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fsAef ief aeiion, before O'Clock d sath day.
Menters Who we're enioying lie hoiSlays cal
home are seginnins 10 relurn. and I suppose
mosi o. he absenless viii Be al her Posl during
DE week. Experiences The past week h}s prov
sn thar HOnss Of Delegates with b3lf be sum-
Der e neuibefs nov provided Tor Tsoil do he
busiEess bslisf and il much shosssfs ,iee Il
There has as ystbssn no snenp, q, ieaf speech
Is. and base never seen 4 session Si,k 50 H.
lie Of party strife. The temper On BAN sides
seems % Be eoneiIialofy. though. ocehsieaally
he spirit o. party IS involed. kus j sasa.
Tbs business today was not Of Z rsnerall
eharaeier- -Four or Eve bills of loeii tature
we're passed, and several others sepe:fed from
The committee Of Courts or Justlcs The .ar
bill IS The order ofthe day for to.msrtov. and
will probably occnpy the greater bSi Of The
week The bill concerning ibe Direelors Of the
Sapk o. lhe Valley vas laid Oh HE ssbls, 10 he
called up al an early day.
Mr.. Barvell presented petition id-dsy FOR a
graduation of,oIls on the shsoabaaoth. aud
forfeiture 81 he charter Of he Shenandoah
Navigation Company.
RlcHMc.p, Jan I6, 1874
The most important measure of lie session,
the Tax Bill. was taken Up on ruessay. many
d The menbers Who had hesa absibd The week
previous being The most eager fof setIon upon II.
Nessrs. Ednends. cowao. Blue, Ssahton, Byre.
and others, preferred inmediaie stton; Wills;
Messrs- Daniel Garnelt, Taylor. Mskhall. PEN
dseson Of n. and G.. Young, While ans Gala
her. preferred one days delay. To- tive gentle
mea. who declared themselves HnpiepSred, an
lopporunity 70 serutin re the provisions Of he
! bin. IA
Mr.. Byrd Of F. thought as The IL bill was
nearly the same as that Of last winter, which
had bern fully discussed, aud spprbved BY The
people. the public interest would 81 nrglected II
The bin we're passed over He. therefore, was
Tor proceeding with il al once.
Mr.. Edmunds was willing i! IL appropria.
hiOn bill had been ready. 10 90 on Slih that, bul
this not being The case, he again ,Sged The ne.
lcessily Of going on with The Tax Bhl
Mr. Gallaher was grali6ed 10 see gentlemen
who had just returned fresh ftem heir consiilu
enis. 50 strongly imsned with fbe pint Of doing
business steam fashion. For hAbselE he wal
perhaps as well prepared4o act toe as al an,
time but he confessed he fell the yiaims Of cour
Itesy somewhat strongly and wac disposed /,
CRAFTY other gentlemen who were not So prepsr
ed. Itseemed 10 be The purpose bfthe commit
tee 70 reduce The taxes upon seteT{l sablecs. an,
he took il fort rfntedfhe worthy chairman voull
inform US that the deficiency 10 H. cfeaied wa
10 Be fled up in This wise by Jadiy one tAOasan,
dollars from ths Land Fand AID fSrty tlOusaul
from short session making eighty one lhousan,
dollars in all. lfihis were the case, and III
chairman would 50 assure Us, teen he was him
self prepared 10 go ahead, lhongh be could no
well deny to olbef gentIemea ths REASONABLE
time asked BY them. Leti, De 'undsrstodi. then
that the amount lost BY The reduction ofiaxes
TO be made up in the manner STATED.
Mr.. cowan thoughtihe gentlensn from Jei
ferson might be counting his chickens befor
thsy we're hslched, when he calculated so strong
| Iy 90 the reception Of, the ianaHa hey.
Mr.. Broados was not sinalsd liks most Of hi
friends From his position on4he committee, b
hs was prepared to act fpfihsilb bul be woul
not force others Gnprepared l&inmediaie actor
The House finally decided IL 81 on with III
bill The blank in the bilf, laying the rate {
. laz on land, was then filled sIiA l2i cents o
every hundred dollars OF valas Last year Ii
I rate was fifteen cents.
: Mr.. wlcher proposed 10 81 into The comm
, tee Of the whole, as more deliberate method
proceeding.
MIR. Byrd opposed going INTO committee, as
had not been The custom foe some years. on
bill Of the sort, and would ii alsaste Of time.
Mr.. GaTaher preferred aching through con
Iniisee Of the whole, for the sssy reason that Il
fPrsvious question could not se made TO bear; an
because members would base bore time for d
liberation. and an opportunity 30 vote twice 9
each proposition. He comflAfDed Of the pr
cipilancy with which votes lad been pushed
For instance. he had intended 10 move a ST
) liurther reduction of1he ia on lands, on whic
E his constituents paid higher rate than any oil
lei portion Of the State As 80 the proposed to
on tvis, he was inclined 10 lhtnk il proceeded
! an erroneous principle and was not in propo
4 ton 10 other taxes. He vas for an equality
: taxation on all subjects.
hAtSt 0Soaft " NNCSaA& G@hict1 gtOtf DSl
= ling, wilcher, Lanier, and Eie.ngton, in favor
: reduction on lois, aud M4ssrs Edmubds al
n Stovall against such fedu.sion, The vote was
naIly taken DC Mr. BoIlins,s motion TO FIX Il
. lax al 50 per hundred Op the rent or annual va
I ne. instead ofs3, asprOpossl by the cOmmilie
n Mr.. Marshall Of Fauquier read resolutiO
\ proposing to request lie Auditor TO prepare
d System Of Tsxaiion on the I'D palOrs'n principl
\ Mr. Daniel moved IL strike on. the clau
imposing tax on ihe yeahl value, SO as TO
1.-The rate ofisxalion on lows lots q i2s cents I
\ The sle0 value, as 90 lahes, instead Of the Ia
! lon rents.
This amendment wss sustained b. me, md
the belief thal my constituents were for unifo'
I Isys,em Of taxation, and ! should be governed
| this principle ofiastices II
! The amentmen. Q. Mr Daniel vas losi-sy
! l2i,-noes SIS.
Mt Gainefkptppossd. IS compromise,
6ll The blank with S2l, instead OF 50, on the a
/ aual value o: los but helaster sum was adoF
X ed. Last year The ampuhE was 50 50 on ever
! 500 rent.
= % K<Rnssday the isx 81 slaves was Fixed
10 GEMS esesz- las, yeafl6; on horses lsieen
instead Of Is; oSreaniages, &c The same rale
llast.year.
4 When The tax on istefS keepers vas up, n
! lGa,laher moved 10 inser. the Tetds " exclusi
LOT furBitnre :, as in hss seetipn one tavern kee
er al least had been tpxea, On the rent ofNfnrI
.lFs rs veil as % he building. This was mai
E lesiI, unjust. and oughi MOTTO be continued.
: Thisanendmest was supported By Mess
a Byrd and Blue. xho also explained The OPEL
o lion fine tax on Toe iaysfn aIiuded 10, and