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X ! V - 4 I- i t I - J ' ' I. T " , , .... I- . f I i ; . . t r : . - lit , convention Proceedings, The "29th. section being read, Mr. L71 Jl . Cameron move,d substitute pla Vjing ttv appa'ntnient of .field ofneers in tle militia, as well as general officers, in the. Go vernor! '''.'T : - JArliLovr boned that this amendment would not be agreed to. The mass of the people were better qualified to appoint their field officers than therfcorernor. In the country from whence he tame, the people were in fa vor cf i appointing their own orhcers, and ne thought it best they should do so. The auientfnient vas negatived All the ; succeeding sections till the CQmmittceeame to the 40th were pass ed without objection. ; . Mr. Wmtmn movea to strike out a psr pi that sectjon.lwhichleft a discretionary power in the legislature to call the General Assem bly oftcher than biennially, if they thought it 'noice'trv it wlotirl tonlar.p the discretion- arv power in the hands of the Governor only. 2t!r; Yancey, :hopfcd t.s oart of the section would be rcUined 'as he tbougiu tn i.ep;is latjure. ought to hve the power of meeting' idAtp freniipntlv if thw considered thit the oublicL interest "rnoired it. t But if any ex t pirrllirjrv 'T?iiinn should arise, 'when the T.etn?laTture is not in session.' -then the Gover nor will have the power to: make thecal!. cvfnotives which they did not deserve. Indeed i ino Lei' shuive body would venture to direct ' Ian f-Ttraordinarv session without crood ground Ufii ! hr txmuIrT hav'f ti answer to their ; constituents' There was another reason why he thought this'pdwer ought tobe left with the Legislature. It mitrht I happen tht the People rofeht Wish heGeneral Assembly to meet oft e her. and' the frovernor may be op nosed to it ; and in such a case, he thought the oninion of the fieriislature ouirlit to pre vail. -v:i!ihi-r than thafr.f the''1 Governor, He ., ., ... ........ - j . ----- ..: , L.--V-' ' - tarn free to acknowledge that, on ordinary oc- cations imp. sessionin evervf "twoi years, would nt of the savirir of expense there was anothcrj reason Why a less 'frconent meeting of: the Legislature, ouch to be preferred. . Too, much 4 kslatioh is worse tlutn too little. So lon.sr as annual ses sions contniuevprivate business will continue to increase, and one sf ssionjwill be called up on to undo what was dbne'ajt a preceding ses sion. But though he was in favor nf bicnni liial sesbionsr he wished: the, Legislature; to ... linve the power; tf . pvietinS 'often er if fhey thought l'e public iiiterestlrcquired it. ' I . ?!r. Love was m favor of the proposed a mendment., .tic was not foy leaving it in the power of t!i Legislature to meet ortenr than .the time fixed by the" Constitution. If there , were any neccssHy for meetmg oftener, there ' ran he.im tlniiht -that' the- irovernorc i.will al- i ways be wiUingr t caU an. eitri session, j .if the clause stands as it, is; the Legislat ut ore m'glit think it necessary to meet every year. The people whom ho represented were-in ' five, of biennial sessions; b"t he was willing Tftbut the. Goyer)io' shpuld-'liave, the. power -' of: cainng the .Legislature (more , frequently wlienver he deemed it nec essary. 1 Mr. riufcr was also for. the amendment. lYc' was not willing to givetlie Legislature; tne power of meeting or iiot., " It Would be ofteiMir'too- great a temptatioh to tnembers Ui yjivf them the privilege of 'meeting every . . vesi- d ! they, chose.' He - preterred tnai in -power of directing extraordinary sessions o, the Legislsiture should be left vvith the Go vernor cwy. ' " 1 Mr. intlinnuoh would state to the committe, Konie 'considerations which would lead him to vote . for Ibis amendment. From the little Vjou jedewhich he had of this. State, he was i nd uoed .to believe that its interests did not vt quire an annual meeting of the Legislature; oo;i "after- tlie forjnation .jqf the State Go venimentf when it was. -necessary to enact an cmirelv new code of laws, annual