Daily Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1833-1840, 1835-01-24

stock OF the James River and Ksnawha Compa.
nv, with the amendments made thereto in the
Senate, was taken up
The amendments were to the following eject,
viz: -
Aulhoriz ng the said Common Hall to sub.
scribe 4 sum not exceeding $3.50 Ooe instead nj
aSIm not exceeding $50, OOO
| Siving individual subscribers in the GUY of
Richmond, leave TO Withdraw their subscrip. ion,
18th; - '''S
Extending the time for keeping omen The book.
OF subscription To the stock OF said Company. ill
the 2sd OF February next. instead oil the Isl;
Also inserting the following clauSs;--
DC fHFtter enaei.d, That when two-6iths or
more OF the capital stock OF the James river aud
! hanawha company shall have besn subscribed
uy persons, bodies polite corporate other IN m
the commonwealth, but the whole capital shall
not have been subscribed, then the Common
wealth shall be regarded as n subscriber for m.
feSr'uc OF the five millions; and when two. E fins
of more OF the capital stock shall have been sub
scrihed, by persons, bodies polite or corpora,.
o'ner man the Commonwealth, having paid one
dollar upon each share then the subscribers heir
ucceS>oIS, executors, admin istrator> and assigns
Shall be 4 BODY polite and corporate by the
name and IN the manner declated by the 6ilh
! section of the act, passed on the sixteenth d,y
OF march, eighteen huudred and thiriy-two. enti-
\ rSs, An act, Incorporating the stock holder, of
! the James river and Kannwha comp,av with ali
the rights, privileges and immunities and sinh
Jsctto all the conditions and restrictions Grant,
ca and declared by the said act, aS they shall
nave been explained OF modified bv the subSe-
qucnt acts nmendatory thereto, and by this act.
Pr0rtsed, hoirerer, that at the meetings of the
stockholders, IN addition To the vote on behalf of
the Commonwealth, rs prescribed by the second
Seeion oil the act passed On the eleventh of March
eighteen hundred and thirty four there NAV he
gwen on behalf OF the Commonwealth one vote
! ioi each ten shares of The additional stock sub
~rloed ior the Commonwealth, by virtue of this
| act.
The question bang upon the frst amendment
VIZ 10 reduce the additional subscription of the
common Hall OF Richmond, from $3.50, 900 to
! $3.50 900, "
Mr.. Voolfolk observed that he should consi-
der this amendment the les, question, a. to whe-
!ner 'ne House intended TO adept the one author-
iZing an additional subscription ON the part
oil the commonwealth; and that in the event
OF Tue former being agreed TO, he should move
'he indefinite poSiponement of the whole subject
:, Ihereupon long debate enSued, in which
| Mc'SrS. Voolfolk, Shinn, Weihcrcd Mcdowell
Cabcll, Hunter OF Essex, Garland of AnherS,
Johnson of Richmond, Hooc Parker. Cols,os
Mcclure, Marshall, Wilcher, Moorman Hole-
man and Hopkins, took part
call for the ayes and noes by Mr. Gallaher
was sustained on the ground minated By several
gentlemen that this was Ia he considered n test
! question as 10 whether the House would concur
~ authorizing the additional State subscription
| Iothis Mr.. Witcher diSScnied He Mad voted
'''@iAdllN dSdiuSl tue >uDNcll ptlOn by the Com
moa Hall and he could 80 no less than voi. for
dmnuiiOn otthnt subscription. Al the same
time he was opposed In the additional State sub
Scrp'ion which was the mann feature of the amend
ment. lie therefore mered TO postpone the vote
on the first amendment, and TO let the question
be FIRST taken on the other.
The motion was rejected
The question was then taken on the first
amendmcnI--the vote being as follows:
fEAS-Me>SrS. Drummond, GrinaldS, RivsS
R1nIglnh I Rn,l.ar af
Amherst, Craig, Brooke, MavSc, PATE Holt
ColSiUn, Hunler of Berkeley, Miller Wilson of
Bo'eiourt, NJ MILAN, She'll Booker of Bucking-
ham, Yancev, Hampton, Saunders. Burton.
hord Christian, Johnson OF Chesterfield Wilson
| ol Cumberland, Marshall, Prics, PAYNE, Stegcr
Gibson, Barton, Watts of Giles, Smith of Glou.
