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


tan a Inv ~hic would ineyit,bfv lie n Ia chr
tupiion.
| - Williams Of Shenandoah ,.av mn, cor.
! particular ,s IA whetb.r ~ g c.fI.d al -
a depu atou--bnt the HIeh sheriff ,v.s mir.
d 10 I've security for the n.,1o,,n.. - a
datrs whoeser they were net(orn.d =. iii.
hdl " IL passed, would be n iran Tor 10 NJ
s .,ia. Ih.,. gould IA. sh.ai,s w zig"
hone .ty rs long ~ men loved moaev e,,, :,
The ooaniy courts did their duty tbsra .a,li
b. difficulty.
! M. Zinn thought there would he ms much
danger Of shatpers obiainInP the office Nheu
| ~ WIS disposed OF Tor n pot ton of inr Tree as
| for - gross sum
Mr. klves OF &. made some additional re
IA MS.
Nj, VII her denied that the Law su,hor;sed
| the sheriff to sell his office. The him sLeriG
| aas iully ~ 20 ,ns,bia for au set. und,r MIN.
.he sherfns err allowed deput,es To >, d them
ani he did no. ihipa II OF .nurh inu,rtance
how taey were pait Tue commonwc ,tth vas
tbn s"llrf, ii there we're any. The penden.n
aom Catnpbcll had represented hrs on II county
m ngm which il dad not deserve. Mr. w
h'd kno@n several shefids In lhai county. WHO
wee honest aud upright men
NJ. kteea said, thr gentleman had mistaken
hin, hy supposing he alluded 90 bis own ooun-
~ lie had spoken of iaets which occurred
elsewhere, mud had advprttsd 10 the natural ef.I
eis ct such system. lie had SAID, AID re
pshiouthal wherever the Office WIS sold, n shar.
per was most lk"'y Il. get II, bscaus. he would
AVE no principe TO prevent hun from exer
els'ng his powers IN an oppressive manner to
increase MS proh s, and would therefore bid
higher ihan Others.
MI baiiand oi Nelson moved 10 rc-eomni,t
Tue WI hnt the motion was supsts.drd by that
VI " Hinn.
Mr' bfpes supported The bill. aud read the
"a lat4 ,trk IL, al.
J'h'c"to1 OF The Court OF Appeals did not pr.
Vrn' tn bay ing and seilug OF offices. IIs iu.
ie"iion ~ - pres rnt speculation OF the
"re''"'iief OF individuals but II did not airii
protection. II VAS the duty VI the Legislator
TO p'evcn rvs,y tnnK winch led 10 tue cor
I"piioh OF pubic officer There were sartuus
he"ns by whoh dep1', sheriff nlgnt ase his
power Improperly tor his own bench There
vas no danger tina, the sber,iisand clerks so,l0
noi nave justice done them The bali seemed
70 nun mighty Important aud he saw no other
means Of r'me y'"g srrious evil
hf. Campbell OF Bedford requested the gentle.
mhn 10 "itudfHw MS motion IA order ih,t thu
bill might bo rtoomm,tted.
Mr. Brndnas stated the ,ensou why lie shouId
Vo,r against TINS b'li. |, was piece ol vsluelsss
Legislation. Every genteman WIN had spo-
ken. admitted ,hc r,gat oi In" Sheriff 10 EN-
poy deputy aud II so, lac could farm ont the
oihee. II seemed agreed on ali hands, tEat
II he bill passed, ,he Office could be sold by IA.
sor,iug in the contract, " 10 he pad onl o the
profits OF the oil -. What was tho difference.
whether the sheriff received n certain portion
Of fees. or g,oss sum - The effect would he
tho same The legislative ndnid seemed to be
inrreasing, aud needles, legislation BECOMING
too common. Virginia had within tue last
fifteen years, passed so ~ 5000 statutes. Ma.
ny of them were repeats OF others. aud tho
oumre' showed thai there had been mueh has
T. ...l. H.. 81. n.
b,ll than that II mighl cause many magislrate,
"a d1ubt @h'1har They had the right &C. employ
deputies. Further than that he saw no effect
cnttaiuly no good one, thai would be pro luced
by u.
Mr. Finn said thai he would willingly have
Withdrawn his notion. had II not occurred to
him thai The subject could he better trstsd on
u, Than, perhaps, any other. lie was there.
tore. DESTROYS oil taking the sense OF the House
upon IL
The question was then put on tho motion OF
Mr. Iinn. lor the indefuNs postpone mt OF
the Olll which VAS agreed TO by the f19wing
vote
AYES esr, Banks t5pe'kerl rerrill.
Booker, Garland OF Ainhersl, N'Cpc, May.e
Campbell II Bedford, L"tlwich, DAVIS, Hen.
shaw, Anderson ot Bo'etpoIi, Miller OF do,
C.mpbe of Br'ohr, Yaocey, Spurlock,
layIof, iialybhion, watkins, 3artoot,
Wright James, AarshaiI, payne, Powell II
Franklin, Holland Mason oil Frederick, Cas-.
ilenbn, Wood oil Frederick king, ferriU
Btyco, Hal, Irsk'ne, Ilh'horne, hietn, Eta
ley, Dunn, Cnrskndoh, NOUS, seymour, WI
hams, oi iIarfspn, Dyer A't'ns"n, Lucas.
summers. foilhFd oI Al 4 am 0ie'h, Pollard
al KING VILLAIN, l. bind, EWING, fo"eIl of
Lp"donn, Mason OF DO roma a''f, atreefs
iihdGins, Coo lie, NhhsI ID ''ngsyi Va"Iefs,
Preston, n"lm, " f"T''', n''Ihaa OF Nelson.
VI LhughlIh' murhaogh np'Iu'' hlhck"eH.
athei sou OF N"tn"hy, ) 'eon' hifI"'' anams,
NHrUpT.