Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-04-08

'p.o'Pota'e me PETERSBURG Hsii-Road Company, and
Tor other purposes, was read. Among her p,ov,iops
1t epacts, that whenever the Common Council az pa
ersburg shall sub crbe for any portion of the ~oek Of
M a., "n,,as Na, hoad Company, in pursuance OF
cal oil the town TO scribe for ock in the com,any
nsha' be lawful for the Common Council in hike man.
her as - oirec ed for carrying in e.c, the hsr
powers vested In the Common Council, 70 law assss
and C iiect u sum not exceeding $4,000 in sny on.
year Tor the purpose Of paying the interest end 20,
the redemption OF the principal OF any loan which tn
common Han may negotiate under the act referred Ia
Mr.. EPPes presen,eda memorial from suudry Gill
zens Ps'ersbnrg' protesting against the passage Of
| Mr. MacfailsDd remarked that be would eont,n
hpseli with lew observations, pr pripay in the way
.. xPanatlon'--Whs III. memorial VIII ch had jus,
oeen read was got up aed circulate for subscriber
was supposed that there would be a necessity for a
very large subscription the corporation Of Peters
ouig. IL Was not then known how far calcualion
couli be safe ly made upon the public spirit of in,,yJu
ais, and the bsraiy Of the Stat. and i, wa, sopre
hended that the suecess Of the Rail Road
would insoVe the necessity OF heavy pecunary obi
CATION on the part Of the town. The .emorial wbirb
had been read, declared cf the reason, wbie in
duced the opposition that tho corporation about 10
contract so large debt, as that its paymen, mig be-
coro inconvenent aud oppressive 10 the iDh ,b,ap,,
het large a. II was supposed at that period the sub
serp'ion oil the corporation mus, OF necessity be- there
was great and overwhelming majority OF the citizens
10 FAVOR oil Investing the Common al with fun and
Piei airy powers TO meet the occasion. The p,pers
wnsn ne he'd 10 his hand, aud which no would sub
vi. 20 De read ideired by any gentleman, full
evidence that the citizens OF the town in general
meeting assembled, expressed their aim o,t ani,,o
voice IN iavor Of enargiDg the cor powers IN
eAent which was then supposed to be necessar and
tha al subsequent period they were int, NJ upon fol-
lowing up their purposes. There 10 small effort.
maue 10 produce counter cutren; the remons,rapce
Is both the evidence and the conse auepc. Of n "a. sx
ertion; yet sl there remained most decided msiori.
III sv9ur oithe measure, and the opposition would
appeal st u less In numbers those who We're no ,bl.
10 De affected by the power were withdrawn Thus
5000 The cit zeps OF the in relation to ,bs
during the last a, when it vas .uppo.eJ tba, an. cor
lba lDra lnutc
Of the company. ~ ~
me o,l now under consideration proposes tina, the
corporation shall have the wer to IA hr thousand
uo'ars annually to pay the interest The Loan which
the town authorities may negotiate. The sum OF fiv
thousand thousand doliars is all the Il
disposed 10 Invest IN the company as ii is oil thai
there is the slightest ason she III oud inve., Tn
entetpfz, oil individuals the IiberaIy of tho s,as
nave placed the affairs OF The company in a condition
winch rendets larger cont hutton from the town nm
necessary He f.lt himself authorized TO saw ,h, #
the propoed subscrip i'm ad bee originally limited 70
.his amount there would have been but Iiie perhaps
| no oppos lion. r~f''
There was another view Of he subject which oush,
10 remove The objections OF every gentleman In
bill has no ether design, aud can havs no Other
'nan 10 enable tue corporation % die suJsisg
| obligation, without inconvenience or mba as.m,ns
The act oil the last wIt.r, to which the bill ref,rs
seed every ques'ioa who could arise as to the ex
Pediency aud the authority TO the House to confer up
on the corporation the proposed power, (here MIR Nj
teai me sc') The ac, as il will be seen, au,ho ze.
he subserp ion in the fullest terms: and moreovar
explicitly enables the CJmmon Hail 10 spnroo,ia,e ,b
revenue oil the town TO that end. The debt, in pursu
ehce OF me act mas been cCntrac ed, the subscription
has been made, aud every consde aticn of dtv and
regara for public opinion made il Necessary Ior ths
town authorizes TO devote the inc jme 10 The Al.
charge Of me obligation The entire revenue OF IN.
