Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-03-23
LEsEsLArURE sF VIRGINIA.
SENATE.
ANTWERP LINE OF SHIPS.

|
FRIDAY. March 1s
ANTWERP LINE OF SHIPS.
| Mr.. SHErrEY called up the bill supplements
| ry to act entitled Gan act to establish n lin,
| of steamers between the ports of VIRGINIA nm,
Antwerp" authorizing the use of the Calor
Engine instead of steam power, and reourin,
| the Board OF Public Works not to advance thu
| bonds OF the State until the Stock has been sub.
scribed to complete certain Railroads.
The bill forbids the Board of Public Works tt
advance the bonds of the Commonwealth unti
the said Board shall be satisfied that individual
subscriptions have been made by persons or cor
poratlops, other than the commonwealth, solvent
and able to pay, to the Virginia Central Railroad
to the amount OF $46O,O00; to the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad S l,0OO.O0O; to the Manassas
Gap Railroad S520,000; to the Abingdon and
Cumberland Gap Railroad S600C to the
Richmond and York River Railroad $2O0, Oo0.-
The bonds are not to be issued either until the
different works are let out to contract.
The bill amended. by the way Of ryder,
on motion of Mr.. SHEFFEY, by combining the pro-
visions of the bill, in reference to the Central
Rail Road, to the work authorised by an act of
the present session of the General Assembly,
from the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad to the
Covngton and Ohio Railroad, and compelling
those taking the contracts to take them at those
prices, by which the works now in process of
construction, have been completed in part.
The ryder was amended, on molten of Mr.
CowAr, by authorship the Withholding such an
amount of bonds as may not be advanced at the
time the Wig mia and Kentucky Railroad Com
pany may be ready to receive subscriptions, until
said subscription shall be made to the said COM
pany and the work is under contract.
After lengthy debate, Mr. WARD, demand
ed the previous question, and the main uestou
was ordered
MIR. REGER demanded the ayes and noes. The
vote as follows:
AYEs-Messrs. Baldwin, Barnett, Brent, Cat
lett, Creigh, Deneale, Douglas, Greaver, Hall,
Layne, Parker, Pitman, Saunders, Shackelford,
Stands. Shelley, Smith, StovaIl, Stuart Sweeny,
Tabb, Tate, Thomas, Ward-24.
NoEs-Messrs. BasselI, Braxton Boykin,
Campbell, Cowan, Daniel, Funston, Grantham,
Martin, Mason Moncure, Paxton, Roger, Thomp-
son, Wade, White, Witcher--17
The vote having been announced, the Presi-
dent, (Nlr. DENEALE) decided that the bill had
passed.
From this decision Mr.. BASEL appealed, for
the reason that under the 9th section of the 9TH
article of the Constitution, it requires majority
of all the members elected to the Senate to pass
such an act, to give it the force of a law.
The question being put .'shall the decision of
the chair stand as the judgment of the Senate!"
Messrs. Douglas, Brent, Shackelford, Saunders
and Cam pbe sustained the affirmative; NIessrs
BasselI, Witcher, Roger and Braxton the mega
tive The hour of two arriving
The Senate took a recess until o'clock.
AFTERNOON SEssIoN.--When the Senate took
n recess, the question was on sustaining the
Chair in its decision, that it did not require
constitutional majority to pass the supplemental
bill concerning the Antwerp line.
Mr.. SHEFFEY moved that the bill and appeal
lie on the table. On this proposition Mr.. SHACK
ELFoRD demanded the ayes and noes, and it was
lost--ayes b. noes 16.
The discussion was continued by Messrs.
Thomas, Deneae. Douglas White, Witcher,
Shackeford, Bassell and Sheffey.
Mr. THOMAS having intimated desire to move
reconsideration of the vote on the passage of
the BILL Mr.. BASEL proposed to withdraw his
appeal from the decision of the Chair. Objec-
ton being made,
On motion of Mr.. Thomas, leave to Withdraw
was granted.
Mr.. THOMAS then moved n reconsideration of
the vote by which the passage of the bill
was decided in the affirmative, which was agreed
The vote by which the bill WAS ordered to its
engrossment was then reconsieered, on motion of
Mr. STovALL.
On motion of Mr.. DOUG LAS, the bill was then
referred to select committee, consisting of
Messrs. Douglas, Witcher, Smith, Amber and
Boykin.
COMMISSIONERS BILL.
The unfinished business was called for by Mr..
STovALL-the bill concerning Commissioners
and other Collectors of the Revenue.
After spending some time in considering the
bill, on motion the Senate adjourned.
SENATE