Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-07


rious candidates then present, that he may By law be
entitled TO vote for.
alr. VkSAnLE called up the cngrosscd bill, "Divorc-
in. lancttu p Allen from her husband Robert S. Al
len; and on his motion, the papers in support of her
petition were read They make ont strong case OF
adultery and abandonment certified to be correct by
the verdict of jury The bill passed without OPP
position or division.
The cngrosscd bill I" To amend an act entitled sAn
act concerning General Elections in this Common
wealth, was read third time. Some conversation
took place upon filling blank in the bill with the
number of days within which the returning officer is to
make out his return Of the election of Senator Dele
gate and Immediately transmit copy by mail 10 the
Secretary Of the Commonwealth, &c, &c. Various
days were su@gcstcd-bv Mr.. TAYLOR of Halifax II
days by Mr. BAaKs, 10 days. Finally, on motion of
Mr. SMITH Of Of ", the bill laid the table, for
The purpose Ct further considering the subject
Ancngrosscd bill, Divorcug Charlotte +. Helm from
her husband Henry F. Helm, read a third time,
along with the evidence in the casc motion Of Mr.
POWELL: and it was passed without division.
An cngrosscd bill "Concerning the town of Law
rcncevilie in the county Of Brunswick, was passed.
Mr.. CEurcnrrELp called up the engrosscd bill "In-
cooperating the Winterpock Rail Road Company, and
the blanks being filed, the bill passed.
Several bills had their first and second readings
Petitions were prcscntcd-By Mr. FLOOD. from sun
dry citizens of Buckingham and Prince Edward, re-
monsrang against the passage OF law declaring APP
pomattox river from Morton 5 Mill TO Plantcrstown a
Campbell county, praying for tie establishment of a
precinct election at Marysville in that couny-By Mr..
HOW'LL, from John w. lcadcn and others, praying TO
be released from paying taxes certain tracts OF land
BY Mr. ROBERTSON, from Jaqueline B. Earvie, pray
ing the passage of law confirming certain rights held
by him under writs of ad quod donn~'n, issued at
the County Court of Hcnrco, and authorsng the City
of Richmond to raise any quantity OF water that may
be deemed necessary for the of the city-By Mr.
TAYLoE Of King George, from John H. Rely, praying
l,,n nf Turn
pike Company.-By Mr.. Fox, of citizens Of Campbell
county, PRAYING for the establishment of precinct cleo
ton at Marysville in said county.
The House agreed to a report from the Committee
of Courts of Justice, upon the resolution cnquIrng in
To the expcdcncv of authnrising the county and
poration courts, to lay their county levcs and poor
rates upon other subjects of taxation than those
authorised They decided The same TO be cxpcdcnt.
A bill reported from the Committee of Agriculture,
&c I" to cstabsha Board Of Agriculture, read a
rst time and ordered TO second reading by vote of
A to 49,
The bill concerning the Falmouth and Alexandria
Railroad Company, was taken up on its second read
inr-(granting extension of the time for obtaining
subscriptions, and commencing the work.
Mr.. YENABLE avowcd his opposition TO the engross-
merit Of The BILL being persuaded that the improvement
would be but addition to the number of public works
which already threaten the Commonwealth with bank
ruptcy.
Mr. ScoTr of F. after remarks in favor of the
bill showing the advantages Of the work, and stating
that the public faith pghted, moved to lay IT upon
the table for the present: which carried.
Mr.. COLEMAN submitted the following resolution:
"Rcsolred That the Committee Of Privileges and
Elections be instructed to enquire into the cxpcdency
of revising the laws regulating the general elections of
Virginia. Agreed to.
On Mr. NExABLE's motion, The Committee of Roads
and Internal Navigation instructed to inquire into
the propretv of directing the foreclosure of the mort
gage on the road from the mouth of Fishing creek on
the Ohio river the State line in direction of Smith
field
Mr. SMITH of l. Of W. submitted the following reso-
luton
Eesolrcd, That the several Banks Of this Common
wealth and their Branches, which suspended specie
payments in October last he required to communicate
to this House IA statement shelving the amount that
each Of the Directors thereof indcbtcd To the
Banks. Also, the amount for which each was liable as
cndorscr at the time Of suspension: and whether the
amount Of their Indebtedness or Liability as cndorScr,
has been any time Increased diminished since the
said suspension.
Mr. s accompanied the presentation Of this resolu-
tion with some remarks He stated, that he had this
morning c-e the soo"t Committee Banks.
who had rejected and adopted one in lieu oil ~ winch
he thought would amount 10 nothing. lie had, there
fore thourht proper 10 come TO the House for this in
He was iop:n:on that the Banks had sus
pended payments without adequate necessity; and he
wished to how far the private interests OF The Drcc-
rnrS had contributed 10 THIS measure. IL might turn
out thc did not say positively II wond) that some oi
the Directors deeply i'll debt To their Institutions,
nj the time of the suspension, and that their acco'nn
tations might have been afterwards GncrcaScdn which
case, they might have been induced 10 vote for the ss
pension. lie about referring to the proceedings
of the Select Committee when the Chair made a point
of order-upon which Mr.. ROBERTSON of r. hoped the
gentleman from of W. would be INDUCED in the OPP
poruiiy of reading the resolution actually adopted by
the Committee. No objection being made, Mr.. Smith
then read the following resolution adopted by the Sc
lcct Committee:
,sResored, That the Presidents of the Banks in this
which have suspended specie pay
ments BE- requested 10 communicate TO the Committee
on Banks the aggrcoatc Indebtedness of each Of the
Boards OF Directors Of these institutions at the time oil
such suspensions; likewise, the aggregate amoun, OF
such Indebtedness on the lst January, 1910.
Some debate took place upon MIR. Smiths rcson
ton He conlended that the substitute adopted by
the Committee of little account-Nhat he wished
10 know, not the aggregate Indebtedness OF the
Board but the debt of each Director; and assigned
his reasons for this distinction.
Mr. VEyABLE thought il sufficient for the present to
call for this information and urged the improperly of
calling for private accounts without adequate necessity
Mr. SMrru replied, and referred to what had been
lately said bv the Governor of Alabama, that the debts
of the Directors of her Banks exceeded all the private
debts of their customers put together and concluded
with calling for the ayes and noes.
Mr. CRUTcurIELD reminded the House, that they
had transferred 10 their Committee all the power which
they had thensclvcsto send for persons and papers
Mr. C. stated that in addition to the resolution which
the Committee had adopted, proposition was made
for the Committee to go in person to the Banks, 10
make all the Investigations which they could make;
and the gentleman from the Isle of Wight had decln-
ed it. He commended, that in asking for the indebted
ness of each Director the resolution of Mr. 5. ought
also to apply for information as to the means and re-
sources of each and also to extend the enquiry INTO
Tho transactions of other individuals Let the aggre-
qatc amount be first asccrained and if appear to be
extravugantly large, then the House might take further
order on the subject.
Mr. RopERrsoS said, that the Committee had shcwn
every desire 10 obtain information, which they thought
at this time necessary They had asked for the aggrc-
ratc debts of the Directors Suppose they should turn
ont TO be no more than reasonable, would the House go
further and expose the private accounts OF each Drcc-
tor 10 the Bank: You cannot expose the debit account
of any customer, without exposing him TO unjust m
mutations The other side of the account, the means
of the dealer, ought also 10 90 along with it. he con
tended that from the whole course of the Committee,
they had manifested every desire to obtain the neccs