The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-12-15

piiaiion 20 meet IL Sent 10 Ssna.e, viii
proposition 70 refer il 10 The commit.
lee On finance.
Dir. Brummsll. irnm the Joint stleel
committee on that subjecI. reported thal
they bad sgreed thai The Two House.
should meet in The Commons Hall. m
'he Oh q December. 10 compare lhs
votes for Governor.
Mr. Nash presented bill 10 permiI
| Clerks OF The COuris Of Pleas snd Quar-
Der Sessions. 10 ke probate Of deeds al
eonseyanee. Read and referred 10 the
Judiciary rommiItes.
| The bill 10 incorporate Oak Grove A Q.
ademy, Was read The third time and pas.
/ ssd.
Nj. Leach presented bill. 70 repeal
an sel concerning the processioning Of
lands. Referred 10 tbs COMMITTEES on The
judiciary.
LITERARY BOARD, &c.
Mr. Barnes presented The followins re-
solution:
| Resolved. That the Governer BE- re-.
quested 10 furnish The names of The seys-
rsl debtors 10 the Literary and Internal
Improvement Boards. from the period of
The hrsl loan BY said Board. up 10 the pro.
sent lime--lhe amount due from each,
and The security taken for the psymen.
OF said loans-specifying particularly
when the several debts that are PAID we're
discharged. the several amounts now due,
and The names Of the debtors. and the se.
euriIies taken inr the payment.
ME-. Bsrringer said. he desired that The
fullest investigation should be had, and 10
this end he would move to amend the re-
solution, BY striking out Of al aiier lie
word :" Resolved" end inserting The iol-
lowing:
"Tha, select committee be appoint
ed, to obtain from the Governor. as Presi-
dent ex-oficio Of the Literary and Inter-
nal improvement, Boards. The names Of
The several deblors of SAID Busrds. from
The period Of their FIRST loan up TO the
Presen. time, the amount due from each,
aud the security taken for the payment
OF said loans. specify ing particulars, when
The several debts tina. are paid we're dis.
charged. and the several amounts now
due, and the names Of the debtors and
their securities: and further. tina, said com.
miitee inquire into the solvency Of The OBJ
llgors iaahe bonds Of the borrow ers, and
their securities, and whether any loss has
ever been sustained by either OF said
bosrds. and by whom, aud when. and
that said committee report the names of
The borrowers to this house. and report in
full on oil the subjects contemplated in
this resolution; and that they have power
10 send Tor persons and papers.
Mr.. BIggs objected TO the amendment.
lie was not only for procuring the infor-
aa.ion Tor The use ofihs House. but he
wished TO give il Ia the people Of the |
State. FIRST, let US adnpt the resolution
OF the gentleman from Edgecomb. and
&c, report from the Governor. and then |
let il be printed. tia. The public may see |
who are indebted 10 these boards. After
that. he would promise To vote for CON.
mi.ise to investigate the matter; he would
90 as far as the gentleman from CsSsr-
rus, as far as any one, in the invesiss-
lion. Hs hoped the amendment would
not be adopted.
Mr.. Mills stated. that he entirely con.
CURED in the amendment. The subject
hsd. been made political capital Of, aud he
wished !. spread before the people. Al
The last session, a similar resolution had
been introduced BY one Mr.. Joshua Barnes,
which he would read. Here Mr.. Mills
read from the Journals OF the las, Legis
lsture, the proceedings on . resolution
Of Mr.. Barnes, Of similsr nature With
Ihe one before the house. on which
late in the session, made ire
port, through Mr.. Barnes, their chair
nan, which report and proceedings were
published in the Register. And as
hey are, doubtless, fresh in the memo
y Of all our readers, we deem it unne.
,essary to publish them here. Here
hen. were persons, clothed with au.ho-
'Ity to investigate this matter, and as
hey had found nothing wrong. il might
airly have been concluded that theirs was
Nothing wrong. Blu. il they were no.
he was for giving them power
o make as thorough an investigation as
could be made. The amendment Of the
,en,lemsn from Caharrus, gave them
,ower 10 send for persons and papers.
rhs gentleman from Martin said. that he
vas for printing the report. So was be;
md be was for printing il in such man.
Ter, that gentlemen in the East could not
ay to the people. that such an one in the
Vest, of whom they knew nothing, was
nsolvent; nor in the West. OF one in The /
EAST. II seemed to him that the amend
nent ought TO prevail. II
Mr.. Biggs was understood to endea-
or to prove that the report Of Mr.. IL
Barnes was not made very la'e in the Z
ession. He continued TO insist that the
Ian proposed in the original resolution Il
vas The bes'; that the committee could
lot tell whether the signers Of the bonds
|, in nercan. mr. hnt i tho