sessions " were desirable and proper ;.but the present state of things did not require so much legis lation and it 'became us'tcj conduct our Go vrnmeht vith as much economy as possible. Tlie State needs money foipubi;c purposes, antl ibis money must be (ibtuint d either from - Mvjncrease of takeSi or from a retrenchment of nur i-TJipnuftsi the hrst Would not ne ac- "ccptablc to the people, but theUaswou V.' h;ve, said'he, for same time been ei ould. in promoting 'Internal Improvements in this State. To carry on and complete these, will; require more iimds tfiah we have' the ' conmsand of at present, trhe sales of the Cherokee lands have been appropriated for this purpose; but this source will after awhile cefic The. Dividends arismgTrom the New bcrn and O -pe-Fear Hanks jare also appnip ri al cd Id this object, but these will be Jnsuuici ' Vi:. :nd nVay be diverted from this object, wlu'Tiever-thY I .egislature.slall sodetei-niine. J'.v holding the sessions, of the Legislature TiVnrilly, l.d ge sum of money will be sav- r-d for pub did pur poses. And though he did ""nni hV'iTwe that anv LelsUture would come -ler nnnecesrily lc gT slate themselves iA rt annu-1 sessions. e ws unv:ui'ig xo con fivto the Icgis-aure a power which ought to be'dtiinedin, the Constitution. . - , - At f.hjerved b'v the Gentleman from Hay Wood, the Governor of the State is authorized to cali the LeeislatUre together on extraorai n-irV'occtuions. tie thought'the power pro pel Is Io.lred with him, and that it ought not to be jrie n to the legislature. inuccn,suui v ri ennr ' he believed, would tie unprece- denied. He hopedr therefore, the proposed ::r e'nime.nt would beagied to.; yr, Suiufei-9 observed,., tlbt, f . tlic question now ht (ore 'the committee, were to detertnine lionld in future - have annual or ':" j. biennial sessions' of the Legislatbre, the argil - merits of gentlemen iwouki e m poim; but the qiestioh is merely', tuie; shall luivcpower, when necessary; to meet oftener. than once in two years, or whe thertb:s power shall be wholly left with tlie Gos rnor. " For Jus pari j he had quue as m-.-h cnifidence in t t'i Legislature as I he had in the Governor, atid s lould have greater fear that .the -Governor might convene tlie Leg si unite it n tuce ssarily , than they Vbuld tbtmselves do so. x whom,'he asked; are the Legislature selected ? The bo wef is. therefore, In By tlie people. tact, leit witn tne people, and it is properly left there. There is a d fiVrer.ee of opinion amongst the people. i wi t ether tlie sessions sliall be held annually or biennially'; but my word for it, said Mr. rj?'i if; a majority of the people shall I decide w:cn the question is put to them, on bienni- " al - 'scslong,- ;no legislature Iwohld take upon itself the responsibility ofmeetmg oftener, exct-pt from lmpenous necessity:, lie hoped therfore the provision would be retained. Hf thcujrhtthls 'power, -might &e-yery saieiy left with the legislature.':; To refuse it, would be imnutinff to the members of that body, The amendment was .agreed to, and then the section, ' as amended;! was con- curred in. .". - . Mr. "Cameron moved to add, after the word oilnties,' in the 2d line of the 41st section, the words and tokens, with a view of providing Representatives for the towns ot j Ivcwbeni, Wilmington and Fayetteville, and proposing, if this amendment was agreed to, to deduct -si Representative t-trom eacn ot the countaes in which these towns are situated. " This amendment was negatived, in commit tee of the whole ; but it was agreed to in the Convention afterwards, as. will appear in tlie proceedings. ; ... .. j - f After considerable, rather irregular debate on fixing the ratio of Representatives ' in the Senate, the section, as it'ptamls; was agreet toa3 tlie "best that could at present be form ed, though: not perfectly! satisfactory to ail the Delegates present. ; The 45thi section which provides for the trial or impeachment being read. ,.Jfr. Carson ,tb ought that .the maibritv o the Senate ought to be sufficient to convict