Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1843-03-30


Both houses have sgreed 10 adjourn % Satur- .
lay, put from PfessnlapPearances this seems i'm .
possible.
The Hopseion Tuesday refused 10 take up the T
blu allowing he BALTIMORE and Ohio Rail Road
Company lhe further lime Or hse years ID COM !
plete It's Improvement through Virginia. a dif-
ference Of opinion exists as 10 The liability of The
State for her subscription after the 4lh ef July
next The company are bound 10 pay, 6 per
cent. % The amount, and he dividends (Ihsy say
will NEE, this inlsIests but they are eazieas 10
retain he endorsement, Of The Sssts % enable
Them 10 borrow Tie amount Of subscriptoA. The
question viii be one for The next Legsla,aEe 10
decide, whether he State is bound, DR. not, for
her proportion as far as The work is alfsacf dens
in Virginia. -
On Thursday. gfsa. variety of uills wsfe
spaiched--uany III .hem pc siponed indshhnela II
A 5ilf has been brought iS 10 abolish she ONCE
Of Principal Engineer, and 4 will no doubt rass.
A biligor lie Telisfe sc Rsbscca D, Duek~all
fof JsiTerson) was taken up, aad before Mr.
Wor,hlnslos, who hid il in charge, bad an OPP
poriupi,y Of explanation The previous question
was Strung on a4tn6Ifoa 10 postpone itihdefnise- !
lg-1andi Il met Ire fate Of many other fills
IN The Augmentation bill was considered and
ordered 70 be engrsssed. Z
A debate arose on a motion BY Mr. D5's 3
strike ont an appropriation for The paymsas .ad
the july interest % bonds q the James n'ss'
Kanawha Company, on which me Ssa'e \
uoIset' --a-Sss.-..----a--ss-.a+as. aAssrs,
Rv,a snd Tavibr. fhntathese gentlemen conteroeu
n, Il, rssI MI BE- mel IN advance On the
:, 80 I ,boneht 81 MessFs. Randolph,
Tcler. GaIiaher, Garter, cruschhela ana i's.'s'
M, Il Inc SAFE was the endorser for The pune
-, ,aym,,I, 81 lie interest, and as the company
IA r;ven notice of their inability 70 meet.it, y
/ ass,y ID preserve the credit Of the State
l. soy;dior for Il non, Just as If The State were
/ he principal obligor on the bonds; - Il were
,,,ovidei for. depreciation OF the State bonds
mnst BE the inevitable consequence.
The Senate passed the Tax Bill, with amend
oen,s which i shall notice when finally acled
l4uponlby ,hs House.
The House refused to strike out the item-25
10 ~,
/ Mr.. Coolies offered joint resolution psopos-.
| ing 10 change The time of meeting Of The General
Assembly to- The ftst Monday in January, and
I that The per diem or members shalt cease after
the 3lst.dSv Of March and that any member
d who shall absenl himself day Of more, exeep,
IAN case fof'sicknsss, shall have hispay deducted
during his absence.
! MIR Powell OF r., moved 10 lay it on the ia
be, which motion 'preyailed-46 10 80.
On Friday. several engtossed bills were passed,
and large number ofbills we're readsthe first and
second times, and ordered Is be cngrossed
Z TheITsJ bin, with the sepale's amendment, was
taken up, on motion Of Mr.. Randolph
The House disagreed 10 the Senate's 9th amend
II ment, concerning merehants' licenses, and refused
to max tls amount Of 'spurchases" The criterion OF
taxation, instead of 'ssales,"
The i2lh aneedmen, Of The Senate proposed to
j strike out tile following words;
son all money loaned at interest by individu-
ais OF any bonds, n9es or other securities acquired
by purchase, and above the sum IN The aggregate
Of one hundred dollars two and haf per centum on
the amoul Of all Interest or profits received there-
from within the year next preceding the time OF lis
ting Or giving il ahe same the commissioned oil
the revdnue alter dedueting lhereffom the interest
on all sans (which such individual shall be lndebt-
ed to others. III
And 10 Insert. in lieu thereof, the following
words i y
ssiqfaf ~ sppal nG6Ss a esnds 81 e 60 trust ns
cent q. the value of such securities Ate, teduc,n
5 thereirom the amount ~hiEh he, She or they owe
ing tbsra." 4 -f*
Mr. RandoIPh moved to disagree d the Senate
amendment.
Mr. Gailahsr called for division of The aues,ia,
and warned gentlemen thaethis clause would wo+l
1confusiou. The commissioners of the ycvenn,
would be made commissioners in ehaneerv 10 soul,
every MANS account. At 4 time like Ibis, when ND.
ney was 90 scarce he would rather raise The rate d
20 eight than to decrease H. as thi.
YAK weqid. liewoud tax speculative capital, il be
could getatit, but no other Il was this very scar
| city Of money which depressed the ptiecs Of pro.
duce s
MT HANnoLFH commended that this was but ano.
her effort to relieve capital from taxation and 20
pose an The ardeps on the lands lie apr ealed 70
genie'ncnrepresenting The landed interest to vote
down this motion Of Mr.G and then disagree to The
Senate's amendment
Mr. GALLAn pfF said if any one ia the House had
rshtho complain Of the land tax. il wss himself and
hif colleague hose constituents paid the highest
land tax Of anyinthe State. HetherFfore could not
pc supposed desirous Of increasing that tax Buthe
believed that nothing but confusion and disorder
would result from this precision and therefore ii
was, that he desired 10 strike il out.
Many inquiries weremade as to The eject of voting
Tor OF against striking out. Ii was announced by
Mr.. Randolph that voting to strike out was tanta-
mount 70 disagreeing TO yhe Senate, amendments
was approving the bill Invent frora The House. II
Alter some further debate between Messfs
mchae. Braw1er, Crutchfeld, Randolph and
Gailaher, the question was taken gn agreeing to
strike out The words above quoted and was de-
cided 10 Inc negatiye--ayes SO, noes 60.
This was equivalent to rejecting the Senate's
amendment h II ff
The question on agreeing with the Senate in
striking out the tax on State bonds, was decided
in The nega,ife+-ayes so, noes3i.
The House agreed to the amepdmen, fixing
the minimufn dffI yearly salary & be faxed a.
$500, instead of $3.50, after some remark. Is
favor by Messrs. RendolpbA stoyall. Hopkiu.
and DANIEL, and in opposition BY .Messrs Lacy
ahd Basel ahd also agreed to the amendment
% losert one PR cent. instead oftxo.
Mr.. Byrd off, declared the axion merchants
clerks as.odiOqs 70 him, and therefore voted for
both amendments.
Mf, MeRae moved to amend BY inserting one
half Per oen. instead of one. which motion was
negasived.
The amendment fixing the tax on fees derived
from anv a. Csc ..lIsn~ e.k,..f-..: ....