Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-07
nRnEn OF THE DAY.v

ORDER OF THE DAY.r :,
MIR. DoRMAN called up the order OF the day-Ihe
consideration of the bill to lay taxes Tor the support OF
Government"
After some remarks from Mr. DoRMAN on the propo
stions in the bill, Mr.. RoBEarsoS moved to postpone
the consideration OF the subject TILL Tomorrow.
This motion was rejected.
Mr. CRUrCuFIELp then submitted the following re-
solution:
"ResOlrcd, That the bill be committed to the Com,
mittec of Finance, with instructions to report oh
proyidnp the same rates of taxation with the rates pro
vided in the act of 1880 and a bill providing for
temporary loan 10 meet the deficiency in the Treasury
MIR. CKurcuFIELD supported his proposition at some
length.
Mr. BAyLY opposed any temporary loan.
The debate was furthe- prosecuted oy Messrs
SourHALL, CRrrcnrIELD and TuSsTALL, IN support
and Messrs. VESABLE, BAYLY and GREGORY, IN oPPo
sition to Mr.. Crutchfeld's substitute
Mr. GoopE declared that he could not vote TO ralst
the taxes, and was opposed to loan lie preferred
sell the Bank stock belonging to the State, IN order
supply the deficit ,;o, : commit will
instructions, by adding the words: "ProEtded, Ina
the loan shall not be made BY the Banks OF any on
of the Banks Of this Commonwealth.
This amendment was opposed by Messrs MEN AM
CRUTcHrIELD, and was lost without DIVISION
Mr.. GooDE then proposed 10 amend the instruction
bv striking out from Mr. Crutchfelds substitute TN
following words: "Also, bill providing Tor tempo
rary loan the deficiency in the treasury, an'
substitute the following
Rcsoired That the Treasurer be- and he IS hereby
authorized and required to make sale OF any Dan!
stock belonging to the State, which may ne hgccssI
to pay the interest the public debt contracted Tor tn
purposes of Internal Improvement: Prorded, Ina
the amount of stock sold shall not exceed the decien
cy in the Treasury, or the difference between the re
ceps and disbursements of the Treasury tor the eur
rent fiscal year..
amendment and Mr.. SMITH of l. of w. was speaking
on the same side when the hour for the arrived
EVENING SESSION.
The Revenue Bill was resumed.
Mr. GREGORY moved to amend MIR. Goode s amend
ment by adding thereto: "And provided further, tina
no bank stock shall be sold unless it will bring its pa
value.
Adopted-aycs 80, noes Al.
MIR. RoBERrsoy expressed his opposition to tn
amendment as amended.
Mr. GooDE although opposed TO the amendment 9
Mr. Gregory which had been adopted, still preferred HI
amendment as amended TO tho antagonist proposition
Mr. Crutchfeld. lie supported his amendment, and con
tended that Mr. Crutchiield's proposition amounted
eratuty to the Banks to the amount of the ntcrcs
on the loan.
Mr. CRurcmrrELD replied, and defended his propo
sition If bank stock sold as proposed by MI
Goode, it would be sold for bank notes. which woul
not bear interest any more than the notes which wou
be received by way of loan.
MIR. May avowcd his opposition to all OF the amend
mcnts He was in favor OF the bill, and was TO
meeting the engagements of the State by taxation, Il
preference to a loan sale OF Bank stock. tic en-
tered into a statement Of our financial condition, am
urrcd the fact OF State debt falling due next year
as strong reason for not anticipating any of our re
sources from the Banks In support OF the bill, h
stated that he should consider that Virginia would nc
ouire fresh honor by taxing the property Of her czen
to sustain her credit. 1t would present her to thu
4 I;,,t hcr deli
see her.
He thought Mr.. GOODS amendment the most OBJ
iectionab. scheme of the three. He should vot'
against that and then against Mr.. CRurcHrIELn's.
Mr. LEE was opposed 10 Mr.. GOODS amendncn
unless some addition made to it. He offered thu
following to be added, which adopted, ayes %
noes 80.
And that the said Committee be further instructed
to report a bill 10 authorize loan for the amount o
said deficit in the event said Stock cannot be sold
par or for such part thereof cannot be
sale at par.
Mr.. GREGORY called tor the ayes and noes, Whcl
were ordered.
The amendment as amended, was rejected-Ayes 81
Noes o..
The motion recurring on Mr.. Cru,chfcld resolution
Mr. SwITu of |. of w. moved to strike out the words
''aso bill providing for the temporary loan to NEE
the deficit in the Treasury for the purpose of testing
the sense Of the House between loan and taxation
The amendment was rejected by ayes and noes, a:
follows: Ayes 40, Noes -
.7yes-Nicssrs. Gllmcr, Speaker Bayly, Chopper
Carpenter Wood, Jackson OF B. & L., Meredith, Has
kins Cox. Powell Howell, Gucrrant Carroll of Gray
son. Butts Taylor of H., Clarke of Halifax, Allen OIL.
White Smith Of l. of W., Gregory, Wright, Fontane
Orrain, Banks TAYLOR Of M. x NJ, Goode Myers, o
VI, Allyn Of Nor. Dor, Fitzgerald, Hidcn, May, Mi
claux, Nenabc, Heath, Ratclitlr Snyder, Bare, Rid
ley, Fitzhugh, Clarke of Snrrv, Princc.-4O
Nocs-Mcssrs Southall, Cabell, McCue, Stuart
Lockrldgc, Burwell of B., MITCHELL Myers of b., Hun
ter, Hannah, MILAN, Kyle, Flood, Thornburg, Toler
Fox, Corbin, Coleman, Cardwell, Burwell of {. anc
w, Broadus, Wilson, Whitworth, Cratford, Roane
Marshall, Scott, Anderson, Payne, Hale, Wade of F.
Baker, Byrd King Smith Of G., Erskine, Gibson, Lee
Armstrong, McRae, Worthngton, Kennedy, Reynolds
Tayloc of X. g., Ewing, Lawson, Beard, Ramcy, liar
rson Clayton, Evans, Chapman, Wade of NJ. " P.
Watts, E,lcrdgr VERIFY, NJ Council, Aleshire HIncr
Tunstal Keen, Taman, Carroll of p, Roberts, Sturm
Robertson, Lcyburn, Dorman, Shpman, Smith of Rus.
CULLEN, Conn., Grecver, Crutchfeld, SPOTS, Stephen
son, Goodson, Walker, Stanger-79.
Mr. Crutchiicd 5 proposition then adopted, Aye
-, Noes 4G.
On motion of Mr. RADCLIFFE, the House adjourned
Friday, March 6, $40.
A communication received from the Senate
stating that they have passed the bills, entitled.
An act amending the act authorizing the county cour
Of Monongaa county to raise money for certain pur
poses-An act authorizing a ferry from the lands o
Thomas and Ephraim Pollock, i'll the county Of Mar
shall across the Ohio rivcr-An act for the relief
Vcrlnda Pcrry-An act TO amend the several acts con
corning ferries and-An act Incorporating the Danvll
Savings Institution.
They have also passed the bills entitled
An act concerning Squire Sayer; and-.An act to az
thorize separate election at Mangohick in the count
of King William, with amendments, which were con
Cured in by the House.
Mr. CALDWELL, from Committee of Enrolled Bills
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