/ ceStcr, Watkins, Blair Weihercd. Darlington
Sneet, Vance, Curtis, Mullen, Bolts, Berry
Gallahcr, Summers, Hooe, Emanuel, Caldwell,
/ Hoffman, Lawson, Janney Beard, M'Carty'
| Harri>, Wasgener, Alexander, MCaulcv, Sherl
/ rnrd, Cabcll, Collins, Watts OF Norfolk County.
| Pal er, EpeS, Brady, M'Lurr, Robertson
| Whether, Swanson, Cacklcy, Nash, Dupuv
WoothouSc, Buolhe, Thornton, Dorman, NJ
lowell Hopkins, Jones Of Shenandoah, Harley,
| Crnichheld, Moncure, Written, Clarke, SIAN
ger, Cunningham, Brown, Johnson of Richmond
| Citv-sg
NoEs-Messrs Banks, (speaker.) Turnbun.
Madison, DroaduS Huntsr Of Essex, Ball,
! Holland. WADE, Smith of Frederick Ayep,
D N,
Robertson Of King & Queen, Nav, Todd, Gar
land OF Mecklenhurg, Rodgers, Wiley. Morgan.
Webb, Leland, Voolfolk, Jones of PendIeton
Carol, Stands, Williams, Norman, Cline,
Spear, Bare. CrumP, Hargrave, DelaShmut, Jet,
Premises
So the House cOucurred in the amendment
MI w o0liolk then moved an indefinite post
ponement of the whole matter and called fer the
AYES AMI noes thereen-which call was Sus-
famed. Atcr some further conversation, the
vote was taken on this molten, and stood as fol-
lows: '
.ArEs-Messrs Banks, (Speakcr,) Turnbull,
Madison, BroaduS Hunter Of Essex, Smith of
! Frederick, Saith of Gloucester, Darlington My
on KinchcIoe, Shinn, Gravely, Robinson Of
Ming Queen, Todd, Garland of Mecklenburg
Rodgers, Morgan, SEcrrard, Webb Voolfolk
swanson, Carroll, Dupuy, Stands, Williams,
Eilhe, spear, Bare, Jones OF Shenandoah, Crump,
! ilargrave, Deashmut-32
NOES--MesSrS. Drummona, Grinalds. Rive.
Randolph, Layne, Booker of A., Garland of A
Craig, Brooke, Mayss Pate, Holt, Cols,on, Hum
Ter of Berkely Miller, Wilson of Bo,etourt.
MMlllan, Shell, Booker of Buckingham, Yam
cey, Hampton, Saunders, Burton. Hord. johnson
OF Chesterfield, Wilson of c., Ball. Marshall,
Price, PAYNE, Sieger, Holland, Wade, Gibson,
Barton Waits of Giles, Watkins. Blair. Weth.
cred Avenl Snecd, Vance, Curtis, Mullen. Bolts
liollcman, Berry, GallaRer, Summers, Hooe
Emanuel, Caldwell, Hoffman, Lawson, Janney,
Beard, McCarty, Harris, May, Waggener. viii
lev, Alexander, MCauley, Cabell, Collins. Watts
OF Norfolk County, Parker. Leland, Epes, Brady,
MLuro, Robertson Of p, Jones Of Pendlcton'
Mitcher, Cacklcy, Nash, WoodhouSe, Roothe,
thornton Dorman, Mcdowell, Moorman, Hop
Tins, Harley, Crulchfcld, Moncure, Whitten.
Clarke, Jet, PrentiS, Stang-r, Cunningham.
erswn. Johnson OF Richmond City-gi.
So the House refused the poStponement.
The question being on the other amendments
Mr.. Wilcher moved to ar.cnd the SANE by
providing that the State should have a vote. in !
meetings of the Stockholders upon the whole
stock subscribed by her, in the proportion Of oae
vote for ten shares. He afterwards, however.
substituted hrs for ten. A debate, in which |
McSSrS. CoSton, johnson of Richmond and
Whether lad taken parts, was in progress. when
Mr. Hooc arose and said, as it was 4 o'clock.
he would for tue first time in his life move for IN
adjournment
Whereupon the House adjourned.