Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-03-14
Saturday, March IL, 1913.

LAID ali other clocks
AL o'clock, The House adjourned.
Saturday, March IL, 1913.
communication frnu, the Senate by their CLERK,
that they had passed the bills
"AmendIna The acts passed the l7th February, !o"I,
and l7h March, 1904, concerning divorces; and
"AuthorzIng payment TO Christopher G. Drard
from the School quota of Nelson county for lS43
They have also passed, with amendment, the bills,
"ConcernIng the Branch coal mining company; lhe
House agreed TO the amendments)-
"AmendIng the act, &c, prescribing the mode OF
oscertainng the taxable property within The Common
wealth and Of collecting the public revenue; Qhe
amendments were, motion of Mr. CKrTcHrIELD,
laid on the ;abe)-
"Chnugng the time Of accounting for the taxes on
licenses to merchants and others 1.-THE House disagreed
10 said amendments, and MIR. luEARD was requested c
inform the Senate thereby
"To regulate certain fees for cung lumber in the
city of Rchmond CHE House agreed to said amend
menis)-Hnd
"Cnncernng the duties of executors administrators
and cura"rs; the House agreed to said amendment
Mr. TAYLOR called up the report of the Special Com.
m'Itee on the Lamrr case, and moved To make IT the
order Of the day Cor Monday; but, on motion If MIR
HorRINs VI made the order of the day for Wecnes
day
The House resumed the consideration of the bill
Irnposng taxes for the support of Government.
Mr.. RANDOLPH was instructed by the Committee to
move to I'LL the blank Tor the tax on all div .d-nds
'ilHl stoCh WIN HHE per Ctu WI SUN SEi
d,uds. lie (Mr R.) IN favor OF larger per cenum
say ?! per cent.
Mr. LgAKE If Albemarle moved 10 fill the blank 9Th
q per cent, II brought it preciorly TO the
Tax ~ that on lind-that IS fifteen cents hun,
dred dollars worth
Mr. CEuTcnrIELD preferred the lower per cenIum.
great deal of ptnl invested in these JOINT stock
companies has been sunk; ard we ought TO commence
with the low lax upon tbem-as they have already lost
so much Moreover, this tax is a new experiment and
Il should ha tried gradually
Mr. h,S RAE zpalous'y opposed the q per cent
especial Vas these companies abnrng Under great
ADVERTISEMENTS, and their profits are very small.
Mr. STR"THER maintained that this new
experiment; bu, had been thoroughly tried out st Eir
y'na, and had been found very lensoie Mr. $ went
fr q per cent, in order TO place this tax upon an
equality with he tax upon land
Mr. CECrcHrIELp replied 10 MIR.
Mr.. RANDOLPH We have Ia decide the import
ant custom, WHITTIER shall lax shall !rayc
te",rey free from taxation On The dec's"n OF this
point depends the tax upon bank dividends and money
loaned. Mr. r. proceeded TO demonstrate, by figures,
the Justice Of eryng this tax-at the same time that
lay heavy burtIiens upon land. To produce any
sort of equality of taxation, should adopt The Tax OF
q per cent
pie, where there no joint stock compunIes but
he could not but The iaacy of the views OF the
gentlemen from A!bemare and Sppl,sylyanla. Mr..
e. contrnGed tina; the resources ol the Stale never
could be developed except by JOINT stock companies
and therefore, ought not 10 bear down upon them,
Mr.. c. should vote for per cent The farmer runs
risk o. losing his capital while The stockholders OF
joint stock companies great risk OF losing all.
Mr. GARRETT called the previous question, and Mr..
BolLisG called the ayes and noes
The blank was filled with "2i per cent, by lbe
following vote:
.7yes-aessrs Holleman. (Speakcr,) Aiwor,h, Gus
il, Randolph Leaae of Albenarle, Mann, Newkmk,
Wilson, Tavenner, Stanton, Blick, Dennis, Powell oil
Fairfax, Smith of F.. Rust, Stockton, Deskns, Muse,
Taliaferro, French, Carroll, Jones, Blue, Ward, Bas-
sci, Smith of Harrison, KING, Gibson, Banks, KID
we'll, Martin, Miller of NJ and j.. Jiegi,,s, Tanzey,
Adlir, Wade, Ta,em, Rice, DAVIS Of Orange and
Green, Strole, Crz, Bird OF r., Tanan Hopkins,
Brown of r., Anderson, Daniel of Prince George,
Hrawncr Bnrwr, D-nsale, Cooes, Cowan, Kane,
Gatewood, Williams. Tate, Spark fIedgman, Walker,
West Goodson Neal, aud LfttwIch-bl.
