Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-02-18


iAe question then recurred on receding from the
disagreement. when Mr.. Rives of c. remarked that
the true question before the House was, il this Con.
monwealh, holding nearly half Of the stock should
have only one-third OF the vote, while the Senate ill.,
sisted upon her having only 30 votes And he should
call for the ayes and hoes.
Alter some remarks from Mr.. Minor AGAINST re ced.
ing the question was taken by ayes Roes and LOST.
ayes 20, noes u.s.
Mr.. GooDE then moved that the Hou.e insist on lis
Engagement TO the Senaio's amendment, which mo-
ion prevailed
An engro.sed bill "Anhorizing the Leesburg turn
pike company to extend their road, and Tor other pu
poses, VS. passed.
The rngrossed bill "To eoualze the tolls of the I'm.
per Appoma,tox Company" was. OH the motion Of Mr..
A'kin-on OF Halif,x, postponed indie fini,ey.
An engiossed bill Concerning James McGrew,"
was passed:
And then the House adjourned
YESTERDAY. the C.mmuulcsuon ION the Sena e,
stated that they had passed the bill Establishing
regiment oil militia in the cornty Of Ohi,"--and that
they had al,o passed with amendments The bills ITO
incorporate E'izabethown in the county Of Oaio-and
"Amending the acts concerning Idiots and unA,ics and
to provide for clothing the public suard'-and also
that they had agreed the resolution fr an examina
ton OF the James and Siaunten rivers with view Of
| imp owing the commune alton betw cen Lynchburg aud
some point on Stanton river-lThs new section
added to the Lunatic Bill authorizes the Dirrc-
tors OF the Lunatc Hospital at Ssun,on, TO the
buildings Of that asylum with the lot, to be enclosed
with sui able wall of stone brick in their discretion
| MIR. Kinney showed the n 'ce,sv OF the enclosure
|
am ndmen-and on the sug 2. s,ion of Mr.. Kimbrough
who stated that provision made in the Appropr
alton Bill Tor this purpoiean amendment Adopt.
ed for appropriating money 10 this Object On MIR.
ycr's motion. the sum fixed at SIS 00U-A nd th
amended, the Senates amendment was ccncurred in I
The amendments proposed by tie Senate to the bill
concerning Elizabe town" SC. were very long, and
| were ell urred in.
On MIR. VASES moion the resolution was taken
up from the Committee for Courts II Justice rejecting
tn pc iton Of Sarah Anne Lea. to be ON her
| bpp ioE
confined in the Peniten'iary) Mr.. V moved to re
the decision OF the Committee After long and
ingenious exposition by Mr. Vass hi. amendment wa.
adopted, ayes 7S, 55 and bill ordered TO be bro
| The engros,ed bill was taken up--"Sscurng to Me-
chanics aud oher' payment for their labour and mate
ral' furnished in erecting dwelling -houses, or other
bniiding- in tho town of Wheeling, in the county OF
Oho'-when, motion of Mr.. Fisher. TO that effect
and after an argument IRON Mr. FItzhugh in favor of
the bill, and Mr.. Garland OF Nelson in opposition il
was indie iini,-ly postponed.
Engros,ed bills were passed Concerning Jas Shep
herd, cominic Behnehan and chard b. Jeffries"-
"Divorcing Ann Rmkin fom her husband Abn.r G.
Rankin" To incorporate the Bedford and Boetourt
Turn"ike Co."-"To extend he charter of the ~ wes-
tern Bank of Virgnia"-(Ou Mr. Fuzhughs motion,
the blanks were filed the charter was extended IN
the lst day OF June, l8+2-th- bonus fixed at 5.h
oi per cent. the capital stack, amounting to about
$500 on iis capital oil : $50 O0O)
message was received from the Senate, that IN ~
yh'ther insisted on their amendment TO the Virginia
NIX Rill.
Mr.. MASON moved that the House recede rom the ir
del ion. His 'c TO amend the bill end re store
1t to the state in which it left this House He gave
history Ct the prov on stating that this House orgi
nay wished the state to he represented by such COM
missioner az the Legislature may elect ,henep~r hey
should choose 10 ere,t that p0osr, giving him the woe
OF one third of all the votes that may be given Th,.
Senate had struck out the provision about tho Comm.
soner. appointed the Treasurer he proxy of the Legis.
la ure TO represent the vote OF the Comino and
only gave him thirty votes.
| His wish was So to amend it, 10 bring il hack TO
the DIVISIONS which, in il, before il went TN 10
tn. Senate, and he had reasons 10 believe that the
| relative brsn OF the Legislature would now adop.
mat proVision.-He proposed the following amend
menr "PrOvided however that, shall be compst.n, TO
'he General Assembly, from time TO time. by law to be
encied Tor that purpose, to appoint the TREASURER
nih-r person, persons to represent the interes OF
the Conmonwe ,h at any cling Of Tie Stockholders
with power and authority 10 have and exercise al
such meeting vote votes equal to third of all
the votes. given in such meeting, upon every que .,ion
Other than the appointment OF Directors"
Mr.. kIMBRoUGH rose to explain he effect Of. the
proposition oil the gentleman from Fl ederiCk be- 10
make the Treas rer the ordinary representative Of the
Commonwealth in meetings OF the stockho,d ,rs wi h
woe eqnalto that which may be given by the creates
individual stockhcler which il confined by the charter
TO thirty, with authority to the Legislature to provide
by law Tor The appointment Of spec,l agent having
ne power 10 give vote on any question equal TO
third OF the OF the other stock voting on
question. BY the amendment of the Senate which
thl' House has agreed TO, and HE disagreement 10 the
OH amendment (now in question: the treasurer will
| represent tne interest OF the Commonwealth in all
meetings with vote equal TO one-'hrd Of the Who'll.
number oil votes OF other kho ers unless the Gene
raj Assembly shall. by law, transter lhi. power 10
special agent or rppre.enta,e. He preferred he mat
ter 10 Remain this footing, aud h1uld therefore vote
against r"ceding.
MIR. MAsoN's proposition gave rise to much debate
| in which Messrs Minor, Mason, Bryce Williams of
Hen. kimbrough, Rives of C & Eppcs, took part-The
argument turned principally this point; whether the
Commonwealth should at all tunes or only occasional
ly, appear with her heavy vote in the meeting of the
Stockholders-in other words, whether she should al
an hnTs, appear by her Treasurer i'm the meeting of
the Stockholders voting upon every question: or wTeth-
er she should simply herself the power of
designating, whenr@ she thought poOpey, Commits
soner 10 represent her interests. The friends of Mr.
ing the Bill TO the condition in which went p to the
Senate; and the other side conended for propretv
oil the modification that the Senate had proposed-tbat
was not eNpedIent Tor the Commonw ealth strip
sell OF the power which she might claim by her own
ing nearly one-half Of the Stock, and reduce herself
only to situation where she would give only 30 votes
except in the election of DrectorsO The friends of
The proposition also expatiaed upon the improprety of
taking, IN all cases the absolute control of the manage
ment OF the Bank, from the other Joint Stockholders:
that the House was thus giving il in point of fact to one
man (the Ireasurcr) who represented his own opinions
snd not the wishes Of the Legislature; and that accord
ing TO The proposed amendment, whenever the Lcpis
dture wished to exert this influence they might do so
| by appointing Commissioner.
But before the House could entertain this proposition
became necessaryto recede from their disagreement
This motion put and ost-When some con ersafon
took place the bet mode of neutrality-suspicious. the
House should 'JurthtT insist, or Whether they should
" AT ere"