Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-17
CON GREs NAL.
house or REPRESENTATIVES,.
TuuRspAI, Aug. H..
THE JUDICIARY.

HOUSE OF NEtklsStN Est.
TnvsspAI, Aug. IL.
THE JUDICIARY.
On motion OF MIR BARNARD, and by gcner
consent, the House proceeded to the eonsideratiS
oi the following Senate bill;
AN ACT 20 amend the act entitled can act supplements
the entitled An act 10 anenithe judicial system
re 70 ssSsisJ Sy rae Ssns,e end house Of R,pr,ssnt
bed ihl, he fourth e.sul, shall DE- composed OF
The Gnh circuit shsi be composed OF the districts
aLba,sa aud Louisiana.
Moth Csrsi,a.. sL,ulh Carolina. aud Georsis.
The rcni courts IN the dls,et OF virginia shall he hs
ca kieb.soad On the irsi Monday IA Nay and on III
ioacth Mon lay ia November. -.
be hoicn the fourth Monday Of May and second Men
before which the Justices 81 the supreme
i ,hs several Is,reis smons the Justices ol tho SAIL
dec >. A-d ben farther enacted, tina, when the time
hohns eo.n by this act has been ehsased alt pro
Proeeeies and causes shall be returned sad bed
connncjto the sad courts, at the times herein pro
v.ici for iheir meeting. respectively.
The hill having been read third time. AMI the
qaeSiion being on the final passage thereof
Mf JONES oil Virginia. roso TO oher an amend
The SPEAKER said no motion to amend could
now 10 received except by generai consent, the bill
beng on its passage.
The amendment having been read,
Me STANLEY objected TO It, remorkng that he
could no, stand Virginia and Sou;h Carolina both
MIR JONES thereupon moved that the bin lie re-
committed to the Committee on the Judiciary, with
Instructions to report the following amendment:
That hereafter the eastern aud districts Pom.
ryvlnia aud the district VI Michigan shall constitute the
The district OF Maryland, Delaware, aud New Jersey
shall constitute the fourth sreo ,s,,.
Ina shall constitute the dnh circuit.
The district OF Georgia and Alabama shall constitute the
The district Ohio Indians Illinois, and Missouri shall
The district Of KentueEy Fist West Tennessee and
Te eastern dstcie Of Louisiana and the district of Mis-
sissppi shall constitute the mint, circuit.
Mr JONES explained and briefly urged the
adoption OF his amendment. lie submitted that 1t
was desirable that the whole subject should be re-
committed with the Instructions he had proposed,
so that opportunity might be afforded 10 those
who felt deep interest IN the question TO present
10 Ihat committee the advantages which it seemed
TO him were held out by his proposition. IL would
eqdalzs the duties OF all, withou: doing injustice
10 any one OF the Judges upon the bench oil the
Supreme Court.
Mr. BARNARD briefly replied. lie explained
the operation OF the bill and the absolute necessi
~ which existed for tie reorganization Of the cr
CUTS That object was proposed to be accomplish
80 by this bill, and TO be accomplished IN the SIM
plest mode, so as TO carry justice conveniently TO
every par, and portion OF the People of the United
States.
lie expressed himself opposed entirely to the
amendment OF the gentleman from Virginia, (Mr
JoSEsl Ii proposed to disturb and re-arraRse
circuits in relation 10 which no complaint existed.
lie was also opposed entirely to the recommitment
OF the bill after it had been examined once and
agreed upon by commttec-after II had passed
the Senate alter considerable discussion and examl'
nation and at this late period OF the session.
Aud, for the purpose Of bringing the House 10 a
vote and issue the till, he would do that which,
the House would bear him witness, he was not
much accustomed 10 do-move the previous ques-
ton.
And there was q second.
And tho main question which cut Off the motion
10 recommt with instructions, and brought tn
House TO n direct vote on the passage OF the bill
was ordered TO be now taken.
Mr. JONES, oil Virginia, asked the yeas an
nays thereon, which were ordered; and, being Ia
ken, resulted as ioilows
YEAS-Messrs. Allen, Sherlock Andrews
Appleton, Arnold Arlington, Aycrigg, Blbcock
Baker, Barnard, Bdlack, Birjseye, Blair, Board
man, Borden, Bolts, Briggs, Milton Brown Jere
mah Brown, Burnel, VIM . Butler, Calhoun
VIM Campbell, Thomas Campbell, Caru;hsrs
Casey, Chapman, Childs. Chiltenden, John {
Clark, James Cooper Cowen, Cranston, Cravess,
Cross, Gaueu Davis, John Edwards, Fesssnden,
Fillmore, A Lawrence Foster, Gamble, Gentry,
Giddings, Goggin, p G. Goode, Graham, Granger
Green. Gwin, Habersham, Hall, Haisted, Hous-
ton, Howard, Hudson, c lngersoll, lnset
soil, w w Irwin, James, w Cost Johnson, Johi
PKennedy, King, Lane, Linn, Mchennan, Sam
son Mason, Malhiot, Mnuocks, Maxwell, May
nard, Mitchell, Morgan, Morris Morrow, Osborne
Owsley, Pealse, Pendle,on, Pope, Profit, Ramsey
Benjamin Randall, Alexander Randall, Randolph
Rayner, Ridsway, Rodney, VIM Russell, james
NJ Russell, Saltonsall, Sanford, Saunders, Shields
Truman Smith, Stanly, Sua,lon, A IL II Stuart
John L Stuart, Taliaferro, John b Thompson
Richard w Thompson, Jacob Thompson, Ting
hast, Toland, TomIinson, Triple,t, Understood
Van Rensselaer,, Wallace, Warren, Washington
Edward ID White. Jos L White, C IL Williams, A
Young, John Young-ll5.
NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Anterior, Barton
Becson, Bovine, Boyd, Brewster, Aaron Blown
Charles Brown. Burke, Green w Caldwell, Palricl
Coles COguit, Mark Coopsaaar YD aniei, 'R Richard
Davis, DEAN Doan, John C Edwards, Egbert, Johr
GFIoyd, Gerry, WIN O Goode, Gordon, Cuisine
Harris, Hays, Holmes, Hopkins, Houck, HUBBARD
Hunter. Cave Johnson, John w Jones, A Ken
nedy, Lewis, Litlefsld. Abraham Mcclellan
Mcclellan, Mckay. Mckeon, Mallory, Marchand
Alfred Marshall, Mathews, Medili, Miller, New
had, Plumer, RsdIng, Reynolds, Riggs, Rogers
Roosevelt, Snyder, S,eenrod, Sweeney, Tourney
Y. Bufen, wailersen, Weller, James w Williams
Wood Is.
So he bill was passed.