The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-12-22
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
IIulIsE OF DE.LEGAIE,.


Internal Improvement. VA. uiaJr 10y Mr. MIilei
of Powhaiaa. oa the part OF ibe Committee
appointed to Examine the I'd AUDITORS Office
I'VE lay nbefoIe our teaderS. for the purpose oil
snHbIing them 10 make their estimates on the
resources aud prospects OF these two giesi
Funds y
The Coinm.tiee appointed 10 examine the
Cd Auditors Office, have according 10 or
der performed thai duty. ard respectfully
submit the following report TO the II. Of Dele.
gales
! lie COMMITTEES have carefully examined all
the receipts aud disbursements from lie Tressu'
~, winch passed through the Department OF the
OIL Auditor. during the year that ended ON the
3Oth Sept last, n well tnteiation 10 the Liiera.
~ Fund rs 10 the Fund Tor Internal Improve.
menl and The Jahey River Company. They
discover that all these accounts have been kept
:. 10 the lnost accurate ipanaer, and the vouchers
10 sasisn every item Ia The Official report, have
been sn6tniled to THEN inspection and approved.
The whole operations of tins Department have
been most clearly aud in,ellig,biy laid open to
the iuapeciiou OF yoor COMMITTEE, and they have
sercelysd nothing 10 recommend, either VA the
| order Vi keeping the accounts. or the general
arrangements oil the Office. The examination
OF your Committee presents the following re-
sulis 81 As to toe Literary Fund the II.
noun, Of which actually available, is 81 600.
! S56 3J the ~ oss amount, ss the I'd auuitor
states. is y ,f5s, $40 5o-bul this sum should
be reduced by SIS 900, the giant To The I'm,
verslIy fifty eight thousand, four hundred and
fort, -oDe dollars, eighty seyen cents, due by the
| estate oil Jno. Preston decd. and which IN all
! probability. will never be retoyerrd--S649
/ IS from Preston Smith, IN the sam. situation,
an So 900 osl on the purchase aud sale oil H.
| 8. Bank Stock. These different SUNS amount
| 10 Sl67 $40 81, which deducted from The
| eros, amount of | I5s, 7e6 81. will leave the
| renl available fund as before stated and
which consists Ia stocks aud loans, oil ynri-
Gus kinds, d exhibited IN the report OF the 81
Auslfor
81 The Fond Of Internal Improvement
Ine amount al productive stock II 81 GOD do
--smoanl ol unproducsye stock, S465, 10
Gl. 5 ne oil this alter stock, may, al IA dis.
tati day, VEL 81 income bnl, the fact that
SO Iarse ,um shond nave been aHpruhtaDl,
Inii OIL, ~ the period Of Is years. sbuulJ, IN
the apiulon oil yorr committee. leach the Gen
crai Asss naly cauliontn regard 10 further in
yesiments
81. James kIYrt Company The sum &C
tually expended on th- Ianes RIVER, the Ma
nnuhs River and Turnpike, amounts 10 81.
26O,ooD. lie annual nell revenue derived
from all these improvements, 90, 613 5tt---the
interest upon tina debt Is 1903 $50 that
the annual disbnrse exceed the annual
receipts, ny The difference between The sum.
viz Sal ,934 ~ which amount is charged
every vehr on The income o the Fund for In.
1al Improvement
l. appears 10 ypnr Committee that mucn
ons has arisen to the Literary Fund from
The negligent manner in which the School
CoslmisSuners Of ,iiHerent counties perform
their duties. While The Committee state with
pleasure, thai th Sc Commissioners, IN many
counties, furnish regular reports. aud execute
the trust reposed ia them satisfactorily ne
verihele,s, their conduct IN other parts Of the
Commonwealth is FAR olherei Use. IN some
counties, in which large quotes have been
drawn, there have been no reports Tor sever
al YEAS aud the sum oil money now in the
hands Of the School Com ssiomers, tfslao-
counted for, amounts to upwards of 100000.
The present laws impose hne upon each
Commissioner for no, performing his dat,
| and making report annually bot II is tn,
business Of no person 10 enioTCe the penalty.
Your Committee would therefore recon.
mend, that whenever reports are not made
in the manner pre-, cribed by law, 10 the rrtsi-
dent and Directors Of tue Literary Fund u
shall be the duty OF the I'd Auditor forlhw it'll
10 write 10 The Attorneys OF the Common
wealth Tor the cUuntins whose Commission
"rs may he delinquent, urging them 10 move
| on 10 days notice, for the recovery of tb
fines they have incurred Your Cummiiie,
would further suggest the Necessity OF "a law
restraining the Commissioners from ALLOWING
their Clerks more compensation than would
amount 10 two per ceni on the snm di,bursed ,
for they perceive that in some counties, the
allowance to Clerks has equalled 10 per cen
on the whole amount of the quotas received.
Your Committee further suggest The proIrr
| ~ OF prohibiting the Commissioners from re-
Celylng their respective pnrlionsnt the quota,
| allowed their counties, and compelling them
| TO dsburac tho whole sum hro ihelr Treasu d.
rpr, who gives bond and security aud who H.
lone is known to the Commensurate as legal
| Y responsible
Your Committee have examined nll the ev-
| dences ot stock owned by, and debts due 10
these several Funds, aud fad them carefully
, preserved, and corresponding with the re
port OF the ID Auditor made TO the present
General Assembly.
All which is respectfully submitted.
This report was ordered TO be printed
On lnolion OF Mr.. Dolbeare, uhe same be-
ing amended on motion OF Mr.. Miller OF p
! Iha Committee OF Finance were instructed 10
enquire into the expedIency OF repeating or a
| mrnding so much OF the act for regulating or
| dinar,es, sc. rs prohibits any person residing
within $40 yards OF any public road, from re-
ceiving compensation Tor dieting my pereon
or feeding any horse.
Saturday, Dec, 49,
Various bills and resolutions were reports d
| by the committees
| On Mr.. Gardons motion, the Committee toI
| Courts Of Justice were instructed Ia enquire
into The eSpediency OF permitting IN actions
al law where the demand or defence 10 founded
cd on writing under seal. the 'oppo>u
party TO HE any plea, which would be
admissible If soch writing were moi under seal
! variety ofbis we,e read a second time ,an'
ordered to be engrossrd-and severalwere read
the first time, aud then committed.
resolution read from the COMMITTED
OF Claims, rejecting the petition OF VIM Morgan
Ju,lor OF Nelson, praying additional com
pensht'on for keeping n runaway slave-A
greed TO by the House. after an unsucces siu mo
ton nv Mr., MepytuSou Ia reverse the decision y