Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-07-10
'I HOUSF OF DELEGATES.

mis- county and tic health oil ms fanny iequHe'
his presence. .,.,,;a,, ;.o,,,o,
ing the Revision Commute TO enquire mo IN
erpcdiency 81 providing mere ehsctualy lot VIZ
s.cnr;,v ri The separate estate ot married women
NJ /. wished ties, woe upon the principle.
Mr. MASSEY asked al explanation oi IN
ac,;on :, In, j,evi>ion Cunimee on his su0
Jtcl. ;,,co ! -
tonnd Inc subject surrounded by difficulties lhey
tonnd thai II was impossible 10 arrive a! con
clnsion satisfactory 10 all aBd had mace but l'llt
cnanee viz: that the wife, in addition 10 mel
thirds Of hi estate, was entitled 10 her own slave
\, the time OF his dea;h The committee mac
July discussed the question, and believed maj lie
matter could mol be- improved upon what Il Wa
in The Code As L. securing the separate estate
Of married wonrn, 10 which tne gentleman ) e.
solution replies, that could not b. uelief donc haf
Al present. TIE separate estate" IS n'Tlsci
guarded by the conditions and limitations whicn
surround II.
MIR. LAlDLEY said The estate q married wo'
men was much more extensive ihan thal !" which
he gentleman from Stafford refers. Olher STATES
had secured the rights 81 married women, anc ne
thought hat this Stale shoald also acl on Inc suo
iec,. II desirable he would consent 10 select
Revision committee, h learned was equally d.
yided "a hr subject. Mr.. l.. then modified inc
resolution g as 10 apply 10 ''ihe properly" q
married women.
MIR. COOK moved to lay on The table bu; sub
seQueu;ly Wlindrew II.
Mr.. FERGUSON had always been n favor
Of The principle but thought bat The resolution
would onIy e.nbarrass ne action OF The Revision
committee, which had examined and reported on
The subject lie should assem- 10 The appointment
~ a select commiuee-lhough he feared that It
House would not agree TO he committee.
Mr.. YERBY suggested some points in which
ne thought the properly OF marI'ed women should
BE- protected. He desired 70 place ihc personal
estate 81 married women on the same footing as
heir real estate Bul H. dill not wish 10 see =
separal. estate OF husband and lie
Mr.. IRVING thought Inc proposition most
extraordinary one.
Mir. STOVALL thought the sense Of iht
House could better be arrived al, BY modifying
The resolution 50 As 10 instruct the committee Ui
Revision 10 report hlll.
Mr.. COOK moved 10 lay the resolution on Ire
table, as teal question.
Mr.. SHEPARD appealed 10 the gentleman
from Roanoke 10 Withdraw his melon 70 lay On
The table AS ne thought tme wcnd BE- saved By
sending III subject 10 select committee.
Mr.. FERGUSON would not regard said mo
lion As q tesi question
Mr. HINER moved the indefinite postpone
meDt oi ihr Subject
Mr.. WtiiTTLE thought the resolution d.
not al all reach the object OF the gentleman from
kADawha-yiZ: 10 vesi in III woman me proper
10 which she had before her marriage. The
tpropruyn II the woman can mean nothing else
than her separate property q woman, and Thai IS
,l,e,dv sufficiently guarded.
Mr. LAlDLEY saiG his otlec, was - cover
the whole ground.
MIR. BASEL presumed the vote on the inJc
6nie rn. tponemenl would be a tel, and that Il
settled now. il would moi BE- again a2itaied; and
h. asked The ayes AMI noes.
TIE mo'i.n fnr indefinite pos'ponemens wa
ios,--ayss 80 noes 81, as follows:
Ayys-siessrs Watson, billiard, Cheaihanl, Brown,
Faulkner, lie Camps, Macn Of Brunswick. lllrrson
If Brunswick Wiiis Irvine Of Campbell, Moncufc 81
Caroline Lacy jones, Barbour, irving OF Cumberland
Vaughan, Thomas, SULLIVAN, Edwards OF tfankn
Wand SyGnur, CUplon, GurHant, Stuvaii, MAJOR, al
n Mullins 9hom, Jefferson HuuSer, Lane OF Lee
uarriscn Of Loudoun, Arnelt, Whi,tle i-irne Of Mon
roe Butt Cowper, Booth lIluer Wootton, Rves, Cook
porman, Harper, Conway Noncnre OF stafford liar
grave Londson, Collins and Boyd-5O.
