Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-02-09

HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Smpriiay, inn. -

B,g Saady river -.
I'm motion of Nj. Whre Of HoclbrdgAs. The
Connn Tee .oi Roads and Internal Nhviga
ton hi leave 10 81 duling the session of tn
House.
On NJ. Dndduders motion the bill For The
partition ot lauds ~ certain eases was taken
np with he amendments OF the "ommiifrf
these amendments "rre az rel To the sal bill
va then amended by way oil sub eti,uie, on %
tinn ut MI. May, and ordered 20 be read Il ihnd
iinlr.
The following encrossed bills were read Il
third tine aud passed - 10 ameud aud ct
plnin m A. 70 RAISE snm of money by lottery
TO connect 10 S,nunton and J lpcs River Turn.
pike with he k1nawln Road ~ o. near it's
Fla tein termination. passed March v 1877. -
: To prcsrri = the mode II pnying public monies
int aud oni Of the Treasury To authorize
VIM Weaver - construct turnpike road from
Bath Iron Works to SirickleI's Springs Con
cerning the town OF Liberty IN Bedford eoun-
""
The bill 20 prescribe The mode for paying the
money into aud oul Of the Treasury gave r,se
to some debGt'
Nj Nav moved TO fla the penalty of the
Treasurer S official bond at S2uOOD, stating
however. his own opinion to he, thar tao,0oo
would be- amply sr1iclent but az the change in
but an experiment, he had proposed largsr
sum lhnn he lugh hi absolutely necessary. Nj
Miller OF Pow hR'nn eoncnrred with M Nav,
AID stated. that the Treasurer ol the uniIsd
States receiv' and paid every year more than
twenty mllli y of dollars; whilst the penalty
of his bond was hn $780, yet one dolltr Of
The public m ucv nad nave, been diverted from
lis appropriate ohjeci Nj llolemnn proposed
$500 600 which was aired 10. The period 81
confinement IN the Prnie tiary, ior N, offence
of ecu terteiins eraslng, NC. any order, e scs
certificate, NC. the Auiltor, &c. was fixed al
not less Than ten nor nore than twenty year
The qneslio then occurred upon the passage
ofthe bill
Mr. Mayo said he AS III iavor Of providing
all proper .ecurity fr the p'lblic money hui
was opposed to the passage 1.-THE hln, because,
il be understood its pfayisi ne, Stranger hay
M business nj the 1rrasn Y, won Il b. spb.et
ed "a great trouble aud inconve"cuCc EVefy
man having 10 receive even the .um of y Cd
would be compelled run 10 md fp. from the
Treasury - the Bank aid back ngnin, e. be
fore he could receive hts money. Brs,des, II
ought 10 be- recOllcctrd THAT the banks had hol,
days, and that 10 consequence, strangers would
often br detained in town Who'll" days Hut
without reference to yda,s--husincss is dai
" close at the ia lss IT 3 o'ctock an1
a stranger who had engaged his pas aye IN Il
stage aud beng detained Ill after hank-honrs
would be obliged TO wait aud inCul the sAl'ense
II longer detention IN town &c. Nv NJ. oh
jccicd To the amount ofihc security required from
the re- surer : he would not, he said, require
srcurlty in halt million of dollars, whrn the
STATE could never be subjected to the loss Of
ven 500 lie did no. like the Aucra,ing pol,
cy Of thc Legislature II comforting at one tune.
all confidence upoa the &c ,suror, aud nj nno
tber, wllhdrnw,ug oil lie again iusisfrd up
on thr inconvenience # Transferring bnslncss
the Treasury, in the mode prescribed by the
bill, aud expressed his conviction thal members
ia m.elye. would feel tins inconvenience before
the close OF the 3cssion.
Mr. Duncan moved the Indefinite postpone
menf OF the bin | think, sah he, il this bill
piss. ihr Treasury will cease to br Treasury.
Why keep the flee 81 Treasurer Why can
moi he Andtu, transact all the buslussa | he.
lIeve the Virginia hanks IN b. rs solvent hs my
IN the Uuan bot banlss hote lnilcd, and he VII.
ginia banlSs man fail Hin banks should iall,
the state viii lose all Us funds. The more | es.
anime this bill the lrss Ike u. Il is An ".
~ lille ihiag the more | look a,st. the less /
ike II. nope Il will be indefinitely poslpon-
ed
Mr. May said, that no evil could result from
that bill whlrh might not arse under the exist
inF laws Of the land. The Bank of NirpInIn
having given atge bonus Ia the State. WIS IN
Ter lis chatter entitled 10 hr deposit Of the pub
lie m6ncy the Treasurer Ind no ighi to keep II
elsewhere. ID" change proposed by the bill
was mclrlv that Tia" public drbtnr, Instead al
paying the money 81 the Treasurer, should pay
II ~ once mto the bank. but, sad he tie IN.
nvrntrncc 81 Iransaclipg business ~ this mode
Is objected % bV the eentemn hom Hcn1'co.
What Is the inconvenience oil gong from The
Capitol 10 the Bank III thr stranger is 10 take
his pas aye ~ stage. he must go to the Nam
street -thr ShRcG 10 NOT come to the Capitol
We have heard rnnLh Of In. pnlli' crib. bnifhcle
Is M pubic stable 10 keep thc norses. The geo.
tcman says. ,ur hanhs nave hriydays, he. ani
thai thy rc daily closed n = s'clock @c--so
i 'br Treasury office closed NJ the same honf.
Bn SUPPOSE the Bank shoud be Closcd, would
the stranger, holding Treasury chew iind a
ny difficulty IN getting tor money FOR II
Would not any man IN Richmond, ho had mo-
nrv, receive II The bill SAID Mr.. NJ, IS lie
signed To ptcyrui any individual ifum nisaP-
p.y.ng lhr public money anl he Thought The
oubilc interest aud public morals would he pto
NOTED by its passage.--lbht scheme, b. shid,
was not uriC 1t was the ~ stem VIII ch had been
adopted Al the Treasury OF the Uniied Stat 8
aud from which no rvll had ever resulted. We
had heard much about the corruptons Of the
federal Government. hui no speculation upon
tine public funds had ever been discovered
feel hamhlrd, SAID Mr.. NJ. IN rejecting thai IN
my short iic, tins hat tUct harp ned in the
Commonwealth of Vuginla.--IhIs ls bu an ex-
rerimcpi--I wish - Try n if there bs any
tdug vtoag in tbs bill. our successors can CO..
rect ii ; il is tot like constitution, whose prin-
riples cannot be easily changed the b'l may
b. amended even tbs session Nj. VI. repeat
ed that the public fnnds would be exposed by
the hi 10 10 new dnngei -ss, by cIisiln2 law
they must be deposited in TIN banks.
Mr. Mayo agree with the gentleman from
Petersburg. that we ought To secure the pnbh'
Treasury but we d lei ~ Ia the mnde. But
cons ider fhis bill as an anomaly. You f ST rem
der frcuity unn 'ce>sary. and get require iii
Treasurer 10 give bond III the penalty of half
million. This IS UNJUST 10 the Treasurer. Bu
my great ohrc ION 10 The bill, Is the incpnv.
nlence which viii result from i 60 people twin
! At a distance from Richmond. The genilpma
I ii. 90, - yL 10