Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-02-21

! Resolved, That tho said Shestatu Clemens
ana Ca,aa Dg:..:aa BIZ a7d are !l3TohE cEPeiiea
from this Convention.
. Tho COMMITTEE nave no evidence Oh olsloy'
atty OF BENJAMIN Wilson, nor to explain the
cause of his absence from the Convention, and
they ask :, be discharged from further con-
slderaiion Il the case Of Benjamin wilson.
A.. F. HArAoND, Chairman.
Hr EYe.r.-I daairc to know, from the
Chairman ~ lie Committee on Eleotlons,
wh.r the ~ryiGance is in relation to the dia!oy-
t:y 81 Caleb BoSsesa'-
! 90 not daSlre to vote upon th'S quea'ioh uh'
lii I vote understandiagly.
Mr. RLaYeY.-AS the chairman OF the COM
mit;ee is not present to give tho necessary IN
formation, | move TO my lha report upon the
table.
The ulotion waS agreed to.
Mr.. aMELCR.-I move 10 take up an ordi-
nance reported . day or two ago rom the Fl.
nance COMMITTEES, 10 relation TO the Issue OF
treasury notes. It will occupy but little time
to dispose of il, and I hope the Convention will
take 1t up.
The milton was agreed to, and the ordi-
nance having been taken up, was read as fol1
lows:
AN ORDINANCE concerning Treasury Nots.
Whereas. hY ordinances OF this Convention,
number thir,y-Agc, entitled ian ordinance to
authorize the issue Of Treasury notes, passed
April S0tr, 1881, and m ordinance, number
Stventy-una, entitled ian ordinance authors
ling Treasury notes, and concerning the
ba,iks," passed June 23:b, 1851, authority was
given TO issue Treasury notes to an amount
not exceeding, IN The aggregate. TIC suln OF
six millions Of dollars, of which four millions
were to bear interest at the rate OF six per
centum per annun, and the remaining two
millions were to be without interest; and It
being desirsblo 20 relieve the Treasury from
the payment Of interest on the Treasury notes
used aud circulated as a currency,
Be it ordained, That the Auditor Of Public
Accounts be ard he is hereby authorized to
issue Treasury notes, which shall bear no In
terest, to an amount not exceeding four mll>
lions Of dollars, for the purpose Of redeeming
at maturity. or at such other times as they
may be presented for payment, the Interest
bearing Treasury notes which Ters issued
under the ordinances OF this Convsation, pass
ed rs aforesaid, respectively, Gu the S0th day
Of April, 1861, and on The 2eth day OF juno,
1851. The said rotes shall be Of denom:na-
iio1s net lcss than Ave doliars-oe psyahla to
bearer attho Treasury, on demand-and when
presented for pay menti in sums Of five hundred
| dolla,a, or any multiple If ma hundred dol
lars above th.: su1l, iDcy Lay DO converted
!nlc registered bonds Of tho State, bearing siz
prc cen:urp per aaHun interest. All the pro
| visions of SAID ordinances, numbers thirty-fre
ard serenity one, II this ordinance referred to,
and III: ordinance entitled ''an ordinance 70
! curing the banks to receive the Treasury notes
Of this Commonwealth" passed July lst, 1851,
shall bt held to apply 10 the notes AUTHORISED
10 BIS issntd by this ordinance, except so Tar
only rs they may 5e inconsistent there"iih.-
| Aud 10 cradle tho Auditor Of Public Accounts
to oxtcu.o 81, provisions OF this ordnance, he
IS aatio:i;ad to employ for tbs purpose OF
dating. Numbering, clipping and registering
said rctcs such clerical force, in addition to
that TOW in Ills ~rriicc, ss mny te necessary for
TIC object, Al on expense not exceeding the
ra!e u nine hundred dollara per ennun for
tho ,irae so employed. All expenses incurred
in It's esecution of this act shall be betrayed
out Of any money In the Treasury not other
wise appropriated.
This ordinance shall be 10 force from its pas.
sage.
ST.. MacT.z1AxD.-l wlll merely say, that
tbs purpose OF the ordnance is to save the
intsrsst uool four millions Of dollars, which
would amount to S24, 900 q year.
Again there will be a great saving In having
tho ordinances passed'by This body, as the en-
craving materials and the paper have been
prepared by the Auditoc, and show upon theiI
face that tho issus was made by authority oil
this Convention. II this ordinance is not DOW
acted upon, all tiIis expense will turn out to
be Of no avail.
The ordnance ~ss adopted.
Mr. BLAzET.-l move that tho Ordinance IN
reference 10 salt BIO made the order of the day
for z o'clock this evening.
Mr.. s7uART.-I hope that that will not be
done. The Committee on Constitutional Re
forms expect to report at that hour, aud
think tia: il is rary deairable that the Con-
| venijon sn.ul,i "a on and consider that Rub
iucl
Tie onrciipclt wi! require b considerable
l2r:,;. af time, and willis We are waiting for
liza! Il, ~. o"nptO,isi, &c cln consider the sub
.ct II aait.
NJ. ELAEFT-.l jrSirc ibis Convention to
determine a:.c,hcr they shall ttko Up this
question no~ # nj oil. have beeo bandying
It for days, and | have no doubt that tho object
| Of gentlemen is, to pase this thing over to the
Legislature where no action is likely to Do hHd
upon it until the monopollHts will have accom-
piishcd ali theic desires.
l call The yaas ard na7s upon the motion to
make lhis the special order for z o'clock to-
night.
The cali Was sustsinri. and tte question
being put, rsEnltod-Jeas 81, nays IS AS iol.
lows:
! geli2, slah.y, por,t. Bouliln. Erswar-, Brooke, gfuo,,
Byrne, Caoel, Campbell, C.per,on, Cecil, Chambers, conn'
c. B. Conrad, Co,so. Cu,t,, Ds1kius, Piiher. French, Gar
i Isss, H q lean {. a[ I.ssi g s@,sa 3D. S'E ne 4 H.? Ms Il h%HlaIa :.
". Marshall. Jane, Marshall, Msr,ln, McSett, Morris,
.sson, orrick, Je,epa b. pendlstoa, Preston, poen, eeores
ton, SPEED, eispies, strsnr,, Tsyloe, Robert B. Turner, s.
P. turner, Waite, WilIiars, woo|.. Yours-eL.
EArs-Me'n AnblsT, BOYD, ra,:sr, chean:3, RoerT;
Moore, oalnru, f:ica, Sharp, shsGcy, ssaars-za
S. a. :..:inl 10 rnake tbs G;l:nan|@ ran-
csriung .z!. ,,a special order Tor ? o'rE2ck II
pic',;, -. ,'e.dcd in the affirmative.
Thr 'r4, ii h.lfpast II having arrived. the
an.:1Son iuok 4 Tocass dni;lT o'clock. F. II.
NIGHT SESSION.
TIA Convention 70 assembled III : o'clock.
Dir. S7rARr.-I move TO susponj tue rule
! requiring that ordinances be onr0l!si On
parchment!
masn :..&t moiioa. hHCausc Of the inPos-
| ]siirinv. =. an irt2if4s1 20 obtaining 'bst
I~HsiiIiai
The un.iIn vas agreed 70.
'tt.o snscial order Of the any, which aa the
ordinsn,a concerning salt, wss then taken up,
arI leai az follows!
Az ORDINANCE ooaeeTn:no Salt.
/, B: it ordained. That whenever the Gavcr
nor Of .his Commonwealth shall suspect tha;
mn narir hnllc anY nuanritr of aalt f1r khn