an offendejr, instead of two-thirds, and offered an amendment to that effect. He knew that two-thirds wererequired in the Senate of the United State to convict .'v. but he thoujrht a majority W.as sufficient. These officers, he said, were Invested With .high author! ty and possessed great influence, jand requiring two thirds to convict, puts them almost out of the reach of the law. . lit all -important trials in England before the twelve Judges, a majori ty convicts, lie thought if meu in office so conlucted themselves as to be brought to tiial by impeachment, he saw no necessity for so much caution about their conviction. ; Mr. Yancey hoped the amendment Would not obtain.' This provision -as to the number necessary to conviction was riotadopted by the cbmmitiee, because jt was the number fixed upon in the Constitution of the United States ; but: if it liad, ' the authority would have been good. V lie thought there was great safety in the provision, which he believ ed had been adopted by most of the States. He did, not believe any thing was to be fear- eu irom tne mnuence ot any othcerwno miglit subject hlinaclf to impeachment j hethouglit it more likely that such 'men might suffer from popular excitement, which this provi vision vs calculated to guard against. h hoped, therefore!, it would be retained, jrlr. Vinson would have n objection to a provision, tliat should displace the officers of Government on the address, of tMro-thirdi of both branches of the Legislature put whvn a Governor or a judge is to be tried by. the'jSe nate, and two-thirds of the body arc requi ed to-convict hiuij no conviction could bp looked for. Yo might, sawl he, jis well te ll an o fendef, at Once, to go on in his vick us cpurr ses. 1 Responsibility is but of the question. You' cannot convict him. Tlie bes ; council is always employed in defending si ich per sons. Judge Chase, when he 'w. t:ied, cm plored talents to "defend him which could not be metj and it was a provision of this kind in th, constitution of the United States tliat sav ed him. If 'majority could havte convicted him, he would have hceh convicted and re moved from office.. , h Mr. Settle feaid, that on an occasion like the present, members ought to be i:adv to sacri- jfice tli eir individual opinions on all maticrs of minor importance; ; but rather than submit to the doctrines of the gentleman -from Ruther ford, that officers of the goverhment should be removable on tlie" address of two-thirds of tlie GeneiaTssembly, or that a bare majority of the Senate should be able to convict an impeached officer, he would be for going home as they came, and tell their constituents they could do nothing. The tgentleman has said, that but for a provision like that wliich lis Constitution, he moves to expunge from t a certain Judge would have been convicted. This shews the! necessity cf guarding these officers nierainsl popular excitement : for shiee party spirit, v.liich was then at its height, has subsided it has been found that there was no good ground of impeachment , against . him ; and it was nothing but this salutary provision in the Constitution that saved him from dis grace and infamy. And suppose .one of our Judges said he, should maker an unpopular decision on some party question, might it not be an easy thing to get a majority , of the Se nate to convict him ? rSuch a case mitrht hap pen, and. we ought to guarbj against it, and make our officers indepenlept of popular cja mour. ' Experience, . indeed shews us, tliat the more independent our Judges arc in their decisions, the less, popular j they are in the community. , , It-' is .therefore phe more neces sary to defend- them by proper guards, ' of which- the obe now attacked; was essential. "Mr, Carson said, he Would make but a sin e observation in reply. The officers in question it will be, recollected, cannot be put upon theif trial imtil a majority of the House of Representatives shall sayj tliey deserve to be impeached. ; 1 hey are then to be brought before the Senate, and two-thirds of