single magistrates the power to bind
/ person over TO keep the peace, for IL months.
| instead of until the next court As the bill provId.
! ed The motion was aegatired.
| Mr.. Taylor then proposed an amendment
| giving to magistrates the power to bind over
| to the peace for more than one month, on the
consent 81 the party erpressedby him in ryr,fing.
| Messrs. Dromgoole and blackburn opposed
| the amendment. and Mr.. Winston supported
| il. Mr. Carter Of King Geo. objected to itbe-
cause he did not think it sufficiently explicit
| aud MIR. Taylor then altered the words Of hix
| amendment SO as to obyiate the objection and
| the amendment was agreedso. !.
The amendment was t.s-n further amended
| on motion Of Mr.. Chi,or; and the amendment.
| proposed by the committee thus amended was
| agreed IT,
MIR. Mcfarland made an unsuccessful mo-
ton to lay the bill sc. on the table.
| On Mr. Daveuport's motion, the bin WIS.,
| further amended, 50 as 10 require map istrates
to qualify TO their commissions within six, IA.
stead OF tw elve, months.
MIR. Coggin then renewed his motion to
disagree to the amendments proposed both BY
| the commit. zee and the Senate. lie saw no
necessity for legislatng on the subject beyond
the provisions OF the original bill
Mr.. Gordon then moved to postpone the bill
and amendments to the 31st March. lie saw
no Necessity for the bill or any Of the amend.
ments. The magistrates were among the mos,
respectable part OF the comnsnity--he had
heard OF no abuses of their power, and be die
not know why this soi'ciude to gilard a<ains
the possible abuses OF which they might be
guilty. The two Houses had not, i seemed
been able to agree, and he thought il better
to do nothing than To do zvrsng.
The bill was postponed--ayes e6, noes II.
The joint order Of the day for. the election 81
Brigadier General OF the 9TH Brigade. in the
place OF Gen. Porterseld, resigned, was Their
executed.
Col. Alexander Given was nominated BY
Messrs. blackburn ana Dickinson.
Col Brlscce q. Saidwin, vas nominated 81
Messrs Nalt utine Riyes OF ~. Jones of "
Taylor and Crza forl-and
Col Isaac Owe rail bv sfesrs Bare and Rinker
The ballots stood Baldwin la, Given Is
Overall S., Scattering 8.
So thst B-iscee &. BALDWIN was declares
duiy siectee.
| AHN titbSr tNSussN0 .tSNit tHto n CDfnf1ttsee
ofthe whole, Mr.. Losall in the Chair, and aga.
| took into consideration the bill authorizing J
loan for the purposes Of Internal improvements
ron a torn,sr occasion the fFss section Of he
! original bin had been stricken oal and Mr. Van
cey submitted an amendment thereto
| On motion Of Mr.. Thompson OF Z. sl@ corr
| mlttee rose, < Mr. loyal reported the 'bsN & J.
n'enslaieslts 10 the tIouse, and they were laie
| on the table.
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