Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-11-11
COMMUNICATIONS.
BUCKINGHAM BENCH.

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al the last Court, produced and read In Court: where
upon it is ordered, that the Sheriff Summon all tie act
ing Justices of the said County TO attend at the next
Court. for the purpose OF okng into consideration The
said communication.
| AT Court held for Buckingham County, at the
Court House. on Monday the 18th day of September,
lo3G: Prescnt-Thonas NJ Bon4urant, Finch Scrnggs,
JOHN $. Mills, William W. Ferguson, iheodorlck c.
Gannaway, Nathaniel Lancaster, William Woodson Chs.
Yancey John Morris, WIN. Walton, William NloseIey,
Chs Mckinney, Robt. j. G!!lispi-, Edward W. Sims.
Jonathan p Phelps Thomas il. Flood, Edward Glover,
! Edmund W. Iubard Benjamin D. Anderson Charles
| A. Scott Thns Pullman, Garland Brown Jesse lol-
man, John I. Bocock and Price Perkins, gentlemen
Justices.
The order made at tie last Court, 80 summon the Jus.
tees to attend this Court for the purpose Of taking into
consideration the Lieutenant Governors communication
in regard 10 the nomination Of Justices. made at July
Court last, returned executed wlereupon, letter
in rppv to the said communications presented and
adopted by the Court and ordered to be certified TO tie
/ Executive. in tho following words:
The County Court Of buckingham, having received
at the August tcrm the following communication from
the Governor Of the Commonwealth, an order was made
to summon the Justices Of the County, 10 take the same
( into consideration, the present term
"ExEcUrIrg DErAHrm%Hr,
iagus! An, 1876. )
:Cirn.c men: The following extracts from
municann addressed to the Executive, from highly
respectable quarter reference 10 the recent nomina lion
Of Justices made Ly Buckingham County Court
{" is proper 10 state that from i!ie New Store neigh
borood By Cu!asvc, Boiling n:!i! ana Browns '!II,
on down To the lover end Of the county, distance Of
uoc than thirty miles and from twelve 10 ifecH miles
! in wiliI containing than one third Of the whole
population q" the county, and which ;as III former times
had Usually from twelve to fifteen, has at present only
sy acliur MAGISTRATES AlsO il is proper To remark.
that at least c; Of ten recommendations Tor the
last 10 years have been made from other parts OF the
county. in which there has not been any thing ike
corresponding d!mnution 81 The old rtnbcr OF Justices
In that division Of tie county called tie upper end say
tlau Di Il Il
nassinr c h, miles above the Court House anu ten miles
above the New Store, ill it touched Tie Prince Edward
line, there eight or ten Justices. Ao"1t l.e
Court House and iowa Slate River there are about 10
magistrates one half Of whom 1--we in the vicinity OF the
Court House. The recent recommendation gives lhree
additional Justices TO the upper cEd four DO to Inc Court
House and Slate River section, and three Go 10 the New
Store and South Eastern t:;&iOa J! THIS recommends
ion should be commissioners there vii! then be from
eleven TO thirteen Justices ia the upper end G! Tie couii
IT, from eighteen twenty about the Cour! Hnuse anG
Slate River srCton and only nine III the Ne" store anu
.soui! eastern division.
sThc number recommended is too large Gad The In.
,ercs Of the most needy has been less regarded han that
Of the least deserving.
"Varous other objections made to the recommen-
datons some urge. thai By far too many OF the nominees
IRE related to The several members Of The Court others,
that it partnok apparently least %! decided party cha
racrr. as about out Of 10 are Wings
1.-THE directions sci forth to the recommendations are OF
scrious character and calculated Of course materially
to influence the action Of the Executive, unless susctP
ble al being repealed Cbyatcd by explanation ~nich
il may be in the power Of the Court 10 furnish 10 allow
them so much weight as 10 cause the REJECTION on my
,utt Of a recommendation tmeee by iH-Sc "','s
Of the Justices Of Buck;n gIam composed tie ooa'.
nj presenting The rhaS5ns Qfe JUSTICES IA GRpptt1n
ing, you'd be course liable puon, DIS evnc.
ing want OF proper respect for TINT body. While,
the other hand, the cnracirr OF the objections and that
Of the gentlemen who have urged hcin equally I.nunds
that tie recommendations should ne" receive the ESern;
i've saGctin till the sonndncss 1T those ohJectlns c0ua
he rnruircd into avr, therefore. thought ut to lay
before the Justices of the county, the grounds on when
their late proceedings planned OF with request
tina, the same be considered by fall Court 10 he sS'h
! nonrd for that purpose .,,.