that body be convicted. t And if two -thirds do not agree on tmipomt the oftenders return .upon soc'i- . i '.t 1 ' f It :. , It K tty wiuiout any mmg more. tnan tne xensure wnicli tlie public may pas upon them. He ougiu mis attoraea oitenaers ; too creat a chance to escape, and he wished the section therctore : amended. ' s f . ' V - t . mvw Jiiunsriim saia, i atter wnat naa - fallen from tlie gentlemen from Caswell and Rock iiigiiiuii against me propusei auiciiujuem, . farther. . But he could not give a silent vote upon it- An attempt to place , the officers of our government in so. perilous a smiauon could not be too severely jreprehendedJ Who, . asked Mr. M. are to' try these men when impeached ? Are th&vjudges who will be likelv'to symiiathize with them f4. No, theV will be men taken from the p eople witli airtheir prejudices. So that theie would be no security fi&r the persons j accused, but by requiring zi least a concurrence of twotliirds of their judges to produce a conviction. j lit considered the principle couiained in this a meiidment.'as striking at tlie root of the ihde pendence . of the Judiciary. He looked on the doctrine as abominable ; land sooner than adopt it, he would lift his voice against any ehan'sre .iri the Constitution at all. The amendment was negatived without a division. :::V.V;;: .r.;' - . 'iJr-.: '"' Mr. ' Yancey proposed an amendment (the 47111 section) that all cicer-rrbw, ijn ofhee, shall continue," &c ; which wu aSTeeil to. y- xThe reported Constitution bejng gone throtrffhT Uie ; copimittee rose, and re- porteuithe amendments to the Conven- rion, wiucn men aujourneii uu to-mor row; Saturday. r '. .. . i j . i &tf.ms R. Mooye, a delegate! fiom Stokes, took his seat. -r- , I;, 1 . - The Convention took, up the j Report of the Committee of the whole. - . ! ' - ' j After reading the 2d section, i T- - Mr.' livcwzvd moveld to strike out the-wor" fmf at; its commencement, as Unnecessary ami improper. ' X- 1 P 4 . I -m l: ' ' Mr.. Tancett said, this word was found in the eld- Constitution, and" was therefore retained cit the ground that, he had before kstated, tliat no alteration uwas recommended, put. such as the committee believed absolutely necessaryj He- hoped the word would be permitted to rc- mtun.j - i- . . ,. . .. .- .. - . : Wfrf. Jfrevarxf obsery ed, tliat every step which t:he Oohyiitipn'took .-. ibohyinced hini that tliey ought to Have first gone into a com mittee of the whole smd fixed on certain pnnr4 had done, the subject to a committee of se ven! i" We referred:!io! that comn)ittee,( said ne, :uic uistuaip; 01 a ousjness uiiupiiucu in its 'nature,''1 instead of instructing hem to re port on particular .'subjects, th; consequence lias been ahunsatisfacoTyreport which mem- hers'., had been restrained from amlending out of respect -for that committee put as tins is the last dav of the session, he honed that p-en- tlejueji would bring forward such amendments as appeared tb themfnecessary!. The chair man of the committee is unwilling to admit any departure from the words of the old Con stitution; exempt on principle, f But as the word that is unnecessaiy, and is bmitted in the 1st article,- he j hoped it would jbej dispensed with in the 2d and following sections. Mr. j Yancey :regretted that he jwas again called upon to justify, the report! , of the com- j mittee of wliich he had been a member. He jxicw iiul uow satKsiaetory.tiiat report nau been ;j but he .knew: that the gentlemen who conipcjsed it had tpa'ut grtat attention to the subjecjt, and had executed the-business com mitted to them to the best of tbbir ability, though itiad neither been a very pleasant, nor a very easy duty. -Gentlemen Were certainly at liberty to propose whatever (amendments, to it they thcHight proper, but hV l oped that all such as were proposed, , would be of some iinportance, and not mere verbal criticisms." The amendment Ivas negatived ,Mr. -Jllangvm again moved to substitute thq word members for that ofiRepreHcritatSvesin the xjj. une ot the Jd section; which vvasjagreedto. The remaining amendments were con- ctirredr iri without debate. i &c coitin-ued.J GENERAL ASSEMBLY. SENATE. it.