Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-12-23
SENATE.


Leave of absence was granted to the Senator from
Camden and Currituck for Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday next.
The bill Incorporating the town of Roxborough
was reported, read the second and third times on
motion of Mr.. Cunningham, and ordered to be en-
crossed
The Senate then, in pursuance Of agreement with
the House, voted for seven Councillors of State.
FREE SUFFRAGE AND CONVENTION
The hour of twelve having arrived the Senate
proceeded to the consideration of the special ORDER
being the motion of Mr.. Graham to strike out Mr.
Boyds Free Suffrage bill and insert his bill
ing Convention
Mr.. Lane called for division, and moved that the
question be first taken striking out
Mr.. Boyd demanded the yeas and nays.
Those who voted to strike out are Messrs. Cherry
Christian, Davis, Freeman, Gilmer, Graham Haugh
ton, Lane, McCleese Mitchell, Morisey, Rayner,
Thomas of Davidson, Wiggins Wiley, and Wins
low of Pie.
Those who voted against striking out are Messrs
Inns, Cunningham, Drake, Eaton, Eborn Fason,
Fennell, Fisher, Fonvile, Graves Herring Hoke
Jones, Mcdowell, Martin, Mills OldfeId, Person,
Sanders. Speight, Taylor, Thomas of jackson, Wal
ker, Wilder and Wood-31.
So the Senate refused to strike out
Mr.. Gilmer now moved to amend the bill by add
ing the following:
BE 1T further enacted, three-ffths of the whole
number of members of each House concurrng)
that the third section of the fourth article of the
amended Constitution, ratified by the vote of the
people on the second Monday of November 1885
be repealed, and that the following be inserted in
its stead: Taxation shall be equal and uniform
throughout the State, and all property other than
slaves shall be taxed in proportion to its value
which shall be aScertaned in such manner as NAV
be prescribed by law. Every slave who has attained
the age of twelve years shall be assessed with a tax
equal to- and not exceeding that assessed land of
the value of three hundred dollars. Slaves under
that age shall not be subject to taxation and other
taxable property may be exempted from taxation
by the vote OF a majority of the whole number of
members elected to each House of the General As
sembly. capitation tax equal to the tax assessed
on land of the value of three hundred dollars
shall be levied on every white male inhabtant be-
tween the ages of twenty-one and forty five years
but nothing herein contained shall prevent exemp-
tons of taxable polls in cases of DO div inirmity
or prevent taxes on incomes, salaries and licenses
The question on said amendment was decided in
the negative, yeas IL, nays 30.
Mr.. Person now moved to amend the bill bv strik-
ing out all after the words as follows in the 9th
line of the first section of the printed BILL and in
sorting the following: All free white men of the age
OF twentyone years. who are citizens of this STATE,
and who have been inhabitants of the same for one
year Immediately preceding the day of any election,
and who have paid public taxes within the same
time, shall be entitled to vote for a member of the
Senate in the district in which they reside.
The amendment was rejected 40
Those who voted for it are Mcssrs. Cherry. Chris
tan, Clark, Davis, Eaton, Eborn, Freeman Giner
Graham. Haughton, Hoke, Lane, McCleese, Mellow
Ell, Mitcheli: Morisey, -ferson, Rayner, Thomas of
Davidson, Virgins, Wiley, and Winslow of P.-22.
Those who voted against it are Messrs Bigss,
Bower, Boyd, Brogden, Coleman, Collins, Cunning.
ham, Drake, Fason, Fennell, Fisher Fonyille, Graves
Herring, Jones, Martin, Mills, Oldfeld, Sanders,
Speight Taylor, Thomas of jackson, Walker, Will
der and Wood-25.
Mr.. Haughton then moved to amend as follows:
Provided that but naturalized citizeu shall
be entitled to vote for member of either branch of
the General Assembly of this State.
Th~Co ,b0 6,
Cherry, Christian, Cunningham, Davis Eaton Eborn,
freeman, Gimer, Graham, Graves, Haughton, Lane,
McCleese, Mitchell, Morisey, Rayner, Thomas of
Davidson, Virgins, Wiley and Winslow of P.-2O.
Those who voted against it are hMessrs Biggs,
Bower, Boyd, Brogden, Coleman, Collins, Drake,
Faison, Fennell, Fisher, Fonyille. Herring, Hoke,
Jones, Mcdowell, Martin, Mills, Oldfeld, Person,
Sanders, Speght Taylor, Thomas of jackson, Wal.
kerr Wilder and Wood-26.
Mr.. Mitchell then moved to amend the bill by
striking out and inserting bill offered by him. TT