Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-03-16
HOUSE OF DELEGATES
WEDNESDAY. March


WEDNESDAY, March 18th. 10
The following communication was received from the Sc
The Senate have agreed the Amendments proposed
by the House OF Delegates, their amendment To- the bill
entitled an act to amend the acts prescribing the
ccrtaninc the taxable property within the Commonwealth
ami OF collecting the public revenue.
lhty have passed the bill explanatory Of The Of the
18th March 1870 concerning the confession Of ,udyp,n
IN the Clerks office, with amendments"
EHgroSsed Bulls.
The following cngrosed bills read third time and
l. Amending the act concerning apprentices bound ont
by the oycrsecrs of the poor.
>. Concerning the Riyanna Navigation Conpany
3. Incorporating the New Creek Turnpike Compsny
l. Repeating the BIRD February l. IT, concerni,r
sacs Of ceri'n property under wr Of Ncuduon expona
D 10 amend the act incorporating the stockholders of
the Richmond, Fredericksburg aud Potomac Rail Road
Company.
Tolls lanes Rirer Canal.
The bill. authorize the James River and Kap,,yb,
Company the tolls, came up rs the order f b
day. The motion pending an amendment by Mr.
Cruicheid 10 make one at tie Directors annually ineligible
Mr. HuBAEp moved the indefinite postponerncn of the
bill and amendments Mr. II. supported hi~ motion by II,
ference 10 the provisions q" the chartcr-p understand
ins OF the people at the time OF voting the improve
in'nl reference to other canals, where the tolls are
less than this cana-lnd by statement bv the Pro-.
dent OF the Company, who suid he would be content with
AN average Of y cents instead OF cents as proposed by
Nh iiorIys supported the motion 10 postpone and CON
tended that the proposed tolls would op,,te
most "PpFessNey and unJusiy upon the people along c
Mr. ASrERsoy followed in opposition 10 postponement
lie replied 70 the arguments OF Mr. Hopkins and explained
the provisions Of the charter ~ the company
Mr.. BocooK Very earnestly supported the pos,ponemcnt
lie presented facts and figures show the extent OF the
o"tnens thrown upon the people along the line Of the
na-many OF whom would greatly prefer that the work
should be obteratcd rather than bear any new burther
lie warned the House that ms constituents would moi suh
INIT, period like this any additional impositiops IN
the shape Of tolls
Mr.. CRuTCHTELD reviewed the arguments Of gentlemen
who opposed the bill aud exhibited the condition Of the M
vgauu, and the OF getting 10 market beir. aud
since the construction Oi the Canal pnd cOnterded that
tn people along the line would have derived great benefit
rom the improvement 81 even greater Of tolls tan
that now proposed. II mp1rau; he urged that the
Company should have the OF meeting own obi.
gauons Unless the tolls increased the State Treasu
~ already embarrassed would have provision 10 pay
annually the interest Of $4,000 upon the debt Of tn. Com
increase Of tolls.
When Mr. CRUrcurlLo concluded, Mr. Brown, Of r.
NJ H,FEISs very earnestly solicited Mr. Brown to with
draw ms cal-as he wished 10 reply 10 Mr. Crutcn!ed;
but Mr. Brown declined dong so and theprcyous question
Mr. H3rES, called the ayes and noes. which were ayes
20, noes 81 a. follows
AYEs-Mossr-. Locke, Of A., Powell Of A., Hubbard.
Bocock, Hancock, Irving Smith, OF F. Stockton, Wood
Lake Of g., Carroll, Sovall, Gibson, Martin CabeIl
/ Hopkins Cowau, Kane, Goodson, Lcitwich-2O
NpES-he-srs. lioieuan Speaker Ailworih Cusiis,
Randolph, Mann, Cooke, Brooke, Frazer. Byrd Of Bath
Wngfeld, Mitchell, Ncwkirk, Snodrra-s Wilson, Taven-
n,r Meredith, Biek Moore, Of C.. q W, Toler. Now.
lon, samuel, Broadus, Goodwin, Brown, Of r. C. & w,
/ Gancu, Powell, Of f., Payne, Muse, Robins, CaIwcl.
