Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-03-21
VIRGINIA nEGISuATURE.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
UcdneS,iov, March n.

they bal passed the bill entitled act cerning
witnesses in civil cases. with m amendment. 10
which they ask the concurrence oil The House. The
bull, with the amendments was, on motion of Mr..
Stands, laid on the table
MI. Tyler Offered The following resolution, which
was opposed by Messs. Dorman, Crutel6eld and
Sna,i, and te leetcd
" ReSotreG, That tho COMMITTEE ior Courts Of
Justice be Instructed to inquire the proprciy Of
releasing and dsohaig ng the securities If German
Baker late Treasurer OF tho default OF said 1ieasu
rcr, IN accounting FOR mud paying over his sue
erssot the amount deposited III The Treasury in the
year 1925 10 the credit aud account OF the Cmen
natl Society.
James Rirer and kand,.hd improvement
On motion OF Mr.. Nenable. the bill 10 increase the
capital of the James River aud kanawhs Company,
WAS taken up.
Mr. Edmunds moved the following amcndmen,
which was adopted:
"Bcn further enacted, That tho amour, herein ap
pfopriatcd audi lac amount authutl1cd 10 be borrowed
by said company, shall I've expended ~ the compile
ton oil continuous sections 81 the wafer hue OF
co i,munoal,on between tie City ol Richmond una
the town oi Cosington.
On motion oil Mr.. Wehcr. the rule was suspend
ed lof the purpose of iecousiderlne vote by which
an amendment Of his, some days since onefed, vas
adopted. Mr.. ". lhen submitted The following u
mendmcn. IN leu OF hls iotmcr amendments
THAT the State shall herraiie, be entitled 10 Give
as many Notos ufon her subscription to the stuck Of
the James River and kannha Improvement as ma,
be present AVID gwen by all the subscbcts Other
than the State, IT any meeting Of the stockholders OF
SAID company; and II II shall also be the duty OF the
Board Of Public Works 10 appoint tlucc proxies or
agents TO represent the States interest IN sand
pany, and thai each proxy shall rive one hind paii
oi the votes thar the State shall be entited To give
aud that one OF The sad proxies shall reside between
the head OF tide wafer aud the City oil Kehmond and
the Blue Ridge Mountains. aud the other between
the Blue Ridge < the Alr2hany Mountalnsand the
other West of the Allegheny"
Mr.. Watkins offered The following amendment To
the amendment Of Mr. Wnchei;
Eleventh sccliou-slrke out The proviso and In.
seu the following in lieu thereof:
"Such stock, while owned by the Company, shall
have no Influence upon the number of votes 10 he
gwen III general meetings, either on behalf OF the
Sale on behalf of Other stockholders but
nom and after tho LIST day of J,nunry, 1910,
until the whole of the stock subscribed for b, the
Company shah have been sold, the vote 10 be
given on behalf Of the State in general meetings in
stead OF that now ptosctbed by the charter, shall
be as follows, that Is 10 say One vote FOR each ten
shares Of The additional stock subscribed for the
Commonwealth, by yIitue Of the act passed on the
"a IN Jan, 1898, entitled ian act authoi,se the
Common Council OF the City oi Richmond. 10 make
m additional subscription 10 the stock Of the James
RFrr and hana"ha Company, aud 10 authorize \
tuthcr Subscription the pant u the Common
wealth. and, IN nddtoe tleieIo vote FOR every
Sdlts pi bllItI fNiOth ol the company, bAnfH bN
the CommonW ealih, or by any other. for her use
provided, however, HAT the whole number Of such
additional votes, gwen on behalf Of the Common-
"eatl, shall IN case exceed Two htlhs of The
whole number oil votes gwen behalf OF The other
stockholders Then present, or represented al the
meetings. After the whuie OF the stock, subscribed
Tor on behalf OF the Company under authority Of
tins act shall have been sold, as herein provided,
the number OF votes 10 lie gwen. on behalf OF The
State shall be regulated by the present provisions Of
the Charter.
Mr.. Bayly supported The amendment Of Mr. Wat
kns.
Mr.. Wiichcr supported III. amendment He
stated lhat HE bill might be made to assume such a
shape 10 Obtain his vote lie was willing 10 grant
the company a million and half for the pre-
sent, and let them come before the Legisla-
tare Tor any additional sum thai may then DO
wanted
Mr.. Cruiclrfela moved to recoinmh tho bill with
the following instructions:
EeSoircd, That the sald bill be rreomnifted 10 the
Committee Of Roads and Internal Navigation, with
instructions 10 bring in bill authorizing the said
Company To borrow the credit Of the corporate
funds, one million five numbered thousand dollars
pedglug the corporate funds primarily FOR the pay
ment nl The interest and the redemption Of the prIn.
cpal Of sad loan; and secondly, the State II
garantee for It's ultimate payment
Mr.. Robertson opposed the re commitment, and
AT much length entered into general and com
prehersise consideration OF the great benefits to
rebound to the commonwealth from the energetic
prosecution OF Tins great central improvement.
| The debate farther continued by Mesns.
Crutthhcd aud Tunstali IN favor OF. and by Messis.
Veuable, Watkins and Bots against rccommit-
ment
Nj. Dorman called for division Of the question,
which was lost.
Mr.. Edmnnds called FOR the ayes and noes which
were ordered, aud were ayes Co. noes "a, as fol-
lows
AYEs.--Mcssrs. Croppcr, Wood, M'Clin'ck,
Cobbs. Frvatt, Snodgrass, Hoffman. Meirn, llask
ms, Cotbn. Wiicox, Cardwell, Carson, Broadus,
Vaughan. Lotimcr, Ball Edmonds Of Fauqnisr.
Deskins, Wade, Smith of g., Turner, Edmunds OF
/ Halifax Ode Park. Armstrong, Martin, Smith OF
Isle Of Wright, Shadrlck. Richmond, Beard, Ram
ey, Taylor of Loudoun. Anderson, Oigan, Banks,
! TAYLOR Of Mathews d Mddlesex, Dortch Goode.
| Clayton, Whitehead, Langhornc, Alexander, Fliz-
! gerald Voolfolk, M'Pherson. Cloud, M'Coy,
runstall Wltcher Carroll. Stands Radcliffe Sturn,
PendIeton, Smith Of Rockingham, Thomas. Culbeu-
son, Bare Conn, Urquhari, CIutcEheld, Clark.
| Prince, Stephenson Walker-G8.
! Nors-Messrs Gilmer, (Speaker Bayly Of Ac-
! conack, Southall Holloway, Cabell, Stuart, KIN
ney, Mitchell, Shanks Peyton Tar, Kyle. Flood,
! Thornburr, Tder, Fox, Cox Wilson, Tldball,
! Waite Payne. Hale of F., Sherard, Barton, Chap
man, Watkins, Hail Of IT,, Daingerfcd, White,
| Seymour, Bolts, Tyler, Washington. Smith OF Ka-
nawha. Conway Farley, Smith Of Mason & Jackson,
! Dunlap Barnett. o. FcrraIl, Mcconnell, May, Gay,
Harris Venable, Roberts, Robertson, Leyburn,
Dorman, DAVIS, Crockett Oft. Goodson, Jackson
! Crockett of VS..
SO the House rc-committed the bill with in
strucuons. The House took recess until even
! ing.
EVENING SESSION.
EYGRossrp Bills.