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812 JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OP COMMONS. [1843 Mr. McColIum presented a recotnmendationofjustices of the peace tor llie chumIv nf Anson ; Mr. IJowci', for (he couniv < I' Handolpli ; both of wliich were lead and accepled, and ordei'ed to be iransmiiicd to the Senate. Mr. Rayner introdii'.cd the following resolution : Resolved, That tlie oommittee on the Judiciary be instructed to enquire in o ihe expeclipncy of le; eilniff, or modifying liie law re-la. ive to usury, and dial liiey repoil by bill or odierwije. Which was read and rejected. The Speaker snl)nii(ted tn (lie Iloiibe, the following com-inuni<; atiun_frum his Exeellenej the Governor, viz : 7o the Honorable, the General Assembly of North Carolina: Gkntlkmeist :—!)y an aet of (he Legislatnre, approved 7lh January, 1839, reiaiive to M'eigiiis and Measures the Governor Is diieiied (o pnicnre out complete set of all (he Ti'eigiits and "nea.sures adnpied as standards, by resolution of I'onj^riss, approved ihe 14tli June, IS^G, whieh slr.ill cor-respond wiiii Ihe standards iuinished to this Slate, by the f-eerelary of llie Treasury of (he United Slates, in pursu-ance of the siiid rescduiion. 'J he r.(ivi-i noi, by llie same aet, is authorized to draw not cxcecdiii}? ten thousand dollars onl of the I'ublic Treasu-ry, In ciirry the foregoitig pKixisiuiis into eflVel. My pretlecessoi' made a eonliacl for rui'iiishitiaj (he most of Ihe counties with Ihe large or A voiivltipois weights, and myself made a eonliaci to fiiinish Ihe halanee; most, if not sill of whiili, have heen forwarded lo their proper destina-tion. They have cost upwards of S'"J,OUO. During the last Spring, 1 leecived Ihe Standard Yard IVleasiiie. and Dunce or Tmy weis;hts, from iIk- Secretary of (he Treasury of the Uuiietl Stales. 1 advertised for a C'oniraet (o execute duplicates for all Ihe counties in (his Slate, hut recei»(-d no hid. 1 have endeavored lo make a CDiilraci pri>iitcl_v for t!ie cxcciitii"i of the work, but as yet have received on hid: \»liich 1 felt Justilied in accepting. Through the lion. David 1- Swi.in, 1 endeavored (o get tLe work executed io some of the Northern Cities, and re-
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Full Text | 812 JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OP COMMONS. [1843 Mr. McColIum presented a recotnmendationofjustices of the peace tor llie chumIv nf Anson ; Mr. IJowci', for (he couniv < I' Handolpli ; both of wliich were lead and accepled, and ordei'ed to be iransmiiicd to the Senate. Mr. Rayner introdii'.cd the following resolution : Resolved, That tlie oommittee on the Judiciary be instructed to enquire in o ihe expeclipncy of le; eilniff, or modifying liie law re-la. ive to usury, and dial liiey repoil by bill or odierwije. Which was read and rejected. The Speaker snl)nii(ted tn (lie Iloiibe, the following com-inuni<; atiun_frum his Exeellenej the Governor, viz : 7o the Honorable, the General Assembly of North Carolina: Gkntlkmeist :—!)y an aet of (he Legislatnre, approved 7lh January, 1839, reiaiive to M'eigiiis and Measures the Governor Is diieiied (o pnicnre out complete set of all (he Ti'eigiits and "nea.sures adnpied as standards, by resolution of I'onj^riss, approved ihe 14tli June, IS^G, whieh slr.ill cor-respond wiiii Ihe standards iuinished to this Slate, by the f-eerelary of llie Treasury of (he United Slates, in pursu-ance of the siiid rescduiion. 'J he r.(ivi-i noi, by llie same aet, is authorized to draw not cxcecdiii}? ten thousand dollars onl of the I'ublic Treasu-ry, In ciirry the foregoitig pKixisiuiis into eflVel. My pretlecessoi' made a eonliacl for rui'iiishitiaj (he most of Ihe counties with Ihe large or A voiivltipois weights, and myself made a eonliaci to fiiinish Ihe halanee; most, if not sill of whiili, have heen forwarded lo their proper destina-tion. They have cost upwards of S'"J,OUO. During the last Spring, 1 leecived Ihe Standard Yard IVleasiiie. and Dunce or Tmy weis;hts, from iIk- Secretary of (he Treasury of the Uuiietl Stales. 1 advertised for a C'oniraet (o execute duplicates for all Ihe counties in (his Slate, hut recei»(-d no hid. 1 have endeavored lo make a CDiilraci pri>iitcl_v for t!ie cxcciitii"i of the work, but as yet have received on hid: \»liich 1 felt Justilied in accepting. Through the lion. David 1- Swi.in, 1 endeavored (o get tLe work executed io some of the Northern Cities, and re- |