Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-12-16
GrMcral Aassutblp.
HOUSE OF BELEGgY,ES.


The following interesting report was made hv M.
.tter OF Powhatan from the commit tee appointed to
examine the second AUDITORS office.
Tho Committee appointed to examine the 2d AUDITORS O;cr
nave according to order perform that dy and rcscculy
submit the followin: report to thc House of Delegates
Inc Committee have carefully examined all the receipts and
disbursements from the Irc.,sury which passed tm,h H.,
Department of the Auditor cirin. the year tina, ended ~ H.
3oth Sept last as well in relation 10 i E o 'e
nunu tor internal improvement and the James River
fcy discover tIa all these accounts have been KEN, ~ IA
accurate manner and the ymrh,,s - s; Wv; VIZ
IN the Official report have been submitted their ON
approved The whole operations o: this Department have been
most clearly and n,eligbiy laid open the inspection OF yor
Committee and thcy have perceived no;l1a 10 rr.n,sI
eiter IN the order OF keeping tic accounts the general ar
rangcmcns of the Thc rNa piu,,p of ,n- ;,,
presents the following res,ils tho LITERARY Fntlc
amount OF which actually available, 81 200 00oa5 S-c
gross amount as the I'd Auditor states, 81 0v 7 So
G TINS s'n should be reduced by $4,000 the man, to the
University iitycst thousand, and Ipr,vone
GoarS eiShtsevcn cents due by the Jo Preston
accd and which in all probability, viii never tie
9x hundred and ioy-nnc dollars and oy-ic cents from
nsoh oi IN the SANE situation aud eight thousand tlo!las
lost on the pchas and sale of u. S Bank Stock These differ
cut sums amount TO $257940 s., which deducted from the
s5oss amount OF $45SoJo 1876 IS, will leave the uva-
Die fund as before Stated and which consists in stocks and IONS
u si1 r h'S Us exhibited m the report OF te I'd Auditor
"a Inc Fund of Incral Improvement amount OF
Trosuetivc so~ Is 81 ,oi Il-amou produc,yc stock
TTScJ W. o4io ., 'is latter stock may, nj distant day
an income; out the tact that large should
poem prohtably laid out III the period OF Is years. should in
toe opinion of Committee, the General Assembly
caution in regard to further esuncnts.
sd James River Company.lc actually expended on
S!,2bo'oO The aunua derived from all ,.s,
improvements is S29,6S 30 te interest upon the deb, i
al receipts by the difference ctcen sums viz Ii =,
which amount charged every year on ,c income OF Tie
Fund for internal lnIprov cincnt.
appears to your COMMITTEE that much loss has arisen
.Elierlry tuii, nom the negligent i'll which The
nool COMMISSIONERS ~. different counties perform their duties,
While the Committee State with pleasure, that these o,nis
oners, III many COUNTIES, furnish regular reports, and
me trust repoed III them satisfactorily nevertheless their en-
duct Ill other parts of the Commonwealth far 9th, rvisc In
counties, In winch large quotas have been drawn, there
nave been no reports tor several years and the of money
now In the hands the School Commissioners unsccomcd
Tor upwards, OF $4,000 The present law i'
ri,
making report any but tue business no ncrSon TO
enforce penalty our COMMITTEES would ,bcretori, -
Ined that whenever reports not made in the manncr r
scrned by law to the President and Directors the Ii,c;ir
Fund shall the dtv the ID auditor frtlib IN VII,
70 The attorneys oi the Commonwealth cu.,,c, yi
commissioners may bc delinquent, urging move on 10
days notice for :hc recovery the they have incurred
Your Committee would inhcr suggest tho nccrys,v of iv
restraining the Commissioners from allowing their Clerks Iror
compensation titan woai amount to per line sun,
aDu Tor they perceive that in counties the allowance
70 Clerks has equart 10 per tie whole amount Of the
opohibtius the Commissioners from receiving tcr ,,-c,n
portions OF the quotas allowed their counties, competing
taei 70 oisourse tie whole sum through their ca r. who
gives hona and security, and who alone is The Con-
mon~ralth as legally responsible.
Your Committee examined ali the cri,nrr. f s,,,,
owned n.y. and debts due TO these several Fn and them
CAREFULLY preserved and corresponding with the cr.t of TIN; I'd
Auditor made to the present General hsscnbtv
Al which is respectfully sbmrr7l.
Which on motion of ur. .1fiiler of Pow'n after rca-
Ding was referred committee of Schools s. Collie
sts, and ordered 10 be printed.
On uloton of .ur. Bryce the committee OF FINANCE
were instructed to enquire into the allowance, made
by the courts of this commonwealth for Continuous *
fenses and whether be cxpcdiun to limit such RI
loWanccs.
On motion Of Oh. Doddyidgc Resolved Fiat the
committee of Courts OF Justice, be instructed 10 c,
CURE into eXpodicncy of amending the several laws
Tor the rehct OF nSovcnt debtors to asolve them
from their engagements, upon their making s,,rrrn-
Der of all their effects The resolution vas passed
ayes 80 noes &c.
On motion of .Nr. HTNis, the committee for Courts
OF justice were instructed to enquire into tho expnG
Ency Furnishing the burning of stack. of whcat A.
by slaves for arson.
On motion of ,1Tr. Tyler of p. WIN the commit
tee OF Courts OF Justice wcrcinstFuctcd enquire into
The expectancy Of amending act concerning the
oVerseerS of the poor iii Prince William, passed in 1911
dnd the act concerning the school commissioners Of
said county passed i'll 1919.
The engrossed bill extending the KcnaU.ha Turn
pike to the mouth Of the Big Sandy being read /, Sd
time,
.J!r EUeren rose 70 inopart sncl, local information
as he possessed. This road had been repeatedly re-
commended by the governors and its great utility
Gould not be doubted. The keuawia ronte was the
direct one to all the counties the Mississippi;
was the direct route to the heart Of the western com
try and 1t was huniiatng to him. and be doubted no.
10 ALL that passengers up the Mississippi landed Mt the
mouth OF Guyandotte, and passed through MARYLAND
or Pennsylvania to avoid the Virginia roads The
enquiry had been addressed to him by members of
Congress-by Mr.. Clay-he hoped his name voa
not offensive to the House-if it was he you'd men
ton that of Mr.. Benton, who might be bought bet
Ter authority. Why Virginia begun works which she
did not finish. 100 miles of the road had been finish
ed Phc tolls were sufficient it appeared from the
Second Auditor report, pay the interest OF 900
proposed to be borrowed for It's completion.
MR. Smith of Grecubrior, earnestly supported the
passage of the bill. He referred With pain to the
fact that Virginia had somewhat fallen from her hir
estate From the first she had sunk to the third of the
Confedcracy. 1t became Legislators to arrest
her decline and cneayor restore her TO her for
1uer pre-erninencc These general considerations re-
commented the passage OF the bill, which was alsoi
interests DgODlg ln
resented The bill simply proposed tho extension oil
road already commenced by the State. to the month
OF Big Sandy. For this purpose a loan OF $4,000
was uskcd by this bill l,ir. S. here went into de-
tail OF circumstances; TO prove Lt this sum would be
Sufficient: end ~ show that the cost Of the Kenawha
Turnpike not proper standard by which to csti-
Ulate the cost the extension asked for. The road
would pass down the valley of the KCDawha over
hniinr crr1.l