Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-03-23
VOL. IxI.-NO. 81.

PNNilaP uf nuff the faxabIe pruIPfty
within The commonwealth. aud Of collecting the public
tevonoe aud they hive disagreed 10 the amendment
lhe bill entitled ap act extending the conditions snd'r
s'rcons imposed On country merchants retailing ardent
spf's, 10 merelien's retailing the within Ipcorpo-
fard towns; they have passed the bill entitled san
explanatory Of lhs act Of the 18Th March, $780, concern
lnp the CONT ssion ID judgments in the clerks office"
"'lh amenlmgpis, ~ Which they cqutsl TIE CONCUR
renee ot the House Of Delegates.
\ he sad bulls, with the said amendments, wero ON
me- ohs seyeraly made, ordered to bo Lid upon the "a
bic.
hlll entitled an act authorizing Payment TO Mich.
olas billiard by tie School Commissioners Of Psyva-
nia from the quota or si3 with the amendments there
Ia proposed by the Senate taken up. motion Of
Mr.. Sioeall, aud le said amendment, beng read, wero
scycnlls agtced 10.
iae mllow my ensrossed bills were read taird time
aud passed.: - t''f
~ b amending the act concerning apprentices bound
out hy the oyofs,ers of The poor.p
"a bill concerning the kvanna Navigation Coppa.
ny" g" u =
JAMES RIVER CANAL.
bill authorizing tide James River aud Kanawha
Company 10 lnctease Their tolls, with the amendment,
thereto prop'sed h, the committee, ameudod y.sisr
day was ,aken u.
Mr. luiard muso, tle indefinite postponemcni of tho
bill, lis motion was epposcd by Messrs. uici,ld
and anderson. aud supported by Alcssrs Bocock Hub
aId, Hopkins aud Slurkion
Mr. Brown Of L, called the previous question, which
@aN sustained. aud mo House refused postpone BY tho
following vote:
AYES -; Noes o.
Mr., ttnclttlds amendment 10 the 2rd section was
adopted II provides that at the election Of iii
ea, teo o the due tors Ia he appointed under his act
Al III Le prnba nho haze not hefeipiuio been directors
81 Haid conmnNatd nj such annual 1leciun thereafter
n ca Of tue directors OF the preceding ycar shall
nh be reercted ly the stockholders Tor the next sue
eeeduo year
Nj. llehad moved to strike oul tho first section, and
insert the following:
That lie James Biver and kanawha Company may
hereafter dcmard and receive all articles transported
~ "@ef on lhot1 iho u mproN ement on James River,
III liru The tolls nov allow ed by law, such TOLLS they
m9y asitss. exceeding an average nf four cents per
Ion OF tNo Thousand pounds per mile rorided, that tho
olls upon no agricultural production shall EXCEED ireo
cents per ton and ta Is assessing tolls upon hoshaads
ei l"1ncco mhlc have mol be- weighed. The hoeshea,s
shall MOI be eslmalcd rs weighing mere than 1000 lbs.
grass WEIGHT aud Frofided Jipfher. thai dserimi-
naon shall be made between manufactured and unmanu-
aetur,d tobacco, wheat and -four; and that the tolls
may in NIL casrs he as high allow cd on the old
JamCs River tan -
THIS amendment opposed BY Mr.. Cruchfeld
aud supported by MessIs. Hopkins and lpbasd, aud
gatlytd
Mr. catc OLA moved 10 strike ont the first section;
and ooh the opportunity 10 express his upnon in oppo
sitlun any Increase OF tolls the improvement. Tho
r4arple unjust. which BY Tie proposed increase.
Went 10 levy lho whale buldoh Of the debt incurred by
the construction Of the work. upon citizens the line of
the raual. lo said ii this principle 10 be- applied
~ NV falhl. u Hh9Nl 10 applied 10 al Tue WORKS Vf
improvement IN de Smtc- mentioning particularly tho
Portsmouth, and Roanoke Railroad. whi.h now asking
lar the conversion al the loan from the State stuck.
For til" reason thai such imposition Of burhens upon
The people oi section UNJUST he went against any
incrc.se OF tolls
Nj leakr Withdrew his motion, to allow further a.
mrndupnt Of the section.
Mr. Gru,chiicld moved 10 strike out -four" from tho
si section and insert three and half" n fix he
ma Nmum oi tolls at Three and half cents per ton per
mlle
Ar Irving called Tor a division Of the ques,ion--and
the House decided To s,rikoout. Mr. Irving moved u
I'LL The blank with 'thce and the question being
''thrcc and half,
Mr., Irving slae, that the presiden, Of tho Company
lhoug ht '.ihrc' hipt enough. az ~
hir ttulchi,ld said thai the original opinion Of
The Presidents but he had become satisfied that "throe
and a hall y Was necessary.
II being hall past o'clock the House took recess
The maximum % tolls Of The Canal was fixed at three
aud haleents per ton per mile, and the bill increasing
the tolls was ordered to lis engrossmen
The latimcr made the order for 10 day IL
oeo X, and the House very properly rescinded the Of
EVENING SESSION.
The House resumed the consideration Of the bill in
croasng the loq OF the James l.ivoF and Kanawha
Canal.
Mr. CrutclGod's amendment TO fix the average max
mum "ltos tolls At ~ els per mile was agreed to, "a
1, -.
The question was then upon agreeing 10 the suhs-
House refused ~ secund-i2 10 Il.
Mr.. loake of Abtmae. offered an amendment ia
sructiua the Directors and Proxies Of the James River
and kanamha Company to vote To reduce the sal
ary of the President Of tho Company to 5000;
and 10 reduce the salaries Of all superipendens and
agents employed on the Improvement between Rich
mend aud Lynchburg 1T least 20 per cent. where the
saarcs exceed four hundred dollars; and to reduce
the salary OF the superintendent agent OF the Western
I!mIroyenentof said company. to seven hundred and
fifty dollars and The salary OF the Collectors OF Tolls
The kanawla ryer to the sum OF seven hundred and
fifty dollars and 10 educe the pay OF Directors to three
dollars day Tor every day they shall be engaged in
business. The amppdment provided further that no
mrmber of the Directory Of The james River and Kama
wha Company shall rec,ye compensation as Director.
While he . receiving Jay as member of The Assem-
| bly,
Aief debate in which Mr.. Cru,chfed opposed and
Nj / oahe supported tie amendment it was nesa,lved
ii Ia 81.
Mir. Ioler moved further 10 amend the substitute by
inserting the ind Of FIRST socon the following: Aud
e said tolls shall be reduced 10 the rates prescribed ID
The charter rs rytnuts under the rates SO
prescb, shall he adequate 10 tie payment OF the annu-
al interest upon It's liabilities and to defray its necessa-
~ eApegscs.'
Mr.. Cluiclfeld opposed the amendment and Mr.. To
Ter supported itai,erw WHICH i was negaissd-25 10 81
| The substitute then adoped-ayes Co. noes al.
On maliun If Mr. Crutchfcd, the report Of the Com
ntlco On The LatmcT the order OF the day Tor To-
dag. was uspaned I'LL io-laorrow IL O'Clock.
On motion OF Mr., Andersen. the rule for daily re-
Co.'s half pssttwo O'clock roscinded, and then
the House adjourned.