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VTIRCIYIA LEsIsLATgIRE
i RleasloSD, March IS, FISH. I

NE AZ OIL, tuen naQcl CouStstsi 49,
which tine lhs btu has been passes BY sae
House. npan party rallv. The vote al ne 'eu- /
gtoSsneps. Oh Monday. was So 10 81 ~ majorl-
y o. enc. eonet1Sively showing lis Questionable
character ii lie nliads III ssen llle domiaan. par
~. Ga Tuesday. Mr Edmunds II Halifax, who
the day before had opposed the engspssmen,,
and lea ora psfiion &c bis parry, was Efnught 10
The rescue, lby s,ries parry discipline, land then
The sill Eas passed, 74l,o Az.
The maia features ofthe bill are thess:-
The sak on Land IS increased from :loi 70 IS
cents upon 500 value.
Ga Negroes ftom 4elo as cents eaeh.i Horses
from l2ito IA Gents eaeh;
! Ga Houses and Lots in ciiies, towns and bo-
rpughs, $500 GEMS gpbn every sl00ssf ysaEh
rent Or value; % unimprbved Lots IS cents for
every 500 'flhs sane on lands in thk couatry;)
On Carriages 81, stdge coaehes s3s earFyalls,
&c. 81, and on each swb-wheeled ridirg carriage
50 cents
On tavern licenses, the old rates. on inerchants
licences from $50 70 500. according 10 sales,
(Afsiiins .heleommissioner an oppgttunity of
knowing! the extent Of every merchSas's busi-
nesss) ana SIS additional for retaiI;Og ardent
spirits.
Oh aus,ionests from SIS i $500. according io
sales
On los.ery dealers $1,000; on brokers $500 j;
pedlars 500; 2s
| On gold watches 81; patenl lever o. lepine sill
yet 50 cents silver or metallic watches IS cents
On pianos srSmf 81 10 50; on silver plate over
Ifny dollars and under one hundred, one per
cent. onrhe value; over The value d 500, two
per cent; e
On all diwidends df stock (banks and cher
JOINT stock uonpanet) % per cengf thatis,.l5
cents on evsry Sc; On the interest Of money
loaned, Ri percent; on state bonds 2 4 per cent.
on the Interest," (this latter item the senate com
miitee proposed 10 strike out j on af yearly in-
come inimones, accrung in the shape of a sale
w. 2 per cent, when such income shall exceed
sa50I .5I
Ca alfeeg derived from any oficf. calling, Or
profession, (oyers25O) 2 per cent. OF I'VE amount
thereof excepting fees derived ffom lhe practice
of law Or medicine
+ ION every lawyer and physician of 8 years
practice IS [tlere, II will be seen, the princi-.
pie Of graduation is departed from 1.-The lawy e.
For DOCTOR, 34fh not practice enough o pay his
Office rent, is required 70 pay assbigh lax as
one with ptscce Of $50 900; bsl This is no.
thing compared with the tax on salaries A
clerk receiving $500 ia year is required 10 pay
$40, twice as much as the mos, successful law
| yer Or dhctor.s The Senate committee, however,
have reduced the tax on salaries u llper cent;
/ bai even this is enormous, when compared with
/ other rates Of taxaliqnl
The most extraordinary tax is that upon Stale
Bonds Much has been said about raising the
value Of these bonds, and thefeby the cfedit OF
The STATE; addy YET ite ink is scarcely dfy which
\ records The boas, about Slate Homer and Public
Faith, ere both are violated by The House Of
Delegates, and liquidation Of the pallrest SORTS
proclaimed sqf il The right exists ID .impair The
obligation Of epnfadts, il reference ID part of
The interest promised 10 be paid il exists as to
1.-The wholeI But | a n glad The Senate commit
lee take a more correct view Of The subject Than
did The popular branch Of me Legislature
The tax oncolateral inheritanees is also 10 be
stricken out BY the Senate.
i a have not room ID poict cut al: tie .monstrous
: features Of this bits~ adopted b the dominant
"A parry At alirne Of great public distress. These
features will Strike every man al. lhe first blush
and no oneacan. believe tina, portions of he Law
will be executed al all In Maryland. the as
SCISSORS OF The income lar found their duties S,
uncomfortable, that they surrendered their off
css indisgust-beidg unable TO endure he odiuu
.fihrswn upon thsm, OF 10 breas, iae storm ofpop
J rular indignation which was aroused blythe in
, quis:ofial attempt 10 pry into every mans bust
ness. q
Let II be remembered, too, that this extraor
binary system of takalion is devised by The Loo,
Fqco majority, after they had twice rejected
$4,000, YIiginia's PORTION ofihe Land Fund
which is nes in The Bank OF vEginia, and usee
BY thai Bank as a basis Of discounts. Are the
people able and willing to besf .heSe new and
onerops burlhens at a time lilss this, when ali
classes are pressed down withsdebt. and when
the prices of produce are less shan ahe cosl OF
producona'I II they are thus tame and spirit.
less, and disposed 10 submit ID sucH exactions
under the name Of Democracy, then indeed are
they ready ID become the abjees subjects Of a
Despolism.s Oar forefathers f2ueht 10 resist a
paltrytax on tea, because principle was violated
and justice discarded BY kinely power-I can
hardly suppose their descendants are insensbIe
to al the feelings DC freemen, and unmindfuI Of
the lofty promptings Of patriotism ana honor.
will no, entertain in impression so humiliating
and disparaging % theyeomanry os Tie State.
Ga Wednesday, The principal subject Of discus
sion was Bill 10 increase The tolls on ahe James
River and KanawhA Canal Il occupied much
time, and al eyeningesession was held until I
O'Clock The bill was eugrossed, and passedlhe
next day All
On ThWsday, a bill concerning delinquen. and
forfeited lands Westof The AlIegany Mountains
was debated and ordered to be engrossed. i
was passed Oh Friday.
A Reportofa Select comulttee on the, d Ill
4 mef case, and q minority rehorr, occupied ths
House aboni four hours. TIE discussion wa.
entirely between Nj, Taylor ofNorfolk and MI
Bocoek Of Buckingham the former urging ,he
!. adoption ofihe rePosi, asking some action on shs
parl Of Congress, and the latter considering such
action likely - open the whole field OF Abolilior
discussion p that body. y
The Regor,s we've finally laid on the table, /,
sleepthe Balance 81 the sessioa, BY a vote Of al
10 "a.
II Ga Fidel, The bill TO convert into Stock III
States LnAn 10 The Portsmouth ana Roanok
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