- Friday, STov. 21 J Mr. Cameron presented tlie follow ing resolution, wliich-was read three times, ! passeu ana praerea to ne en crossed : t -; 3 " - L I - ; Whereas the Honorable William NorwoodA - I I ( M ' Esq. , one of the Judges of the Su perior Courts i t of Law and Equity of this State, was prevent ed by extreme jiuneas from hoklirtg all tlie Courts in tlie circuit to which he wis allotted this fall : ' "',! ' -1 t'l Jiesbtped, That the jPublic Treasiu-er be and pay1 he is hereb'y authorized and required to .to the said William Norwood thie fullsirm he would have been entitled to receie from the public. Treasury, ml like mannea,as if he had lieitf the courts in. thie Circuit assigned to him : Arid for so doing, this shall b e his war rant. j ". j .-..' I ' I ' j . On motion of Mr. Graves, a select commit tee was; appointed on the Militia Laws, and the public arms of the state -and the follow mg Gentlemen Were named as the committee, viz. Messrs. Graves, Brittain, Williams, Mc Leary, and. Ward., . .' '.- .. - The; following persons are! appointed on the, several select committees; or. kdered on the message of the Governor : On Internal Improvement : Messrs;. - Came 1 r ron, Burgess, Legrand, Caldcleugh, & Hatch of Wavne. . ' f ''!(" I On igriculture : Messrs. Hatci, of Jones, Phifer, Gray, .llarrell and Bethune. . j On Criminal Lato : Messrs. j Martjin, Wel born, Bryan, Graves and ShipmapJ ' Oi Cherokee Lands : Messrs. Seawell, Love, Forney, M'Leod, Brittain. and j pursuant to a Resolution presented by Mr. Sneed. OnHducation ? Messrs, Sneed, iHill )f Frank lin; Whitfield,: Ward, Hill of Stokes : and On the IJhriiry Committee : Messrs. Fbrne', Brvan and Bullock. The 'Committee appointed to Conduct re- ported that John C.f Ehringhaus duly elected. 'l 1 1 was Mr. Gray presented the i petition of jane vveiiyorn, oi xvanuoipu county, t w.iiL - r T J a Ll. praying the passage of a law securing to her such estate as she may hcreatter acquire : And Mr. Biker presented the petition of suhdryihhabitahts of the coun.vy toE iirunswic in iavor oi jonn Clewis which were referred to the committee on Privileges and IjElectionsr ' - - S atuh da y? Nov. 22. ,v ' The following persons were appoint ed a coijn mi ttee; of Finance on tlie part of thfs Jiourc : Messrs. Hatch, oil Jones, Bull )ck, Flowers, Marshall, jVVard, Gray.Martin and, Wellborn!. ' ' r.'.' ; A" certificate was received; from the Hous of Commons, jof an (allowance niade :by the .County Court of Cumber land, ! in fayor of Isabella Campbell, countersigned i by the Speaker of the House ; which, on motion of Mr. Be-, thunei wis countersign led by Jie Speak er of the Senate. ! Vt''"t ' f . .', MrJ Brittain presented the resijrna- tion of Williani Orr, Lieut. Colonel of the firstfegiment. of tpe militia of Bun comb'7 jebunty 5 audi Mr. j jAlepcander presented the resignation of Andrew Hud low. Col. Commandant of the 1st regiment of militia of Rutherford coun ty, which; verd read did accepted. HOUSE OF COMMONS. U-i- ; ri ' ; - " - , Friday, Nov. 21. James jredell, Esq. ;the member from the town of EdentonV appeared and took hislseat. Mr. Marttn, ot lidcmnarham, mtro- dticed the following resolution : ; :v uereas, many ot tne gooa people, ot tru'' State, believing it essential ti the future pros perity of themselves, and their posterity to amend tlie Constitution thereof ; and having, in the exercise of anunquest!qnable righti ilu ly elected.Delegatcs from t& eir se vend coun ties, for the! purpose of propoki rig amendments to lic same r antl the Delegates aforesaid hay ing convened in Kaleigli agrcjcable to appoint ment: and in convention, did asrree on sunchv amendments thereto, for the consideration of their consfituents ; tAnd whereas, this House behey e jt their boanden dutyiat all times, wheh fundamental principles become - a qiiestiori, to Afford the free "citizens' of thik State mioppbr tunjty of expressing