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This is The ssh dsg q The session. and mem
bers are beginning u hinS setiously OF tie time
for closing. fke sitting a lie House. sises he
fanersi of G III Campbell rf he Senate, was &C.
cupisd with tie consiaeiasioa OF he Tax BILL
The Cominiltse az Finance recommends Rsdfe,
lion sftssSIsats. IN uhe following proportions -
aspsr cent. ahs Lands. Lois, Slaves. ana Eyorses;
SO per cent. 5a Etocks FIRE dolla.s on lbs5loHess
grade OK Merchants. On Coaches aud oahet ar.
iicles. they have peea governed as much hy the
nd palorem pfinriple as Inc ns,ale II lhe case
vnqld admit,
The bill of lrhs Committee was under c1nSide-
rasioa to-day Ssd some debate .oek slaee On the
propriesY Of any reduction. Same mssnhers
thought he pyesen, ra,s Qush, q b coaanusd.
as wellto sd,Eio he School Faaa - .o CRATE .
Sinking Fpad.Pay do The Debt, and 70 have a
liule for InisraA Provements- The erpqnea,s
Of imprevemeRiI 90 IL for The rsaGSiion, Aiih a
view 10 break uF The system altogether, and both
sides Of The Hnuke fe constrained 10 faecr n
dsciiOn for ,he 'rt4soF,hai j is aiways poPplar-
The floating deStr i entirely paid oa, and
The whele Funded Dehi. much Of il na. vel
due. is sbntsth;ng lass than six millions IL dol
lars, whist yheprodac;iye funds Of lheFsate ar,
someihing Haore han that amount, though ,ht
re not ell atadabls Al once, II the S,a,s wef,
piled on to.psy ahe deb. A erea, porlen q
csc pfodafsive means consist r STOCKS kAii b
1s State il! she Banks. On these latter, ID.
Treasury receivers annually abeos sllso00.
( The C6mmitss raeapilulale their Essimai.
OF Receipts ana Disbursements for he hscs
year, ending 3Osh September, 1915, as follows;
Balance in 1rrea>uryOct. !, 1871 $T46 /.
Estimated receipts ID Oct 1875 $50 or g
s8s9,sas 1!
From WHICH deduct estimated ex-
| Psnditures s56,ls5 q
PfobA5le balance sIs,s5s o.
This, Il viii be eeh. is pretty close cutting
and allows nothing SIR improvement q anykind
The Internal Improvement bills may, thsEffore
he considered as dead, if The House carp on
these views.
According 10 The estimate the Militia system
viii continue 10 cost abou, SO 900. and bring il
but sig 500, ieagirgIa balance against The mise
rable system * $1,000; bui Military cdpveu
lion has just recommended asysiem, hidh III
.housh b may PM III ,oay. The Military Com
mi.lee Of The House, its hoped, viii lry Tie e1
Experiment.
4 A geod deal Of complaint has been, uttered
Thai the committee has continued the tax uPo
salaries aud labor inF other shapes, and the pro
posed redu:tion is considered asmade viths'
view 10 propitate ttrr great interests the propert
holders, But tho minority will be allowed Il
Ecomplain without remedy.
On Monday, tie proceedings in the SENATE
are not worth Detailing land the Hou>E v
occupied principally in debate on the allegel
intLigibitiiy OF ahe member from Weed NMr
| Jackson,l whelis stated 10 be Commonwealth
auorneyin The IS66pelior Court. Mr.. j. made
strong argpmen. 10 show that such an appoint
mtnt,p sS not an e0ics aihin the meaning q III
Constitution The dAse. with lhes inquiry mad
general, was xehttofhe Committee. i
The bill, giving up the States Interest 10 III
stock Of the Rsppahaunock Company, mas be
come law. The stock; al present worth no
hing, will, it is ibo9sht, be made available /,
the new company
| On Tuesday, fesolstion was adopted in hi
SENATE, 10 meet At 10 o'clock on'.W ednesday
with view 10 The consideration OF the election
Of Senator. Nessrs Carter, Gallaher, CapertoE
and Slanard. pressed The consideration Of. tn
resolution afhs Hme, with view that The Hous
might have due notice Of concurrence 10 Ire re
solution for the eEeciEon asrt day and that alb
sent members might be brough. in; but Messrs
McMullen, Wallace and Newman, opposed 6na
sction at that time-and the resolution was OIL
taken up, 10 allow MT. Baptist tI.oco) an oppor
t1nily to express his views in.fasor Of The ait
Of the Legislature u make. AM election al III
present session, no matter which-paflY miah
succeed though he trusted and believed { Demo
Graf would be- "
The majority then laid The resolution onjIh
table. without acting upon IT, ..
Eleven bills were passed BY the House on Toes
Eday, most Of them Of 4 local character SIMON
Them, o6e authorizing The separate election nor
held a, The house Of Henry Smith iE Smrb6eIt
10 be hereafter beld a. Inc Public School Ifous
in shutdown, Il vlfalso pass Inc Senate viii
out doubt.
/ ELECTION OF SENATOR.
/ On Wednesday morning, the srNATe .mst,at !
O'Clock, and took On he resolution for-ihe eleS
liion of Senator 81 he UnfNd States on hat ID!
No debate. occurred, Except that Mr. GalIahe
i called atien,iao II thst fact Thai afne rneuihe,