Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-07-06

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ruptIon which this might be maze 10 p'ooueI'
evuce the impossibiity OF the exls'ehe" " sae"
a right. There is, indeed, SO maniles! Piuplie.
W OF permitting every member 10 nave % ,nuen
information as possible on every qneslioh on
which he is ,c vule, that when ne desires the
raadipo il il be seen That il is really JoT 'nyornsa-
rom and nat for delay, The Speaker difct's II 70
be read without putting question, u no one o. w.
;,et:-bu il objeeted To- question must o. pae
In me absence OF any express or Tecognzeh pre-
..d,nt or yrincip., varying The rule here S. PLAIN
10 laid Down in relation 10 The 7eading Of papers,
And making them inappI,cabis 10 bills, me Char
i cnmpelIed 10 decide, that The House must
;utgc dnr i,seli whether the bill shall be read or
~, NE yoluminous size Of the bull, contain.
inc one. fourth part al tie revised Statutes, and
,hs Jays !, NAV take the Clerk 10 :eai il, show
IN n, orioion Of he Chair the property aad Inc
wisdom Of the rule, by which the House, IN a
sound Discretion. may decide Tor itself whether
such paper shall be read or not. Suppose The
~ hole otihese revised Statutes had been embraced
in one bill, instead u four untef contrary se'
cis ioh, a single member might nave caiieu ioi
lis reading on each OF its three stages ol pos'es'
through the House, and DesHs, !nsieaa =. aagS
would thus have been consumed, aSdlhst 'iie pa
fence and the uiH OF The House. The ChaH
therefore, ueCiues ludl TIC qus9tSh $500, - r
10 the vote OF The House.
Mr. ROBINSON, then, Withdrew his motion
n read the whole bill, and asked 10 have The n
lot bill read. no
Auer some further remarks rom Messr.. kO
BlNSON, DORMAM, LAiDLEf and MON
CIJRE Of S. Mr. r. Withdrew his MOTION
NM RlVES said he would te glad, II now il
order. that the House would direct the clerk I,
strike from the journal The decision oil the cna n
The SPEAKER said that The gentleman mish
lake an appeal from tne decision ol the Chail-
and he hoped thai he would do 50, as ne wisnee
the House 10 decide question involving lhs
rights OF members.
Mr.. RIVES then took an appeal.
Messrs, DORMAN and CONWAY sad NE
appeal was not in order, as The motion oi WI
Robinson was Withdrawn.
Mr.. RIYES, being informed that no NOE Of ths
decision OF he chair was recorded on me I"urhai
Withdrew his appeal. -
blanks in The bill, as TO fees OF INSPECTION on ceI
| tain articles, penalties, &c, were ulieu W.
The epgrossed bill concerning The Civil Coi'
/ nj Virginia" part second, was lheu passed, ant
| Mr.. MONCURE, OF 5. requested 10 coinmnu'
1 cate i, 10 the Senate
THIRD BOOK
The House then took up the bill "concernins
The Civil Code OF Virginia, Part Ihrd" Iua
ming from page 54l 10 page 572. OF printed bill
which was read first time, and ordered 10 o.
read a second Time
The clerk proceeded 10 read the titles, chap
,ers and sections Of the bill by their captions.
| Title 80. Slaves and free HegsGes.
Chapter 1903. Genera. provisions as 10 SLAVES
Mr. pERROW moved 10 amend section :, OF
.slayes held for life to BE- registered" so as Z
REQUIRE the death, of any OF the slaves to De re
gisiercd in the clerks office by the guardian. :
His object was 10 protect the reversioner.
MIR. WILLS saw no necessity for such re
sis,er. as it would not b. evidence.
MIR. WHITTLE said there was not the leas
necessity for the provision, as the rcveIsionc
could have no interest in the dead slaves Il woul'
be setting IN q SORT Of fictitious evidence, whcl
might lead TO inconvenience.
