Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-10-28

tn lpislaufs t. pinsJr by or To- the election i o''
pelsla fa each ds'rirt township IN every county IA
yea. or i ne'. n IN court house, ol thtif
respective uuiies for he prfp,,c Of sudiag all tie
=, ms AZ siHs tef copns hyag the county levy.
Il Fishing precinct diArtt el'cins arptnfiag com
mi ssioHers ol ,ec u rsitbshng. al fing and rfpalf
IN. county roads aud bridges and srrh other business
Is NV ira8s7rd by the county courts, which Is nai
Al lelly Judi .iti
81 Received 1hsi tive commit the I.egislaliye
Detafm aht lnqute into and p'r u'on the sxpedspct
of pow csitu ioua restrict up1r the formation
Il new unies hat hereafter 10 new county shall be
Turned II BY dong il ieddc any county out 4 which
II : 10 be orned. either IN Whole or IN par, b.l =" an
ana II hundred square miss. and that M line OF
aanfafy Il such county shall run ntncf The county
.eaf al say cau " Than twelve miles.
In. Resolved, hat the mnlt' &c on county organ
z,ioa inqarfr into aud report upon the espedenry of
alter The ia3pllu of the cou-ti uil0n, Il provide by law
l laying u the counties Of this STATE into districts 81
townships o eonyenIrnt sze of the 81 ell oil at Least
one st g. the peace and one constable nd such uthef
ds,rt ufIi ers may b. ed b' ae) Tn eac III said
district. by the voter. II the dis rc provided, however
hat IN dstcl shall main les, han fry nor more than
TWO HUNDRED volafs
5b Il sized. That lhe legislative commllee ia
uni q mt and renort The exp deacs OF making
the duty the Gancnl Assembly II provide by law iof
lie taklup the Of the stae ia HE year I'M thou
shad eight hundred aod IF five. and every ten years
thereafter. and nppuronng representation N The heh'fal
Assembly throughout the after The return OF every
census bfh state aud lede al.
Nj Bots offered the following
Resolved rhai the commeo on The Legislative De-
partmcnt Of III Government be instructed enquire In
10 the exredpncyu prpv ling iur reform syeIn u tax
ZION the ad raorem principle, unon every species
aud description of pfop'fy IN the Commonwealth real
personal AID mixed.
Mr. Brown, OF Preston. offered the flloNiag, which
also ordered To b. printed.
RS ly,d, That the committ0 On the Ieg,la i've DE-
par enquire toto the cxpedlrGcy OF incorporating
the Constitution the fol- wing limat ons upon III
Legsl live Department Of The Government. II vii:
lst Tint law shall be- passed abulIshlng or incor
porang ne ri ,hts ofodvdunls IN their properly with
out HE c1nsrnt OF III" owners thereof.
81 Tint one species Il properly shall be taxed
higher than another, but that taxation shall 5e al ralo
lcpl. end uniform throughout he Commou wealth.
81 That the Legislature shall Mt hort0w money on
the credit of the state, (uo it be for reprliog mva
suppressing usurrecpn) vi hout the consent o
the people directly express though the qualified votes
III vote taken for the purpose.
tdl HAT all blls making appropra'i ms for works
Of lntena Improvements shtll pro- Idle by axat,n for
rlis ny the mnrey TO b, appropriated.
9Th That the leg slhurc p dye the State in su'ity
N puataoee. the bonds o any company or individual
9TH That no law sh IT BE- pissed subsequent 10 the
execution Of any contract ab lshng he remedy pow
ded by law Tor the emf fceeut thereof at The time nj the
execution OF such contract,
slh. Requiring all laws OF expiration fol Banking
PURPOSES l. BE- general and unirr, that any assoela
unnl per,unS bringing thea lvrS Ina the Prov us
thereof, shall have aud cnIy all the ngh's, Pyll' .es
mud lnanrilles Of sid laws.
Mr. lahney I'll red the lowing, which was ordered
10 he Ifnled
Resolved, That lhc hf't Audit be and he Is hereby
antharHd Ia ascertain aud report IN his tahnlr state
m'ntsd he population of the State the number OF white
malns and the number o white females over the age Of
u yraIs in each of the four political divisions Of the
Comm nwealth IN the years OF lslO aud 1850.
Resolved, That the ls Auditor be rqps'ed. in ad-
dtlioo 10 the olhr matter cled for in The resolutions
subml ted and adopted ON the mo ion Ut Mr. Faulkner
10 rrpn, the number Of persons paying lax land
The number of persons paving tax ou slaves and the
nnmbf Of persons paying tax all other property.
lar lhr same appears the Comni sonci S book for
lS5l.
Nj Iylat called 9TH fe.uluiun OF Mr.. Faqua which
hal heen presented on Friday he moved the follow ng
substitute: accepted hy Mr. Fuqua
RS lvcd, That the Secretary cause To be printed the
abstracts from the reports of the Clerks Of the Circuit
tunb, made by hr Clerk cC the House nj Delegate, 10
that ion-e from the wear 1899 to 1915 inclusive aud
thai the CI'k OF the House of Dlegacs be requested
10 furnish the Convention with ii ular abstract r the
present year far the returns have bcen received by
him
ed on Friday AS un amendment which was ais accepted
nv M Fnopo and NJ, olchnr ,u,rod Tho llo,;, a.
an addition al q accented After which TIN. rrs al, ion
oil founa Ms amended was ,tnrtcJN
Also n statement shaving Il he number causes de-
cd d. aud the number If DAYS the Courts wrrs In ses
81 m cnmmrncnu with the year eudnu Anonst 3Oh
1S23 mud far ,orh suhs,u,.nt yaot. rIs tho unnber al