The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-02-06


Of Hcnning's Statutes Large $50
Representation to Congress, and
State Senate 500
Wolf acalps 200
Special acts Of present session 1900
Contingent expences $4,000
Probable Receiats Of tie Government be
fgveen RE .1frst day Of january. and The
3lSf day cfDecens5er, 1910, 6onh days in
Guided.
From revenue tax on land. lots,
personal property. merchants
| and pediars licences, after de-
| Quoting thereirom, sherifs
commissions, insoivents, &c. S264,s21 SIS
ourpius on tobacco exported IS coo
NAV process, county seals, APP
| Peais. ordinary licences and
notarial seals Is GoO
| Bank of Virginia, dividend on
state shares, s 100000, at 8
per cent. $4,000
| Registers fees 2oc0
militia INES $500
Penitentiary agents goo
lHarvie's Executors, secnnh in
Stalment 600
Martin and Rice, inspectors 1885
P:csser C Moncure, on account
of blankets sold, which had
| been purchased for the Nor.
| folk expedition 700
Bristow estate tobacco 1000
Balance of tax OF 1909, unpaid
on the 1st January, 1910,
| S2O512 GO cents, of which
| will probably be received 2ooo
Arrears of taxes due prior to
1908 5000
Balance in the treasury on the
1st day OF January 1910, 1852 10
Your Committee are compelled to OBJ serve
that Notwithstanding the probable receipts
will ultimately be sufficient to meetthe pro
bable expenditures of government, yet as the
taxes are not payable into the public trea-
sury until the first day Of November, it
often happens during a period 10 the year,
that the treasury is without money.
The Committee therefore cannot consist
emily with their duty refrain from recon-
| mending to the Legislature the necessity Of
preparing scme resources TO meet in future
this deficiency in the treasury during the
period heretofore So justly complained Of
and which our taxes, according to the pre-
sent mode of collection, cannot do. They
therefore suggest to the House. that in or
! derto remedy the temporary deficiency that
happens IN the ;reasury,i it will be necessary
to Increase the taxes on the present subjects
OF taxation so as to meet this deficiency in
the next year; aud in order to meet the de-
ficiency ofthe present year. they recommend
that the treasurer be authorised 10 borrow
dollars from the Bank Of Virginia,
whenever there may not be money to meet
the demands on the treasury.
Resolved, as the opinion OF this committee,
that il would be expedient to revise aud
amend the laws equaEzing the land tax OF
this commonwealth.
An engrossed bill To compel persons who
own lands las this commonwealth. to cause
the same to be entered in the books of the
commissioners OF the revenue" was read a
third time and blank therein filed up, and
passed
An engrossed bill To amend the act, to
reduce into one the several acts for the bet
ter securing the payment OF rents. and pre-
venting the fraudulent practices OF tenants,
and to regulate the practice of suing out aud
prosecuting writs Of replevin," WAS read
third time. and blank therein filed up
And the question being put ON the passage
of the SAID bill. it passed in the negative -
Ayes51, Noes76.
"WEDNESDAY, January 81
A communication from the Senate by their
Clerk:
The Senate have passed the bill /" Autho
rising Permclja Burrus to remove certain
slaves into this commonwealth. '----Ghey
have also passed the bill F" Concerning the
town OF Smithfcld," aud tne bill "Auth.ri
siDg John Wilson. guardian Of William w.
Efafn- and Nattry to.