Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-12-27


OF money not exceeding doilafs'
bearing an interest OF pr ssutuIu pr
annafb, for the purpose Of carrying into siIget
such system Of lnisraal improvements ~ may
hr ad opted by the Legislature and for which
The fauh of Tue State Is 10 be pledged snf t5ni
said committees report Wy bill or oihefvis@.
o. motion 4 Mr. Casilenaa. II WAS
Rssoieed, That the Au1h"r Of Public Ac-
counts lie directed 10 furnish To this House, =
statement esb,OilIag ~ detail, the nna'bfr ol
Officers and Clerks employed IN the Essca',se,
Treasury. aud judiciary Department. Of III.
Commonwealth: "a the Ufhees II First and Sc
coni Auditor, Rezi,lrr oil the Land Olhce, the
Attorney Gensral. the Pen,ie0tiafy Establish
mrnt AID prniirntiaTy store, aud all Other OH
GERS receiving salaries from the Public ifesnfy
also the amount OF salaries nnh pefqhishes les
peeiiyely PAID 20 each, aud thst 100 e9p'"s o.
the same he prInied for the use oil tie General
Assembly.
ArrORNIE5 AND CLIENTS.
MIR. Billinssiy submitted the following rsso-
luton.
Re,oired, That the Committee Of Courts OF
Justice be instructed TO enquire into ihe eApedi
chcy Of prov iding by law, thai ~ attorney ~
law shall be authorised 10 demand or receive
from any debtor, sherlH or other officer, The
money OF his clieut, without y r,lten ofder CIV.
~ hin sneh authority.
MIR. Wilson observed, that altb ough he was
not CERTAIN, he believed that there was a law NJ
present winch provided the remedy sought by
the re ioiuioa now submitted.
Mr. BilluIgsiy said that the gentleman over
The way was undoubtedly mistaken. Such n
inoiion Ms uie present was made n ie. years
since, bat was -ucceuinl The reasons h
had Tor making the proportion were these -
People found II harder To get money Out Of the
hand. OF the attorney thsh from the drb'of-
and that ntt,rnies Tor merely receiving the mo-
ney recovered for their clients. wrte IA the
haht of charging five per cent" charge nnch
highcf than the people were willing to pay.
Mr.. Williams Of liar. ispn suggested TO the
mover 10 lay the resolution on the table unt,l
to.morrow-to which DIR. Blmgsly did not
accede.
NJ. Gilmer was sorry TO hear from the gen-
ieman from Mpnoug,lIn, 80 bad a chafact r oil
The lawyers 10 his part OF the STATE, ALL hoped
il WINS peculiar 10 thai section. H. would sug
gest TO tle gentleman thataTefrrenoe pi It's "a
soatlan 10 the Committee OF Courts OF justice
wonld not lie saio one, as II WAS composed en-
tuely Of Iaw,cr. It would be- bptter 10 send
The rsal tIon 10 some other con.niiler--te
cared not wheihrr to the Pantenliary Commt-
lee, or any Other. He did not rir t. drfe"I
the w,eis OF the State. II, indeed, they nsed-
cd defence bat merely 10 adyisr the geii man
from MnnonsHlia, 10 refer his resolution u apF
other committee rather than to one composed
Of nwyer,.
Mclaughlin moved 10 amend The resolution,
so Ms 10 nsrti after tue word ait 'rni's,
the words =" OF the County Of Monoogaiitp' IL
order that thu inpotat' N implied Ia the rasa-
luton might he placed where Il belonged.
Mr. Miller ofPushatan did not thlnk u ne
cessary 10 legisliie on this subj ct. lie was
moi a lawyer himself, but he had ming'ei
much. M had many dealings win them, aud
his opinion Of the profession generally was
shch that he wa, indispo.ed 10 see any impu-
alton thrown upon them. IN his county the
lawyers . IRE thought the moot honest class IN
the counani' v.
Mr.. William, Of HARRISON said, tha, lest it
should be supposed that thu lawyers OF the
wet were relscted ON ny this resolution. he
vault state That living ina border county,
he believed ihr profession IN his SECTION oi the
State was AZ respectable, aud the n etDbers OF
the bar rs free from impUtauon of unialrness,
a. those IN .hy part Of tho commonwealth.
the bar u the comfy If Mononealia, wa, as
fair rsany pant OF the state. lie moved the
indrlnlIe postpoaement oi the resolution.
The motion 10 postpone was rejected,
Mr. Jackson wns far from brle'lg that any
reflection on the lawyers Of Mon2nynlia was
inten ed by the mover OF lis resolution, The
lawyers I'll, 70 were as resp cta3le as in aur
other county But he did thind, when gem
ileman un', ed prop bsItton 10 the House,
which had Tor is obj at to reform evils which
he considered H. eIis', II was mere extension
10 din vi VI Jmarv courtesy t. epteria'n his
motion. lie (Mr.J } knew the members of The
bar ia Mououg lii, and IVA ! high respect i'r
them but he certainly could nol Sc" any thing
offensive 10 them, OF 10 tina lawyers OF the
Slate AT large, ia this rasolutIo.
Nh. Mclaughlin sal that he had not ia'cn-
del. in the amendment offered by him, 10 east
airy imputaiion on the Bar OF Nlonlnsala.
liz did MT know the members of H. aud thr
only authority he had f,r supposlug the praG.
ice of the law improperly aud ekiurlionately
conducted therr. Was the statement of tue IN IN
her from that comfy. II those evlls, u! whiLh
he h.s spoken, did exist there, they olght to
he pat down. His wish was that the matte,
should stand on a far gr"und-and as The res
oluiIan, Ms Introduced, Implied stis nl upon
the bar Of the whole State, he drsirni 10 con
fac IL 10 the county Ia watch, At lac mover VAS
Gorrrct it would apply. IL sholld not there
fore. wuhdisw his motion Ia amend.
Nh. Moore said he saoull vote against the
amendment, aud also Ia favor OF the res ,laiIon.
He "as moi aware of any practices which rrn-
dered such M inquiry urcessary-Jut presum-
ing that The move had h rea,uus Tor maAiug
the proposition, he certainly ms not Disposed
TO prevent the inquiry which nP suhcrttd. There
Was often cry raised against the melnbcrs
OF the bar, AID know ing how easy il was 10
excite prrjuohcs against them, he was dispose
10 prevent II IN this insianoe-for, If this Teso-
luton was rejected, il "odld give ground ior
inpnialions on the lawyers, much worse than
any contained IN the resolution Itself
MI Leigh hoped the gentleman from Nichu-
las would Withdraw his motion t, ameni, a.
d, that motion. although he didn't wish un lnpn-
taIiun 10 be thrown on the lawyers OF the Who'll.
C0mmouweslth--yet he dad throw AZ impnta-
uon on the bar Ola certain county. He (Mr.
H. dad not WISH that reelection should be
thiown Oh any body OF meo, in any county, or
any section OF tue State. He had much rather
that an impu,alion should be thrown on the
bar generally, than on that of any particular
county. tie hoped the gentleman would with
draw the ahendntnt.