Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-02-11

| R"offed hsrgor,. As the opinion oil ihs
committee, that u be- discharged from the fur.
tber Consideration ol said petitions.
| It's resolution wa. gteed 10.
An engro1ed bill " kemodr ling the Board
| OF Public Works, was read and passed This
bill save rise To some discussion.
Mr.. Mason Of + said he hnd waited patient.
ly oil the gentleman who had brought n, y ara
this bill would assign some reason. fof what
had appeared nm advantageous 5, stem L. The
policy of the State. As The mover vas nov Ia
h" seat. he hoped he would assign hi rea-
sous
Nh. Goode said, he had dselaimed, when he
ornngh, forward his pr position, any design 10
60 tho the dscusson-lIe should deolne u on
the present occasion. because he presumrd
every gentleman had made up his mind upon
The Useless character OF the Board Of Public
Works. lie should content himself with re.
marking on The nature OF the innovation pro
posep. There was no iniention Of mnkiag any
attempt on the Fund for internal Improve
meni-Iie disclaimed positively any such
gNdioa' design. lie stated, thai The present
ben'dilld saw $1,000 for bringing the mem.
the rIeensc Of printing ordered by ,nth, M
sihes the devotion of one day at lenn Of the
LEGISLATURE to the election Of the Bpad o.
$500 more aud nj ihe present session where
there Is compeilti ~ for two of the districts,
more than ooe day nigh, be consumed III the
election. H. concluded With hoping the bill
would pass. believing II would e attend d With
benefeiHl effects
Mr. Minor did not think this was an nuspi.
| oinus i'm for This measure. The fund in
| question was one OF the most important IL he
State II management required all The know
ledge which the best Engineer could collect.
aud geographical loealiies could aKofd And
was IN the power of the Coy rrnor, Auditor.
member oi the Executive Council, DC. she'd
MI lie light whirh was necessary Had they
i,mr TO collect Was II not essentiai hat
genteme coming from different paris of ths
state should b,'ng with them oil the local in.
formation which y could furnish II this Fuod
wore len 10 The maang emeni Of gen lemen llv-
ing in thu chy Of Richmond. he predicted ihet
The James River improvement would swallow
mp thu whole md lie for one was Hing
10 le, matter resi- AS they ARE aud To devove
upon the new gos'Tnmeot eny change that may
| be necessary IN the ntganiEa ION OF the Fund.
| vi Mason of L SAID the gentleman from
| Me klenhurg did not mean TO break into the
Fund for Internal nprovement, but he did mol
| hesitate IL say, this bill would be the entering
wedge of thai measure II the gentleman
wishes 10 respect he integrity Of this Fund,
why do he not 81 organize the Board ss To-
administer the Fund on different principi.s
ioh Nhh MS Dlii DloIp'Eb DoFB ut t1Httk
II will b. well managed by grnIlemeD IN thig
eily who are mere ministerial Off eis. and are
gnoTunt oi ihe localities OF the State MIR. III.
said, as the Boafi now constituted, d avn
as they were from different paris Of the State.
they were enabled 10 administer the Fund IN
the most intelligent manner. lie concluded
that il You pass this bill it is the last you vii
hear of the Fund ior Internal Improvement
And ms The Western part Of the State has deep
interest IN this Fund. he would almost, for the
Rrsi iiae in his life, call for the ayes and
noes.
Mr.. Old differed entirely with the gentleman
from Frederiek--llr denied that This IN was
calculated 10 affect the Fund Of Internal In.
provrmeni. And surely was the mol ex.
traordnary conclusion which had ever beon
drawn from such premises. lie asked what
control hhd the present Board over this Fund
Gould they exercise any other power aud
control than wa given by The Legislators ?
Did 'bsy do any Thing more than committee
| of this House could dol 10 truth. were a0i
their proceedings revised by this House 7 Ne
could not very well conceive, therefore, .
more useless body han this Board. if u be,
said that they bring herr a mass of lorsl infor
nation, would il he pretended tina, they niur
| NOR. than oil the members OF the House. drawn
| as they were from every county OF this State
| And how did the Board preserve this Fund
II il be the wish Of the Legislature To destroy II
how could this Board preserve III
NJ Brown OF II disliked going into the
| discussion be could not refrain his sur
prise, that ihs measure, not loss important
than any which had ben brought forward ihis~
| session is pressed at this late period, after the
| House had nipped so many other measures in
the bud. and that II sHond be expected 10 pre-
vail without one wsrd being said in its favor.
He wa, equally ast"nish d TO hear the gentle
man ON Powhaan say, tbai zoe ought 10 bring
! forward arguments o show why Board so
/ long existing, SO strongly recommended by
experience of iis utility, should not be destroy
ed Mr.. u. objected 10 tht proposed organ Tn.
ton of the Board--eomparing the advantages
ofthe pTesen' with ihe proposed b ,ard--He
said committee Of this House had beeo point.
ed out as being calculated TO preside over this
Fund Why, we are here one winter, and the
next at home-and one winter the Speaker
may select diG'reni committee 10 preside
over ii. entr " unacqnainled with the opera
fioas OF the fusd 1, II not IT, be expected that
| permanent Board, whose business l. wuud be
| TO collect information. is better calculated for
such purpose THE permaDeDcy of This Board,
their constant duty being IT, coll ect local mfor-
nation, their general disint erestedness superior
TO the local spirit of the couniies surely better
qualify them for the discharge of these duties
Does not every one here complain of this bar
gaining the log -rolling. which prevails here
and is il noi desirable 10 get clear Of III. Sc feel
ings He said, these we're few Of the res
sou, which strike him at this lime. He was
willing 10 organize the Board indeed on rather
different principles -to make them more in ie
penden,--bui he could not consent 10 ennih,ate
the Board without substituting q more efficient
one.
Mr.. Bayly stated, that although bis part oil
the country had az little to expect from this
fund as any other. vet he could not feel indii.
ferent shout the fate Of ii. He wished the
Board 10 be a stable one--snj he could not but
regard its present organization, composed oil
men coming from every portion Of 'h' State,
understanding all the contracts TO be made.
possessed Of all the details Of the business, en-
teriog their proceedings on regular books ss
better ca culated TO administer It's funds, than