The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-16
HOUSE OE DELEGATES

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The House was called to order at 10 O'Clock
A NJ, by Speaker CRu RuTCHFIELD.
communication was read from the clerl.
| of the Senate announcing the passage of 8
| number of bills, among them the following
which were read the requisite number OF times
! and passed A bill to incorporate the Clover
! Hill Savings Bank, iE the county of Appomat-
| tox: a bill Incorporating the Petersburg Say
ings and Insurance Company; a bill incor-
| porating the West Union Mining and Manu-
| featuring Company in the county of Mason
a bill changing the time of holding the Circni'
| Courts in the lth Circnit; an act TO amend the
| chan Yer OF the Monticello Bank; an set prOvid.
| ing for the construction and keeping in repair
| of the public roads, in the county OF AleXan-
dria 4 bill for the relief of the securities OF
| VIM. Grass. Sheriff of Putnam county
| Ipproprirtion BW.-On motion of MIR. HAY
| MoND, the House proceeded TO consider Senate
| bin making appropriations for the support OF
government, providing the rates and means
| OF payment of the salaries of public officers,
&c. The bill was considered, section by Sec
ton, and amended.
Mr.. SnGAR moved to amend the bill by in
serting the following amendments: For a
| laundry and drying house for the Eastern
| LMnatic Asylum, S7,0o0; for general repairs
| of the buildings, deficient drainage and sewer
| age, 5000: for furnishing an additional sup
ply of water, 5000; for purchasing ad-
ditional quantity OF land for cemetery
| and other uses of the Asylum $4,000 These
| several appropriations, MIR. SEGAR said, We're
| recommended by the Board of Directors of the
Eastern Lunatic Asylum AS absolutely neces-
| sary for the comfort and health of the stricken
class who are the inmates of this charitable in :
| stitution of the State, and for the preserva-
tion of the buildings; and he hoped those APP
| proprations, the necessity OF which he so we'll
knew himself, which had been twice endorsed
by an almost unanimous vote OF the Senate,
and by the Committees on LunatiC Asylums
| in both branches OF the General Assembly, and
which appealed so strongly to the humanity
of the State, would be adopted without dis
srnting voice.
The amendment was opposed by Mr.. HAY
MOND, and adopted by the House.
The bill thus amended was put on its pas
sage and carried-ayes 90, noes l.
The Tar BW--The bill imposing taxes for
the support Of Government was called up by
Mr.. BARBOUR. 1t has been under considera-
ton for several days. In reference TO the Sec
tion relating to the tax on merchants licenses,
II may be remarked that the tax bill equaiizes
the tax on all merchants. 1t proposes TO con-
tinue the license tax as 1t is now, for the cur
rent year. For the next year it equalizes the
tax on all merchants. The present tax on liz
censes taxes the small merchant who sells
$500 per annum, per cent; Oh him who sells
900. per cent, and on, diminishing the
tax as the business increases, until tho
person who sells over S5O,OOO, pays only
tax OF one-tenth of one Per cent
The small dealer pays per cent, the large
dealer one. tenth Of per cent. Six hundred
and ninety five merchants in Richmond city
now pay more than per cent; IA merchants
pay less than per cent. The new bill imposes
q tax Of per cent. on all. 1t reduces the tax on
about Cos OF the smaller merchants in Rich
mond, retains 1t At its present rates ON S., aud
increases II on l44 Itreduces the tax on nearly
5,475 merchants in the State, and increases 1t
on 7S3 merchants. 1t reduces the tax On the
small dealer, and increases II on the large deal
er. 1t imposes the same uniform rate Of per
cent. on all dealers, great AID small. 1t makes
every man pay in proportion 70 his business.
After debate, 1t was postponed till O'Clock
at night.
Bits Passsd.-The following bills were
passed A bill incorporating the Union and
Gross Road Tnrnpike Company; incorporat.
Ing the Potomac, Piedmont aud Valley Agri.
cultural Society; constituting a portion Of
Rapid Ann river lawful fence; tncorporat.
ing the Nartinsborg Railroad Company
The City kai!yoad.--Whon the Senate blu en-.
titled an act 70 Incorporate the Richmond Rail.
road Company came MP and had been read Z
Arst and second lime, Mr.. 6A Auxnnaa, Of Rich.
mend, snbsnitseA an amendment thereto, and
thr apesiicH he.nE on sgreatrg thereto, was
ras Ana AssiasA n the ka.rin&tlvel ~. sill