Richmond palladium., 1842-12-31

plow and gears, moi exceeding IN value SIP
Que chopplng axe, one hoe, and articles not ex
ceedIng $40, making $3.50. Mechanics may
have rheir tools and implements of business; pro
frssIonas men, such as lawy doctors, scholars
and dIsInes, may reserve their books drugs horse
e., IN place of the above arlIcles stipulated.
Mr.. Johnson moved TO amend the anne ndme n
by excepting "a barrel of whiekey in cases
here the family Is large and had n COW giving
milk which was adopted.
| Mr. German ed 10 iay the bill and amend
meats the table, hich motion prev al.ed.
/ The Speaker laid before The House, a letter
/ from The Treasurer OF State, IN answer to a
resolution of The House of the l9Ih, requesting
him 10 ref ort The terms on which a loan can he
/ effected with the State Bank. or its branches
! for The amount necessary for The necessary
penses Of the current year; LAID on the tabie aud
ordered to be printed.
| There VIII remain. without calc"latng back
interest 100000 If Treasury notes, other than
those issued pay the bank debt, the frs. oi
March next, and as the present rate OF taxation
does DOT yield moro than 5000 900 annually, the
Treasurer recommends that the taxes be raised
&C. lie estimates the expenditure Of the /
rent year at S TO, 900
Mr. Wilson. from the committee OF ways and
ans, off red the following report:
Whereas. for the purpose OF ascertaining he
sense of the House, and the better to enable the
committee Of WAYS and means to report such "a
bill for the assessment of taxes for State purpos
may meet ibe wishes oi a maj 'rIiy. There
fore,
ReSolrea, That the committee of ways and
means be instructed to report a bill To this House
making the State assessment twenty five cents
on every 500 value Of property.
Mr. DAVIS of S. addre the House at leng tn
upon adopting some method OF providing means
to defray the expenses of Government, and
,iyo the various plans which had been presented
for the consideration of the committee of ways
and means and set forth the duff cuties which
they had encounter ia considering The sub
ject.
Mr.. Wilson. also, a mem5er Of the committee
addressed the House ln explanation of their
views.
Ma. Bradley said the committee took very
unusuali plan of dlschargng their duty. They
appear Gudging from the remarks of their chair
MANI TO have got stalled IN the progress Of their
duty. He thought The committee should have
met the question fairly and boldly and not rely
upon Hercules, wiihput first puttIng their own
shoulders to the wheel. They should, said Nj
B., have recomme ended some definite, some specI
ic plan. However much they may have been
divided TO what plan was best, he con'ended
,ha, they should have decided between them
He thought the idea of borrowing was poor and
shifttss policy. II We borrow this year to pay
the current expenses of Government, what, said
Mr. b are we TO do next year and the year after?
Arc we TO avoid taxation now, that our success
ors-our pnsterity-may be sadded with a load Of
a tax sufficient only 10 meet the current en-
penses, bu, to redeem the Treasury notes in CIR
culation within a given period. We should at
once, levy tax calculated TO inspire conhdenC o
not only in ability but IN our de termination
TO pay honest debts. He therefore moved 10
strike 80 and insert"2J'
Mr.. DAVIS, of 5. said, IN reply to Mr.. b. that
If the course adopted by the committee of ways
aud means, in submitting the matter 10 the House,
instead OF reporting specific plan, as unprcce-
dented and unusual, II was not more SO than the
situation aud difficulties IN which the Stale and
It's citizens were involved.
Mr. Moore, OF . moved to ameHd the amend
ment by striking GU, 80 and inserting l5
call Of the House was ordered, when il ep.
peared that twenty SIX members were absent
Several members, were on melton, excused.
Ga motion Of Mr.. Steele, leave Of absence was
granted to Mr.. Collin, who necessarily com
PEELED TO be absent on business.
Mr. Robinson, IN view of the great amount OF
business before the revising and other committees,
thought The House would bes, consult the IN
terest Of the people by adjhurning over until to-
morrow, and made motion, TO that effect which
prevailed.
SENATE Dec. 2G-Mr. Kelso, from the Ju
dcIary committee, repured a bill providing tha,
the rents aud prof Of real estate shall be ap-
praised, aud bring two>thrds oil the appraised val.
ne, and that hereafter one appraiser shall be Sc
lected by debtor and one by the creditor, and II
they cannot agree, mutually select a third. Read
and ordered to the second reading.
On motion of Mr. Collins, the revision ia
ken from the table and The Senate resolved it's {
into committee of the whole to examine and
amend it, Mr.. Carr Of j. IN the chair. (The man
uscrIpt OF the revision occupies 100 very large
pages of engrossing paper) One Of the altera
tons from The old law explained by Governor
Bigger Is, that when person through love or al
fectIon gives another a piece OF property, and
the person to whom 1t is given dies without any
children, 1t shall revert 10 the doner. Tbs wa-
agreed 10. Another was, that every tllegitimate
chd could take property by descent, the heirs
Of his mother, Also It that the father acknowl-
edges il be his child, it Is thereby legtlma :
tzed Agreed 10. Also that the estates hereto-
fore escheated The State for Of heirs, shall
hereafter 90 for the benefit of common schools 10
the county in which the estate Is. Agreed to-