The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1843-01-14

lead to the great injustice and abuse.
these remarks are made, not so much
with a view to invite immediate legis-
lation on the subject, as to influence
anditemper the action Of the legislature
on subjects connected with the crimi-
nal Jurisprudence of the State.
"a 1t has been stated that certain loan
companies, insurance companies, and
other similar corporations which have
sprung into existence within The last
ten years, effected their organization,
and obtained their charters, without
conforming strictly to the acquisitions
Of the law, or after having obtained
their charters, perpetrated acts, where
by they would be forfeited;q and have,
through sundry devices, procured the
passage Of laws, designed, without hav-
ing the object expressed, to screen
them from the penalty which they had
incurred, and 10 sanctify the illegality,
and corruptionin which they originated.
Such legislation as this is doubtless at
war with the public interest and pub
lie safety, and | respectfully recon-
mend to the legislature, to enquire in.
the subject, and if any such laws have
been smuggled through, in which the
rea object was not manifested, to re-
peal the same at once, and to leave
these corporations in precisely the same
situation, in which there own acts,
placed them, at the time they were
perpetrated. I'd Z
y Additional chancery powers have
been vested in the courts or this Com.
monwealth, without suitable provisions
having been made for the execution of
these powers. The benefits to be de-
rived from this modification Of our iu-
rlspfudence will in a great measure be
lost, unless these defects are supplied.
Among other provisions authority
should should be given for the appointment Of
masters in chancery, and auditors, and
their functions defined. I, ,aspey8a Haa@
The legislature having omitted 10
appoint an agent to receive from the 3
government the dividend of
this State from the proceeds Of the
proceeds Of the sales OF the public lands,
appointed Job Mann, Esq, State
Treasurer. by virtue of the authority
given me by an act of Congress, who
has received it, amounting to s6O,6l3
27.
The explorations connected with
he Geological survey having been
brought to successful termination, it
S necessary that measures be now
adopted by the legislature Tor embody-
ng and publishing the results without
ielay. As the state has expended
considerable sum in this examination
# her mineraEreseurces, as tits known
hat the final report and maps. of the
tate Geologist will contain much val.
liable information of a nature to invite
md direct the investments of capital
necessary for the deyelopement of our
unsurpassed mineral wealth; and as
he expenses Of arranging and publish.
ng the details procured, will bear but
small proportion to that already in
cured in collecting them, considera-
ions ofsound economy and the public
good require, that the proper steps be
aiken taffording our citizens the
benefits Of this survey as soon as prac-
.ieable. By applying the balance of
he appropriations for the incidental
expenses OF the, survey, the Geologist
has been enabled to make considera-
Bile progress towards completing the
maps and drawings. and various other
portions ofthe work; but much DELAY
has arisen from the legislature having
omitted at its last session, to make pro.
vision for the furnishing and engraving
pf the maps, for reception of the State
Cabinet, and for the printing Of the f.
nal report, in conformity to the sugges-
tons in the last annual report of The
Geologist, to which you are respectful
Iy referred. W6h
Oppressed, as the state is, by pecu.
MARY embarrassments, at the present
time, it believes us to retrench all ex-
penditures of the public money, ana to
guard the interest of our constituents
with the same fidelity and care that
we would exert in guarding our own.
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