The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-03-13

,bo oaritaiisn " Qnant'ro Cresk.
pfo'"e nip. Hilha'ni Z, Amending
~ Il" s,,l arts Incorporating the Trustees
-" ~,b, ACADEMY in Ahngaaa.
81 ,ne 80 from, thu Select Committee,
vi - hill concerning J.hlurs' fees, 81.
IT, Ta,. bill pro,iding far holdlnE special -'s
,,. snneiinr court Of law. taulhor-
s''" 81. general coart to appoint on. Of
ls"'H ,,,,,,br, to hold speCihl terms. IN eel
tn''' ~, "a Judge Whites for examplr, !,
~, nndrr consideration.
o', v9 shprra,d m"sed 'ydrr !" The bill,
.-;'s the Judgc $40 ID day, aud s. niIieass
l,,ery 20 miles
"a. n, moved To strike out tue SO a
-, aid leave In" uileaSr.
o'i RIG. d United if the Judges would
,t IN act without compensation -
eo'sy Il lr,sl t. pa, their daily EXPENSE.
~. J,d not tn k it reason bile N tie L"gl--
, y, IN ask it, He moved to allow them
81 day.
IN i, any shape--but he thought thai
~" c,,nnpnsatiun oug hit To be gwen.
Ar Blarkhurn supported the proposition
;, ,llow $40 day.
Ar Carter. ofPr. William, supported the
hill and a reasonable compensation. he
named the House would th'ak no conslitu
.,ooa affection involved in this bill, az il
unused no permanent judicial appoint
ment.
..,;oo mr. diem, aud to the bill itself, winch
;, thnIlght unconstitutional.
A.. choIson was favorable to this bill
= 1',1,d the mileage only was retained
sr.at objection to the other bills which
n bpea rejected, WAS, that they cousttn-
a. .i,rrurrs in these Offices. Seeing no
.,,.b ,bipction 10 this bill, he was disposed
D. yota for il on the conditions menticncd.
The House negatlved Mr.. Briggs IA
meudmrnt.
Mr.. Watkins, oFp. Z, f,It it his duty to
rot, for The hill. whether the per diem pay
was showed or not. lie hoped, however,
ma, pay would be allowed.
Mr.. Witcher supported the motion 10
strike out the per diem allowance.
The motion to strike ont the per diem
allowance, was carried in the affirmative.
The question recurring o. the passage
ofthe bill, Mr.. Kiger said that the bill, as II
was without any compensation to the
Judges, was mere mockery To Judge
Wblte's di~rct. That district had asked
relief in various ways and been denied lia
considered this bill tatamount to no relief
But bad as il was, inefficient as he thought
it. he was disposed to take it Iother than
none.
The bill was then passed by large ma
jOrity.
TARIFF OF TOLLS.
The bill modifying the Tariff oC Tolls on
James River, being on its passage, Mr..
Harvie of Richmond, moved To reconsider
the vote on engrossing the bill with view
to reduce the tolls on Goals.
Mr., II explained the reasons which IN
dnced the motion. A decided ma jority of
The committee, who had considered the
subject, thought the toll on Goals unl7st, OPP
prssive and impolitc. Ii pes sisted 10. the
Golfers would be driven 10 desert the ca
hd and resort 10 Wagons. ltrrduced to
reasonable compass, other Golfers would
resort to the river, who nov use the road.
Such too was the situation of things in the
nothern market, that ~lthoat this faculty
allowed our Col,ers IN getting to market,
they must be finally driven from all the
northern markets. Nv Hafvje moved
therefore TO reconsider the vote, with
view TO reduce the toll from one cent
FIVE mills, to one cent.
The motion was opposed by Nessrs.
Witchpr, White. aud Anderson of Sheuan-
doah, IN the grounds that the practice of
suspcndiog the rules WAS mpoEtlc--that
there had been 4 cOntrariety of statements
before the commitee-that the golfers on
thc river got to market cheaper than those
who used the road --and tina, this canal be
log made for the special benefit Of the coal
trade, they should not complain ofthc toll
II had been found necessary to imposr ON
them. Before the canal was constructed,
an average load of coal was 200 bushels
now it WAS 1000 bushels This advantage
IN e than counterbalanced the increased
toll
Mr., Harvie, replied extensively to the
gentlemen who opposed his motion.- The
House refused to suspend The bill The
question recurring on the passage of the
bill, it WAS supported by Mr.. Patteson of
Nelson, and passed.