Jones, Blue, Ward. White Of H., Miles, Smith, Of H.. Nc.
/ Rae, King, Bpwden Gaaher, WonHington, Halves Ed.
monde, OF H. q r. St9iings Carter, Miller, of L., Jack
son, Marshall, Banks, kdwcl Nicoson, Miller, OF W. &
| j., Jggit-, N"rtmngton, Tanzcy Adair, Wade Dyche
smith, oi ~ Taylor Wott-, Tatem Rice, Oliver Eding
ton, SrOlc Cnfz, Bird, Of r.. Boiling Tamau Brown ol
T., Anderson, Dcy. Daniel Of r. g., Bmwncr, Strothcr
Burwel, Moore, II r., White, OF H., Dcneale Coote-
Gacw3@d' spark Crglehied, Icdgmnn, Walker spoi,.
/ West, Henry, Lewis, Ncul-9l.
/ So tie motion o. postpone was rejected.
The question then REQUIRED Mr. CErrcHrrLn's amend
mont which provides that ut the election Of Director
tao of those elected shall have been members Of tho
Board horopiDre;-and least shall be- annuity inc
lgibs. Mr. Bo,DoE moved a. strike the last limitation
Bot Mr. Mr. Cruici'd said h" principle had beer
introduced wit good effect ilc Banks and II was wor
thy Of experiment here. Mr. Cuchfcd'. amendment
/ sgrcod a..
Mr. IIrnsEomoycd the following in lieu Of the LIT sec
"That the James River mud Kanoyha Company ma,
hereafter demand and receive oil articles transported by
their line Of improvement on James River in lie,
Of tho tolls allowed boy law, such tolls they may
s', mot exceeding o four pcr vt t,
Thousand pounds per u, Prordsd that the tolls upon ~,
agricultural pr1duconsha exceed cents per and tina
n ing tolls upon hogsbcads Of tobacco, which have
not been weighed the hog-hcnds shall not be estimated
weighing more than 1000 bs gross weights And provide,
further, hat discrimination shall be- made between
nuacmt,d and unmpnuucturod tobacco between whoa
and flour. aud tat the tolls may IN ai bo high
wcr, allowed on the odd James River Canal"
Mr. tErT,UFIELD opposed and Mr. Hubbard aud Mr
Hopkins supported tic amendment
Tho previous question called and the amcndncn
~as rDIrrfod, without count
Mr. LEAsr, Of 49, moved 10 strike ont the fret section
oud argued that grossly unjust make the pc0p
along i. iuc boar whole burden Of his improvement
d. Hppr,houdod that Dob. motion would fo-bui noycrhc
Icar hr hoped NOT. but ot the instance Of Mf. CErr'u
TIrru Boz Withdrew TO-
Nr. CErTruUtp Then, by way Of cOmprOmi-c, move
20 strike out - J." and insert 80"
Mr. lFyryo called Tor division Of The question On srkin
out and Ins,rnr
The llouse agreed D strike out
Nr. lHvISs moved tI iusert"J'
Mr. Crrr,uufLp sai that Icss than ~ cents would no
be- 'uouyh-alto' the President 81 the company had
proceed the opinion Time that less amount woul
be- sufficient
Tho ayr- and noes wore called ON inserting 81" win"
the hour Of recess having arrived, Che Spo'kcr vacated 10
thaif.
EVENING SESSION.
Afor much debate and the rejection Of various amend
nonts Mr. Crutchfcld's motion TO GIL the blank with 3
cents o. the NAHUM average Of toIls-provacd The MI
was then ordered 10 b. enRrossod.
The resolution for reeeFs and evening session r.
seiHdcd