The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-12-22
lN SENATE.

~ SENATE.
Tuesday Derrmber IS
hf. Edwards. from the jaIni ssieei
eomai.lss IN the APparlianmeni Of The
Representatives in ,hs House Of Csm
mans. reported the following bill;
BE u enacted by the General Assembly
Of The State Of North Csrolins. and Il Is
hereby enscled 81 The authority Of ihe
sane. That unlll the first session Of The
General Assembly, sfer the year one
lhoas nd eight HUNDRED Snd iiliy one, The
House OF Commons shall be rompnsed Of
members, tleeied from the counties 10
the lallowlng msnne; Tue eeunlIes oI
Lincoln and Orange shall elect four mem
hers each. The counties IL Chatham,
Iiransille. Cullord. Iredrll. Mecklenburg.
Stokes, Surry. aad w .ke. shall elect three
members each. The counues Of Arson,
I Beaufort, Beuie. Buncombs. Burke.
I C4barrus. caswrli. Craven, Cumberland,
Davidson. Duplin. Edgeromh, franklin.
Halifax, Johnston. New Hanover. North.
smpian. PITT. Randolph. Robeson. Rock
/ inshsn, Rowan. Rutherford, Sampson,
!! Warren, Wayne. and Wilkes. shall cleo
Two members each. The cnua,ies Of
Ache, Bi ,den. Brunswick. Caldwell. Car.
iprsi, Camden. Cherokee. Chossn,
Cleveland. Columbus, Currituck. DAVE,
Gates. Greene, Haywood. Henderson,
Hereford. iyde. J"ncs. Lenoir. Macon,
Montgomery. Marnn. Moore. Nash. On
slow. Pssqua,ank, Perquimons. Person
Richmond. S,anly. TyrelI. Washington
and ysncy. shall rlrcl one member each
Which. on his motion, was ordeIed q
be pfinted.
| Nc. Boyd offered Resolution, thai
The committee on Edoca,ion aud The L.
tersry Fund. be instructed 10 inquire N
to The expediency Of repeating so mncl
of an acl. as sulhnrises . the Pfesiden
and Directors OF the Literary Fund, I,
cause surveys 10 be made Of the Swami
lands. and 10 rxpend Two hundred thou
sand dollars 10 retaining The said lands,
aud that they repoH by Bib or otherwise
Which was read aud adopted.
Mr. Arring:oa presented a resolution
that The JOINT seler, committee on Banks
be instructed to inquire into the causes
which led 10 The Lave suspension Of 81 eel
payments bv the Bank of the Stale an,
the d INK &c Cape Fear; and the injarie,
sustained by the people Of this state. II
consequence Of such suspension. Also
aht abuses have been committed by thes
corporations since such Suspension, an
that sad COMM Tee report by bill o
olhera Use; v llich was read and agreed TO
|, Mr.. Cooper introduced series q
! resoluliuns, ehlch. on his motion. wer
laid upon The ia9le and ordeitd 10 b
printed.
These resolutions provide that com
! miitec Of iva persons shall be appolnteu
By the General Assembly. neitheroi whom
shall be connected with the banks. eilhe
as stockholders or officers, whose duty
shall be-. within four months after the ad
iournment of the Legislature, 10 examin
into The safety aad vaIas of the stock own
ed By the state in the Bank Of the Stat
and the Bank Of Cape Fear; into all abus
es affecting the value or safety Of sal
sto k; and especially into the several a
mounts OF stock owned by the President
and directors ofsaid banks, and the SIEVE
raj sums borrowed by each. The sal
committee farther 10 be required person
ally 10 inspect the books anil accounts
,, and count the specie Of each Of the sal
banks, and their several branches and oil
fees, and have power to summon and ex
anime witnesses; and within six month
from the adjournment Of the Legislature
shall make report TO the Governor
: their proceedings and investigations. Th
e Governor is required to publish The sam
in three newspapers Of the state; he
!, also to convene the Council Of State, all
if with their advice he shall deem the re
: port Of the committee TO contain matte
demanding the action OF the General As
sembly, he shall convene the said Gene
: raj Assembly for that purpose.
A Resolution 10 favor Of Joshua Blu
lock. being on is third reading, Mr.. h
wards said. he thought The lnss Of III
warrant il This case. should be more full
{ shown. Ii was an old claim. and ougt
in The absence Of further inflammation
d be looked at dIs,rus,fuily by The Senate
Mr. H-s.er explained.
a Mr.. Jscocks did not question III
explanati % made by the Senator moi
! Granville. bu, he fully csncuued vii
e the Senator from Warren, that in acrn
{ upon these old clalms The Senate shoul
, pfoceeJ cautiously. The resolution W
!. then rejected.
Z Mr.. William p. Williams, called o
) The resolution for The relief 81 The Cour
; IL Court Of Franklin. which on HE m
uop. was amended so a. 10 extend simil;
relief 10 Tie Clerk OF the County Court
Nash; and 50 sneIiied passed lis FIR
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