Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-10-22
THE COMMITTEES.

The Legislative Committee still remains and Is very
fully occupied
the resolution which he had formerly off red proposing
an assessment OF land.. another OF slaves productive
reproductive, and offered the following a substitutes:
Resoiped That in order prevent the imposition on
siave-psopey OF undue proportion OF the burthens
Of government should be provided. that there .haiI
be an assessment once in every year. OF the
then value or rental Of ali The lands within ths
Commonwealth, and assessment. in every year.
oil the nett annual value hire OF the slaves OF each and
every slave-propricor, which shall be eff ced by de-
iucting the annual charge Of hosesaves Of each pro.
prieor whose labour il not worth tn cost of their main.
tenance, from the animal value hire of those which
shall be worth any hire AMI. the revenue from land
and slaves being thus asccrtsined that all taxes mpos-
G., on ands and slaves sha be much cr centusp on
said revenue, and at the per centrum each
subjects no tax to be imposed e,h.r subject whout
be ing imposed. both. /.
Mr.. C.. alter few rena ks in sup port of the r,.o.u.
ton, repealed the impu,a,ion which had been thrown
out in relation TO the friends Of what miiary
ell the tchte bisis having ar.dj that the prin-
cipe Of that biss had been adopted, less favourable
guarantee than they had oiIred while il. adoption wss
fprobicma,ical
history OF the course OF taxation and on slaves az
compared with each other, going shew that the ratio
OF the tax on slaves the ani had been con-
stanty increasing aud had very suddenly inn
nedatvIy alter the recon, change in the organizatonof
| the Senate.
Mr.. johnson opposed the resolution Of Mr. Cooke, as
very Troublesome, anil, indeed, scarcely practicable and
as besides separation would he unequal lie tought
it better the subiec ct itself than tho DO
rived from liz the number Of slaves could be ascertain.
ed-the revenue derived from them n.ver could Mr.
explained the reason Of the apparen, change in tho
ratio Of save-tax and hndtax by the fact int At the
time referred In ,be ma IF 81, g.. -, ~ az o
new valuation; AMI though the rate Of tax had been
changed, the amount formerly paid was still
MI Cookies resolution was then rejected
The following resolution previously offered by Arr.
Green was then taken up, viz
Resoired, That in order oppose IN cec,ual barrier
against the impo>i on property of am n,us
proportion Of the buihens Of government it should be
provided that there shall be periodical assessment Of
he yeof
within tn Commonwe aiih that no tax shall be jmpos.
cd on either OF those subjects ,vhou be;n. in,os. .
both that such shall always be al eaiorem: and
tina, the per cen,u OF The tax ial be the same -
bob. tg ~
/ Mr. Green proposed 10 fill the blank in the resolution
slaves und-r twelve wears of arr p ~ ~
Mr. Doddridge proposed to ill the blank with
In repiy 10 query o. MIR. Mercer's,
Mr. Green stated in 1925 taxes were paid on "a 900
slaves, and that probably than half the existing
number oil slaves in the state ever IL years.
MIR. Do!dridgr expressed his desire Tor the adoption
OF tax al raore lands, slaves and horses stating
briefly the advantages Of such plan. y
| Mr. Mercer was opposed TO the al roorern tax in
any FORM IL such tax were alon,ed n. "a no
son why .nnprodue've slaves shall be exempted while
Mr. Joynes observed in reply TO the two gen,leme.
and such as were pas. lahour OF value. bu, on
me contrary great expense, in much, that in some
cases The cost OF maintaining slave afer his season Of
ao"ur wa, past was more than equal The profits ok;
nus who,e ME There was an eviden; distinc,ion he.
tween the case Of young slaves young horses. TN.
o. raising slave was far greater proportiosa,
I ~ ~ eq',r' V"ue' man That OF rai-ng the horse =
| ,; u"ue' Il years had always beoa exempt ffom,
"sanon,
,n,,rs,oo1 ~ j.; eSp,sncH and protested against being
'~ 'h FAVOR OF axing slaves while they were
NJ 1870. va. 'Sa'ist the whole al uo6ren,' rIan,.
90 '";r III repy 10 Mr. Mercer, said, that there
,nn,;a, es a'"erehce IN the considerations which
81. -, p'.'''''e S''Ves, anT unproduc,ivc iauds.
Il 80. % .i very young or very old, were unproduc
-, ~ "-eeS''v OF 'he caseJ- anE not from any
i ~ -, @ "'e,i o'' iaihs might be, aud in gener-
NJ fl1a
-, "s.c,' OF h'smanageinent oil their owners. u
rs, 90 W J .o e 10 '''x inc one and not the other
, .' o. ,aNa'o" he held TO be The capacity Of
y uJec' oil 10 become valuable. not its actual pro-
j 80, -, a, "'a""scn ny 'ns owner though Tor his
go, ~ ou'u DE- very gah 10 nave just the opposite
III" " MS o"" case as he should then pay no
'"N ~ an.
,;, ne Iesuon wa men taken on filling the blank
Th n,,o.,;o 49, .,''ieu: ayes TO
M ionson o,,o.aJ ~; on the 'ssoh'on. y
ouyb, in re o ~ ~ - " 'he lay on slaves
som. Land WIS ,,nrnI,,; ' ~ ~. AMOS because
whereas al, sJavss o1 - ,ah, o''' us own nature
mus, he ,rol,,r;ye no, -, ase' ~ ''snuy msnagad,
ertv had never hsen 80 , o NPee'es Q, prop
u been ,ax-d H.. L;,ha ~ Ne' S''rcs hsu Always
The o,e. ion he;n' H., -
lost, -aves q ~ ~ ''o 'Sso'unoh' u was
NIr Joboso, ro,. -, =, -, r
lions. e" ''e '"o 'ONo"ing rcsoiu.
Peso,r,, Th,, -
census Of the popuation slomlJ bs ep'e.en's.Ion, =
aeriol,; and 1t the same ,i,nc 49," q. prescr'nsd
taxable land and sl,v.s H., ~ :, - S's'neht OF mo
~ IL. Il