Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-12-25
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stulions.
By Mr.. BALDWIN. That The Committee
on Schools and Colleges enquire into Inc eaPe-
diency oil amending The act entitled an Ael 10
incorporate The Virginia Collegiate institute
passed January Both, 1915.
BILLS PASSED
Authorizing separate election IN each OF 'he
counties OF Russell and Scott;
Establishing The county OF Whelsel out OF inc
Northern end Of the county of Tyler
Adding the county Of Bedford 10 the Tenth u
dicial Circn
incorporating the Kcswicb Coal Mining Com
pany. I'D !,
A bill TO revive and extend the act passed IN
| 1929, authorizing the raising, by way OF iouely,
a sum Of money Tor improving Inc fauqulei anu
| Alexandria Turnpike, was read Inc nrsi uiiie;
5, and, on motion Of Mr.. LEE, ordered 10 DC idiu
upon the table.
| applcation Tor The establishment oil Lottery.
| He must enter his protest against this wholesale
system Of gambling. 1t was system caicuialeu
! TO seduce the minds of The most viruouS. There
was as much chance ofone's drawing pure 10
lottery, as there was of childs tndlns Dag o.
money al the end of rainbow DID any one
ever hear of large prize having been drawn
S! He knew il was said that capital PRIZE was
drawn in New York, and another IN New "
leans; but did any one ever see me man ina'
drew il! In this civ there were numoerless lot-
,erv Offices announcing different lotteries drawn
every day vet no one ever heard OF an Individual
who drew The prize. To satisfy himself on ms
point he made an experiment with dollar, ana
had never heard al il afterwards. II would DC
iust as well To establish iaro-bank IN every
mans house II you buy ticket, nobody ever
knows what becomes OF The money. lie moved
the indefinite posiponemenl OF the bill
Mr.. BOCOCK said there was general law
on The statute book prohibiting all lotteries IN the
State, except such as were in existence al Inc
time OF It's passage. Il this act Of 1929 should be
revived other applications would be made, and
The whole system might, with equal propriety, be
restored.
Mr. SCOTT would say few words IN ex-
PLANTATION OF The objects Of the bill. Personally,
lie knew but liue Of the lottery system. tie had
not even the experience OF The gentleman from
TYLER. Many years since before the Legislature
had taken decided stand against lotteries, law
was passed authorizing the Fauquier and Alex
andria Turnpike Company 10 raise, by way oi
lottery sum of money Tor The improvement ol
their road. This was most important road 10
the section OF country through which II passed.
Upon The faith Of this law, The directors Of the
company borrowed from one OF the Banks large
amount Of money which was expended IN The
that they would be reimbursed b. the sale OF The
lottery scheme. A difficulty occurred, which pre-
vented the company from avaIing itself OF The
privilege of The law before j! expired By lmila-
lion. Those individuals thus became responsible
10 the Bank Tor he whole amount borrowed. he
would exhibit 10 the House certificates, as
evidence OF The judgments obtained By lhe
Bank, and OF other cases now depending IN The
Courts against the directors OF This company.
The company now presents petition that me
former law may BE- revived, in order that II may
be enabled 10 pay these amounts. Last winter a
similar bill was presented 10 The House, consider
ed, matured and passed; yet il was unaccounia-
bly, defeated in the Senate. lie was no apollo
glst for this species OF gambling. He would
willingly put an end 10 The whole system OF oe-
RES il il were in his power. This, however, was
impossible The evil existed By authority OF
law and we could not get rid OF il. There were
ccrta in lotteries in existence al the lime OF the
passage of The general law Tor The suppression
OF lotteries, which were excepted out OF lis pIovl-
>iops. Their rights were vested and beyond The
control Of the Legislature There was limia-
ton fixed By law beyond which no lottery could
continue lis existence. When the period liked
by law should arrive, the Legislature might for
ever prohibit this species Of gambling. The
question now presented was, whether, seeing The
existence Of lotteries, We should secure mono
poly 10 those vendors Of lottery tickets who are
no, reached hy The law. There was provision
in This bill limiting IL operation within The pc
riod prescribed By law for The expiration OF the
system. II did not conflict with The act Of 1881,
fixing the termination Of lotteries in this Stale
Would The evil be increased, il this privilege be
granted 10 Ibis turnpike company! Wonld The
sale of lottery tickets be augmented? The sale
al present was limited by The demand, and an
increase of the number OF lotteries would not
increase The sale OF their tickets. The road IN
der consideiati was the only road that could be
used during the Winter season in that section oil
the State; required repairs; individuals were
bound already Tor large sums expended on the
faith Of this law, and they hnmby petiioned The
Legislature that a law, enacted Tor tteI beDeht.
might be revived, AMI not extended beyond he
time prescribed by tie policy oil The act Tor Tue
suppression Of lotteries.
With this explanation, he hoped the House
would permit the bin 10 progress 10 lis hnal pass
age.
Mr.. WEST mad but little 10 say on the merits
Of this application. Ii seemed 10 be admitted
that the Lottery system was great evil and, II an
evil. the sooner it was removed The better He
had no objection 10 The improvement OF this
road. He was in favor OF Improvements gene
ray hu, he had rather vote Tor direct approprla-
ton from the Treasury than extend relief 10 this
company BY authorizing the establishment OF a lot.
tery The money obtained by the latter mode,
would be like the thirty pieces OF silver paid 10 Jul
las IscarioL the price Of blood He had heard ola
female who had earned five dollars by her labor
with The needle, and who was induced By be gar-
ing advertisement OF 100000 for So, TO risk her
ALL and ii was the last she ever saw OF the prize
or of her note. The time had not come, when we
could arrest This evil ~ t1t0; we cpnld not cut il
up BY The roots, but we might lop off lis branches.
Suppose the small pox was raging al Rockeus,
would it be reasonable 10 bring the disease 10 the
Capitol in order that the Physicians might find
employment II lion were ravaging the city,
would il be right 10 open the cages and lei loose
all The wild beaslsl They should treat these lot
teres as they treated snakes in his couniy-kill
them as you get hold OF them. He desired tina,
The ayes and noes should be called, in order that
he might record his vote against this mammoth
system OF gambling.
Mr.. VERIFY regretted that the discussion mad
taken place al this time. II the facts were exam
ined into, it could be shown that good faith re-
quired the passage OF this law. For several
years past this application had been before the
Legislature, and II had always been favorably
received By the House Of Delegates, though il
had not been successful with the Senate A COM
pany was incorporated on the joint system-the
dlu
authorized 10 be raised BY Lottery. The Dircc
tors, in order 10 obtain the subscription from The
State were induced 10 borrow from bank their
proportion, and thus became Individually respon-
sible for The sums authorized to be raised by
means OF The lottery. Subsequently, law pass
cd limiting the duration Of lotteries, with pro-
viso as 10 those then in existence. Thus this
Company was deprived Of is privilege, and be-
came responsible 10 The amount OF 10000 dollars.
lie hoped the gentleman from Tyler would see
The proprietv Of Withdrawing his motion.
Mr.. WEST said he was about 10 rise for that
purpose, when he was arrested By The thunder
from Northampton. He was open to conviction,
but rather hard case 10 d"ci 1T. II 'i---7-.
the bill would die more easily when young than
when il hal attained its maturity.
Mr. LEE was opposed 10 the p'sponement.
As much as he objected 10 lotteries, he thought
the evil OF reputation was more 10 be dreaded
The money Of private individuals had been ad.
vanced upon Inc faith of The State, and il would