Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-04-12
General Assembly of Virginia.
SENATE.
FRIDAY, April 9, 1852.


The Senate resumed the consideration of the
bill concerning Commissioners of the Revenue
The first paragraph of the 9TH section of the bill
reads thus
81. From the lists thus furnished, the Commits
sioner of the Revenue for each district shall make
accurate statements, in the form to be preserib-
ed and furnished by the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts which shall truly and distinctly set forth 4"
The following paragraph of the section being
under consideration
HE shall ascertain from each person residing
in his district the amount of his income in money
during the same year, lover and above one hun
dred dollars in consideration of the discharge of
any office OF employment in the service of the
State, (other than that of an officer of govern
ment receiving salary out of the treasury or
IN consideration of the discharge of any office or
employment in the service of ally corporation
created by this State, (other than fire associations
OF IN the service of any company, firm, or person,
except where the service is that of minister of
the gospel, Tor is of labor in some mechanic art
trade, handIcTaft or manufacture.')
Those portions of the clause within parenthess)
were stricken out.
Various other propositions to amend were vot ed
down.
On the motion of Mr.. W1TcHER, the bill was
SO amended as to make the returns of the Com
missioners returnable to the Auditor of Public Ac-
Several verbal amendments We're made to TIE
BILL an lnfinitude of propositions to amend were
voted down, in every under the operations
OF the previous question; propositions to recon-
slider previous votes shared the same fate; and the
ayes apd noes were called and taken several times
The bill being on its third reading, Mr.. De-
NEALE offered substitute for the whole bill, as
follows:
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That
off bo J4l,.
are hereby directed to proceed forthwith to enlist
| and assess all the personal property, and moneys
and credits IN their respective districts, except
what is exempted in the Constitution, and report
to the Auditor of Public Accounts on or before the
| 18th of July next.
The ayes and noes were required thereon and
| the substitute was rejected
! Mr.. STUART called the previous question on the
| third reading, which was ordered.
| The Senate (at 70 oclock) took a recess for an
hour in order to enable the Clerk to put the bill
| and amendments in 'ship shape"
| At one o'clock the President resumed the
| Char
The bill was read the third time, as amended
Mr.. BRENT moved that the vote ordering the
bill to a third reading be reconsdered, with view
of moving substitute therefor. Mr.. B. read
his substitute, and explained his reasons for op-
posing the bill.
Mr.. CATLErT called the previous question, and
the Senate refused to reconsider.
The Chair stated the question to be on the pas
sage of the bill.
Mr.. STUART called the previous question, and
twas ordered. The Constitution requiring the
ayes and noes the vote as follows:
AYEs-Messrs. Amber, Boykin, Brown, Camp
bell, Darlington, Catlett, Daniel, Douglas Funs-
ten, Isbe, McDearmon, Moncure, Parker, Pit
man, Saunders, Stands, Shelfey Smith, Stuart,
Tabb, Thomas, Thomson, Watson, Winston, Wit
cher-25.
NoEs-Messrs. Barnett, Basel, Brent. Cow
an, Creigh, Deneale, Greaver, Hall, Layne Mar
tin, Mason, Paxton, Roger, Shackelford Sher-
rard, Sweeney, Tate, Wade, Jr., Ward, White
20.
The Chair stated, that not having received the
constitutional number in its favor, THE BILL
WAS REJECTED.
On motion of Mr.. PARKER,
Resolved, That the Committee of Finance and
Claims inquire into the expedency of providing
some suitable mode of allowing to Timothy Hill,
William Frewitt and John Snead, citizens of this
Commonwealth, proper remuneration for servi-
ces of extraordinary gaantry and peril in res
cuing from watery grave the crew of the barque
Sunbeam, ten in number, on the Atlantic coast of
Virginia, on the 9Th of March 1852.
On motion of Mr.. MARTIN the Sena adjourn
ed.-Enquirer.