Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-03-12
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.

WEDNESDAY, March 10.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. BAYTop, of the Me-
thodist Church.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
The following reports were presented:
By Mr.. JONES of Chesterfield, from the COM
mittee of Propositions and Grievances-A bill
incorporating the town of Shenston, in Harri-
son county, and to incorporate the Buffalo
Springs Company, in Mecklenburg.
Mr.. ROBINSON, from the committee o
Bourts OF Justice, reported with a recommends
tion that the same be rejected, the following bill
from the Senate-A bill entitled an act to amend
the 10th section of chapter 1873 of the Code o
Virginia.; and presented reports upon resolution:
Tor giving to the plaintiff and defendant in actions
at law the right of examining the opposite party
IN person on oath before the court or jury, fol
authorizing the county and circuit courts to re-
quire Sherifs to act committees of insane per.
sons in certain cases, and for amending the 9th
section of chapter 1873 of the Code of Virginia
A bill concerning the sales of estates belong
ing to infants or insane persons, held for ces-
tut que trust, taken up on motion Of Mr..
i ToMLIN, read second time and ordered to be
engrossed and read a third time.
| PETITIONS ETC.
MIR. SPEED presented a petition from citizens
of the county of Franklin, asking that the Dis
trict Court for the 2nd Judicial District may be
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referred to the Committee of Courts of Justice.
By Mr.. MAPP, from citizens of Accomac,
asking the enforcement of the 18th section oil
chapter l OIL of the Code, against dredging Oys-
| ters.
CONTESTED ELECTION FROM SCOTT COUNTY.
On motion of Mr.. RIvEs, of Prince George,
Resolved, That James Culbertson, the con-
testant, be allowed to appear at the bar of the
House, and to be heard upon the questions ari-
sing in the contested election from the county
of Scott
Mr.. CULBERTsoN, accordingly appeared and
addressed the House at some length. in defence
ofhis right to the seat, as the rightful delegate
to represent Scott county in the Legislature.
| RESOLUTION OF ENQUIRY.
By Mr.. RUSSELL, That the committee of
Propositions and Grievances enquire into the
expediency of amending the charter of South
| Wheeling.
Agreeaby to notice given yesterday, Mr..
| GooDE of NJ, called up the Bill concerning
| Commissioners of the Revenue. On his mo-
| ton, the bell was ordered to be rung.
Mr.. MILLER of Botetourt, offered the follow
| ing as a ryder to the bill:
| All manufactured articles in the hands of the
manufacturer, shall be exempt from taxation.
| Mr.. NJ. said he presumed, after the vote of
| yesterday, that his amendment would be adopt
ed. The House had exempted the product of
mines and mechanic arts, and he supposed that
discrimination so unjust against manufactured
articles, would not be made.
Ir. GooDE, of NJ, said he had hoped when
the amendment offered by the member from
| Wheeling was adopted by the House that the
interests which it concerned were satisfied by
it. The argument that the exemption of GER
tain other articles should make an exemption for
manufactured articles, would be used in refe-
renee to any other tax levied by the bill. He
argued to show that the bill could not work in
justice upon the particular interets Of the con-
stituents of the member from Botetourt.
Mr.. ANDERSON, of Richmond, supported the
amendment in few remarks, contending that
the bill in its original form contained invidi-
Gus Determinations against the manufacturing
classes of society. Justice and fairness, (he sad)
required that they should be placed on an equal
footing with the agricultural mining and other
great interests of the State.
The Chair stated that under some doubt as to
the question, he had permitted the debate to go
on; but an examination of the question had salts
fed him that the ryder was not in order, be-
cause no two ryders could be offered to one bill,
though one ryder being offered, it might be
amended adj infnitem. One ryder being re-
jected yesterday, another was not in order to-
day. He suggested that the difficulty might be
removed by motion to reconsider the vote of
yesterday, rejecting the ryder of the member
| from Harrison.
Mr. Towns having voted in the ma ority yes
terday, moved a reconsideration. Rejected.
The bill then Coming up its passage, Mr..
ToMLIN demanded the ayes and noes which
were ordered. The bill was then passed by the
following vrte
AYEs-Messrs. Mapp, Rives Of Albemarle, Early,
Massey, Bottom, Rcheson, Walker, Tate, Goode of
Bedford Davis Gray, Newkirk, Miller ofBotetourt AMI
| Craig, Wiley Power, Irving, Clark, Speed Jones of
Chesterfield, Luke Barbour Old, Hanlin Segar, Muse,
Hunton, Payne, Edwards, Brooks Miller of Frederick
Baker, Taaierro Leake, White Of Greene and Orange,
billiard, Howerton, Garrett. White of Hanover Griffin,
arston Jordan, Moor OF Jefferson, Gibson, Patrick,
Browne Tomlin Downing, Pendleton Harry. Newman,
Nicoson, Goode of Mecklenburg, Michael, Kby Daw,
Robertson of Norfolk city, Wheeler, VERIFY, RUSSELL
! Hubbard, Keyser, Wallace, Wooding, TONNES, Wilson,
| Rives of Prince George and Surry, James, Saunders,
Butler, Robinson of Richmond City, Anderson, Rice,
Leybarn, Gilmore, Martz, Stevens, Gatewood, Meem,
Pretlow, and Dayison-80
- Noes-Messrs, Carpenter, lmboden, Talbot, Dunlap,
Smith of Brooke and Hancock, Maupn, Carroll, Jack
of D. & T., Prince Headen Shannon, Jackson of G.
w, Parks Price of Greenbrier, White Of Hampshire,
Allen Price of Hardy, Lewis, Moore of Harrison, Heve
ner, Grow, Fry Slemp Fanary, Bennett, Morgan, Car
rington, Ball. Kidwel, Arnett, McCuloch, Garretson
Mcdonald, Lemly, Vawter, Preston. Kee Jackson of
Peasants and Rtchie Nottingham, Zinn Scott of Pres
tom Caddal Bowyer, Taylor, Craig Smith of Russell,
| Gmer Mckinney, Greever, Burdett, Witten, King
Dunn Weman, est, Jackson of Wood and Boyd
81.
On motion the House then adjourned.
Mr. EcHoLs, we learn, is absent from his
seat by indisposition.
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