The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-03-10
THE. VIRGINIA. CONvEHTIoN
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FRAME AsTATEs CoNSTITUTA3N
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FRAME A STATE CONSTITUTION
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MONDAY, March 8, 1851.
The Convention met a. s1g M s,us Jersey.
Prayer by Rev. DIR. Bolton, q NeH sss''S'
STAY Law ORDINANCE. sss5.., =,
II. ruov. q called up the ordinance ~
ara,t : sacrifice of property ann 10 sS"'
~ collection of debts. ,...;t,,ta
tae s1 co1 paarra offered q lengthy snbstisuIe'
nj. Il substance, to his sz,ooo ex-'
s,nntion resolution; which was oroersu -
be printed
BAYEE's PRIVILEGED QUESTION 1'. :,
. vrr read an article from the Dispatch
about Mr.. L1aaATT's expulaion, ana aop ..a
adat hereafter de Convention Woula ny
eases Of dis kind, so asto let eny man, no
marter how guilty, have fair trial.
THIS STAY LAW DECISION.
Mr.sWoopsos called up the following
resolution, offered by MIR. ALLAN on ga
.turday: A.
> -aWhereas the Supreme Court OF Ap,
meals of this State has recently decioeo
That the present stayelaw Of Virginia Is
unconstitutional so far as it seeks 20 pre-
vent sales Of property under deeos %
trust--a decision which will utterly run
and impoverisha large portion OF the peopis
of the State unless some relief is proYloea
apainst the utter sacrifice of the property OF
the debtor, which must result from sale az y
the present time for cash prices, which "
is the dutyof this Convention to provide
be it therefore .;..rZ.
&C Resolved, That committee be ap.
pointed to inqulire into the expectancy OF
reporting at once an ordinance providing
first. that no sale shall be made under any
deed Of trust or mortgage executed prior
TO the I'd day Of April, 1865, until an
appraisement of the property to be sold
shall be first made by three disinterested
appraisers; to be appointed by the. court
Of the county or corporation IN winch sucn
property may be, and to be sworn for that
purpose second, that such property shall
be sold upon reasonable credit, and that
mo sale thereof shall be made unless the
property shall sell for at least two-tnir rus
of its appraised value" 80
p Discussion ensued; pending which the
morning hour expired.
SPURIOUS PETITION. ..ss
Mr.. PARa arose to "a privileged question.
Mr.. PORTER had offered, q few days since,
q petition from the citizens of Nansemond
which was spurious one. He had been
down in his. county, and he had found OUT
that his people did not endorse the petl-
ton. They were the maddest people ne
lad ever seen. He had the documents 10 l 70
show that the petition was spurious one,
and he wished them to be read from the
desk. 1t was decided that the committee
was the. proper body before which TO bring
the papers. 5r3 r-s 7aarz.
-, COUNTY ORGANIZATION. 80
tt was decided to take up the reports
upon county organization after having laid
the report on agriculture on the table.
The majority and minority reports were
read. and the majority report was &C
cepted, to be acted upon section by sec
ton. The first section was taken up, as
follows: - 80 X l.
"SEcT1oN l. In each county of the State
there shall be elected or appointed lone
county Judge, who shall hold the county
court thereof. with such criminal and civil
Jurisdiction as shall be fixed by law; one
sheriff: one attorney for commonwealth,
torney for the circuit court; one county
clerk, who shall also be the clerk OF the
circuit court, except that In counties
containing twenty-five thousand lnhabi-
tants there may be separate clerk
for the circuit court; one county treasurer,
one superintendent of the poor, one super
intendent of public schools: Provided, That!
counties containing less than eight thousand
inhabitants may be attached to adjoining.
counties for the formation of districts for
superintendents of schools and county
iudges: Provided, also, That in counties
containing thirty thousand inhabitants
there may be appointed an additional su:
perintendent of schools, and an additional
nudge to hold courts Of probate and re-
cord separate from the county courts, and
,nerform such other duties as shall be pre-
scribed by law. .aa
.."All. regular elections for county Off
GERS shall be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November, and
all officers elected or appointed under this
provision shall enter upon the duties OF
their offices on the LIST day of January
next succeeding their election, and shall
hold their respective Offices for the term
of three years, except that the county
clerk shall hold his Office for four years."
Mr.. THAYER moved that the words g or
appointed in the first line, be stricken
out. s
Mr.. II. Fl. LEE offered as a substitute
for the first clause Of the section the fol-
lowing from the minority report offered
by him: .,.. -. -.
aThere shall be in each county of the
Commonwealth a county court, which
shall be held monthly by not less than
three nor more than five justices, except
when the law shall require the presence of
q greater number" 49,.
: INDICTMENTS moved to amend the sub
stitute by striking out all after the word
Commonwealth and inserting the following
from MI. WooDsoN's minority report:
7. A court, to be called the county court,
which shall be held monthly by a. judge
learned in the law, and to be known as the
county Judge: Provided, That counties. con-
tanning less than -- thousand inhabitants
shall be attached to adjoining counties for
the formation Of districts for county judges.
The county judges shall hold their offices
for the term Of six years, and shall receive
fixed and adequate salaries, which shall
not be diminished during their continuance
in Office, to be paid quarterly out of the
public treasury" ~ g
: Discussion ensued. LEWIS LINDSEY was
opposed to. appintin jedges, becase he
thought de people abundently: abil to
qualify de ledge. He would perpose to de
gentleman from Prince Edward de idee of
not haVin none but men learned in de law
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