Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-03-18

PRESIDENT himself gives Lie same interpretation OF
charter The company have never carried out tis
provision oil the charter, and he feared they never
would The company had asked To be excused from
making dams, promising TO build bridges. The Legs
a,ure had granted them the privilege and they have
yet given bridges Still they ask allow them
to impose further burdens. Mr.. b gave instances oi
the extremely small communication that had been gwen
To the county of Buckingham by the company. Pass
this b and his constituents will not only be willing to
blot out this work. but he feared that in their lndgn1-
ton oppression, they would destroy it. In addition
TO the heavy embarrassment winch weighed down his
constituents he hoped that this House would not i'm
pose upon them tins new hurthen The Whole State
should meet this debt, and not throw ii exclusively
upon those living along the line
Mr.. CEurcHfIELD. This Company have not in
jnvcd but have benefited The county Of Powhatan =
This was more peculiarly the case with Cumberland
{ ard Bucking ham The Delegates from POwlntan
(ihomas Miller and Cumberland tAl.cn Wilson, had
voted Tor the James River and kanawha Improve
mcn,. Mr. c. argued, that al ! cents toll, 50 "a were
saved exclusive oil time and casey on hogsicad OF
tobacco from Lynchburg, the old TOLL before The
improvement was established. Mr. c. cited other
cases of great saving of costs of by this
Improvement In reply to the argument, that the tolls
were low on the Erie and other Northern canals,
MIR. c. replied, that owing 10 the immense guam
tity Of transportation said canals. Moreover, the
tolls said canals originally heaver-en enabling
them TO pay off their liabilities Mr.. G. thought d
cents tolls sufficient He glad TO see the delegates
Of the Valley coming forth 10 bear their part oil Tue
State to pay the whole burhen for an Improvement,
which benefits only a particular section OF the State
MIR. BEoww of p. moved the previous question:
which sustained.
i The motion for indefinite postponement was lost,
follows
.7ms-Alessrs Leake of A., Powell of A., HUBBARD,
Bocock Hancock, Irving Smith oil r., Stockton, Wood,
Ieake Of Goochand Carroll, Stova Gibson, Martin,
Cabell Hopkins Cowan, Kane, Goodson and Leitwlch
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I ,oes-nessrs Hocman, (Spcakcr,l Awortl Gus
It's Randolph, Mann, Cooke, Brooke. FRAZER Byrd oi
Bath, Wngfeld, Mitchell, Newkirk, Snodgrass, VII
son. ravenner, Meredith Blick, Moore of c. x W,
Tolcr Nowln, Samuel, Broadus, Geodwyn, Brown
of T. C.. Il w, Garnett, Powell of Fairfax, Payne,
Muse Robins, Ca!well, Jones, Blue, Ward, White oil
Hanover, Miles, Smith of Ilarrsnn, acRae, King,
Eowden. Gailaher, Worhington, lIawes. Edmonds OF
l.. and r. Stones, Carter, Miller of L., Jackson,
Marshall, Banks, Kidwell, Nicolson, Miller OF NJ and
Jackson, Jiggts, Sorhington, Tanzey, Adar, wade,
Dyche, Smith of Nanscmond, Taylor, Watts, Taten,
RICE, Oliver, Edgimglon, Stoe, Cntz, Bird oil Zen
deion, Boiling Taiman, Brown of Preston, Anderson,
Drv, DANIEL of L. e., B'awnsr, S;rothrr, Bnrweil,
Moore OF Rockb-idge, White Of Rockbrldge Deneaie,
Coates, Gatewood, Spark, Cruchfeld, liedgnan,
Walker, SPOTS, West Henry, Lewis and Neni-?l.
The amendment of Mr.. CRUrciIfIEln TO the ID sec
ton was agreed 1t provides that two OF the drec
be appointed at the first election under this act
shall he persons who have no, heretofore been directors
Of said company and each annual election thereafter
least Of the directors OF the preceding year shall
cedng year. (ar. Bocock made ine,iactual mo''on
! to strike out the last part Of the above
i Mr. IuBAIu moved to amend the FIRST section, - as
To provide that the James River and kanawha Com
pany NAV hereafter demand aad receive all articles
transported hy water their line OF Improvement on
James River, in lieu Of the tolls allowed by law,
such tolls they may assess, leSoeedns IN average
Of tour cents per ton OF two thousand pounds per mile
Proeided, Tia; The tolls upon no agricultural PFodnc
ton Shall exceed three cents per ton, and that IN as
sessing tolls upon hogsheads of tobacco, which have
not been weighed, the hogsheads shall not BE- es,ima
ted weighing than 600 pounds gross weight;
and Proridcd jarher, That Discrimination shall be
made bet wecn manufactured and manufactured 10
baccs, wheat and -four, and that the tolls may IN all
cases, lie as high allowed on the Old James
River canal.
