Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-03-23
T'trAiMia AcN,ola.ure.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

rrrsnu. March llth lSi3
\ communication was received from the Senate. sta
llng lni tuy had passed the bills ontod IAN act diyur
eng Elizabeth {, llulchtups, from her husband David
W ilncmups Ian aet auhoriang The sale aud con
Hfy0neee hunse aud lot at Charlotte Court inasr ol
which Martin iu died st2cd and progressed the, ha,p
ai5' laasrd the hill rnrlted ian act auheri4ng pa,
ment 10 hichoIas Dard, by The srhoul commissioners
ol fne}Vaua from the quota ul lSI3." with q.
meUdm,nls IN which they request tie concurrence ot
the House u Delegates, AID thai thcv rrrre from ihcf
amendments 10 the bill entitled ''an aet claiming
he tnse Of accounting lor the aNrs ON licenses To
merchants and others, towhch the House ul lJrleencs
dlsa iced
The sad Till with the amendments was laid on the
table.
The following cngrcssrd bills were read n lhrl time
and pas=rj VIZ:
"a hill 10 amend act entitled an act Ia incorporate.
the Lexington aud ltockhrdgo county Savings m,titu
ion aud the fI1aI,rh Savings lnsulon IN the cuuu
y oi Ohm. passed slh. ls3i'
"A bill concerning receivers OF stolen goods"
TAN BILL.
The bill imposing ta>os for the support Of the govern
mont, cane up IN ia cngrassrd form, and tho question
being upon ia paseagr lung debate ensu,d IN which
II was opposed by Aessrs Cru,clfrld, Daniel Of Il .
Irving, Lewis, AIcRao AID tauh,r, aud supported by
Mfsere Randolph, bio@n Of T., leakc Of A.. Edmunds
ol H., and Anderson
Mir Brooke OF Auguaa stated that he should vote
for the bill anxious that the State liabilities should be
F"utl lof he rejection OF The blll might Icomtd
thu necessary ineleasc, and this, he urged was To be-
dcprccal,d, boedo, he allcdprd that he ,prrscnod
constituency always Ia laVnI 81 maintaining thu good
Bath oil ihr Stale. aud providing iot the expense III The
eoNcrnmeut.
he debate Look very wide range. embracing not
ony hemcriso the lax bill bui also the question Of
Distribution. The Wing members introduced the sub
rect oi i)mnbullon-some Of them aodgiup that they
would vote Tor M INK bill white le Sle quota ol the
Land Fund remained IN the Bank here uuoecepl,d.-
plhrs hls'' 'h, fPrIhea objections upon inequalities
II the bill TINT all except Nj trnlcl,cld. made The
nufe ioftr"l'e The States proportion an argument a
gaInst the increase proposed IN the bill.
'h the hail'f oil Distribution, The Democratic speak
es replied III the usual and oft repeated train OF argu-
men' as 10 the Impocy and nneons'l'nIlonaly oil the
measure ana ,'ga'nsl The reception as oofnrung, and
calculated 10 hhlhatt he olato nj me ioif"' oi tho
Federal Government on the other sIdo the acceptance
6 the disifhuiye sinre OF the surplus reFenpe. under
1fn. jackson, Mas referred to a. case IN which tie
rfhciplo commended "f MAS violated and II Was argued
that the quota 'f III" Land Fund might be received now
with Ios' the sane rroPle'y as Was the money IN the
nnnrf rase.
MIR. Daniel Of Richmond, opposed the bill especially
for the MN rcccpto" of the Land Fund and for tho al
Iedgcd inequality OF taxation. by which the people Of the
towns WI" made To pay 'hiee UNITS as much is the
people Of The country.
was generally urged by the friends of the bill, that
the states faith should be proecrycdtha by the failure
10 pass The b Tie Increase OF taxes necessary 10 meet
lh"States Liabilities Wondbe Jeopafdizod ihathcro
or" they appealed IN behalf ods passage. although all
the speakers Admitted there were features IN IT Objection
able 10 thcm respectively. The opponents Of the bill
thought one could be introduced IN few hours HAT
would be freed rem The obnoxious principles IN tins and
would ra'sc sulcIent revenue.
on motion al hr. tiaIl9her. ]drr AS adorcd, pro
Fdln9 that tax on salaries OF officers IN the Capitol
should be deducted from those salaries by the Auditor
MI g. urged thai 1t would he losing considerable sum
by paying the COMMISSIONS the assessment and col
lection ot this tax
Iha then taken the passage Of the bill ant
resulted us IooW.:
AYEs-h isis Iolleman. (Speakor, All worth Cus
rs, randolph. lel.c Of A. Mann. Cooke Powell of 4.
tn, Meredith, BIieh, HUBBARD Boc,ck, Dennis
liian"'ek GOODWIN Powell Ct :, Smith oi r., Stock
ton, D,sblns. Muse. iallarfm. W ood French, Irak
o u. Carroll. Jones. f.dmnnds ol H., Sioynl, Blue