The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-12-15
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Friday, December ..

HOUSE OF COMMONS
\ # Friday, December ..
i Mr.. Baxter presented memorisl, &C
eompsnird BY bill. praying The erection
OF new county BY the name of Lsfsy.
eile. out of . portion Of Rutherford. Re.
fsrrsd 10 The committee on proposili1 n.
and grievances.
The rssolu'ioa, introduced yesterday
BY Mr.. Francis, Masking i, . standing rule
OF the House. tina. hereafter all pension
certificates shall be referred TO the CON-
mi'iee on claims. was then taken up and
adopted.
Mr. Avery presented a memorial from
purchasers Of Cherokee lands. praying
indnlgencs on their bonds. &c. Referred
10 the joint select committee on the Che.
rokes lands.
The bill 10 direct The reference ofsui,.
on the bonds of Sheriffs. and other Off.
Gers. Vas read third time, and passed.
Saturday, December 3.
Mr.. Francis. from the joint selec, com.
mi,.ee on Public Buildings. reported a
bill lor The better regulation Of the Offices
in the capitol, and Tor the removal Of the
old Offices on the capitol square. The
bill vas read The frs, time and passed.
Mr.. Hawkins, from the Committee ON
military affairs. 10 whom was referred
the resolution inslructing said committee
10 inquire into the expediency Of 90 a.
mending The militia law. az TO allow all
persons compelled TO do military duty to
vote for their officers. male report. stat.
ing ihs, il would b iasxpedisnt Com
CURED in.
Mr.. J. p. Caldwell, from The commit
tee on propositions and grievances, 10
whom wa. referred the memorial from ci.
tizens Of Bsncombe aud Ysncy. praying
the erection ola new county by the name
Of Union. and a bill 10 carry into effect
the prayer Of the petitioners, made a re-
port. recnm amending the passage Of said
bill. The bill having been read second
time. and the question being IN its ps'-
sage, Mr.. Erwin moved To strike out the
name Of Union, which was agreed to,
an that Of CASTOR inserted. A debate
Of some interest en,ued on its passage, in
which Messrs. Cardwell, Gambler. Fran
els. Mclaughlin, Bragg and Barringer
participated. Mr.. Caldwell opposed the
bill on The ground tina. il tended to pro-
duce that very inequality 10 represents.
ton of which so much complaint was
made before the constitution was amend
ed. lf,his bill was pssseJ. he said, there
would be two counties without the ratio
to emile them TO representative-Yan.
cy and CASTOR. To this argument Mr..
Francis replied; and in his reply, he re-
lated an anecdo,e, which illustrates pretty |
forcibly the growing strength ofthe West.
tie frs, proposed TO amend the bill, by
inserting a clause. so as tn provide th,t
the law should not take efTsc, until alter
the sdjournmcn, Of the Legislature, and
thus no difficulty would be created in ar
ranging the representation now; these two
counties would have large extent OF ter
ri,ory. and in ten years the population
would so increase that the argumen, Of
the gentleman would have no force. lie
would tell an anecdote to illustrate this.
lie was employed 10 defend fellow char
ged with hog stealing. In The argument
there, he took exception TO the bill Of in-
dlctment because it was found by only
fourteen Of the grand jury: and the ques
tim wss carried up to the Supreme
Court. and the Judges. supposing that the
Clerk had made an error IN copying the
record, issued on order requiring him 10
send corrrc. copy. The Clerk replied
,ha, there was no error in the COPY
eleren Of the grand jurors having been ex-
cusrd By the Court, because their wives
were about 10 lie in, and it was neces.
s nv for them to be at homem And this is
the way they do business up in The West.
Mr.. Baringpr moved to lay the bill on
the table until The frs. Of January nex'i
which was agreed 10.
Received a message from the Gover'
nor. stating that the appropriation at the
last Sc, sion tn pay certain bills OF work
done Ter the State was deficient some SIX
,undred doll, rs. owing 10 a mistake ~
...,hn. up tho bills, an ask ,g an aprro> /