Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-02-24

ltlOu court OF law was reduced from s %
20 sI-the tax on each writ OF declaration
ia election or subpoena instltanng a
suit 10 any county or corporation court
was reduced from one dollar to hreetoarths
of.a dollar-the tax on pediar's licences.
WIS increased from Sl6 to 20-the tax on
un and pewter pedlars was reduced from
500 to l0-the license on exhibitors OF
shows was increased from S2j to 30.
The blanks beiugan filed Mir. Ruther-
lord submitted the following ryder:
~BcH further enacted, That If any me-
chau.c, mlIlner, or other person, taxable
as retail merchants under thereyenue- laws
viii make oath before the Commissioner
oCthe Revenue who is hereby empowered
10 administer the same thath MS or Der ay-
erage sales per annuIn, of goods, wares 81
merchandise, or other articles connected
with bis OF her hne ofbusIhess, do not ex-
coed the amount of sales ofartCles O ms or
her manufacture or mechanical labo such
. person shall only pay a taS of--doi-
iars-and If he or she, when requTel shall
refuse TO take such oath, he or she shalt
T be ,hereuDon, listed as aretail Merchant =
This RYDER was rejected, by a yoe oi'6
/ ayes 20 - noes.
] Mr.. smith ok then rose tomove an
,,1er rydeg-vhen motion was made o.
carried to re- consider the vote on first ~
der moved by Mr. Ruthe. ford.
The first RYDER beng reed, Mr., Smith Of
/ Kenawha. proposed to amend It by adding
the following;
.Eyery clock redIar shall pay
dollars in each county IN which he shall
trade"
This amendment was adopted.
Nh P-autis moved also the following
amendments
/ End be IL fptfy enacted, That any
! person who shall put up goods, wares and
merchandise, at public auction, either IN
1 his own store house or elsewhere and sell
at such store OF elsewhere, to the amount
4of--1oIlars; shall be considered
veudue.naster under This act,
4 This proposition was relcciad--a' d the
F,ree proceeded to in tn blank m Mr..
( 3ufher.ord's ryder. with el0-lhe tax on
clock Dedlars was then fyed at %
The vote was then taken on the pas
sage orthe ac,, and prevailed without oP-
I position. ,roDr,.nv,o
Ion motion Of Mr.. Mason Of F. the Con
rert0a Bat was takenup, with the amend
mauts from the Senate.
The amendments Of the Senate were
adopted without opposition-~and thus THE
BILL PASSED.
lJr. Ep7es called up the Bll "Furibar
90 extend the charter of the Bank Of Flr-
CHINA and for other purposes "
The bin being read through at the
. Clerks fable. the House proceeded to flll
the olanks-Tbe first blank related to the
time for which the charter was obe re-
uewed-Nlr Miror proposed to all 10 with
mine wears and one tenth ola year; for the
/ purpose Of making Che charter run out at
( The same time with the Farmers' Bank
I His idea was. chat the TWO banks might be
lamalg,mated Just as three had been IN a
lexsndra and two in Washington
Mr.. Rutherford proposed TO fill the
blank with Il o1rs-He said, If gentle
men expected the Bank to paw a Bonus,
they ought to reconect, that without an eX-
tension of the charter to such period,
they could not pay any. If the time be
fixed only for 9 wears, 1t would take I'VE
years out Of that period TO repair lts losses,
and make good It's capiial-and the re-
naming four years would be employed IN
winding NO The Bank could not certaIn'
ly pay any new Bonus.
Mr.. Goode proposed - years, In order
10 bring each bank separately under the
better regulation otihe Legislature.
The question was then taken by ayes
and NAYS. and carried for the nine years
and or ~on0h) by the following vote
Ayes I25, Noes 81
On coming to the blank for the bonus
Mr.. Voolfolk move TO ill with I'VE per
cent.
Mr. Minor proposed 8 per cent-~belng
as he thought, the proper proportion,
MIR Barvle said, he candIdly thought
that with this limited charter, the Bank
ought to pay no bonus at all; but ne was
willing to vote for the proposn ton OF the
gearema7 aor roubatan He gave the
reasons why s57 Rank could afford much
greater bonus the last time ITS charter was
renewed. than at this Tune when owing to
unexpected commercial embarrassments,
|tba b4u6 Stock had incurred loss OF II
+ per cent AS tseemed, baweyer, The dis
+ position Of gentlemen around him that
some bonus ought TO be paid, he was vii