and ascertaining 'tlicir collective sentiments thereof tlierefbrevi RssotYKn, 1 That a select Committee, be ap pointed, with special in3tnrtions to report a bill to tills lTouser for. the purpose of causing polls to be opened f and helA in each cbuntv m this State,at the usiial tihies and places of noiaing elections tor members- ot the nextLe gislature, for tlie purpose ofascertuning tlte sense of the People on the proposed Qonst? tutibn, and to cause due rettims thereof to be mtide to the next Legislatiir . ; ; I Resolvstd fcetr elf, ; That ; . thousand copies: of the existing Cons itution, and the Constitution as amended, b( : printed for the information of the citizens of this State. - T ' Mr. AJ gton iwithd re w JVe resoluti'or? which he submitted yesterday, instruct ing the Treasurier ot the State, tonyc a statemeiit of the amount of capital stock intcsted in -the several Banks in this State; &c. . VH - iSIr.Yybrt!i,TfrBmt Privileges and El ections, to whom wa s referred: the petition ol Jesse CooneiV of Marti rl cou nty, contesting tJie Selec tion of Gabriel Stuart, member of the Housft of Cbmtnons: front that county, reported favorably to. the! sitting- mem ber ; which report was concurred' with. The fwllowiny: Message was received from the Governor by his Private . Se cretary: I ; ', ' I herewith lav before vour libnorable bodV- a number pf petitions froinpitisoners confined for capital offences in the jails of Wake and iTfcnjdm counties, pravincr foif a Coitrt of Over andTerminer for said counties .Whether the law bf empowering the Governor and Council to cause said Courts to be held when they shall think it advisable, is deficient, in- jtamacn aoes not mase any provision tor the Coercive attendance of cle rks, sheriffs, or witnesses, ifi suaii leave to your better un derstanding. Li Theae petitions being: presented to me but a short time previous to vourl session. I have tliought proper to submit 'thejm to your wis dom. :T;-: ! : '' 1 ' I ;' . I also submit to. your honorable body, "sun- I. have the honor to he,; ' ' ' , - . Gentlemen, your lob t serv't, ' . " GAli jllOLMES. On motion, so much pf the above Message .as relates to the petitions 'of prisoners was relerred to the committee. on the Judiciary! ; and so much as re lates to titles of the Cherokee Lands, was referred to the standinc: committee on that .subiect, land the Message sent to the behate. Messrs.H-Fisher,.lJrolnax, apd" Thomas N. Mann,v form the Library committee on the part uus iiouse. j ; . Oh motion, that part of the Governor's Message relating to the Indian reservjK tion of lands, .was referred to a select committee, composed of- tlie following members r Messrs. Mebane, Iredell, CarsonCroom, and Brbwnii; ; - ... Saturday, ISov. 2.; Mr. Ashe presented the petition of sundry inhabitants of th$ counties of Cumberland and! U laden, jpraymg for a peoeal of a Jaw passed ati tlie last ses sion, directing the running of the divid insline between the said f ounties : or dered to 'lie on thetable " .. - , . j ! The following resiffhations were read an d accepted : (Niniari 'Edmondston, Lieiit. Colonel of the Hayjvood Countv Militia ; iAndrewJCampbeU, Lieut. Cof. of the 3dv Regiment in Biirke county : Joseph Ilamel Major of the , 1 st batta- hori ot the 1st regiment 01 the htlg combe" militia ; JJ. Willie, Col, Com mandant! of Cabarrus county. . . I On motion of Mr. Turner, it was re solyed, that all resolutions the object of which is jto draw money! from the pub lic treasuryv be read three 'times in each house. . " ' '.':. "' ' . ' . j Mr. Alston withdrew t le resolution stfbniitted by him a few days since, re lative 'to the Banks of this . State, ahd substitutfetl the following i ( ; Res0 tvi;i. That a joint selec t committee be appointed, to enquire into the state and-condition: of the several fncorjc rated Tranks in tliis State whetber their Nojtes 'are at this time . redeemed agTeeably t their charter with specie ; .and . if not to jascertaln when the said Banks will be ready tj resume specie payments and also to enquire whether the JsTotes of aid Corp6rations, or any of them, have depreciated from their extnnsjc! value, and if they have so depreciated, to uivestigate and report the means, if any of improin and sustaining- the credit of said notes.1; I Which resolution was stent to the Se nate for concurrence,; ! LV .A message . was recen ed from fhe Senate proposing to ballot for Public Printer, which was, on motion, laid t on the table- ' - .