Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-12-17

shall be responsible for any loss which ma
accrue by the act or neglcc: OF any subord';.a:'
officer in snch department, Tho has been IL"
fully put in possession uf money cr either pro
perry under this ordnance or uny !:.w c.: his
Commonwealth.
>! All bonds hereby required s;.a!! D. pa"ab.s
to the Commonwealth nf Virginia.
All psyml&,e.s, con:misssr!rs ard store
keepers snail hn subject 10 the rules and arti.
cles of wn- III the same manner us comm S
stoned elii,crs
II. The duties of the cticcrs Of departments
in the army aud .ayy shall in so far as they
! NAV not l,c inconsistent with this or uiEor
ordinances Of this Convention. b. determined
by the laws ni this State and pf tic un.cN
States, which werc in farce within tii!s Com
monweai,h or the Se"ent, cnth dz:: u: .ipTi,
eighteen hundred and sixty. one.
ls. The ordinances passed by this CuaTen
tio! on the twenty seventh day CT !Arr!:, e!gi'
teen hu1drel AID siN;j-cnr, ra:!lra -: )
general ordinance II prn.idv 4 hoalTi, a..
and All ordnance passed the same day. .ntl!cr!
IAN Ordinance couccr'.ing the GIa!tc'n::stci ;
department" are hereby r'P"a!.'
19. This o.dincuce S!.ai be in :)rcG rom It's
adoption, subject 10 the right Uf this C6n"ca.
tim or Df the General Assembly /" iaen,l,
alter pr repeal tii2 sane.
Mr.. HArMosD.--i suppose i: s nrcessary %
make some eSpian4tioa in re!erl:..:e 10 this or.
diuanca.
The Military Committee reported to lhe
Convention suG,t days sgo III ordinance Of
snule length in relston 20 ITO uIartermastc,' o
Department in the ProvisiGna! Assembly,
! That ordinance YES adop.a'i by BE CONVEX
| ~, = ,rt. Al
another ordinance appointing a hrar,i 10 audit
claims against the Commonwealth. hu. It was
ascertained by the cuuacil that both THESE or
dlnsncrs or:lic:ed, and ,::ry cu.ca:nch tie two
So as to make tbcn: iariuoh:Zc, s.d combine
every provision necessary in connccl.v:. :s.iA
| the particular Departments TO which tlcy rc-
| late
Mr. TURNER, Of Jackson.--l would liho 10
know whether one Of The requirements in that
ordinance, ia TO take en oath 10 SUPPORT the Con-
sttutIon of tho United States? Il so, It ought
to be stricken out
Mr.. misunderstanding 10 the in'orma-
| ton have upon the subject, no sucu provision
! is contained in it IL was before the Military
Committee, and one Of that Committee stated
that 20 such oath was required Of thc officers
Mr.. TuRSER.--l was induced TO make that
inquiry bccguSe Of tie fact, That the Convex
ton refused to entertain m ordinance diSFcn.
sing with lha; obligation CT The pr: CT o.
| icers.
MT. WIcKn.M--l will say that there is an
act of Assembly which requires every officer
Of the Commonwealth To take that os'h
Mr.. JOHNSTON Il suppose the dEculty
will be ohviated by the Introduction of g f..
words. Already tho orGinance provides 70:
the oath OF fidelity to The Stale of Y.r2ica.
Mr.. EARLY. The Consultation 81 the State
prescribes. that all Executive, Judciai and Leg
lSlatire officers shall take ar cain ~ support
Tho Constitution q; Tic S,sts and ci the Unl;ci
States.
Mr.. kILET.-'rie srrt-n..n ma be right il
that respect bIt tnis ordnance says, IN the
18th section: Each and all Of th1 Officers
named in this ordinance, and cOhnecteu with
the departments Of the army and navy, SHALL
lake the oaths prescribed by the Code ci Viz
ginia, cb. 49, sections J and g." ltis Ii. cs5sl.
~ to know what those scctious c0nla!:,.
Mr. JoHSsToN.-l suppose, by that, they
| intended simply 10 refer to the ohil tn support
the Constitution Of the State
The question: was pu: Oh tie adoption ol
tue ord:uance and it was decided IL the ainr'
native
Mr. MAcYARLAND-I hcg leave TO su5m!:
the following resolutions Of inquiry:
"Eesolved, That the Committee of Finance
rrpor, an ordinance fixing the compensation
Of the members Of the Executive Council.
"Rrsolvcj, That q committee Of five enquire
whether rny, and what provision, should be
madc for the circuit and district courts ul the
United States within this State, and thu; they
report by ordinance or otherwise"
The resolutions were adopted.
The PREslDEST-The following is the Gem.
Initiee TO consider the subject Of that rcsoiu
tou: Messrs WV. II. MAcFAmAaD, o. Rich.
.nond ROBERT Z. ScoTT, Of FauQuier; WOOD
BouLDiS, OF Charlotte; JAMES P. lloLcoNDE,
of Albemaric; and JouS II. Sized, Of Lynch.
burg.
Mr.. CuANBLrss-I beg leave to offer the fol-
lowing ordinance
AN OgDIsANcE eoncerning o6ieers IN the
retenue and coast surrey ser1ics Of the United
iStatts."
Be it ordained, That he ordinance passed
on the seven eenth day Of april, eighteen
hundred and si1ty-one, by the Convention,
which directs the Governor Of the Common
wealth 10 invite al ctiicicT. at worthy Viz
gnians and residents ofVlrgnia in the army
and navy OF the United States, to retire therc-
frow, and tc enter the service OF Eirc:nie, he
and the same is hereby extended 10 al! such OIL
GERS in the revenue service and coast surrey ser
vice Of the United States. And the Governor
is authorized to make such provisions for them
US may be proper and will not interfere with
The rank conferred upon officers Of the navy. .
] will state that these gentlemen, in the
! opinion Of the Advisory Council, arc not IN
cuded in the invitations already extended
Tie ordinance was adopted.
Mr. CApERrON i now call for the untin-
ished business, which is the ordinance TO pro-
vide against tbs sacrifice Of property.
TIE ordinance WAS taken up, aad reads as
follows:
AN ORDINANCES 10 Trocide agaia1t Gt saeri-
1tce Of property GnQ ~ susPehd proceedings
IN certain cG:es.
BE it ordained, That no execution shall be
issued from the date hereof, by any court OF
record or magistrate, for the sale OF property
nor shall there be any sales under deeds OF
trust or DEGREES, for the payment Of money
until otherwise provided by law.
Where the executions hsre issued and art
now in the hands of officers, whether icvieG
or not if the debtor offer bord and security
for the payment Of the dcb., interest and costs
when the opel alton OF Ibis ordinance ceases
the property shall be :a:'in:ed ard The boHd 81
taken shgii be returned as in case Of forth
coming bond.
If tae debtor offers 10 euck bond, it shall b.
the duty Of The ctiic=r to convene three FREQ
holders from the vicinage VINO. after being
sworn, shall proceed 10 value the property ac-
cording &c what would have been its value OF
the 9Th day Of November, 1860 and unless til
said property shall sell fer the full amount 0
such valuation, it Shall be restored 10 the deb
tor without lien.
Except in criminal cases or Commonwealth
prosecutions there shall be no trial Of any caus
requiring the intervention eta jnry, but elhc
party to such cause shall nave tho right, upJI
reasonable notice, TO take the depostiohs o