Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-02-27
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Total lots, property and licenses,

Thus itnppears tha,th people numbers equalw
those of of the larger counties, actually pay annually
llIho the whole Of the Com -neaTy half OF
that paid by the District West of the Aleghany-ncary
halt OF that paid by the District between the Allegheny
and the Blue Rdge-and between fourth and fifth OF
that paid by each OF the Districts between the
and the ude and the tide and the Mountains! And how
is this monsous inequality produced In the inst place.
IN large degree by the enormous tax paid by the class OF
against whom this Is leycllcd. Out OF the
whole License O the State which Sl393o3 p, the
of S22is3 -, thing less than 10 paid by
Richmond; add the payments by the other towns IN the
proportion of business and population, and how heavily
this peculiarly interest taxed. In the place
by the seemingly studied selection OF such subjects OF pro
perry generally IN the towns, witness the whole
class subjects introduced the last csOn-PlGfe,
Pianos, Watches &c.l Butasty, land he called attcn-
tion emphacalY ts 10y the gross injustice Of the prn-
cp.c Of the Lot IN the towns Can any mind divine
the night and Justice taxing land in the country l2
every hundred dollars IN value, and taxing Lots in
three dollars every hundred dollars Ii
may be said that real estate in Is productive than
land and that land produces all Let
cedc Yet will the assessment be proportionaby
higher, and the inequality thereby compensated and If
should the OF prevail in
both Let the lot that should be paid the
city OF Richmond ii the same rate prevailed there in
the country.
Total assessu't, Lots Rich'nd City 1921 ,a6s
At l21 per 100 value 1916 81
Taxes Of 1872, improved Lots.
50 per loo OF 1859 %
On unimproyed Lots, at l2I
per 100 OF value 1867 %
1t thus appears that the prevailing practice arbitrarily
assumed and wholly ndeiensble nearly doubles the City
Land that OF the country. Look the large
county OF Loudoun She assessed the Land Books
S7,loOl2S bS. Yet her Land tax Is only So, 752 I2-
her Lot TAX upon the principle, is SsJI S7-her
whole tax upon real estate is but 1861 30.
After this expose he felt authorized assume that the
jHpOsifioHs ezsfiHg suyeefS bear uHeqHay, heartily
and uIyustly on the forms This Is the rath, which
he invited scrutiny, and asked contradiction II
possible He would gladly be shown that he error
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do To the equally all the existing subectsl
nothing like it, but coptessedy raise them higher on
particular class and why1 because 1t has been assumed,
and made cry IN this Hail. that the country bore lar
ger burdens than the The Chairman Finance
had raised the sogaE-hs language explicit: aus.
tce nhat ask, more" en- "I SsismRly protest
against the injustice Of throwing the iohOle burthen Of
t6EdtOH upon the land and labor Of the country. call
upon the Representatives. Of the landed TO stand
forth man, aud demand rights. Nom
- the day and the hour, for 10
dress our torongs under Which haze allpdUs suffer
eG NJ. ID. said if he did not know upon what occasion
and whom this language had been addressed he should
certainly have supposed II ulmed-nol peaceful, uno
Tending class OF who silently bearing the pres
sure unequal taxation from their Govenment-but
against the armed enemies Of lie would only
oppose the simple truths he had exhibited, and which
nc should keep before House with the hope however
faint thatihey would produce impression. If they
induced this House change what seemed 10 be settled
purpose he should be grafed. At the time, If that
pu pose should remain unchanged he should feel
prise Those have read the page Of human nature with
more ndugen eyes than he bad been read
IT, who prepared oil times, for the OF the
few when upon question OF dollars and cents they asked
either magnBnmity justice the hands Of the many
The odium from which would shrink, divided among
so many IL felt by nonc-and under the temptation and
protection Of this distributed responsibility sclfincrost
rarely fails dress and conceal it deOrmy IN the
seductive garb Of she IeH Of he Majority"
Buiio bill before proposes to levy upon the merchants
Of the State, the following rates. besides the specific tax
his license Of per cont upon all saics made 10y every
Wholesale merchant dealer the Of 25, 600
and per the sales Of each retail merchant over
S6,OOO-and per cent the sales Of each auctionecr
over Sl2,5OO.
Now il was said that only 100000 wanted from
this lie would -hew the number Of persons paying
cen-e tax present. in the City of Richmond, and the
paid, and be proposed 10 apply ,hom the
tax indicated by die bill The whole number is 40; Of
whom, for the year 1872 l2i paid ten dollars license; rs
paid 800; III, $50; ~ paid S75in all, Sl2,l %
Of specific There also auctOncers who pay
license Of sixty dollars, and this addition the ncr
chants OF scven-yc dollars where they exercise both
occupations: but he would discard from his calculation
this advantage double license, and suppose there u
wholesale merchants and n.nc auctonccfs and he wouIC
throw Of from the number n other licensed vendcr l2i
who assessed $40, many Of these did receive
con.ignncnts, and Do goods principally Of their
king lie desired that there should be possible Eroun,
Of fair exception hi- statement. Now put the sales
wholesale merchants and aucuJnccrs az an average o
$4,000 per unnum, put Otnors NJ $4,000 each-anC
by The rates n the bill see the results
~ wholesale merchants At sl50,OOO OCT
OF $4,000 earh, and ! p. Ct on balance, i5OOD