Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-04

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VIRGINIA LEGISLATURES
HOUSE OF DELEGATES
FaIpAr, December 81, 1880.
LOTTERIES
Thu bin 70 amend an act au,ho,i,;, ,,.
money fer tho construction of road >, CO. 10
read second tune aud ordered 70 be
Mr.. Jaeksoo said that. bv seciIsn, .snS a. =.
bill had .,suck hi, mind which h ~" e ', .. NAV
very Injurious tendency. and .h;ch =. rs..u'S o.
House had passed over wi,hout eonside rms i,s str,
he alluded 70 a ec,iou OF the hill ,.hich -. lo,,
vsnders-a community of go,nbi.rs :. Let,:u Te'y
right to se tickets In every county Of III S,, IN
OFT csnses; rather, to sell the Common.
wealth ON q single license Tb;. -. ".,S;I .o" y,
whieh he was surprised. A ms,.h.r, -. peG a.
to do this-but gambler was To have On. U,;v.ssa
TO such measure he could not assent He thsrsGoss
sdsred, In order that i, mis nj he ,.ts,r.d M %
nance Committee that they might report on n. on.
Won ON the finances.
Mr. Wisuns OF Shenandoah, said that n wa. n, ~,
instance that the bill had been brougbt In nv r. M
quest Of shs Trustees of the road He vo.i no, AZ,
snss tAs question OF lotteries But IL appeared shs,
the ttckots Of which were sold in the Star. Win
d THE road.t to lead to Cation Sprn~s-,h Ia -
ssohsatedte tEs Commonws and no ons vs.. in,sr.
eeteA In making tho road Fo,r thcu.s,., \ ,i,... -
~ thst he'd been asked: but The srsst i",, S. ~
would not take small asebeme,-,h.y were 6sbi"s
tor larger game and that - =, ~. .'ok
don objected to had been inserted. 0' why the Sec
Me-. Jsekson said that like IN. ,.n,I.n, s..u c..
nsndosh, he would discuss the general =,
lotteries. But he would say that, IN s.v r.nIsm' :"
would move to abolish every lotterv In ~. oct, ~
<&r. ~ would 70 with him bs,ri .nd hS "e
few yesrs Since had voted for ons ,o,,s T.S, ~
Of the heirs Of Jserson bu, he had In doioS So acted
upon principle fAr diore nj from ssnc,io~ 3, 49,
tenn. He had looked upou h.t r..s In ,S ~ sse ~
the reward of Revolutionary ofi..r ps ,s "su'
ssquencss Of that measure were highly |, w,,ons IT,
hood-gatcs were then opened and srri;.. - .no
pcaon rushed in, and we're s"er sp'
system now extended to .v.ry sss,;on cameo, , ne
There wac not village Al The co,n.. - S,
hen L.
OF this bill complained that the tax WAS 40 hish %
vendors could no, csr,v ,h.r ,;.p, nsn' mat the
Der of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS tbs .v.sn, n,nense num-
He was decidedly as,inst The 49,, 80. e1 20 iaI;
willingly aid 20 eradicate n IT. I ,I. "u "ou'o
several lotteries reIaog IN 1850, ~; ' MeIe were
one bill had r.cenily hssn $500 '"P'ovemen', and
ON nj, on;o;o.s 49, WV "wn' ihis had no effect
bin h,d =. hs. sua ne would have voted against that
Mr.. Williams cf s. surpassed m. ~. n.,,.,
gisIature had gone unon In na. P'.up'o 'ne Le
good might arise out Of them Tn onf a., una.
presented itself al present va. wh'ny sSeeon Wnch
rized the Trustees of ,ha ro.J.a having au'no
by lottery thew should al.o hs s,i". sum OF money
tickets without a license If mi. -. n 'n ,s
Trustees could sell them 10 ;nd;v;dn u, s.seu' me
bofhood who felt an int.,s.t -; III u" tue neigh
The motion 10 re .con,idsr w,. d. ,oso.
motion Of Mr. Jackson the bin wa. &C.,. w. .huon
Committee on Finance ou '" inc
PENITENTIARy MANrIEA Crt,pps
Mr.. Garland of N,I.on In ,.; =. y nES.
this subject, published in our S.turdsv' sns ."
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found that there was Iar,. nn.r,;, 10 suJec,' ne
I'm the Peniteutiary Store: and he tbou.ht 49,, sno
provision for their s,ls thap IN. ,r.Is.. 10y. "e
made. He did not by anv mean. ;n,snd - i, " 20
that the Supsrute ndent did No, ns,t ~;
fully. But ne thought the nav Of ,,o.. .n,-,s s.
the sales Of the manufacture ON n, a. h. ,, " WI
to- the amount of goods sold 30 ar to s,jmus, IN ,;.
sxertious There vas Isrss o.~,,, nv s' 20 acuvs
which ought to be sold at auction. " 'N A'"ee''
INSPECTION OF LUMBER
% motion Of Me-. jackson, the bill amending and r.
ducng into the several acts relative 10 ,hs
ton OF lumber, was taken IN, and ON ,bs ouast;n =,
Its passage, 1 "
MIR Maxwell moved that the blank in the hill raj.
uge ia the time al which the act should 90 into .fct
sponid be hled with the " FIRST Of April"
MT Eppes suggested to the gentle "a an from Norfolk
that later period wou d perhaps be better "a tha,
might DO many persons who hal lumber on hand. who
ought TO receive sufficient notice of the new requla
tons.
Mr. Maxwell said that that conside ration had mot "a
eaprd him. and he thought tho day sufficiently d,tan,
togive notice to all who would be affected by the pro
visions oil the billiard il was an object Of
Importance to hx The time tho biis going into ope
ration at day no more distant than absolutely ne
cessary,s as during such delay the shippers of NoroIl
were prevented from competing with New York in IN.
supply OF the west Indies with The article OF staves
o w'heu also 10 be observed, that this bill would
MOI affect The lumber which might have been purchss
go ano on band prior to the first Of April in case
peen inspected previously, under the old law. The
no'aes could retain II ms long they pleased, without
nonce was Amply long to enable the holders OF lumbe
tne STOCK on hand inspected before that period
MI Jones said mat the bill was OF great importance
~. "cs'eu inc interests oil large number Of capital
anu dealers lie was not aware OF the fol
se 'ne 'ormer law. The shippers sent slaves tC