South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-05-27

tionment Fast and West of the noun
talns, &c. "To keep up this Assem-
bly, by rotation, the districts shall be e.
qualify divided into four classes, and
numbered by lot. AT the end Of
one gear after the first general election,
The eight members elected by the first
division shall be displaced, and the va
canciss thereby occasioned, supplied
from such class or division, by new e.
lection in manner aforesaid. This ro-
tatlon shall be applied to each division
according to its number, and continued
IN due order annually" Here follows
the division Of the counties into dis
triets.)
See. 8. 1.-THE General Assembly
shall meet once or oftener every wear.
In the third article, section s, It is
also provided, that mo law increasing
the compensation of the members shall
take effect until the end of the next
u'anual session after such law shall have
been enacted; and no Senator or De-
legate shall, during the term for which
ne shall have been elected, be appoin-
ted to any civil Office of profit under
the Commonwealth, which shall have
been created, or the emoluments cs.
which shall have been increased, DUR
ing such term, except such Offices as
may be filed by elections by the peo-
ple.'
Nothing, we think, can be clearer
than thIs.--The first members were e.
lected in October, and the first class
OF Senators were only to be displaced
ut the end of one gear after the first ge-
neral ENTHUSIASTICALLY the term
of every succeeding class ends in Oc-
tober. The members are directed to
be elected annually, and no one is per-
fiitted, during the term for which he
shall have been elected, to be appoin-
ted to any civil office Of profit, Sc,
There must, therefore, be an end of
each term defined, audit follows, from
the very spirit, if not letter, of the Con-
stituton, thatn term can be short of
one year. Ifthis were not the true
construction, then the first Legislature
under the new Constitution, which
did not adjourn until the 18th of April,
had no authority to organize our courts,
and to do many other acts of impor-
lance, which were done after the 3lst
OF March, the limit under the old state
of things.
We recollect, however, perfectly
well, that Mr.. Leigh and other gentle-
men Of the Conventionwho were mem
bers Of the first session, gave it as their
opinion that the term of service did not
end until October, and there was d ge-
neral acquiescence in that construc-
ton. We understand, too, this is the
opinion Of other distinguished legal
gentlemen.
p. S.-We are informed that this
opinion is concuued in by the Judges
OF the Court of Appeals who are now
in the City, by the Attorney General,
and by many other distinguished gen.
tlemen whose views have been solicit
ted. Indeed we understand there is
but one opinion among all those who
have attentively examined the ques4
ton.
The Executive, we presume, did not
consider itself authorised to decide the
question officially, or the Proclamation
would have been addressed, to avoid
Snisapprehension, specially to the Del
egates and Senators who composed the
last Assembly.
@eSince the above was written, we
learn that the Governor has directed
copies of his Proclamation to be for
w'arded to the members of the last sess-
aon-which fact may be considered as
settling the point.-Rachmo,ad Wig.
MIssIssrPPI.--The law prohibiting the in
PRODUCTION Of slaves into the State as merchan-
disc, has passed both Houses With little op-
position.
Another and equally wise method of relief,
adopted by this Legislature, is the manufac-
ture of more Banks. Three bank Bills have
already passed-Bank of Vicksburg-Citi-
zens' Bank of Madison County, and the Nor
thern Bank of Mississippi-with an aggre-
gate capital of about So ,000,0 900.
The principal relief measure so called is the
Post Note system A Bill has passed one
branch, authorizing the Banks of the State to
issue Post Notes, payable twelve months af-
Yer date, bearing an interest of per cent.
Ihey are made receivable at par, in all pay
inents for debts and taxes due the State, and
debts due the Banks.
The Bill further takes off the damages on
foreign protested Bills of Exchange, and in,-
poses five Per cent damages on domestic Bills
and promisary Notes.-The discount to be ta-
Ken on Notes for which these Post Notes are
given is fixed at per cent.
a report was made in the House of Repre-
sentatives in favor of inviting into the State,
q branch of the United States Bank. A SIM
uar proposition was introduced into the SEN
ate and voted down. a
The BRANDON paper of the 10th ult. in
NhQrf tho s.ort that the