-' ? - ' . Mr Stanly introduced the followinir resolution : . - . ;'" . ; That a joint selpct Qdrnmitteabe appointed to enquire; wuetner uie iruoiicj rnnunj can not be tlone with more economy: than unacr the existing laws,either by special contract or otherwise ; and that said coiininitteei report by bdl or otherwise; j I This resolution was agreed tol ami the xollowing members were, narhea as dry important papers, touching the interest off uJ:i?K vorpoiTtuon, a.tiue h. unuer me pro titles to the Cherokee lands, keded b v them I vision?, of the act of Assembly of 1811, onjiic m treatv to the TliSitl Stn in 1 fit 7 fin A I count 01 Tiie lurpaici-ter siiares ot the Is 1819: 1 ... I I . r 1 - I held tlierein by this State,, up to the fi 1 1 - ... . aT .k f V r ' LMessri. Stanly, Mebane,' lilackletlg" f t ...... 1 . - . . . V lerd and Stran'gev :t t"!Thef follow;ilepQrf r..wa rfciyeif from the Tresurer; read,, referreil to the CommHIee oJlhaneifiidoruerdd pe$ prindlS; jfiB -.;.:( : l f J ; ilBWActrVCirra.' I - dr.itoif:f4:-:y:if V '.: I r By the IawsC' tw' $tae, ;it. w '.miUle a part ' of my prhcial duty to ;-jiiivjin yb; that tlie - Jieceiptit at.the Treasury the jj ear. commencing y ote;t:i-(;:axtiUr ilav' of ovenioer, J-ols, amL- erwiLr. th 4 day of Oetober 32o, '.mcluipj; -?-Mndrv ttients of arrearages, aril .tlie lK.S;tar evefy other description wh ch bocanir !-e- and were paid at tlie Tjrea?!.. cf t'v.s tu within tliat per.od tog-itlier ylth the dends declared bv ouij StfJc Ku., , bivi- or Mimes uviu jji if. iu ui-t aLii the payehase.tnony or ipocecs oil tlie v. cant and .unappropriated lands -icy!entirei? , f antt paid lor in course o: tne Tinc af.-eve rix-n,- t!oicd-antt bonds Laiid amount ! Totlia sum; the balance ;ema :vnsr mltlio TTjwuiyon the tirst of Kovenher, iB2, and' thereafter ib he acccuis,ti d.fcr, as report- ed to the hisfCeieIsJihlybeinj'adilei tbvfit, 114,45I 99r&ri kiffffregate aiiiouiit of ' 2)7-3. 73 1-6 is fov.ed. Fironuthis ini-;tota!v d:!Mrsientfk-e beep made vithlh;the time fa at aijoye "rein--" tionkd, uicludmr the TVeabiiy Notes aVul other a committee on tne narr.e? tne;Collect:cn ifuulc Vomf the: erivcti bv the purchase! s ct" the Puhlie s -neW Raleigh, whicii vie sold in IS2U to $114,613 74 VXj. ; . - monies burnt;;ta the amount of $119,352 Si ;--Thq vouchers for whicn lnve; been! bantled ojreito ;tli'e Comptroller and are, ofj couj-se, " v in readiness for the, examination" of the Com mittee of Finance.!'' :. j - : . I j : j ' ; This expenditure, beiig dedutt'edfroin jthev. ag-gTeg-ate amountj" above; ifcehtioned,' villj be : foiukl to leave a balancq of y'.l09.r23j 21 remaining' in .the -TVeascrj- of this State-on ithe 1st (Jay p of November iin-itar.t yj btillthe first . day of November, U cJ23, and lieriai". ' ter jto be accounted fbr. , It" kuiy be 'proper." hovrever, here to obseite," i tliat- ',i 3rl87 -11- of this balance, beinVtbe proceeds of vacant lands entered and paiS for, are jap propriated.by law for the prom&on of Ari- i culture, j SiQ. i yhich being-; deducted, vili leav Si6,536 10 5-6 onhv for the caulmry; -purrjoses and h. pport of the government; ' Inj the; printed statements,, furnished by the Comptroller for thp use cf theniembersof :he. ' present General Assembly, "the "several iteniSt forming the reception and expenditure1 above ! . . mentioned, ' will be found entered! in tlieiri proper place and undendifreretheads. j j; The. nett amount of the 'dividends declareti; . by the President and D-rector' of the ..Stilt c Banky upon the shares held in; it by yorth Carolina, j includnj as -well tlie