Nogs- alessrs. Hopkins, fSpeaker,l Finney, smith
Mscue Mitchell, Burw-l Hudson Byrne Of BraMon
Lewis and Gilmer, Forbes, Moore, i'ardweN, Clarke
scott McCiung, Bally. Carroll, MaClin Of Greensville
H,e Darracott Bassci, Lancaster, Howard Of james
Civ York and Williamsburg. Wofthington, Laldlry
rom,in, Webb. Ferguson, Edwards OF LCddoun, I'D
mondson Newman, Shepard, Cendenn, Coleman
Tanzey Barnett kilby, Perrcw, VERIFY, Turner. Grns
Is. rownes, cack!ey, Fairfax, Goh Paxton, Fufate
Piitman, Siber Thompson o Smyt, Nicholson, George
and Massey-53.
MIR. HUUSER said married mea were vefy
wiling 10 project the property 81 married w0aci'i
but he asked ifthey were willing 10 go back ana
10 restore the property OF The married women
which they had obiaiued. He moved 10 lay the
resolution on The table.
Mr.. FERGUSON Perhaps the gentlemen
from King * Queen, and Cumberland roo wish
ca 10 reduce some property OF This kind INTO pos
session, before they were ready 10 vote ior Sucn
a bill.
Mr. HOUSER was not married, and Heaven
only knew whether he ever would be.
MIR. MOORE sait-Mr. SPEAKER: have sa
ami llsiencd 10 Ike >par! that s,me n this HcuS'
are makcg vii. IL amendment Tor the pfote>
lion ii liz fights OF females, which | think i
grave question as any 'hal eye: came up before
the House, 1" re sporting away the poor lena les
tighls.-l call upon you, fathers aud bro hers I,
protect them, for the poor creatures are like a
ntler-nine times oat 81 len they get wi,
bad husbands. S;r, | speak from good know
ledse.-Here are gentlemen who know The iaci
a gentleman in our Country died, and lei! so,
600 TO his daughter, m only child he had. Sur
col married 10 4 Young gentleman u high hi
and they lived aer a5i iour years, and hr wenl
on al such q rate a'iGk,Ds and gambling, uni
he spent the whoi.. = i; misery aud ironhic
killed he poor woman, and ne killed himself hg
dissipation, and i-it two poor little children Il
the mercy OF TIT w.td.
MIR. SPEAKER: .suud sooner sec my dauah-
ter carried 10 the gave Than seq her marry drink
ard and gambler, lur Il j better ior her 10 he
dead than in misery all the days OF her lie
Mr.. SPEAKER: | don, see what injury man
can sustain ~ ne passage Of this law, for il
they marry no love each other, !ncy mn-, lave
happy, an ta,se family; AM il be : rfusu'
man, and they Lave nEe her she will lti hiai
have any tniag she has 90. Therefore hop.
The amendmen. will pass.
The motion 10 iay IN me table was lost-ayes
"A, noes 40.
Tho House then greed 10 Nr. FER6USONS
motion 10 amend ihe resolution, 50 aS 10 refer !
to a select committee instead OF 10 ihr commit.
tee on Revision.
The resolution was amended, and the Sneaker
said he would announce The committee !. nor.
row.
On motion OF Mr.. FERGUSON, leave o
absence for the rest If the session was given !,
Mr.. Moore, in whose comfy the Cholera nae
re.appearc
Mir SMITH presented he petition of Susan
HorwelI Tor ! divorce, which, on his mo!ion
was laid on The table.
Mr. PEREOW offered The Amendment, wf;cl
he Yesterday wi,hdiew, 10 section Attn, on the pei
ton OF slave lnr ree,ium- providing that The
petitioner shat be hired oul uGtil The Judgment
The hire TO hc received by The petitioner, il nc b
judged 10 be lree, and by the master il he be Iuds
Ell no, 10 b. tree. MIR. P, after suggestions b.
Messrs Sea- and S,oval. withdrew his motion
Chapter ic7. " Frse Negroes Sec. |, Eman
cipa'ed slarrs not 10 remain in The Stat ,oifhen
PERMISSION
MI WATSON pove1 10 amend this SECTOR
50 as 10 pcs lie that lie children 81 an emancl
pated slave Nho had Obtained leave 10 remain il
the State, should not themselves b. compelled /,
chain leave 10 remain. BY the old law The l,av,
TO the ancestor enurcd 10 the descendant. He dc
sired 10 continue this law.
Mr.. MoNCURE OF 5. said The section LETT N.
Law on the subject precisely where they found il
and il by the old law the descendants OF an eman
cipated negro, who has leave 10 remain, have rer
mission 10 remain, they have The same permission
10 remain under this section. Mir M though
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