Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-03-28
TO the Editors Of the Enquirer.

I1t the has been called her c Lnes, To hesi
Aud We hope she'll be better tot morrow.
To the Editors Of the Enquirer.
GENTLEMEN:
am well persuaded il will be gratifying TO your
shscribers and to the citizens orthe state at LARGE
10 be informed mirluteiy Of what has taken place
m the late General Assembly on the subject of the
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company: | there
fare send you herewith printed copy of the ACT
which PASSED tho House of Delegates and the
prlnted amendment or substitute therefor, with 4
manuscript section annexed TO it, after ii was print
ed, which was offered in the Senate and which To.
Seiher with this request hope you will find room
Ior in your paper.
II will be recOccteh. that The Bill from the low.
eI House came up shoitly before the adjournment
so that but little time was allowed for It's conside
ration III the Senate,) and when two or three
!ilenbcrs, known TO be hostile TO the Bill and in
iaTor oil the substitute had been obliged from par
f.cular causes, TO 20 home.
Under these circumstances am informed h,
one OF the Senator's that the substitute was reject
cd by vote OF l2 to l0--and the bill from the
lower House lost by an equal division of the Sen
rctce 10 the journals.
The Act as it came from the lower House, con-
aFs clause, showing that it was not the sense OF
thai House, any more than that of the former Lee
giSlature, That the Company was 10 enjoy a mono
[,oty; that Is to say, that no one to use the
4toap except themselves, and by their consent.
ltwas answered though, whilst before the SEN
ate, that such was not the opinion of the Company
but that they considered they had n1onopoIv:
line construction, therefore, put the law by the
proposed substitute Of the Senate shews. that al
least 10 OF that body were of opinion. that some
thing more explicit on that subject was proper, at
lhls tIue, IN order to prevent future misconceptions
1T they haze acquired monopoly, it is believed
10 Firginan Will be found hardy enough to say,
they ought to hare a.; whilst all who believed
they ought not TO have it, and who of course
thought the law had provided against it, if they
find they were deceived in this respect will, on
further reflection, have little doubt about repeating
a law, the passage OF which had been procured by
such mistake.
Taking it,though, that monopoly is not insist
ed. on by the Company, but that the construction
put on the law by the 10 Senators is correct, and
that there has been no mistake in the case; still
the company cannot 20 without tho benefit of
the 18th section of our general Turnpike law
This is manifest not only from the Act Of the last
session ITSELF but from the provisions made in the
Act O. the present session as it passed the lower
House aforesaid, las well as from the amendments
offered in the Senate.
This turns out 10 be fortunate Circumstance as
well for Virginia, as for the Rail Road Company
itself. IL will enable that Company TO point out
specifically the route they wish 70 take; and the
rights which they may believe absolutely necessa-
~ Ia their success and, on new application 10
haye The benefit OF that section, and the rinht TO
l2g feet OF land instead Of 60, the Legislature will
nave tGl opportunity Of considering what is due TO
tire state, as well as TO of enterprise and ca
pital, wishing to make improvements within il II
is surely better that all these Times should no
well understood. before innocent Stockholders are
involved IN eSpence which may turn out 10 be ruiz
NOUS IN consequence OF constructions or miscOn-
@tIuefI0nS OF the laws under which they act
Ihey are now aPprzed of the positive construc-
ton put on the act by q large number of thn
Senators, and which, il is confidently said would
nave been carried by majority, but for the alb
sencc of some OF thtir members
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these circumstances, if such an idea should un-
fortunately prevail, would be met by Virginia il
IS believed, with something Of the temper with
Which they would meet declaration Of ,car A.
g6nsl the State. CLINTOH.
cOnefrning The Baltimore alta Ohio Rail Road
Company.
/. BE Il enacted Jy the General .qssezo5Iv.
Ihat so much of the act passed the seventh OF
March, eighteen hundred and twenty seven, en-
tted, g An act to confirm law passed at the Dre
sent session OF the General Assembly of Marvland
entitled, An act to incorporate the Baltimore and
ONO Rail Road Company" as prohibits the said
company from striking the Ohio, by the said road
ara point lower than the mouth Of the Little Ka-
nawha Oh the said river, be and the same ia bcre
by repealed; prOvided, that if fhe said cotopanv
s1ll determine 10 strike the Ohio river lower down
than the said point, they shall come as low doyyr, az
ne mouth Of the Great kanawha river. and cause
thc said road 10 touch at Coyjnpfon mr. como o,Jor
point on Jackson's river.
a. BeHJ"rfheT enacted, That fun rigls and
pflyieges hereby reserved to the citizens of tli
state, or any company hereafter TO be incorporated
under the authority thereof, to connect with the
Kan Road provided for by tho said act, not only by
Tai roads leading TO any parts Of this State but by
aDais and turnpike roads, gT0pidcd, that in form
ing such connection, no injury shall he done to the
works Of the said Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
company, and that the charges Transportation Of
property or passengers destined for onv disfrct or
place IN this State, shall be the same as are cbarg
~ upon property and passengers destined for any
district or place in the State Of B1aryland.
-" ne It further enacted, That tho State al
sig!lna reserves TO herself the right at any time
ntn tWeIYe months after the passage Of this act
- subscribe I9r any amount Of the stock of be sai5
company at The original psrvauc. not exceeding
gen thousand shafe'' and shall have The same rjcb
IN the appointment Of directors as Is Given - 80
rts,, .. Maryland b the act aforesaid "'
4. he yHrfhG cngcfcd, That X thn q,,f. r.
Virginia shall became subscriber 70 tho stool NJ
ihc SAID company, hcf il shall be the suty r ,i,c
directors OF tie said company, whenever fcquire6
Ly +, iIccudvc 81 ihis Commonwealth q, bv fl,e