Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-10-10

necessary, i'll the opinion of the President, bv The
cqoaity OF sound, or required by the motion OF any
noer' the members voting on the question which
thelr places; and lion general view of the house a
doubt still srnain In the President or any member
thereof on what side the majority is, the ,ne,:bers
sa be counted standing their places either bv the
fres!tlent, or by two members of opposite oninons
on the question: TO be depucd To- that purpose by the
President. - ->
go. The Committee appointed TO eyaYpna The. baI
loo boxes shall count no blanks therein
so. The documents ordered Ia b., ,,rina6 ~. t,s
t''se sha.i I've printed paper OF the same size
Journals OF TINS Convention and copy shall NJ. ,,,nd
with each journal, he furnished - tho inen,a,s NJ
tire emf ot the sessions and it Shall he . ,lut,,
ftntfi O. tic house 70 print one hundred additional
copies OF eac dpcilen ordcied 10 b. printed ior tie
ST. II shall be The duty cF the Cnnrnit,eo Of p-iyi-
Ir&rs a"d rocous t, examine the certificates of
election furnished by ;le sherts il. order 20 ascer-
IAN Inc .einacia Of tlis Convention duly elected and
+ To report t;iereupon.
- Seats wltii.' this House. such as tho President
snail circc sia be set ap,r tor the use OF the Ipe-
hers OF the General Assembly and of the Executive
"i me Judges Q. The Superior Courts OF This State
ana OF 'he y. S-aIld oil such other rersois q t'e
FTes!jent may think proper 10 invite VIII lGu the bar
%, 1t shall be standing rule of the House that
the Presidcht be authorised 10 call an, member of
The House TO occupy tic Chair and exercise the
tnncuns of President, until he may res,au he Chair
with this p;oviEo, that the power riven by his rule
shat' moi be construed Ia confer on the President
iS"t 20 P!aca any ihenoef M the Chair OF the Pre-
sdcIit for longer pariol than ou., DIV.
Hr. GREEN moved that The Rc.nrt be laid ON Lhc
table and printed.
The molten was c.~yed in the ifiirinativc
Mr. POWELL. then made Il suggestion as TO the
pr"prIey OF taking the Report at once for cnnsid-
eiation lie knew of no better .:,ne than the pres
eht ior gong into its e&auiHasQn. He lnove,; to
that effect.
MIR. GREEN expressed a uisf, for A., opportunitv
to examine the Rules before the aject was taken up
by the House. As regarded himself he had attained
but an mdistnct knowledge OF them from having
merely heard them read.
hr. PowELI. said that If the Gtntlcman dnsired for
hinse time flr examination OF tie Rnies he certain-
ly should be disposed to wi;hdray his suggestion
MI. NRioN sand he was ready to make mo-
lion as |" one OF the rules whfh, according to his
view, required some Modification. The rule TO
wh'ch he atlvcrcd, that which precudes any
member OF Toe Convention from voting on any qucs
t'oh IN Witch he is Immediately interested. He
wished some explanation on the subject of that rule
M. LEIGH oil Chesterfield, sad he might perhars
nave It IN VI ser To obviate tbs and another diff
Guilty OF like character. The rGics which had been
reported were, in reality. nothing more than the
rules or the House of Delegates They had been
changed so as TO make them applicable to tho body
tor which they were prepared; emitting all such
as could have no reference TO The Convention, and
amending such others required only amendment to
make them applicable. An occasion might arise
when mcinbcr might be Inadiatey interested iI
recording his vote, when he happened to be absent
from his seat when the Ayes and Noes were called
right 10 vote Considering it possible, that such
contingency might sometimes arise. the Committee
had thought 1t only proper precaution to make pro
vision against 1t. He thought that when The gen
tcman VINO wished time to examine was Informed
that these rules only the rules Of the House of
Delegates made applicable TO the Convention, he
would at once be ready to admit that there no
reason for delay. The amendments which had been
made Ivy the Committee, would Instantly suggest
themselves to gentlemen lie had observed in the
reading = the rules IN error which was evidently
traceabie to Typographical i'accnracy in the copy
OF the rules which the Committee had before them.
The motion to take up the Report for consideration.
was then carried in the affirmative.
TIE report then read, the CHA1R having
announced, that he should consider silent assent TO
the rules, as they were lead, the sense of the
House, that they shonl be adopted and consequently
would put no question: unless opposition was eX-
hibitcd
The thirteen first rules were then agreed to with
out dissent.
In the 18th rule, on motion of Mr. LgrGu Of
CtGsteriicld the word of was stricken out ard the
word "or" substituted, to make the reading
"wrt or subpoena" instead Of writ 0f subpoena" II
was evidently a misprint, as the Convention must
perceive. There was also another error, which Mr..
Leigh said he desired to correct. AS'the rule now
reads, it was provided that the Secretary" shall
not deliver any writ until tho end of the session.
The word clerk ought to be substituted for secretary
the clerk of The court the person intended 10
be named. He therefore moved to strike out "sec-
ret0ry, aud to insert ''cerk,' which carried il
the affirmative.
In the 3oh rule Mr.. DoDpRrDaE moved 10 strike
out the words 'I!ousc Of Delegates" and to insert
"ths Convention" Iris was correction rendered
necessary by oversight. The amendment was agreed
to.
I'm the SD rule which proYidcs that certain persons
shall have seals provided for them in the Convention,
Mr.. STANARp moved to amend the rule by striking out
TIE words members of the Senate, and" THIS mo-
ton was intended to prevent any invidious distnc-
tons, the House of Delegates had not been ncl-
dcd. He thought it would be better to leave it at
the discretion Of the Chair to admit snch persons as
ne might think proper.
Judge MARsITl1t thought it was nothing more than
n proper courtesy to admit the House Of Delegates
There are not many of them here, and no nconvc-
nience could therefore be apprehended from the
number. lie would prefer to amend the rule by str-
king out the words 'nemters Of the Senate and e.
inserting in their 'nenlhors of the General As
sembly," so that both Houses would be included.
Mr.. STANARD acquiesced in the propriety Of the
suggestion, and excused himself for not shaping his