Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-11

I tion' made rnder tire Influence or tles Fir.
| umstances will have an nnfair Operation lnd
ought 10 be corrected, TO correspond TO Stht
Jnsi and conciliatory iHtsntions of the law, auD
To lis fair aud permanent operation.
And whereas the assistant Assessors in ma
King their vaiusIions have been governed ., =
morally by the selling price OF lard in ihe,i
! conDtips-And althou.h there has been great
| conformity IN the per ceptage deducted b.,
| them IN different parts OF the state TO toencs
| tlir Aelling price TO cash value and aith-u. l.
TIE said assessors with bnt few executions
| have made their deductions Ia like manner
| 10 wit on the gross airount Ot selling price
Yet. ftom The oh, iuus omissions in the assist
| am assessors IN not deducting a certain per
ceniage npon the annual deferred pa, ments in
stead ot the manner OF deductions which they
did pursue there does exist IA variet, and re-
in',te uniairhess IN the valuations not on,y of
counties and parts OF counties which 70 was
impossible tor The board to rem. dy nv app,,ipe
That just ard fair principle OF cash value nut
aho greater difference and inequality in tie
great divisions OF the state. Ii beiug "a iari
SHOWN To this board that the length OF credit
sissn upon the sale OF land IN the middle aud
western scctiOns, IL much greater than thai
given IN the eastern part OF the state. Aud
~ being fact well understood by tins board
that snch le"g aud deferred payments have
increased the selling pIIce, when such me.
mods of sale have prevailed
Aud whereas although The board are entire
" convinced ofthe variety which exists in ihe
mode 81 selling iaud III asy one of the dls-
tIcts or the state, and that no fixed data
can he assumed upon winch 10 ground a cal
cul alton. she wing The positive difference in
Tie pres ut assessments tins Baari con-
ctirthe 81 to be their duty To make all the as
sess'nents OF lands IN the Commonwealth cor
respond a lar as practicable, upon the same
pimcirieS aud although they cannut arrive al
| the eNart point of truth aud tact vet In
| mattI HE tins. Wiling 10 approximate as
near 'ha' point as may be, aud i,eiicying Tor
| tie want OF tue tar APPLICATION of tins princi-
| pie 81 cash value, aud other considerations
! there does now exist an inequality in The
| assessments IN the great divisions OF the State
| uisclaIn,nr ~ the same time all loca, or sec.
| t'onai feelings, and acfudted NV sentiments
| Inc most libeiai, yet at the same time keeping
| ~ view the Justice of the case and v hat they
| conceive Their b0undeu duty on this im,,o, =
| tant subject, are OF opiniou Ypon due deiIbt-
| ration and after takin. INTO consideration all
| tie circumstances growing Oui of the facts
| aIread! mentioned, that there is a ditferencf
| generally IN the vaiua ions as they now stand
OF the lands ia the inst district, aud those at
| III. second district OF SIX per ceh.um ~ Ia
Vonr OF the latter district. ant also u diff =
ence between the assessment of The lands n,
the hrst district, and those OF the hind and
fou'ih districts OF ten per e. hium ~ favour OF
| the Two las, mentioned districts therefore NJ
remeJy whereof,
| keSOtred, That six per cent. DC deducted
| from all the tables OF assessment of lands n
the second district and that ten per cent d.
deducted fIom all the tables of assessment OF
| lands IN the thId and fourth districts OF as
| stssnIent OF this ccnimonw palI!
| On Mr.. Fields motion, The foregoing
| preamble aud resolution were la,G upon
! lie table, ordered tn be published, ana
made The order OF the day for Friday.
| On Friday. they we're moi discussed
bur "m Saturday, they WIRE called UP
by MIR. Smith Tor consideration Where
upon
| Mr. Edmundson proposed tie follow
ing amendment 10 the resolution, that
The words " 6 per cent. To be " .iedu "a
from all The tabl,s OF assessment oi ian Is
! IN the ID district be stricken ouI, and
q" 10 per cent IFS rfed in he'd thereof
| FhI> motion wdsnrgalived.
| M. A. cIlsiead then moved an a.
| mendneni la trc resolution, iha, the
words Z" siH per cent" 90 be " deducted
from the tables oi assessment in tie 2d
| district, aud ten per cent" Ton lands IN
the 3d and II GIstrIcis) TIE stricken oui
| This mo ion also Was negaiived.
The Question recurring onthe adoption
of Tie preamble and resolutions Was de
iermlBrd ia thc negative.
Or motion BY Mr. Green, seconded by
MIR. Field, Ordered that tie AYES, ant
nays be inserted In The journal.
The names OF the gentlemen ~ lio voiet
IN The affirmative are Messrs. Mcdowell
Rutherford. EdmuIdSon. aud Beale-4.
The man. OF the gentlemen who vol,
IN The negative are Mrssrs. Carglii
Field, Smith, Green. Armis,ead, Lcig
Turner, Matthews, Carson, Russell al,
Moore-ll.