Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-04-01
THE TAx BILL IN rHE sEYArg.

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on the passage II the Tax Bill, in the senate NJ,
CARrrn u Richmond county offered the following amend
tnenl. o. a me- Section 10 the Bill;
whereas a has bscomc necessary 20 increase the Take
prescott imposed, In order To existing liabilities an
deiray the necessary the STATE and bein do
srous OF relieving the People, much A. possible iron
the bufihen of Taxation; and whereas the Government
OF The United sates has deposited the Bank OF vir
gins the sum OF $4,000 and IS cents being this State
dsirbuiabe portion OF the Proceeds OF the Public Lands
under an act OF Congress entitled An appropriat,
the proceeds Of the Public Lands and to grant
rght.. approved, Sept. 9TH iS4l.'
"Bc it, therefore enacted That the Governor Of the
commonwealth be and he ~ hereby required appoint
Agent TO receive the aforesaid sum- transfer the same
Ia the Treasury of the State.'
NJ tAErER said, I'm presenting this amendment 10 the
Senate he desired be considered not being
onby any party considerations, but that he induced
do ~ by the desire, that the Legislature should adopt the
proposition, aud thus relieve the People can by
The reception OF this money, from the payment of taxes
inc senate ~ turn their attention TO the estimates made
by the Committee of Finance OF the House of Dclcpntcs
which shcw the liabilities of the State and the additional
means suggested 20 meet these liabilities they will
perceive that the expected be derived from the
now subjects OF taxation. amounts $4,000 on two OF
o these subjects viz the conveyances aud coatc
raj nheriianccs; and attorneys and physicians the sum
expected 20 be raised amounts S2SOOO The frSt of
these subjects has been stricken the bill came
10 the Senate and by the modification OF the other the
amount 20 be raised by 1t, will in all probability he mn-
shod unehn dminution from these subjects has thus
boon produced. which amounts probably so 900 Now
10y the estimates of the committee the balance supposed bv
them to remain in the Treasury the end the fiscal
year, IL rather than S23 000 that il these cacua
IONS be IN all respects there will be probably
deficiency of means to the demands the Treasu.
forsome allowance be made erroneous estimates
Hs TO results To supply any deficiency however which
may occur Mr. {. said he proposed the amendment now
under consideration by which should bring
thousand dollars into the State Treasury.
Why, said Mr.. c., should receive this money!
What question of principle is involved in its reception,
which has not already been decided by the legislature In
discussing the proposition whether the State should
should receive the money he would remind the Senate
purposes of the federal treasury and in point of fact
depositc Bank not more than three hundred wards
from the spot where he now addressed the Senate.
viii not said Mr.. c.. the time of the Senate
by reviewing past legislation the subject of the public
lands.
The question presented 10 the Senate was not whe
Their the act Of Congress, which provided the dstrbu
ton OF the proceeds of the Public Lands was, not
erPedient as TO its cxpediency have nothing do
the act had been passed without agency of ours and
II had become for the present. imperative BY own pro-
vision contained the 9th the act itself which
section provides, that If, any during the existence
ct the act there should be imposition OF duties inn
ports inconsistent with the provisions Of the March
1888, commonly known the Compromise Act, beyond
the rate OF duties fixed by that act namely twenty per c
then the distribution provided for should
will now said Mr.. c. briefly refer to the report and
solutions, adopted by the Legislature OF Virginia 1889
by which, the claim of State the proceeds OF the pub
lie lands distinctly asserted. and decided in favour of
reception after long and full discussion OF the proposition
by considerable majority, and well as he remembered,
without distinction of parties
But If any doubt remained on the minds of any, as TO
the proprey OF receiving this fund.- that doubt seemed
Mr.. C., should have been settled by the fact that
had not hestled TO receive fund, about which doubts
might much more properly have been eu he the
act OF 1885, distributing the surplus among the
Sates-'This might have been doubtful policy least
II was the distribution Of fund rased for
and the question here presented itself directly
III raising money for distribution. IL is the
itself, had dcnOmnated this "depose OF the public funds
among the States of the Union, but body. Mr. C. pre-
sumed, would when tins fund received ny Virgil
MA that she would be called upon repay
General Government Iii evident from legisla-
ton this subject that entertained such opinion OF
the meaning and intent OF the of 80 for the Legislature
made Immediately investment Of the funds she
ed and this estimated by the present Chairman
ct the Finance Committee, in the debts due by the State
therefore, said Mr.. c. confess cannot discover the pr.
cpc, which some pretend in this reception Of the
land fund, especially after have received the surplus
venue under the which auson has been made The
money proposed be received the Treasury ohe
state cannot under its condition, be considered
SaE subject To any OF the uses OF the General Govern
inen- has already been appropriated the Staes,
and has been actually paid all except few r cited
" TN this quiNouc sensiyeness to the prOpety Of Tecep
mon.
do not raise this question here this time said Mr. -
for party effect not any great extent party man.
must admit TO be true, that decide many questions Of
vital interest to the public welfare and policy according
10 their intrinsic merits but in regard solely the effect
winch Is most likely TO be produced But this
but Tor looking the fleeing interests of party there
would not be- itseemed Mr. c. opinions entertained
by any, upon this question.
Virginia. he thought, had peculiar claim the proceeds
OF the public Landslide immense domain she held under
the charter from the English Crown extending il did
from the Atlantic to the Pacific well By conquest from
tAe lhuahs by her own armies unaded she by the
assistance of any of her sister colonies gave her claims on
tins fund.- which were peculiar IN points herself
Iii moreover Mr.. Speaker evident that these will
into the possession, be appropriated the ex
elusive Of the States. BY the the grant
cedng these lands 10 the General Government, these
lands were for the Of the States equally But these
have not been adhered already have five millions
OF acres been granted for schools and other purposes
new States besides more than millions of dollars of the
proceeds OF sules and II Is evident tina, in few wears they
must oil pass entirely into the possession the States
BY Mr. BentOns bill presenting preempton night system
the public lands would go the squaiie and by Mr.. Cal
houn's scheme they would after be actually ce
deI to the States With these few remarks he submitted
the amendment to the consideration Senator's and hoped
II would be adopted In offering this proposition, as an
amendment TO the Tax Bill, he did mean incumber
the bi-he considered connected with the subject of
money and he desired his constituents have the bit an
credit side presented 10 them at the time.