Il The above amendment was supported by MessFs
llrBAED and HorSiNs, and opposed by Nix. lErrCi-
FIELD. The amendmcn, was lost
Mr.. LEAKE Of a, moved 10 strike out the FIRST sec
ton, which increases the tolls he did not think 1t
rgh that when the Stale is responsible for the debts
of improvement company, she should force sad
company 10 pay The whole interest said deb, which
the State has voluntarily incurred.
i Al the suggestion Of Mr. CEurcmrIELp, Mr. LEAKE OF
/ A. withdrew his motion.
Mr.. CRurcnrlELp moved to strike out four and in
sert three and haJ cents per ton. MIR. IRVING moved
TO insert three.
4 Mr.. SvlSG called the ayes and noes when the Chair
announced that Tie hour of recess (2l F. NJ had ar
rived and the chair was vacated, TO be resumed al 4
o'clock.
i EvE%lsc SEssroS.
! MIR. InsISG sustained at length his motion 10
fix the tolls At three cents.
The tolls fixed three and half cents by the
following vote:
7yes-alessrs. Ailworh, Gusts, Cooke, brooke,
Frazer, Byrd Of Bath, Newkirk, Stanton, Meredith
B!ick, Samuel, Bfoadus, Goodwin, Brown Of f. &. d
W., Garnet, Powell of F, Rohlns, Cslwrll, Jones'
Blue, Ward White Of H., Miles, Smith of H., McRac
l'ow,rn, Worthingioa, Wallace HAYES Edtnonds OF
L. X r. Garter, Miller Of Londoun, Jackson, Mars hail.
Banks, k,dwcll, Ncoson, Miller of NJ. * j. Jiggits
! Norihng,on Tanzey, Adalr, Wade, pycar, S::i,h of
| ~, Taylor, Walls, Taem, VERIFY, Oliver. Davis OF o
& e., Strolc Crj'z, Boiling, Talman, Brown OF r,
Anderson Dey, Daniel OF 7. G., B:awner, S,n:m Da
mel of K. G., Burwell, Moore Of H., White Of r De
n"ale, Cooes, Gatewood, Spark, CrnchGeld, ledgman
West, Henry, Ncal11
Aacs- iessrs Randolph I.eake of Alhcma,r Mann
Powell of Amherst, Mitchell, Wilson, Tavenner, llu.
bard, Bocock, Moore of Cabll and Wayne, Tocr, Now
I'm, Dennis, Hancock, Irving Smith of +, Stcckton
Payne, Muse, Wood, Byrd of Frederick French IT, AXE
of Goochland, Carroll, Stovall, Basel. King, Parks
Gibson, Martin, Cabell, Edgington. Hopkins Cowan
Kane, Tate, Spo,,s Coodson, Leftwlch-39
MIR. YEnEr called the previous question the
grossmcni.
= Mr. lRyIsG called the ayes and noes Before tho
roll called alr. SrovALL made motion to adjourn
which was lost The roll then callrd, ard the
previous question was losl-aycs a. noes a.
Mr. LEAKE of Goochiand moved amendment
nsruc;ing the directors and proxies Of the James River
and kanawha Company, to vote TO reduce the salary
of the President of the Company to $1,000 and 10 re
duce The salaries of all superintendent and agents EN-
ployed on the said improvement between Richmond and
Lynchburg, at least % per cent where the salaries
now exceed $780, and to reduce the salary Of the su
pcrnendent or agent the Western Improvement of
said Company $3.50, and the salary OF The collector
OF tolls on the kaoawha River to $3.50, aud the pay
of directors to a day for every day they shall be en-
gagged in busness-also, that member of The Legs.
lature, being member of the directory Of the James
River and kanawha Company, shall receive compen-
director, while he receiving pay as mcu-
Der Of the Legislature.
Mr. CHurourlrLp thought, by this provision, we
take possession Of the Company, and make it State
work-to which lie was particularly opposed. We
have enough 10 do with it now. As to regulating
The fees of the officers, we can do that by joint
resolution, instead of lacking it on 10 bill, which
is intended for the benefit of the whole State
Mr. LfAKE ID q. The gentleman from Spo,,syl.
wanna has been laborng all day TO increase the ex
actions by this Company upon the people; and now