81, * no, Intended hrrchy To invite reconsideration
of the noilaon-yct, The Court, without sumo ih''
nation to the contrary, might be- perhaps OF
themselves rrrcudcd from pursuing maj c"u'S',
, ur Illumination, before the Executive: deem pro-
per 20 saw that shon!d Court Consisting OF not le"el
Justices Than made the recommendation OF Juy) OIL Gon'
sidralir Of the objections referred TO- then prefer as
10 reconsider the recommendations ia'it' I,a" % ~
themselves merely to reply to the objections, they are
NJ brr,y 10 consider the said recommendation Us oelo'e
them likewise for that PURPOSE
| 81 a,n very respectfully.
"WYNDllAM RODERISON.
..To the Justices uf Buckingham
Twcny.fre of the thirty-yc acting Justices III lie
rnuuiv bcinr present the Court proceeded 10 e cosue
alton OF the torcgnmg communication. ne NouFt a.te'
mature t.Iibrraur, being stall convinced, mat l!e ''e'
the county require larger number OF JustceS anu
LoS. lately rccomnen dcd are from their qua
,ius and ursitions us well fitted for the olce Us any
a, can c selected, rccrn their thanks TO lac uo'elo
,r ouursnr thew, o? the oh "clons that nave pee" u'sc
AGAINST the recommendation, aid lu'isH''s '"N'" ~
uvrtunity of removing them
At June Court, order was MADE 10 s''',lon .ne
Justices Ia attend AT July term, tor TIC purpose o 'eeo
meudnr persons 10 the Executive, 10 DC n'ocu " ..'
Commission of Jnstcrs OF lie tGacf' v" ma J
CONDEMNATION MAS made and twenty JUSTICES toof
L- sr,Is On the each. motion was MACE thal lht
Can't proceed TO rrcommrnd--whch pre'alleu ul.a'l
mosy Various persons were lheh Pu' III
On motion. Il committee was Then aPpo'nru' ' =
IF Justices from the different sections o. me c""'tv
W ard rnunr, 70 the Court what additional nun;hc
,yus wontinr ard ii v hat sections ~ Inv '"u~! 49,
committee re- ported that .hcrc should he 10 III. ~, III W
y,rnur up;,rr end between odkVIllc anu rl'ou ]
I ,Lr l,,y.,.n Floods and New Store, on IN
S,,I If The Buckingham road, making th:ee IN WAL
! called the upper end {" the county thouHn Wv ~ H.
t,yrcn Flood and New Store, Is IN Tue 't.'"'y ~ y"
N,, St.rr tyo il: the ncghbrrh0od OF ou."7'l.e "'
,hn Tpw store and Two in Phystc spring helGn'ou'
hood making four FOR the South ana SDuth Tast
n,n,y. two between Virginia Mills and ehnfe
4 Scn,l's. The .'orh East. one at hI ~
CLurcb No,,n ard three IN the heigh"''"o'u
-, Cnur, iIorse two Of them to supply 'aca'c',
L.r. occurrcA during The year, and me 0''et
r"py. n Mr. Lancaster oh Inc hf HAS,; tn.s IAN ="
Of the Co,r, House to the ncigborlood of CnrdsvllI
The Court. after mature dchberat"n reno:Hcun9 III
eorr,f heretofore made had been IT
oc,,d by III. Executive. and Knowing that the lncre
NJ the county rrri;red additional Justices TO remove
affection an tie Of tie nuI2er partially dlsscn'e
rnm the report OF the committee, and reduced TAG nun
her To ten 50 as merely fl! the vacancies that had al
tuay occurred in the lnagstracy OF the county sine
the las, co.nni.snn in lc3l No complaints have eve
been heard If there bang Too many .h-ices III u
county and The. Curt considering that if they mere
supplied The vacnncies that existed, occaslo" would
given for any. They. therefore. think the number r.
Commended !. 20, large for The wants OF the peops
mare cspe ciav independent Ui the ten Vacanci
that have taken place since ISL. several Justices, fro
agr or infoi:y have ceased TO attend TO the dates
III, , lfcc The Court mas referred TINS particularly
tn, proceedings OF July Term, 10 satisfy the txecntL
OF the precautions taken by the Court TO recommend
more Justices than were absolutely necessary, and al u
same tine lu select those best situated foF tie wants