Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-02-01
CEHEC..y ASSEMBLY.
JANUARY SESSION.
TnuR,pAY MoRNlNG. Jan. Q!


Liberation Of convi No. 10. Gran ed and &C.
passed.
Resolution respecting lo"rries, introduced
by Mr.. T.. Augell X u aud laid upon the
table.
Petition of Ann Clarke ct. al. to hold real
cstte. Granted and act PASSED
The select committee on Taxation, through
Mr.. Ames, ,helr cha rma, reported the fol-
lowing bill, viz
An Act providing additional revenue for the
State.
his enacted LyMe G-n,rH A,sm'y. as. fol-
lous
Seci n !. A Tax for r. s;nc the sum of
twenty five thousand dollars. sha be annually
asse. Sc a Oh the leable reA. and personal
estates oi the inhabltants .. this Sale, nul Of
others owning raleable property therein, TO he
collected al d paid into the General Treasury
on or before the first day of January next /; ten
THOUSAND dollars of which shall be approprat-
ed TO The encouragement and support Of public
schools and lhe rema nder 10 such uses as the
General Assembly ha'e directed or may here
after direct
Sec. 2. When an ostima'e ,hall be ma q
Of the property in said State, as prov ded in
the act passed at this sessiun, entitled - an act
to provide for taking an estimate of al proper
urer shall as soon as nay be thereafter, ap-
portion the same among the several towns,
and issue h warrant directed TO the Treasur-
ers of the several towns requiring Of them to
levy, colle,i and pay unto him the several
sums required 10 be paid by their respective
towns.
Sec. 3. The town or towns viii h shall not
pay their proportion of said tax within the time
hmitgd d for the payment thereof as a ores said,
shall pay interest for the sum IN which they
shall be deficient, until the stme be paid and
the delinquent town or towns shall be respOn-
sible therefor to the General Treasurer. The
Collectors of taxes in the several towns are
hereby empowered and directed to collect the
interest with the principal, from the ndvid-
uas, after lhe aforesaid time, and in case any
execution shall be issued by the General
Treasurer against the Treasurer of any den-
quent town the Collectors are hereby empow-
ereI and directed 10 collect from the individual
delinquents, a the costs and expenses " hich
shall accrue tn r.on, III proportion TO The sums
due from such dellnquen,s respectively.
Sec. 4. The Asses. ors sha assess and an
portion said tax, and return a true LIST of the
same unto the Clerk OF the town to which
they respectively belong. on or before the first
day otJuly next, WHO is hereby required to
send copy tn re within twelve DAYS from
his receiving the same, TO the General Treas
urer the General Treasurer is hereby direo-
ted and required TO issue his warrant within
ten days, 10 the several Collectors of Taxes Fin
the several towns, requiring them in the name
of the State, TO levy, collect, and pay to the
General Treasurer, the several sums resp, CT
lively committed to them to collect and the
several collectors are hereby directed and re-
qu red TO use all dill gence in collecting and
paving the same into the General Treasury.
beitTe or al the time limited in the act
Sec. 3. Each town shall pay a ! the chary.
eS and fees that shall accrue upon ASSESSING.
levylng and coiec, ng lis portion Of the aiore-
SAID tax, and II any town shall neglect or re
fuse TO assess. levy, and pay into the General
Treasury, lis portion of said lax, within tho
time dIfec ei III tbs act, the General Trcasur-
er Is authorizd d and directed to issue his war
ran' or execution against the Town Treasurer
oi such towI, Or 20 call special Count upon
the said Town Treasurer, for such towns pro-
portion or deficiency of said tax.
Sec. The Town Treasurer of such town
is authorized and eml lowered, TO prosecute the
bond or sc"ulity that shall be BY HIM taken
from the Collectors of said tax TO special
Court Of Common Pleas, in the county here
such security or bond shall be So taken which
said Court Of Common Ileas shall have the
same powers that special Courts now have by
law, and the judgment of said Court shall be
final.
Sec. I. The Clerks Of he several towns are
hereby required TO send the names of the Town
Treasures and Collectors ofIaxes of their re-
speciye towns to the General Treasurer, at
the same tine they shall send COPY of the
tax list.
Sec 8. Any town may, at any time before
'he tilne limited Tor the payment, pay such
towns proportion of said tax into the General
Treasury, out of the Town Treasury of such
town, AID includc the same if necessary, in
any future town tax ordered by such town +; in
such case no assessment Of said towns pro-
portion Of SAID State tax he, be made by the
assessors of such t,wn
Sec. o. Every bauk in this State shall here
after annually pay TO the General Treasurer,
The sum oi thirty cents on each and every hun
dred dollars Of lis capital stock actu-
ally pad IN, instead If the sum of twenty-five
cents on every hundred dollars of such capital
stock as is now hy law provided one half
part thereof on the first Mon ay in June and
the other half part thereof on the first Monlay
in December
Sec. 10. All acts and parts of acts so far
as the came are Inconsistent herewith are here
by repealed.
Mr. Ames rose 10 explain the object of the /"
bill. 1t had been aSscnted to BY large ma
Jorlty OF the committee in a spirit Of compro-
mise. MIR. a. 81 d that the annual deficiency
IN the revenue of the State wares from len to
fourto n thousand dol ars, and the committee
think that i'll view of the increasing population
OF the State the deficiency should be put down
al from twelve to fourteen thousand dollars
lie stated the present Indebtedness of the
state, and the absolute necessity Of exiting
uishlng 1t. With that view the committee
had reportc this bill, and by i the committee
hope to provide for public education to re-
place the depo te fund TO exlinguish the
floating debt of the State, and to leave sur
plus IN the Treasury for current expenses
Mr A. alluded to the declaration Of some ,,f
the members Of the House belonging TO the
party IN the minority, that they would no,
vote Ter auy proposition 10 raisc a tax. lie
was happy to say this opinion was not enter
tanned by all the members of that party in this
House, and ne hoped 1t was by no sensible
n Nn oil