Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-10-22

shall he impe acbed or from any other cause not acting
the Executive authority shall devoive and be ex.
ercsed by some person appointed by law for that pur
pose.
The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall he an
nuaily appointed by joint ballot Of the Senate and
House Of Delegates and their terms Of Office shall end
on the last day OF December Of every year; but per-
shah he eligible to the office Of Governor for more
than three years any time, Az ain, until
he shall have heen out IL hat Office four years. aud in
like after the end Of every three years OF service
The, Governor shall exercise the Exeea'ive power
OF the Government, according to the laws ofths Com
monweath aud SEQ that they shall be faithfully exc
lcuied. He may, al his own discretion, and shalt.
application of naj,r Of the Senate House OF Del
egates convene the General sseubly: And he sh
have power to grant reprieyes aud par,ions except
where the prosecution shall, have been carried by
the House Of Delegates, the law shall otherwise
particularly direct; in which cases. the House OF Dele
gates shall alone have exercise the power grant
ing them; but no pardon shall be grantedin any Gaze
until after judgment or conviction.
Aud then the Convention adjourned, till Tomorrow.
o'clock. as
WEDNESDAY, October 81. 'tAr
The Convention me, a, O'Clock. an its sitting was
opened with prayer by the Rev. MIR. Armstrong %
Mr.. Marshall from the Committee the Judicial
Department of Government then and said. that al
though IL probable the CONVEX ion would take
up any Of the reports Of the Select COMMITTEES.
which ha been appointed until the reports OF all those
Committees should have been received yet with
view TO put the Reports which had been rendered In
way to he acted upon by the Convention, II such soal
be its pleasure ne moved that the report made by the
committee the judicial Departnen, be referred to
/
der Of the day Tor Tomorrow.
Up.hur OF Accomac, sail. that he had understood
wish 10 be entertained by some MIXERS OF the Hous-
that \ smaller Committee than Committee OF tbs
Whole should DO raised for the purpose of receiving
and gesling the reports Of the Select Committee snd
laying the whole before ths Convention receive its
action thereon. Should such course be adopted alter
che report Of the Judicial Committee had gone TO Com
mee OF the Whole, it wonld have again to be with.
drawn from their hands aud put with the under the
care of the Sub Committee. lie would, therefore, We,
ry respectfully sugges, to the member from Richmond
whether II would not be expeden, 10 withdraw for the
\ Presest the motion which he had male. Mr.. U. said
that he the rather induced ,l, course, by OBJ
serving that the Chairman Of the Committee on the Ex.
ecutve (Mr. Gies) not in his place, and he knew
that it not the wish Of that Committee that their
resolution should take the proposed.
Mr. MARSHALL said that he was by no means solici'ou
that the motion he had made should be adopted: his
object had been to put business in such atrain, that ia
might be token up and acted upon whenever the House
should wish to consider it, The reference OF the report
TO a COMMITTEES Of The Whole implied OF necess-
] ~ that the report should be Immediately acted upon
As to the suggestion of the gentleman from Aecomac,
(Mr Uphur) IL the House should ag,ee refer all The
reports TO Select Committee before the Committee OF
the Whole should have perfected il, action the par
cular report which the subject Of his motion; all
hat would have TO be done, would he TO discharge the
Committee OF the Whole from, thesfurther consideration
oil it: the motion he had made would not be at all in the
way oil such course. Ii ell TO him very posbl
an extremely probable tina, the House would not refer
III. respective reports Select Committee, un,lihcy
should have received some report from the Committee
Of The Whole nevertheless, he entir y willing
Withdraw his motion. the gentleman insisted upon it,
/ Mr. Doddrdge OF 6rookc observed that if the suggcs
ton of the gentleman from Accomac, (Mr. Upshu0 had
been occasoned by any thing that had fallen from him,
| Mr. D. the gentleman had certainly misunder sood
him. The he had desired TO see pursued, was
that each report should be referred separate
mttee OF this House, and after all the reports should
then have been considered and fully discussed in Com
mittce OF The Whole they be finally referred general
Committee, which might properly be called Copying
Committee, who should transcribe and report the whole
to the Convention.
i Mr. Upshur afer few words OF explanation with.
suyg he hal Ia anal t,a ion
having been taken the motion of Mr. Marshall, il
was decided in the affirmative. and tho report OF the Ju
diciai Committee accordingly referred to Com
mt'ee oil the whole Conve nton and made the order OF
the day for
MIR Leigh of Chesterfield now moved the following
ResoiDsd Thatit be a standing order Of the Conv
ion' that the Convention shall every day resolve Itself
into Committee OF the whole Convention consider
II The existing Constitutions Of the Common we n, and
such proportions for nn, al Grafton thereof
'ha be referred IGOR made in the said Comini tee.
MI Doi'iridge moved to lay the resolution upon the
table, suggesting reason, that its adoption MD
involve the Convention in ,icny. One oil the rnes
they had adopted Tor their proceeding, required that the
order Of the DAY should be called at ~ O'Clock. IS the
resolution OF the gentleman from Chesterfield s,Ionld
take ell CT the Convention would have to
row al IL o'clock. and take up the Report Of the Judi
ciary Committee 5ui he did suppose 10 be
the wish OF any gentleman 10 take up ibst, any otle
OF The reports until the Legislative Committee should
have reported. The course proposed would sior
the sittings oil that COMMITTEES, wbch he happy Il
say had now drawn so lar toward close, that some
pPcso tnc Dgnt couid perceived, anr
hope was entertained that il they allowed. 80 a
present TO sit I'LL O'Clock. they might, PERHAPS fni,l
their discussions to brow.
a debate on a question Of order now arose in wbc,
" Messrs. Sanard, Doiiridge, p. p. Barbour Mercer
. Leigh. Mccoy and Johnson took part
1t was affirmed On tho one hand that nothing wouit
n be gained by laying the resolution OF Mr. Leigh OF
the tablc, because the report of he Judicial Committee
having been referred particular committee OF tn.
whole, and made the order Of the day for
the Convention would sill have meet, into com
i't~c OF The WHOLE and take tie report, unless ths
order were postponed: and general ORDER If
might as well be postponed specified one thou
indeed the general standing order would not invov,
!; any necessity OF posiponemcat II the resolution
should be adopted The COMMITTEES Of the whole wou
be al liberty to take up, at IFS election hcr
The reports referred to j.; comparing each with thu
corresponding portion OF the existing Constuy
might pass ~ viii. from ono Of these reports Ia,
ober, without the ceremony Of rising. reporting, an,
. again sitting Dr that purpose. II might sit on any day
% particular day specified: and its powers in this re
spect were Illustrated by reference to the p ac ice
wei Of the Hous, OF Delegates as of the House o
Representatives. OF the u. ).
IL was insisted, tho otor hand that there was
rule which bound the Convention TO make the con
sideration of subject referred Committee Of b,
Whole the order of the day for any particular day.
That the Committee of the Whole existed already anc
subject had been referred it, when that Commits.
met, II might take, up any subject whatever which
might have been referred Committee of the Whole
IN this Convention in the House of Delegates there
existed but Committee Of the Whole; and all sub
ects referred in that FORM belonged IT, of course
ana might be taken up in such order the Committee
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