Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-12-09

Mr.. Weed, Of Frederick, presented manorI,l from
yhnafy nsns o. .n,' county, praying for certain
MT Jacobs pres MED petition from suIdry ci,iz .ns
OF wheeling praying hr th' rasssg- o. law giving to
-'nlcers lien on the houses viii Ia ia y erect:
"hieh were ewise 2, ferr'd.
me- Hoojs ssid, that wih Ni~V Of ascer'.in;n,
whs' rules ard ORD Il the form J. zis,'ur- were
msable to - prrseat coisiron OF TIL. u 'u4-. h.
.n0uu snoD,t Tie iv,l1w!ng rssslu iuI: 'k solved
"s' somn''se be arp tinted wi irst action. 10
suen in edop ed TO- The government, Of the lat
Lou's o, D gtes a'are eppieable and exPe,en' for
committee accordingly appoint d. consis ing OF NJ -ssrs.
1ooas' Ancey' Nj on Of Fsrdtrck. Gner, Muller o.
bote'olrt Birhour. Brodusx, snd chi. ian
hir Powell st frinslio pse n.d .,itlon for tn
esnhN'hm mt OF 'eparste election in liar county.
The srnusl R.ror; OF the Audittr wa. pr..snt,d nv
The Chsir, and read a, follow:
S,S DsSsr Oss,I ,sso
sH.i have the honor 10 transmit, Ia the Ie1a,,e -,
,S Public fosnsc. prepared ssofsny AMI 1enS
The Treasury receipt, for the year eadins tho soh Sent,
last SSss The S;seee 90 hs9d at is that
ing The period s'6a i3 IS leaving in The lea
The document marked E. conain. the G.e,
%Sss m a, i, u%: 5 @ @ which
!hod by the Legislature, large balance of
tho ,.' U 1 ss S y. .
the legislature to give some sOe,ion he surplus
E SS e. APPsI h%; rendered judgments half
hsvs been satisfied BY virtue Of heretofore
we SI 5 sseis SsS of enro nearly @ ca
sSsIsHis were rendered 10 freor of the claimants
sess pending eaa.
e eaSS ably ssoO9 and think extremely pobabla
thsy 90 not eetua exceed Eve hundred dollars Con
Of serious Importance the sao, dou5css elain
sSo ie.rec. suggest tho sese. .s e .sSs
Fo"G The . OF 81 os .sa to the e
land. returned deinqoso, for the Of ,s. e1prea
der them BY tho actual settler claiming andc. Junior grants.
titles but ia the gradual Increase of h "3 s
,.a with respect and sai n HssT
Auditor OF Public Accounts.
or he Roass Of Dslsgaies
"a Mr. Yancey's motion. this Report was laid on the
tshi. and loo copies ordered to be p nted.
Mr. Rives OF Campbell. moved that leave I've Civ
en- TO bring In bill TO rrvive he Inspection Of Tobac.
c. az Spring Wer house, in the town OF Lynchhurg-
which was agreed 10, and a committee arpon,et
MI Holland presented petition from J.hn Wade
Prav'ng lar leave TO build dam across Pig river:
NJ L,wi' p thion from the counties of Rocking.
ham and Augusta, 10 have the South liver made navi.
gable in those counties for boats from Port Republic 10
"aynrsborongh. or near The las, Mentioned place a.
And Mr. Casisman. petition from the B,rryvHle
Lihrsry Company
Which were rs'pe ciivey referred 10 committees
Mr: Btodoax then submitted the following resolution
as'issd Tina, tho committee examine the rulo. and
s 81 snc les. Hone 1 Delegate, applicable his be
sons or amendments to them deemed applicable
Mr. Broinax said, in submitting this resoIu ion that
he wished the powers OF the committee which had
been appointed 70 report upon The rdes of the House
20 be extended The resolution already submitted
confined their duty 10 reporting such of the rules
the brmcr House, as soud he dee med ex oedent for
the government Of the present body His desire was
'hat they shobid 90 farther. and amend alter those
rules or adopt others, should appear necessary Ia
his opaion many Of hs rules of the old Hou,e were In
that which requires the Speaker to announce the roe
o. membtr 10 speak make a motion, nv pronounc.
Ing h. name, while member was under the necessity
OF designating any gentleman a:luI led 10 in debate by
banning The place represented by bin There was
seat iaconyehi nee IN tlis rule, especially 10 new
not having been the house r several yssr. There
were her rules which might be dap snsed with or al
Re ed, and h. Their fore wished the committee invest
with full power 10 investigate ami report upon the cub
jet.
Mr. Leigh said. that hs had no o. lection to sn inan-
ry into the rules OF the House. aud report upon them
or to such alterations IA any condition Of thing. nigh
require. But il the proposition OF his friend from Din.
wiiie wls ntend=d 10 involve change of the rules and
practice oi this House, he could give his sent TO IT,
The rule had been OH cte to nv that gentleman AZ
nconvensnt. wi ich requires the Speaker 10 announc.
oy name, gentlemen as they rise la debae while mem.
oers IN the course odebste compelled designate
,hef fellow members by the places from whence hey
ara returned. This rnl. complained Of as inconve
MEN; but he (Mr. l. could not really, conceive why
And his friend would examae the subject horouyblv
he would lind that this rule founded in the ptnc
ps OF decorum and good order, aud sric " para.
menary. Tie OH set of the Speaker, In announcing
Houe no 1t is that IL about to address thom And the
reason why members are not allowed TO sude 10 each
ON directly by name is that personality in bate b
merely guarded against and prevented IL was rot
certainly OF any importance to debate that the name
oil the debaers should be made use Of In opposing an
argument, ~ wasn't necessaryto name the individual
by whom IL bad been held. Ii was of no conseuuencs
oy whom II was advanced, since the argum,nt and
not the individual, the object of the r. ply. But
Weie was sursly no improperly in the name of ihr
member being announced by the Speaker, az there
could be 10 personality in IL, and convent
encs 10 The Loose at large especially at the commence
ment oil session. when the members were not all &C.
qnain'e ell with each o'her. He would ask where was
the necessity OF altering This RUE, which had thus far
been found convenient In various legislative bodies
the ruleswere dI>rint upen this head, but in none he
believed, were the names OF snbers inside use of in
dsbae. IN Congress, the Speaker announc ed the mem
her by the State which he represented and the men
Oeis, IN debate, did the same. In the Brtsh pa,,-
meDt, the lice OF representation only mentioned
but there wa good cause for following o'hpr .x-
smples when our own rnles had proved beneficial and
copvenieb-aDd he begged the house 10 remember Ina,
the body Of P.rliam nary ia1 by which the House had
hitherto been governed had b sen in practice since the
found uIon OF the S'a'e-since the foundation OF the
couniryand never bsd been exp riepc.
ed from its operation. Amer dments 10 the rules had
from time TO time, been made, circumstances req r.
ed but in such cases the occasion and the circum-
stances had determined what ate atoms ahenld be made
While he therefore, agreed to the proposition of the
gentleman from Mecklenburg for enquirng into the al
teatons rem Tered necessary by the change in the
ganzaon OF the Legislature, he could not accede TO
motion which had for its object revise or alter this
parliamentary practice of the House.
Mr. BrodDsx observed in reply, that the gentleman
from Henrico had misconceivod his meaning and per-
haPs oilers had done the same He did propose
that the Parliamentary practice Of tn House sho ID be
altered He had not moved that the rule relative 10
IL. .fAaf.u .Ns.