Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-12-28
HOUSE or DELEGATES.


orng IN bill to amend the several acts rnipg
P'los and regulating their fees. Referred To Mes,rs
rutherford Leland, Maxwell, Drummond Jones.
Burfoo'. Ha'yburton, Mcfarland, Rives of p Geor
and BrndnaX
Mr. Leland offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee for Courts of us
tice be instructed To enquire into the expedenSg of
so amending The laws relation 10 the Sheriff. "a IN
require security from those ficrrs proportion.d to
he amount of taxes officers fees aud executions 10
he respective counties of the Commonwealth.
The resolution was adopted
Mr. Garland of Nelson, offered the f,llowing -eso
luton:
Resolved That the Cd Auditor Law before ,h,s
House Statement. of the investments made by the
state IN pubic improvements unconnec ed with pri
vate Companies and the annual dividend upon such
since the establishment Of the presen, tariff of tolls
also statement of investments made in improve
mon's conducted by private Companies, together
win the annual dividends upon each of the last five
years-desgnating IN his repnrt the several counties
IN which such Investments have been made
MIR Garland said hat the State had in some in
stances conducted improvements by her own means
and IN others by aiding private cnierprze His OBJ
Jcci was 10 ascertain which the most efficient.
The resolution was adoped
On motion of MIR Rves of Campbell, the Commit
tee OF Road and Navigation were instruc ed TO en-
qire INTO the eXpediency of changing the organ "a
ton of the Board of Public Works and transferring
their dutieo to other officers of tho Government In
reply to a remark of Mr.. Williams of Harrison, Mr.
X prnfcssed mis- friendness the ard: his OBJ
efficient
MIR. Holland offered resolution iustructina the
Committee of Finance to enquire into the expeGen-
cy ut reducing he paw and mllage of members the
General Assembly
NJ Witcher said this subject had, at varons times
been brought TO the consideration Of the General
Assembly. He should vote for il. because the sala
RES at the Officers of the Government generally,
would be brought under revision, and being of opl-
ion that the salaries generally, high he was
willing 10 begin the work of retrenchment with his
own. Tho embarrassed situation of the country,
demanded oconumy lie was frondy to moderate
sala ries--not much account of the injury to the
people, from the mere payment of high salaries, as
from the consequences of extravaganza to which they
conducted If the resolut should. as he hoped It
would be adopted, and bill reported he should then
be ready 10 present his To tho House Willing
10 have his avn vote recorded Mr.. w called for the
ayes and noes, and the call sustained by the
House
Mr. VHHams of Harrison said, he agreed in the
opinion, hat when salaries were TO b. reduced we
Ought to begin with But this had not
yet taken place. he hoped would be left in statue
quo and those OF other oiicers increased for he was
satisfied they in many cases, too low, no should
therefore vote agans' the resolution He hoped the
gentleman from Pitisyvania, Mr.. Wtcher,) did not
mean to nsinuate, by calling for the and noes,
that gentlemen would vote differently when their
names were to be published Moderate salaries
was the word, but hose moderate salaries
would not fail TO introduce mode'a men,
Mr.. WHcher d-ciaim ID any lnsInua ion like that
the ayes md noes The solu was OF some i'm
portance, connected with the probable cverts of
the session and as he might, in its progress be under
the necessity OF voting 10 reduce The salaries of
others, he was wiling tn record tho evidence of his
consent TO reduce his own pay He DESTROYS Of
showing that ne m"'ed TO himself the same measure
That he me ed o others. lie did assent The
opinion that high salaries procured thu best talents
The tendency of high salaries increase Office
hunting: to fill the country wrh swarms of expec
tants and dependents looking to places This tenden
cy prcjudicial to the morals of the country.
than the amount of salaries was injurious TO the PEG
pie. If he believed that high salaries would secure
the best talents, he shoud he disposed 10 be liberals
but modest and retiring men, generally pr sc>slng
the best talents, would be showed asd by those who
wished Office merely for the sake Of the emolumsn.
Mr.. w. alluded 10 the hardness Of th times IN his
section of the country--thc low pri Of staple pro
ducts, aud the oppression Of the country. calling
for he of retrenchmcnt; and to the effect If
high salaries to produc" high living and overthrow
the simplicity Of republican manners. Man was an
nitI'Ivc animal, and he cxtrava gance induced hy
high salaries was initiated to the ruin of many One
Of the evils under which laborcd the habit of
living hove income.
Mr. Jniiier of BOtetourt moved To- lay he resOlu-
ton on he inbC--in order to give many who were
absent, opportunity OF vOiing on IT, and to save
time by having IT decided promptly
MIR Watt'ns concurrcd it the views of The gentle
man from Bot Ourt The resolution ought to he
viewed as affecting tho oliiccs of the Government
generally. and lending 80 rule for their salaries and
required tImr for consideration.
Tho resolu'lo then laid on The table
The cngtossod bill authorizing the Board of Pub &c
Works 10 make further subscription to the stock {
the WclIsburg and Washington Turnpike Company
having been 'eaG n Sd tms--thc situation of The
G mp'ny and the reasons of the aprca on. were cx
blamed AT some length by Mr.. Campbe Of Brooke. %
Mr. Vcnablc, ndvcrt'd To the num rous applca-
tons made TOR assistance from The Fund Of Internal
improvement, and tho vl-au principles upon which
thy were founded The aw regulating the mode
II. 4 "a.
SIGHT Of; and M order TO establish some certain rule
Mr. moved TO lay the bill for tho present on the
tabc-wiuch agreed to
The cngrossed bill forming county by the
name Of Floyd" out Of the county Of Monigonc, d.
was read the Sd time and passcd-by large major
iry.