Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-12-13
DO MRSFI G.
InILoN TOBACCO.

81 her Court HOUSE. on Monday Tie 2~H wv
lssl. nnrsnant to public aeiee.
oa no,nn, Capt. John Miller WAS oa'r" 10
The Chair ,.
ps,ls.nh lnfi on la. al a COMM tre wa
s...o,nt 4. oa.is,ing Of Randolph llarrison.Jahn
Z p.ss. Jo,eph Fhqha, l. l"std !. Gaming
IA. T5onas Bo.her, Stephen y. tf"oi, Alrn
,gH.oa John +. Wilson, 4. #Asnder lfeni aud
) IN DAME.
On motion, the Caairnan .as addc! 10 the
Ce4.mi e..
Tie Come, zee. afcr retiring FOR some time
reported the following Ms,no.ii enl hs'''a-
! rs: ,.,.,,-,.,,,
The Memorial ofhs ta8iemefs o. I'O3e'9' ~
al. The counties bofa,f.Ag apoa JRat' "'tt'
anu ils bcaHehss.
: Your memorislisis approach yenr Hononta.
Jse Bod, w,ih such feelings, as they are p'11d
"a believe. soId al tue bo.n "a 81 khsiniahs
under .imilar circumstances, m ~hAievei quar-
Ter ofthe State they might lie loond. lh's
,spre,eat that they pay Win sbeefi"'de's' 'hf"
fair aud lust proporiion OF the iahe' thai are
l.iI uesn the land aud labour OF tue coO"lfy, q
will not nurnur nj any hnfihen winch Is Justly
aud email, levied a11n all lie community 10
winch .asy are allied by the mu.. sacred tea.
p4n after paving the taass npoo their land
mud labour. ih,, aic made 10 pay further, aud
a hea., la upaa the produce Of that iabbur :
which !, les.sd upun ~ othsr cul ishiofs oil The
,.ffh IN the community. II The ruin Of The
,osition they nave taksn be ehabhshfd, lhfY
nnnsaI Win confidence 10 your llononta1i"
Eody. far redress oi then gitssanccs' lhey
Will give bret nistoTy OF theif case, Nh ''A'e
10 the leg slaiurc the eAasntnano" OF II Al l'fg''
h. reference 10 the documents mat WI b.
cited humbly trusting, thai each m"IobrT vi |
Hon fga n A
ease III. own aud say whether under like cir
oum,,aoee. he would endure It without com
ulain,os 10 the only t,ibuDai trUn which rhei
can be obtained
In The yrar 1854, n charter vas granted 10
the Jamss River CrmIanY. the 18th section oi
WHICH declares, That the tolls herein hFI1ie
allowed 10 be demanded nj the place above
mentioned are grated aud shall be pad upon
cond ION only, tnst the said james RIVER Com
psny shall make The river well capable "i be''g
nasicA,ed IN dry seasons, 10y vessels drawing
one loot waite, at lras from the highest place
practicable, TO the Great Fall, beginning al
Wsstbnm aud shalt at or near the said Falls
make sulh cot or cuts canal OF canals, wan ,ui-
ncienl 'arks II necessary zach 80 leet IN length,
and 10 Ia breadth. rs Nil open navigation Ia
ude water IN all places ~ lrast p ie't vide. eA-
,ept at all such locks, and capsule OF conveying
vessel. % rails drawing 10 icet wafer at
The lea.t INTO tide water, %. shall render such
parsol the river naSighbie "a The natural
course
Before tbs company was incorporated 'he
produce VAS carried Two canoes claWped TO.
gaih.r 10 ne.thao,. from whence It was was
aned 10 the city oI Richmond lheso canoes
Car,brd nioe hoe shead Of t1baedo.
In l703 Deccmher Qlb, tue Iamrs River Com.
pany madr mn ord, on their books, Injecting
tbsn Agents 20 take halftolt.
In lsJ5, November Ion. the Company made
further nader 10 take full lois. They continued
To do so for IL yeats.
In 1918, February 18th, the Legislature we'll
knnAing that the Company had ben taking o Is
10 which they were not .niired, because they
mad not complied with the terms OF Mew
.4.a.,rt, paspd an act allowing them three
Nrnfs H. maze the liver capable ot being
aasigai,d according 10 the terms of their char.
Ter,
In ISIS February ihe 25ih, n resolution was
ndopled ny the Gturtsl Assembly, which, Hltrr
rscnrng ,hat It was aHedga Il that the James ri.
yer Company had failed 10 perform the cnndI
tlons on which only they were authorized by
the laSsresnIatlng then thnrtcr, to demand,
AZ receive tolls, made IT the duty % The Attorney
General, to institute proper proceedings against
me company for The purpose oil H'Cnrtaniag
,be ruth ot this allegation. Sos. Acls. lol7e
Is n. 226.) la Pursuance ui this tesIiUiiun,
8 lhe Attorney General on behalf vi the Com
inonweaIlb. on the 9th Seplember 1913, Oh
f,iaed n rule fro n The superior Colr al Law
for the County OF llenIico. against the James
River COMPANY, commanding The President
and Directo,sot the sud Company 10 appear
before the said CnIrt, 10 sh1w cause, ii Uny
tney could, Why al ufns NATION IN The ntture
oi viii ol quo sarania should not be hlt Il
against the SAID J tmrs River Company. ii>
President and pdaclof. 10 uhihly and NaUale
their eharic a"d ~ Pfeeat id,r rcctl'n.
tolis
l. Because they have fuilcd to make sad
River vel capable OF beng nnsigat,d ~ day
seasons. by vu,srls diawlng one loot water II
ledsi, tron the highest place practicable 10 the
Great Falls. beginning al Nesihdm.
Q. And becan.e taey have suffered the uaVi=
R4lIan TO he and re,Jaln obsroUied hv rocks,
gravel aud oher distractions IA sad rIYeI.
which render It's navigation extremely diiliCut
uni dangerous.
g. And heceuse they have failed. AT or neat
thu sad Great Falls, TO make such cnt or cuts,
canal or canals, with sufficient locks, and -
keep the same in repair, each of 50 ie.t Ia
LENGTH. aud l6feet 10 breadth, IA will open u ma
vieation to tdc water IN all place, at least -
frct wide, Except Al all such locks aud capa.
bls of Conveying vessels or rats drawing -four
feet water nj the least, into ndc wafer, or TO
repdsr snch nprt Of the liver navigRble IN the
natural coutss as they were bound 10 do by the
acts incorporating and regulating such Com
pany, anu by tho laws Of In '"h'mon"eai d.
" The rule was founded on The nthdasiis Of
numerous witnesses, The tendency ol whose @'i-
dence was 10 p,ove that the Company had tai.
led To perform all those duties, winch are spe-
Cited IN lie 'ule. Ga the return OF the rude,
the Company appeared and time having been
given 20 them TO procure evidence for the pu,-
pose of showing cause ug inst the rule. they al.
~ procured az 'mmrnsn body of evidence, the
tendency OF which, however, WAS not TO show
na'thry had discharged their duties bat to
All rd excuse Tor non-pe fofnance. 1hat
'xcnse being founded on the IDprRctcabily 4,
~ dry Seasons, OF making TIE bed OF the rIyer
the n q"ired depth, aud from the effect OF Gands
AZ other times, sweeping Oft their improvements
End rendering their perpetual eiicrIs 90 COM
l.is literally with the Quarter, unavaIlmS."