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RssoIrsd. That the ~, sident 81 the
Farmers Bank Of Virginia. snd the
Presiden, of the Virginia Bank, lay be-
fore this House statement showing
the number Of individuals. the Office,
trade and occupation. so far as known
.oi esoh. ,be number ut firms. the trade
or business, So Gar "a kaewn ot each,
and the number OF competitions indebt-
ell 10 their respective hanks ai Rich
mond, and IL possible, AZ their respee.
tive Branches. with the aggregate a
mount Of each individuals or firms
liabilities. az security or eudor,er To
their respective Eauks. Aud Tor the
guide Of said olhcers, they are desired
I'D make out Their statement IA the FOL
lowing nsnner:-Thry sha,l designate
each ceh,or airressidin figures ihus:-
They shall cell tie iodisidual who
owes large debt. the second. >, and
50 on In ,hr eHd. 60 wi,h the corpo-
rn'ions opposite No. !, they shall state
N" amount OF has Indebtedness, his
trade, Sc, the amount he Is Bound To-
the Bank for each indi,idnal or person.
Distinguished hy figures ~ aforesaid.
ahd the asrregaie amount that be is la
be 10 the Bank Tor others n securities.
SC. aud hi. residence. so far a, known
aud so on IN relation "a frns. That
they further shcw The amount thateach
Director and Officer ofihe Banks owcs.
aud the amount tina; each IS bound tor
10 the Bank. Also. the number of
members of The Legislature. who own
stock n said Banks, ana The amount
owned by each, desisna,in: ,hem by Il
cures a. a!oressil
a considerable debate then occur
red. ia which Mcssrs. Cru,chCielI. Nav.
watkins. Tunsiall and Sherr1rd. orlos.
cd the resolution aud substitute. and
air. Voolfolk supported il.
The substitute waI adopted without a
di'I,ioh: and The question thea waa up
on the resolution rs amended. II was
debated by Mr.. Robertson. against. and
Mr.. Voolfolk in favor. After some
conversation between Messrs. Wool.
folk, May. Harrison. Yancey, Sherrarj.
and Smith. OF I. If W.
Mr.. May proposed 20 M end he re.
solution by adding. provided that no.
thing herein contained shall require a
list Of debtors. whose united liabilities.
as drawer and endorser, shall moi ex-
coed s5o00 "
Mr.. Segar moved 10 lay the reSolu.
lion and amendment on the table which
was nesaiived-ani the amendment
was adopted:
MIR. Harrison moved 10 amend the
resolution by adding, "and the same
information is hereby required of the
Bank oi the Valley, the North Western
Bank, and the. Merchants and Nee ham
ics' Bank of Wheeling"
Mr.. Smith OF Kan. stated thai he vas
a member of the special committee on
banks, and that to comply with the calls
OF that committee for information, the
bank officers had already their hands
full. Ii The resolution proposed was
adopted, he had no doubt the labours
would be so heavy upon those officers,
that there would be no hope of getting
their desired information and the House
would adjourn without doing any thing.
He therefore moved tho indefinite post
I Ponement ofthe resolution and amend
ment; which motion was nega,ived,
ayes ~, noes 50.
The amendment OF Mr.. Harrison was
then carried, and as amended the reso.
ldiion was adopted by The following
vote:
AYEs-Messrs. Banks, Speaker
Randolph. kinney, Byrd, Mitchell.
Fryatt, Snodgrass, Tarr, Turnbull.
Hubbard, Thornburg, Chea,ham. Cox,
Castleman. Hill, Servant, Lorimer.
Sangs'cr, Deskins, Keen, Wood Chap
man OF G.. and NJ, Smith of G., Wat
kins. Oglesby, PInnell Spencer. Ed
munds, Tay Tor of H.. OdeN. Park.
Nhite, Harrison. Flowers. Smith of |.
OF w. Lucas. Wright Shadxick. Al.
len, Nc Donald, Goodwin, Orgain New
man. Fisher, Burwell, Raymond, Nor
gan, Chapman Of NJ, Barnett, Buck.
MuIdaugh, Watts. Alexander, Fiiz.
gerald, Mcconnell, Voolfolk, Nc
Pherson, Adams, Mccoy. Cabrli. Cav.
Fairfax, Venable, Stands. Williams.
-''fa'"'t ANANitANit Nit LOWELL. Af1lleR q.
Thomas, Gray, Conn. Crawford. Davis,
Clayton. Bailey Of s.. Prince. Wi,,en.
Ripley, Garland. Goodsom, Mayberry,
and Glcaves-Si.
NoEs-Messrs. BaJly Of A.. Rives.
Jeier, Stuart Talialerro. Cobhs. Shanks.
Peyton, T-ipleu, Mallory. Yancey.
Daniel. CoTbin. Caldwell, Wilson.
Vaughan. Marshall, Digges. Dickinson.
Strange. Paisley, Shcrrarj. Mullen.
Bou'. Martin, McCandli,h. Smith ok.
Tayloe. Conway. Beard TAYLOR. Cum
ninsham, Segar. May, Tuniall. Mich.
aux, Robertson. Lcyburn, Cruichfeld.
7 Ford, and Wslkcr-U.
J0HN ~ BORIS, who contested the
election Of Mr. WHITING. the returned
Delegate from the county of Hcnrico.
has been declared by tie House to be
eutiilcd g. the seat. The Committee
reported him elected hy a majority Of
t!res. The House rejected the three
votes, thus leaving a ne. Mr.. Boris
came ~ on the certificate Of The She