Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-03-16

then, motion OF Mr. THOMAS, of Fairfax the vote
, recousidered and the bill laid on the table.
Mr.. DOUGLAS, BY leave, introduced bill to incorpo-
rate the Powbatan Iron Works Company. Ordered to
second reading.
Or motion of Mr. DOUGLAS, Senate bill to amend
the act TO incorporate the Traders Bank of the city Of
Richmond passed February TO- 1860, taken up and
the title was amended and the bill passed.
On motion Of Mr. C0GHlLL, Senate bill to provide for
the sale into slavery Of negro conyics employed pub
lie works under certain circumstances was taken up and
passed.
Mr.. THOMPSON, moved to take up Senate bill
fully TO define the rights and duties of the In
spectors of -four with the view of making it the order OF
the day for Wednesday On this the ayes and noes
were called, and the motion to take up was lost-ayes
Is, noes II.
Senate bill TO incorporate the Columbia manufacturing
company at Columbia in the county of Fluvania,
taken up and passed-also Senate bill to incorporate
the James River Canal Packet Company-also Senate
bill TO Incorporate the Lewsburg and Union Turnpike
company-alo Senate bill to egaize the sale OF the West
Union Academy in the county of Doddridge-aso Sen
bill to establish branch of the Bank of the Com
monwealth at Goodson others ponts-also Senate
bill to repeal the lth section of chapter 209 of the Code
and to amend the 18th section Of said chapter to
change the mode OF conveying convcts to the Peniten
tiary (Mr NEWTON moved the indefinite postponement
of this bill and that having failed he offered ryder
emptng that part Of the State West of the Blue Ridge
Mountains from its provisions which also failed ALSO
Senate bill to incorporate the town OF Poweon in the
county of Amhers-Seuate bill for the relief of Richard
Carr, rejected for want of constitutional majority,
on motion OF Mr.. THOMAS of Fairfax the vote
considered and the bill laid the table, and then
motion of Mr.. TONNES the Senate adjourned.
REN0NSTRANCE AGAINST THE MERCHANTS TAX.
The following protest received by the Delegates
from Ohio county Wednesday by telegraph, and pre-
sentcd TO the House of Delegates Wednesday
ing by n. Richardson Delegate from that county.
10 Richardson, Knote and Edgingtoa-
At lacge meeting of merchants OF the city of Wheel
ton held at the Court House March l4h the following
preamble and resolution unanimously adopted:
Whereas-Information has been received that it is
proposed in the General Assembly Of Virginia to alter
the tax on merchants licenses to estimate it at
n cent on OF sales aud whereas it is notorious
that the present merchants licenses is
aud oppressive being far greater than the imposed
upon merchants in the surrounding States, aud whereas
il is well known that the present rate of tax
chants licenses has already from its oppressive charac
ter placed the merchants of the State great disad
vantage in their efforts compete with the merchants of
surrounding States who not bourn down with such
taxation. Therefore,
Resolved That any increase in the tax merchants
licenses necessarily result in the destruction of the
commercial interests of the State and that do
rstly demonstrate against any increase That mem
bers communicate this dispatch to each House That the
foregoing be teegraghed representative atRch
moud
T. SWEENEY, Charm,