Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-20


which was agreed To.
The Report concludes ms iolip~s
= " Tho poll ni thr Pct toner al the close Of the
Election, "a STATED IN former report al this
cumniitee, stood thus go
, Deduct illegal vote, according - ihi. r.
: porl. 81
Kemaining good votes. bp3
"fnr poll Of the sitting member, after .erp
liny OF his poll, according 20 said Report II
! This committee stood thus 0o2
Deduct illegal votes according to this Re.
port. II
kemanng good VOTES. 5s5
ResOired. As tn opinion OF this commit.
tee, that the poll ought 10 stand thus
fo tie Petitioner b0B
Fof ,seph > IIansbrough b81
And thpttho Petitioner was duly elected To
represent the foIny OF Cupeper ia the present
House OF Delegates
4" Resoiped therefore, As the opinion Of this
eoum tee, thai Tue said Joseph ). Hnnsbrpugh.
Is not emitted TO seat in the present House OF
Delegates
Resoiped As the npioion of This committee,
that he petitioner Jonathan &. Gibson - .att
Tied u a seat IN the present iIon % - i"ea,es
ms one OF The membe' : thereof elected for the
county OF Culpeper.'
These Resolutions were sg1srd 10 without
debate oI dislsion=-and Coiouei Gibson accot-
! dinghy took his seat
On IN oton OF Nr. Atkinson. the FOLLOW
ing resolution vas ndop'.d " kcgotpcd.
! Ihatt g Cltlk OF the Court Of Apptas be
| required Ia report Ia detail 10 this House
the number oi calses 10 thn Court re
/ naming undeCid Il ~ WIN the Common
wealth. Is party tho am cunt OF feey ~hien
would have been chargeahlc 10 the State 10,
services rendered WITHIN the lnst twelve
mouths. II he had charge lc... NJ II such ser
vices had been done Tor indiriiaais
| bill " 10 provide for The u. ening and re
pnIr oil the Public Ruads IN hi, Common
wealth" was, on motion of Mr. Caldwell lie
committed -ani dn motion OF Mr.. Miller oil
PoSh5t,rA II was referred 20 the committee
Of the Whole II onse, to be tsAcn sp on Mon
da, next
On motion Of Mr.. Anderson Of I QUIT, the
bill authorizing the formation ot - Nv Coun-
", out Of pnrts oi tho counties OF Botctonri,
Montgomery and II" Kiln was taken nr, aud
The VOTE On u, cngrossmrut having been re-
considered, II wnstfcrmmirtrd.
The.bIlI changing the tenuDo II oiiieeof Coun
~ Surveyor WAS read snGond time aud
/ committed
BUYING AND SELLING OFFICES.
Ihe engfpssed BIN I" 10 amend an net ~
titled An net against lnymg and selling OF
Offices wns taken np, ON Tue motion OF Nh
Williams OF 5lenandoah--r ne Bill l. az lol
lows:
" BE II euacied y The General assembly. &c
!
ton Of the act passed The ION Of October,
/ l792, entitled &" An act agama buying and
selling of o'hCcs,' which JIovIse ~ in tn.
words ioIlowing--ic vii: PrOUuded diionVS
that nothing - this act contained shall ~ SO
construed 10 pruhibn tho Appointment. qualih
cation aud acting of any ID putty Clerk. or d..
putty Sheriff. who shall be employed 10 assist
their principals IN the execution oil their rrspel-
tive Offices" shall be and Inc same Is hereby
repealed This Act shall be IN force fIom It's
passage"
Mr.. Williams of Shenandoah, opposed the
| bill. Tho Court oil Appeals have decided That
ny the pToVisu now proposed Ia bo repealed
the Sheriff might receive gross sum tor tue
oihce--Dul the effect ol pnsslng lhs hill would
be- to enable those sherliis who, ~ ihcI 1on-
tracts with their deputies, inserted the
words 4" out OF the profits OF the oihco," 10
sell but those who, from ignorance I'll the lHW,
did not TAXI this precrl luu, would nd that they
had no right TO dispose % their Offices, AMI
be iihbIc 10 n penalty, wtihout redress. u
was nj TO be supposed that the sheriff could
do al the duties Of the Off ., aud he ought 10
be lett The means Of employing deputies
| Mr Wood supported tile bIll NJ considerable
length. lihad been decided that the provaso
~ tue iormer law, authorized the absolute sale
! ofths otlier OF Shcuh. lie thought 50 IN
p0Tiant Hn office should not be the object o
birter aud sale. ~ 10 the idea lhat they
could not prevent this practIc hat CunnIng
Inrn would evadr the law, II wus no reason
why aalItary Laws should not be passed. On
the olher hand, il tho Shrfins did dare 10 fly
in the Lace oil the law, ihry ought to snn,r TOT
/ n. \ traffic Ia oilices shoId MT he tolerated.
II they w"Ie 10 egslate IN VAN. still they ought
To legislte rlghly. aud the SIN of the
violation of the law would be on the heads OF
others.
Mr. Zinn was satisfied with the present prac-
IL, 4 - all tlt4
saIipn the iS,unres received. insomc IN
s,ances magistrate could not obinln s"cuGities,
while dcput, could obtain them The High
sheriff VAS sill responsible 10 the county.
I He moved the indefinite postponmeat Of tue
+ Bin.
+ Nj Rivcs Of Campbell, in speech Of some
+ length, remarked. that the BiIl did not 60 as
! far ~ he wished but lac looked upon II ~ ben
tliclal as lar rs IT ment. Ia some countrs, the
/ Office vas sold as publicly as II u we're an al
tce of me, chHndze. aud instances freq Iunily
occurred IN which the sale was made the op-
! leli oil n public advertisements The effect Of
such sales was, that The Office fell into the
i hands Of sharpers, because they could ah ofd
TO pay higher for II Than honest men, rs thcy
woulllave scruple in making II profitable by
peouI ,tions. The more they oppressed those in
Their power, the more they would maxi by II
/ The qne ton was whether the legislature would
sanction the sHlo Of an important Office 10
nm /, was Clearly wrong. Hs asked The ayes
aud noes oa the motion.
Mr.. Chr u-,n argued tina, the repeal Of the
proy,so would not prevent tie onerG fro'n
employing a drputy The question was, vine
ther ihey would prmn a statute to remain
/ on the statute book, winch by the decision
OF the Court OF Appeals had been rendered a
perfect dead letter the selling of Offices Of
lrasi wa, wrong ia principle aud corrupt in
practice,
MI Grern contended that this Bill wonli
have no effect TO prevent the farming OF the Of
fees, by giving pnrtion Of tho lees TO de
put,--bnt II might deprive the magistrates OF