Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-05-12

BY Mr.. Robinson, of Richmond city, in re.
lation to the coupon bonds sold by Gov,
Floyd, on behalf of the Board of Public
Works, to Selden, Withers 4 Co., were
taken up.
Mr., Goode, of M, offered the following
resolution, which on the motion of Mr..
Robinson, (who expressed q desire to re-
ply to the remarks Of Mr., Barbours, were
together with the bill, ordered to lie on
the table until that day.
On motion of Mr.. Goode, of NJ, the
bill to regulate the assessment Of Taxes on
Licenses was taken up for consideration,
In Committee of the Whole.
MONDAY, April &c.
SENATE,--No business was transacted
in tho Senate, to day, beyond the adoption
of resolutions expressive of the sense of
the Senate upon the occasion of the death
of R. G, Rivcs, Esq, member of the House
of Delegates, from Prince George County.
HoUsE-After the announcement of
the death of P. G., Rives, by Mr., billiard,
as mark of respect to the memory of the
deceased, the House then adjourned,
TUESDAY, April 81.
HoUsE--The following reports from
committees were presented:
BY Mr., Mcdonald, from the joint COM
mittee on the Penitentiary Institutional
report upon the condition Of that Institu-
ton, and the following bills ::
A bill to provide adequate periods of
confinement in the penitentiary, and to re-
peal certain parts of title 81 of the Code
of Virginia; and
A bill to provide for the punishment of
slaves guilty of felony, and to repeal =
part Of chapter 600 of the Code Of Vir-
ginia,
COUPON BONDS,
On motion of Mr.. Robinson, Of Rich
mond city, the preamble and resolutions
upon the subject of Coupon Bonds of the
State, and contract in relation thereto,
with Seldom, Withers 81 Co., together with
the resolution submitted by Mr.. Goodc,
OF NJ, to refer the same to select com
Tnittec was taken up.
Mr. Wallace moved to ameEd the res
olution, which was agreed to.
The House according to the order of
the day for yesterday, resolved itself into
committee of the whole on the state of
the commonwealth, Mr. Tomlin in the
Chair, and took into consideration the bill
to regulate the assessment of taxes.
Mr., Imboden spoke for some time on
the subject.
WEDNESDAY, April %.
Mr.. Goode, from the Committee Of FL
nance reported, without amendment, a
bill prohibiting person, without a mer
chants license, from selling goods by sam
pie or otherwise.
On motion of Mr.. Goode, the same
Committee was discharged from the petit
ton Of citizens Of Rockbridge, for a mod
itication of the laws relating to the sale Of
ardent spirits TO slaves.
The petition was referred to the Com
mittee for Courts of Justice.
The bill fixing the terms of tho District
Courts and the places of holding said
Courts was taken up, on motion of MIR.
Lewis.
The committee for Courts of Justice
moved TO amend the first section of the
bill, by inserting therein the words {" for
the 10th district on the 1st day of Dcccm
Der at the Courthouse Of Harrison coun
ty."
Mr., Jones Of Marshall, moved to amend
the amendment, by striking out the word
"HdrriSon," and inserting in lieu thereof
the word 'IuarshaU"
After some discussion the motion to fill
LHC DRINK WIFI NdIIOH COWutNJ WAS
sdopted-ayes 70, noes IT.
Mr.. Goode, from the Committee of FL
nance reported a bill, the substance of
which was, that any license granted un-
der existing laws in the month of May and
June in the present year shall be granted
with the condition annexed, that the per-
sons so receiving q license shall, within 60
days after the passage of an act imposing
additional taxes on licenses, pay to the tax
gathercr such additional tax as the legis-
lature may impose at the present session;
and, on the failure to pay the same within
the said 60 days the license so granted
shall be null and void-and the person
receiving such license shall be subject to
the same fines and penalties sif no license
had been granted to such person.
The bill was Immediately adopted by
tho House.
A communication was read by the Spea-
ker from Samuel Price, the Delegate from
Grecnbrier, resigning his seat as mem
Der of the House of Delegates
THURSDAY, April 90,
SENATE,-The following bills were pas
bcd
Bills from the House Providing for the
payment Of such addition to the license
taX' beginning with the first of May, as
the present Legislature may prescribe,
with amcndmsnts,) concerning the in
speCton of flour, fish and other eommodi-
ties Senate bills: Incorporating the Far
mers' Bank of Culpcper; and a bin au.
thorizing the Virginia Canal Company to
subscribe to the stock of the Coal River
Navigation Company.
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