Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-05-04
LEGisL.ruRE OF VIRGINIA.
SATURDAY MAy |, 1852.
SENATE.

) A communication from The House of Delegates va
received
Tie bills tFanmiitc Herewith wac read and referred.
SIR SnAcEELr'Rn, from t'e Committee Of GsUarg Laws
reported bills 10 amend the 2 section of CHI r!er 95 oi III
Co,c OF FiFenia and ,hc 4;h section Of r'ap'c ly
ME LAr.E, from the Comrnitte nf Roads g.: reported
o to amend the c1gicr Of lc Cedar Creek an. Olcquo
4 Turnpike C"nnnny
.'. CA,pDsLL from the Committee ni Finance rcporc
House bill authorizing Thomts Ash of lie county
Gloucester 10 search for and recover the guns and any pro
petty which may have been sunk with English frgae
lorkt0wn, and reliGquishng lhc conmUnwea;l's ris.
, thereto.
Mr MAErr:: from the select Committee on Free Bank
Ing reported bill authirzc tho business OF banking
Read and ordered 10 BE printed
DR. CAHR;GroN presented the petition Of citizens Of Il!
town OF CaIkesvc rtayir. alteration o 5 charter.
On motion of Alr. DAslrL-KeSoived. That The cpmme
for Courts OF Justice br inSt'srrd enquire into the
decy "f providing b" Law that ;hns" portions Of lie
ties Of Dinwidte Chcsir.i4I uuI Prince Gsorec, within
the limits Of Ike city Of Petersburg -. 49,. COR ega! pur
poses be considered as portions II said counties.
Mr.. LAySE oH=r.i The fo'rming resolution:
Resolved, That when lie Senate adjoHrns to-day it vii
anoHn 10 meet again on Monday The 3d q! Nav, NJ II
O'Clock \. NJ "kns rg""ss at2 O'clock, p. NJ and
ing again az O'clock, ard SO each day umt the fre
order Of TIC :, nate.
Ga mo. 1: Mr.. CAMPBELL, the resolution ordered tc
lie IN the iaair.
Mr. CAMPBELL called MP the join, resolution in relation
The prlnag OF the lst volume oi Lel.h's Reports.
Mr. PARKER explained the action Of the Committee ht
Library in reference 10 this subject.
The resolution was opposed by Messrs. WTcHER, SAuN
nEas ani SErFrr, ant advocated BY Mcssrs CAMrGEtt
and lsnELL.
Mr.. HALL called the previous question: which
tancd and Mr.. SnacKELroRn the ard The
olntinn was adopted by the following vote:
Avrs-Mcssrs Amber Barnett, Rlsscl, Braxton, Brown
Campbell. Darlington, Cowan Daniel Fnnsten, Gran.ha,n,
Greaver lsbcl, Lnync Martin, McDelrmnn Paxton, Re.
ger. Shackcl;nfd, Sherrard, Smith, Stulrt-22.
NoEs-MrssIs Cabe, caielt. creigh, He'll P!sman,
Saunders, Shelly, Ihomls, Watson, W,ichcr-lO.
On motion "f Mr.. STuAnT- Resolved That IN future any
Ave members of the Select Committee the Board OF Pub
lie Works shall constitute quorum for the transaction OF
business.
Mr. WATSON called up the joint resolution offered by him
self sometime since, az follows
"Whercas il is now manfcs, that several months
rarc before the taxable property OF the Commonwealth can
be listed and valued and reports thereof made to the Gene
raj Assembly 80 that ,hc preparation ani rassagc .! tax
BILL based upon such reports will poiracl the present scs
sion Of the Legislature period are perhaps, rs the
month Of August render adjourned session indlsH"a
SADLY necessary. Therefore,,
"Resolvci by the Gencral Assembly That joint
mce, five the part If the Senate and nine on he part
Of the House, he appointed enquire whether tax bill
not be prepared, in accordance with The princi 1es
ot The Constitution without cnt,ia@ tic necessity OF an
adnlrnc session Of the Crhcra Assembly, and that tic sud
cu,rnittre report BY tI' nr otherwise"
Mr. MATED. supported llefeso!uon. Hccxpressed him
sell .ciediy opposed *"ssina for sarl''s r-
sons a:c he hnrcd The committee whc! he proposed to
raise would be able % slow that there was no nrcrsl? Tor
.esnnG sncI lie s1i' bur ii,iic difficulty IN
prnplring proper bill uDon c1ncctura cs!nles.
..w system OF taxation adopted III lolS which IN re
a., 20 many OF the rev subjects vas upon Gd ralgrcm
pracpleari vet these the Legislature had non. onf
concciura estimates. He was awase tiat soit gentlemen
advocated session the onlr :'n - afHfop'.