! Mr.. pERROW withdrew his motion.
| An amendment was then adopted, on motion
Of MIR. WILLS, so as to require The clerk t
register the live slaves in "a separate boos, KEEP
Tor he purpose
Mr.. WORTHlNGTON moved to amend III
9th section as 10 "How ayes are emanclpaled,
so as to authorize any person to set free any o
his slaves by will or deed, recorded in the cour
of his county or corporation, or if the gunner
not a resident of the epmmonwsalih wtsTe the ,Iar
resides.
MIR. w. said that the object was TO meet III
case of the border counties, when the owner re
sides in the neghboring State of Maryland.
Mr. FAULKNER sustained the amendment
as he hat u case in which difficulty had arise
from this defect in the law. Judge Green hac
in the Court of Appeals, expressed great douo
whether, under tue Code OF 1919 person re
siding out Of tho State could emaneipate hi
slave 10 Virginia,
MIR. WHlTrLE suggested an amendment {
the section so as TO insert the words 10 place {
those in Italics, as follow: Where the owne
is mol a resident of The State, IN the court Of ID
n.y. corporation where the slave resides
act lnjuriously IN annoying ms constituents wit
Tree negroes
MIR MAYO thought il might authorize pc,
son Out OF the State 10 bring slaves into the Stat
Mr. WHlrTLF, while he saw no such If
convenience, would withdraw the motion Tor IN
present.
MIR. DoRAlAN moved that the House re DIV
itseh into Committee of lie Whole, as il wouI
save time and enable US 10 complete the bll
more safely and better. The present bill wa
vastly more important than the other two.
Mr.. MAJOR opposed me mui1n AMI aske,
| whole summer here.
Mr.. FERGUSO agreed with The gentleman
from Rcckbtdge, that me argument used ~ zen
lIemen TIT The House feyerees the decisions q
he committee i an argument in favor 81 III,
c2mmltlee OF lie Whole. We had gone Oh yeI,
| well IN The comnllier-lnete they rannut raii III,
| ayes and noes, which cunsumeG much time
AGAIN, Inc previous question really does not save
| time As thai question is itself discussed Mr.. F
though! We could not deliberate too thoroughly on
| The Revision OF general laws, which would here.
alter save The necessity III a Constant change OF
the laws. II would allow The second sobe-
hougnl'' 10 prevail.
Mr.. STOVALL said The experience oi the
.asi two weeks shuult aimonish rs not 10 return
- The commi!lee Of the Whole He haC moved
NE committee III The House hu; had been in u
led 10 change his views in Consequence oi me
great waste OF time. He.wa satisfied that many
81 the decisions Of the House (he "sobcr second
ihought'') IN reversing The action OF the connie.
zee were Tor The worse
Mr.. MOORE said We had had enough oi The
commi lee OF he Whole. Ii hal gwen an excuse
. gentlemen 10 absent themselves ia The neigh,
oofhooG-on The ground that they might vote on
questions in the House which had been acted on
IN committee. We should lose no more time in
mis- way-bul should complete our work prompt
vi! was demanded by The interests Of The peo-
pie and OF the members themselves.
The motion &C 20 into committee OF the Whole
vas rejeclei, 40 10 So.
Mr.. SCOTT moved 10 amend section 9 as 10
'how slaves are emancipaied." SO as /, re ~, mo
lifted al he instance OF Mr. Moncure. OF s. !:
Any person may cmsncipaie any OF his slaves
by last will in writing or by deed, recorded in thp
court Of his county or corporation, or, toie,. The
gunner IS not q resident of the Safe, then in tn
curt Of the county or errporation in wtieh tho
s'lue IL"
Mr.. RlVES moved as substitute that al
shall NOT be lawful for any person 10 emancipate
! slave within the limits OF The State" Ills sec
lion OF country were ready 10 at on and carry
put The deportation OF free negroes. Mr.. K sub
srquently Withdrew hi, motion, al he sugst stion
OF Mr.. PANNlLL, who said he would hereafter
move substitute, providing tor The deportation
OF slaves By County Courts, &c.
MIR. KlLBY opposed the amendment Of Mr.
Scott, as he thought j, would have The effec,
OF bringing in Tree negroes from MARYLAND and
Nonh Coroiina, where they have no, the power
he believed, TO emancipaie their slaves.