.,oss--Messrs Cooke, Brooke, Frazier, Mitchell,
Snodgrass, Meredith, HUBBARD, Boc"ck, Moore OF T.
Garrett, Payne Robins, Leake Of e., Edmunds of H.,
Stova!l, Miles, McRae, Bowden, GaIlaher, Worth.
ingion, Parks, Edmonds of L. and r, Sro'ings, Car.
ter Gray, Miller of I.oudoun, NicnIson, N"rthngton
Dyche. Cabell, Watts, VERIFY, Oliver, Edging'on,
Boiling, Bennett, Dey, Moore OF Il White OF Rock.
bridge Crulchfed and Lewis-4G
Mr.. nlcRAE moved 10 amend, so as to limit The
tax alton to dividends of per cent. Lost.
Mr. GARRETT moved, IN justice 10 himself, TO re.
CONSIDER The 4lh section, 10 ednc2 the tax TO one
$500 On reflection h. saw no reason for !evylng
higher tax large than on ! small amount oi
plic.
Mr.. LEAKs Of a. sdp ported, and Mr.. BRAwSrRoP.
posed The motion. The House refused 10 reconsider.
MIR FRAZER moved to reconsider the 4,h section,
90 as TO strike out the Of 25 cents all other than
metallic clocks The vote being ayes 81 noes 81, the
Chair voted in the negative. So the House refused !
to reconsider (Mr. WILLIAMS opposed the motion toi
reconsder)
oil oF Tho n
ton that refers 10 taxing all money loaned out at in
erest &c md inserting q scale of taxes on law pro-
cess Oh shall be paid by the plaintiff ono no,
taxed in the bill of COSTS and which SAID taxes sha
ne accounted for and paid into the Treasury by the
Clerks of The several Courts, the tax on law pro
cess heretofore assessed IS paid
Mr. BnoAprs thought the provisions OF the present
bill ,nqnisiior'ai
Mpssrs CRrrcHrIELn, STRoTuER and RASpoLpH,
opposed the molten OF Mr. BRnADus.
Mr. flaLlEMas moved 10 amend Sd as to lay Tax
on the amour. al al interest money due by bond,
note &c generally; so as In embrace all excluding
usolvp bonds. Ike y money due besides money loan
ed MIR II. dis,ked the discrimination between d
f.rent classrs of the community. lie did not Ike Ia
follow The prejudice against shayers, DC. We Should
Law The tnses with regard 10 equality and ability
alone The present provision OF The bill Is totally
nprac'icahle !!
Mr. YERBY agreed with the gentleman from Isle OF
WIGHT as 10 the lmpracticab,y at carrying out the
PROVISIONS Of this section. Under this seclon cap''nl
will in some cases, be taxed twice Mr. conld m;
10 The endment of the gentleman from Isle OF
Wight.
MIR. RaspoLrH. 1t the object of The Committee
10 tax surplus capital. He had for long time srr'-
nusly thou oh, the questions Of taxing bonds. &c
nd Ind fureseen many observation-disclosures II af-cied
every operation of the community, and also involved
the difficulty, cases, OF taxing the same capai
twice; but the committee bad, IN looking around Tor
revenue fixed upon this subject; and to the nprac
cabil,y OF The section, he would refer TO neghborng
State, where a law with the identical provision is IN
force.
The House agreed TO strike out part Of The 4h sec
ton, and the question being upon Mr.. Holleman
amcndmcn, given above, ii was decided in The mega
tive.
The question now being upon Mr.. Garnetts amend
ment 10 insert The following words:
Goa all money loaned ont at interest ~ any 'ndv'-
dual, and all bond notes or other securities Tor
money acquired by purchase by The owner 'he1eei'
pr centum all sums and above The indebtedness
of such individual to Others provided that no insovsnt
debts shall be included