diider.d of-' : December, 1822,1 as fnat of June, 1823, fatter ! deducting1 .the interest claimed and retained! tdck' rst ' Monday of December lat,) was 18,019 7j of which sum 13,763 65f were' paid 'oveif (V :' : paid oveif to tlie .public. ; Treasury by tlie officers of thit Bank,-in money of tlie "missions xf ir8." anil 17831 andjwere thereupon burnt and destrlov ed, as the' law directs. The" remainder, lie- ing, 4,252' 11,- was liad in. notes of tlie llaf.kj I there; beiHcr, at that time, ho rhore imonev! oil uie, em,jssions aDove menuonea in tne, auics ; of the Bank. .. I -J - - - ' '. ' ;1 M 4 j v Of the sum of $i 09,723 ' 21 5-6, above men- tioned belnr tlie balance due? and payable. from tlie Public Treasurer to the Slatehef Nortli-arolina, on the first day of .the present month, viz. . on the first day rjf November 1823' $53,738 83,. are deposited and stand at my credit, as Public Treasurer, in tlie Siate Bank of Carolina, atRaleicrh $36,991 i are deposited and "stand at my credit; jin likev manner in. the Bank of. Newborn, in Italeigh : j vnci jK,oi jo are aepositea in nice man ner, and stand at my credit, as - Public Trea surer, in the Bank of iCape-Fear, at Favette- . ville. t-The remainder is in thetpublic chest, and is kept there toht at hand and iii readi-n ness to meet the demands or expenditures of the dav. . 4 1 1 I In the month of Bee' last, John Pattonl esqU the Commissioner appointed by Gov- Holmes. ; to superintend tlie selling-, See. of the lands per longing to this state,1 commonly called the Cherokee Lands, paid into the Public Treasu ry, tne sum ot SZp 15, beimr the nett proceeds of the sales made by him and which had dome into, his hands in co,' as; commis sioner aforesaid : which sum was forthwithj Sc agTeeably to laWi placed at .the credit of ihe Board of Internal Improvements ; as has beert likewise and "since that period, in the course of the late fiscal yeur, the further, sum; of ?5,b3 49 collected from the purchasers at tlie, sales made by ilessrs. Franklin: and Me bane.nritfW ellborn and Taliaferro : . .oL Patton, tlie commissioner above men tioned, at the same time handed lover like wise at the Treasury, the- bonds taken ta se cure the payment of thd balance of the pur- I chase money of the lands sold by him as aibi-e- 1 said, amoununr;to?o,iu 03 ; the whole of 1 which Were plajced on file, nqne Of theni hav- 1 ing- bewme du or payable, j until; very latelv. I The Public Treasurer has rendere'd to tiiel' i Board of Internal Improvements an account of hi tteceipt and Expenditures from the 1st o TSovember W2, to tlie 1st ot ISovember, 183, I embracing the sums above mentioned, tcgV ther with all other- monies received bv hun which are subject to its Dpfts' or dispol which shews or leaves in j's hands yet to be accounted for, the sum of p 17,301 38. : . . 4 I From the statement vuich commences this Report, it will be seen, thate Expenditure or Disbursements at the Treasury for the last ' year, including the ;Moncy burnt; exceeded 1 . I . , 1. :!i 1 il ' iae.uaiance wnica remained m the iPublic ;f: Treasury on.the 1st day' of November, 1S2T by several Thousand Dollars : It is believeU ; I howe ver, that in tbej ciurse of the present ris- ' cal year, the -Di-mdrndg which will probably " ? be declared by the State Bank on the Stock -held in it by tins Stated being wcU nM dis- f encumbered and released from the redemption ; ". ' ' of the old paper Money, will so materially add ' . to the balance remaining in the Public Trca- A sury on the- 1st day of November inst. aJreadvJ f perhaps more than commensurate to tlie sup- . 1 tGlenien, S Your oh't. servant. JOHN IIATSVOOD, Publ-TW.aU a nipuscs or acaxeius'us pi tn-e tl: irsi ofi tne tnree several BankAjnt th.s State requ by a ResoluUon of tlie last Asmbly, vi.i laid before the LegisUturcpa "SlondavVe- : i.. . ' . '.! - J .ltaie: igh, 0 220.1323, 4 1 d 1 . j fx r 1? 1 i I - j - i
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Nov. 25, 1823, edition 1
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