Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-04-18
THE REVENUE Law.

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The bill was one of the Revised Statutes, bu
was taken, at an early period in the session, from
the Committee that subject, and referred to the
joint finance committee, consisting of Messrs. Bow
er, Boyd, Wilder, Walker, Gilmer, Clark, Raynel
and Cherry on the part of the Senate, and Messrs
Shepherd, Mebane, Cansler, Steele, Patterson
White of Bladen, Smith and Long. An ADLER
committee could not have been selected. The bill
with such amendments as the committee had agreed
to recommend, reported to the Households
ted at much length, altered and amended in many
respects, and passed and sent to the Senate. That
| body also discussed it at some length, and made
! several material amendments but on the 18th of
February, but six days before the adjournment, the
majority of Senators-fearing that if the bill were
sent back to the Commons with the amendments,
that body would not concur, and that no law would
be enacted to raise adequate revenue-struck
| out all their amendments, and passed and ordered
the bill to be enrolled The law is, therefore, pre-
cisely what it was as finally passed by the Com
mons. Mr.. Haughton, it is proper here to state,
introduced into the Senate after the final passage
of the present law, supplemental revenue bill
embodying the amendments of the Senate, thus
stricken out; and the bill passed the Senate, but
failed to be reached in the Commons.
The following is the vote of the House of Com
mons, Monday, January 20, on the final passage of
the bill through that body:
Those who voted for the bill, are, Messrs. Amis
Badham, Barrnger, Baxter, Black, Blow, Boyle, Bry
son, Bullock, j. B. Bynum, j. G. Bynum A. ii.
Caldwell, D. F. Caldwell, Cansler Carmichael Chad
wick, Cook, Craven, Dargan, Dortch, Dunn, Fynt
IL NJ
j. II. Headen, Hill, Horton, Houston, Humphrey
Jarvis, Jenkins johnson, Jordan, H. Leach, Long
McDuttie, McKessoD, Martini Mears, Mebane, Morde-
cal, Myers, j. w. Neal, S. j. Neal, Norment, Oges-
by, Parks, Patterson, Patton, Phillips Regain, Ro-
land, Russell, Selby, Settle, Sharpe Shaw, Shepherd
Sheriff., Shipp, Simmons, Singetary, Smallwood,
Steele Sutton, Thornburg, Turner Vance, Waugh,
Whitaker, L. Whitfield, n. B. Whitfield Whitock
Wilkins B. F. Williams, c. w. Williams, S. A. Will
liams and Yancey-S2.
Those who voted against the bill, are, Messrs. A
Barnes, Bryant Gotten, Daniel, Daughtry, Daven-
port, Eure, Gillian Harrison, A. d. Headen, Jones'
Lancaster, Love, Mcmillan Mann, Rose, Stubs,
Tomlinson, Watts, G. NJ White, j. Fl. White T. II.
Williams, Winston and Wright-24
Forty-three Democrats and thirty-nine Wings
in the affirmative and fifteen Democrats and nine
Wings in the negative.
The following is the vote of the Senate, Satur-
day, February 10, on the final passage of the bill
through that body:
Those who voted for the bill, are, Messrs Biggs,
Bower Boyd, Christian Coleman, Collins Cunning
ham, Davis, Eaton, Fisher, Freeman, Gilmer, Ora
ham, Graves, Haughton, Jones, Lane Mitchell, Nor
isey Oldfeld, Taylor, Tayloe Thomas of D., Thomas
of j., Walker and Wood-26.
Those who voted against the bill are Messrs Ashe,
Brogden, Clark, Eborn, Fason, Fonville, Herring,
McCleese, Mcdowell, Martin, Person, Rayner, San
ders, Speight, and Willey-l5.
Fifteen Democrats and eleven Wings in the af-
firmative, and ten Democrats and five Wings in the
negative.
On Friday, the 9th, on the motion to strike out
of the bill so much of the section imposes tax
on dstilIers of turpentine the vote follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Messrs.
Speaker Ashe, Biggs, Boyd, Brogden, Cherry Chris
tan, Clark Davis, Eborn, Faison, Fennell Fisher,
Fonville Haughton, Herring, Jones, McCleese, Nc
Dowen, Morisey, Oldfeld, Person, Rayner, Sanders,
Speight, Tayloe, Walker, Wilder, Virgins, and
Wood-3O.
Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs.
Bower, Coleman, Collins, Cunningham Eaton Free
man, Gmer, Graham, Graves, Lane, Martin, Mitch
ell, Taylor, Thomas of j., and Willey-l5.
Several Senators voted against the bill because
the Senate had receded from its amendments and
bad taken the bill it came from the Commons.
The law is unquestionably defective, and many
regard it as quite confused and unjust. However
this may be, there be no doubt that large
majority of both parties in both Houses were ac-
tuated by sincere wish to preserve the States
credit and to provide for those schemes of internal
improvement, which, it understood, were so
plainly and strongly demanded by the people at
the last August elections. The intent was good,
was patriotic whatever may be the exact character
of the work. The law is very different from what
it was when it was presented to the Commons by
Mr.. Shepherd, the chairman of the committee.
The amendments were made in that body and
the defects of the law are to be attributed, to no
small extent, to want of time by the two Houses,
and to the haste and irregularity with which bust
ness is always transacted during the last days of
the session.
We may, hereafter if any of our readers should
desire it, publish at length the action of the
two Houses on this important measure giving,
we have not had space to do to-day, the votes upon
the various amendments.
VOTE IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT
We publish below, for purposes of reference and
comparison, the official vote of the Counties COM
posing the Fourth Congressional District polled at
the last election for Bragg and Dockery:
BRAGG. DoCKERY.
Franklin, 7l3 $50