The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-03-28
THE DAILY DISPATCH
VIRGINIA LFGIsT.ATnee
SATURDAY, March 26,
House Of Delegates.


House Of Delegates.
The following bills were nassed to.d.v.
A bill Incorporating the Hampshire Goal.
fields and Manassas Gap Railroad with ,hs
privilege OF having capital stock of s3. .O0O.
000, by private subscription, to construct
railroad from some point in Warren county.
by way of Winchester, to point on the Bal.
iinore and Ohio Railroad, not farther West
than the mouth Of Savage river;
A Senate bill creating Commissioners Of the
Sinking Fund, and providing for the payment
ofinterest on, and the redemption OF, the pub.
lie debt-ayes 80, noes 26;
A bill increasing the capital stock Of the Ri.
wanna Navigation Company, and providing
that the State subscribe 100000 of said in
crease.
Hedgesville and Potomac Turnpike Company,
on the joint stock principle-called up by Mr..
80;
~ bill Incorporating the Yellow Springs
turnpike Company with capital on the joint
A House bill, with amendments by the Sc.
hats, authorising the payment of sum Of mo.
ney to Robt. Hali-and
/, a Dill amending an act incorporating the
neeay and Harrisville Turnpike Company, on
the Joint stock principle.
Inc following bills were rejected-not hav.
ing received constitutional majority
bill increasing the CAPITAL stock of the
Danvllle Railroad Company, by an addition of
SSoO,OOO, to make branch road from halifax
county, to some point in Pit,sylvania COUNTY
ayes 50, noes 47-and
A bill Incorporating the Rapid Ann Naviga.
uon Company, with capital stock of $75, 900
ayes "A, noes "a.
Both of the above bills were again laid on
the table by reconsideration of the vote re-.
jecting them.
Mr.. Mariz offered resolution prohibiting
members from drawing pay for services not
rendered in the House OF Delegates pending
the consideration of which, the House adj.
journed to Monday.
The further consideration of the tax bill will,
It is expected, be resumed on Tuesday.
CONVENTION DEBATEs-It appears from a re-
port OF special committee of the House of Dele
gates recently appointed on the subject of the
printing of the debates of the late Virginia Conven
ton, that the sum of Mirtyour thousand, thirteen
dollars and sirtyJo1r cents, was paid to R. II. Gal
Iaher forprinting the famous "Supplement," con,
tanning the debates of the Convention-an amoun,
which, for all useful purposes might as well have
been cast into the sea, expeneed in blank paper
for the use of the people of tie State who had the
expense to bear. more useless expenditure. of
so large an amount of the public money, was per
haps never before made for any purpose.
But not satisfied with that folly and waste of the
public money, we find by the Report of the Com.
Tuittee of the House of Delegates that a proposi.
ton 10 now pending before the Legislature to usr.
petuate the evil which has been SO generally com.
planned OF from one end OF the Commonwealth to
the other. Ii Is now proposed by bill before the
Legislature to publish second edition of the Sum.
plementiand TO squander few thousands more bv
. Republication of the debates In book form, nm.
der the title of a"Register of Deba:es."
Under the contract with the Convention. RI
Gallaher was to use the type set us for the "sun.
plement," to print the "Rsgister," and he was tn
furnish a certain number of copies (6,0> of the
"Regis.sr" "aohhout any additional caarge sxcen,
for paper and press work. This was part of the
contract, based upon the fact that the Convention
allowed R. II. G. price for printing the supp,..
meAt far exceeding In amount the price for which
others (practical printers equally responsible tor
the faithful execution of the work. were willing
and Offering to do the printing. The ex.rav,rant
price paid for the Supplement" and the large
amount expended upon that useless publication,
could only be justified by the consideration ths,
the "Register," in book form, placing the debates
in some tangible shape, was to be the result of the
publication of the supplement"
But, it now appears that the Register" has rot
been printed. Almost two years have elapsed
since the Convention adjourned, and only abou,
500 pages of the Register" have ye. been printed
and it is now proposed that it be completed, and
paid for sat the rates Uhich ,cere paid for e
printing Of TIE Supplement" including composition
(se,ting the type,) paper, press work, &c.li
This is pretty proposition, truly, in view of the
fact, that by the original contracts contrac. which
gave R. H. G. nearly one third more for the work
than others were willing and proposing to do the
work for-he was to furnish the Register "wi,h
oalt aay additional charge" except for paper and
press work, which would have amounted to only q
very small sum. Without the Register" the "Sup.
plement" could have been, and ought to have been
published, at price one-third less, at least than
the amount paid for it; and without the considera
ton of obtaining the Register, it probably would
not have been published at all.
But the question now is: will the Legislature
sanction and continue the folly and extravaganza
commenced by the Convention, in reference tc
those useless, and for the most past trashy debates
Who will ever undertake the labor of readin,
them1 The 500 pages printed, forms but the mer,
beginning of the work; and, therefore, forms n,
reason why it should be continued. The en,ir
work will make not less than 5000 large octay,
pages, and probably as many as 5000 pagesl
Nearly the ENTIRE work is still to be printed: an,
If to be completed, will be printed at cost the Sc
cond edition only to the waste of money on tn.
Supplement-" The people of Virginia have hat
enough of these debates and were it put TO the vote
ninety-nine out of every hundred would protes
against squsndering any more of the public money
for their publication, whether in the form of Supple
ments or Registers. The original views of the Con
vention in regard to them, cannot now be carrisS
out None of the types set up for the Supplement
can now be used for the Register and consequently
full double expense will have to be incurred in the