. works OF ,arrndi Improvement re "'o it'S
differ with heahc believed such ,nease "pl.d e. -
ta internal improvements. Il or millions OF 1o!iFs
should he appropriated nj once towards '.c cpps,'on "
The .a,.inr lines State, TIE intelligence "f the peop!
would recognizH III. wisdom of such aorrSe ard would sane
zion without difficulty prevent those lines
ZION, nurg l and 10 make them sources 81 Tcvc.
the State and thus speedily diminish n" rates ni 'aXcs
Hhei bill shall have been prepared, moreover he trust
ed mc Of the alarm created o. tic rc?u'! Of the CON
mec Of Finance in the other house. in Which the debt o
The had grca magntcd would be seen 10 DC
wholly unlOuntcd and il only necessary Tor the sop'
kaow the actual condition Of the Finince af 10 De- as
surcd rha! this Legislature Ind made such appropriations n
udis upon principles n wise economy to co
nar.d cir cordial arpErna"n Bat II we we're H. have nf
session for the double purpose Of nta.iEg lax hi
and considering whole smijccl Internal Improve
meats the people would continue in The da:k as 10 VIA
their b, lhns we're .a-aui the alarm now So Pre- yGen
ana unucd would be- aggravated BY the apprehension
that millions upon millions Of appropriations were - be
mrdc oy complete the leading lines and render them
sources of revenue but every conceivable scheme Of I'm
?rnvcmcn which might be thrown into The Legislature it
asked gentlemen returning from their constituents LABOR
ng under these apprrhcn%ons would be likely 10 vote r an
'ncreusc of taxes He thought not herc was oan.r'
TOO that the spirit Of party .h attach itself 10 ms SUD
yci Ii haacady been Charged that the Wigs you'll seek
maze capi; u Tn. IA bill He did no: think They would
So In his opinion ly ou2h, not 10 lo so--cealny they
o. n5 far the of that bill shund be renderco
necessary by The dc5 contracted for internal improvements
That Seat had been contracted by parry. lie cltmed
for himself his parry their Inst share ! ic rcsonS
billy which resulted from il, AID tquaiy claimed their JUS
share Of all the merit which belonged 10 those VINO Sought 10
redeem the Common nwcah from her depressed condition
But it. unfortunately this banefu spirit Should ol!shly
nnge itself with this great cause tic greatly feared would
fare worse hereafter than i: might
Mr. WTcHER did not think thai all the demands hf
Treasury Chirgeabe 10 the Of internal improve
,an The eyrn session TO revise the Guide the Corvcu
frame Constitutions the printing nt t;osr to
dies, the expense OF conveying the books 10 The dtcn
parts Of The State ard The payment oIt OF Tho CURRENT &c
criprs Of the Treasury, debt o. S50UU mad: conslds'a
Die item OF lie amounts necessary 10 DC mel no." RE |
pnse an extra session. ard thought that there nn' no: bt
any adjournment until bill was framed Mr.. W. like
wise alluded the attempts which had been made 10 cas-
oium the Democratic party for the large appropriations
for internal improvements 1t was inqulous and unjust
and he protested against H. although the Democratic part!
had been often in the moj"ry in he Virginia Lrgsa
urc. He was willn, 10 assume his ull share o !h'
responsibility anil went into argument 10 prove that IN
stead Of hape Il Of ccnsac, II the Legislature WI
finish tic great works Of improvement, instead o ben.
blamed there probability hat when properly viewed
full credit would DC rendered hem in which case he aeslre(
his fall o the glory He believed The people w"uil
stand up TO an increase OF on. Il has bron rendered
necessary by their act They expect IT, dc hoped tht
resolution would pass.
Air CowAs gave notice that not could be gotten
Of him for any internal Improvement b:l 80 long as i'
present Tux bill was in existence Tie would vote lo' Tue te
aOluton.
Mr.. MAnrrx proposed the following, amendment K
be added 10 tho resolution:
sand said committee enquire into and report the ru
amount Of the actual Indebtedness rf the State which mus
be provided for by the present session OF the enra -
serbly.''
Mr MAn-!s was surprised ha, there should be so much
difference opinion between gentlemen at HE other enc
Of the Capitol" the actual ndcbtsdneE5'o inc o'ae
He noticed the argument ar. WlTcHER, as 10 me cause
State Indebtedness coneRdirE that tie estimated cost
the extra session and the Convention together was aoou
$500 COO The debt paid $3.50 000-naking an aggregate
$3.50 600 The debt of the State is represented To DO IRON
eleven 10 seventeen millions. Mr. NJ. was proceeding
show the effect Of ncreaseo Of taxes when he was nlet
, rupcdby ;., -
nIr WI7cHER who repeated conversation had win on:
Of his constituents who complained heavily when MI
returned from the extra session nj Fauqn;er Springs ne
was of opinion that the frequent Sessions OF the Legs
alurc the salaries of Governor, Judges, &C., ~"al "sI
. The pcoplc and they would all have 10 run away
Mr. WITc,ER then told him that Tor all these tnlh2
he was taxed the amount of ten csnsS: inc oalhnc
paid by him being for county purposes Ihs oeins sas
actury cyp lned his constituent at The same lime hic
ing up his trowsers) told him to go ond II 'a' was al
cost. ~ LI .,
, Mr.. MARTIN continued his remarks. He hoped IN
amendment woul be adopted, and before he voted on IN
tcrna Improvement bills lie desired 10 Know wla e Ica
debt of the Stale was and besides would hEc 10 cGunse
with his constituents The class referred 10 by ar WITCH
Ea always paid the assessed upon ihe'n no onl
without complaint but gladly 1t was that other class rep
resented by the Senator from Pisyvana VINO gave ''sc
ton TO public sentiment, and who had the taxes 10 payn
owners Of the property OF lhe CJmn,onweah-who "e'
the men complaining about the taxes :,
!, Mr. SHAcKELFoap denied that there had been any WIZ
and reckless system Of internal improvements as ld Gee
conrenied by gentlemen, who, with The object OF oeaS!n
: ! i,,.r naun!fynI the debt 0i I'M