Town wouii Q ab ,orbed in the payment of her sub.
scriptoD, and without The authority which i. now
soue 10 be con erred upon the Common Hall Their,
DE no und Tor the current ordinary and unavoid
ao'e expenses OF Inc corpoIatoI Her police would
20 down, her pubic buildings tie neglected and ev,rv
', "nleh 'he health oil tie inhabitants aud the safety
ot'he town required, would, for the want OF the ne
cessary means, 60 uhpsrormed.
He repeated, that the Of $50 600 was all that
was wanted or that the town would PROV, whatever
were Its power. The bill, Ihe eore, in effect ii tied
| The act OF the last winter.
Mr. Goode proposed to add ryder:
1f0o'dsd. hat no loan shall be cont acted by the
sad common Councile xceeding the sum of $50 900
hiter some nversation between Messrs. Maciar-
land, Goede az Brodrax upol the obi Of tbs ryder
the ryder was ordered to be nsrossed.
| On Mr. Macfarand's sugge sion, the ryder wa.
amended, with Mr. Goodies concurrence 90 a. 10 read
o.0 W. ,h prSVidd The, no loan shall be
the act herein before referred to- exceeding the su n
| OF $50 000.'' Wv "
Mr.. Miller of POwha,an opposed the bnI.-Aher
reply from Mr.. Macinrsnd tue ueson was taken or
Noes 49, ''N '''''e'' ASes oA'
The sngrOssed "bill amend the penal law, of ,h.
Commonwealth, was passed with a ryder proposed by
Mr. Jacobs. rr y
Mr. Leigh expressed the reluctance which he feh
10 making any motion, which was calculated to prolong
tue session oil the House, and 10 detain the me
from their homes. But the Judiciary Bill as it passed
this Heus had never been printed by tbi. Hou,e-it
was SAID, when such proposition had been made tina
the Senate would PROT il, and that this House would
then 6e furnished with copies But the Sepste baj
&C uaiiy printed the bi and Tor the first time this
House had not been furnished with copies Mr. L.
saih ne wouli, howe yer, lm himself he priotiug
oil the amendments OF the Senate, az he unjerstood
that printed copies OF the original bill he CHAINED
rom me Senate From the inform alton he had oh.
tanned from the Public Primer he was SATISFIED IN,
printed bill could be furnhed by to morrow evening
so as to give members night 10 consider tbs
amendments-which he venicred 10 saw n % man couId
under ttnd without the most ma lure CONFEDERATION
MIR. WI cher did not wI1b to be understood a. oppo
sing the PHoiing OF The Amendments but he thought
the rue course would be TO consider fret the single
| proposition whether Jbe House would TAX. the one
or the two judge system--for in Gaze tn. House
shouid TtJee, the amendment OF the Senate iD this
respect 1t might be unnecessary TO print the other
ann ndmeDts.
Mr.. Leigh saI, that the bill of The Sena'e itself a.
far as he understood 1t, proposed in some respects tn
dou bic Judge system.
Alter some conversation between Msssrs Wiicher
Leigh and elmer, the snenjme nls OF the Senate ware
taxed up to be read Thsy were partly Tead-whsD a
motion was renewed TO print tbem--juring the pen
deney OF VIII CHI some remarks were made by Mesrs.
Leigh, Wicher and Giiner.--Mr Leigh spoke with
| much feeing OF what be called The monsrous and
aboninaole proPrO ions contained aIoe
The amendments OF lhs Seuale finally ordered
| to he printed.
On Mr.. Btyce's motion, the House took NJ the or.
der OF the day, and resolved itself into committee OF
the whole to t'se into coosi Iteration the bill limo.
sung fdres for me support Of GGueTnment ="
Mr.. Campbell OF Ii oJke moved 10 strike out the fol.
lowing cause "FOr each certificate under The seal OF