Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-03-15

Senate ilii " JrhhlDlt th' -
nary ~liccrsc 1T certain r~pec'hti place" "a '"'
Common. wealth.
"rr,s &, r,,.ty and cDrti' In 1t" ls-ue
nm, ala f i.u.!s and other h=curlt!is liz 'f-
tain cases. .. =
A A.. 10 alusad an act cutie, IN "ct
n,s.,d u,tohcr 20, 1862. o'n3>rniai, ri3fsi Ia
. in.inal cases.
A act for the relief cf ThnnltS ". Humid
lrv. commissioners Of the revoaIc Tor tn c''h.
t. Il Mathews.
U,usa bill u amend the oh $ rlon 81 chap
ter 10 Of imc Code. concerning p"'7'i'.
INSURANCE oS Il "cc".
u,,s, hill rcp.sliny alI laws AZ 'hcrizing the
iusurar &C oC tobacco by the State, aud amending
| The 18th section of chapter 81 Of the Code Sd as
to render tho inspector liable to the owners u
tchacco WAS taken up Msasrs. LfNCh ah'
HART favored I'll. passage Of the tai.
Mr. NASH opposed the bill rs uuwise' niIu'''
aud impolitic. orra
rotnIv considered in the other House. II WAS
on. Of the most important bills that has betn
urte1 on during this session. We have private
warehouses at various points, and thsre Was no
NECESSITY now for the State TO provide warehouses;
for this purpose. ~
There were now in Lynchburg 5000 hogs
heads OF tobacco. iuSWed by The State, anu "oF'h
four O, tive hundred thousand dollars, in Ware
hou;es owned BY privat, individuals, and not
be ,oorire 10 the State. Tha State. meanwhi!r,
is irsu, ing this tobacco against Ill damnge' Tor
the psitry sum Of thirty or forty cents per hoes'
head. He could not see any stronger reason Tor
insusing" tobacco by ths Stats than tor insuflnG
q, ,r. 60
Mr. KEEN said since the year 1871 the SAFE
has been receiving N very large sum tor me In
snraucs of tobacco. Just ut this moment, now
ever, it seems thu tobacco has become som.~iat
y drug-ths trade WAS not so brisk, and it WAS
proposed to change this policy of insurance.
lie hoped the Senate would not net hastily III tho
matter. lie moved to refer the bill to the C""i-
mittee on General Laws.
NJ. HUSrgR sail if tho Insurance was IN
tended 20 refer to the destruction ot t"rar"
BY the public enemy, then we should not per-
init the law 20 reUaln ~ dav longer on our sta-
t.ta book. But does this policy Of INSURANCE
i.npn-e liability in ease ct the dH7trnciion VI
the tobacco hY the public rncmy: IhiT polcv
w.s, .:0uhtlcss, vc-y wise in t!ln"s past. bu'
| now the vaiue Of the property ~ ihrHo lnefefS
ii; it has Il ;cnmulatei, riled W. upon ~; ana
for whose Len. 1T? Who owns tia t,D@ccnI
hero stored? Who but the sHcculator1 hna
!nr this ~pittanJe Of thirty or forty cents TIC
! State of Virginia Is IL perpetual insurer
There ia TO limit as to the tim,. Every cller
Insurance company In. n limit is 10 time. IL
We ar" insuring this tobacco tor all tl'ne Ter
81 or 40 cents per hngSt,cai, !; Ia q d'-crtm'Ha
tjnu ia favor of that Inv"rc1t which ought NOT
t. exist for ill hour. The Insurance. might
have been proper in times Of peace, hns now
the practice il uniust, unwlFc, extremely haE-
ur10us and should he discoHtlilu"4 ~ o'ic1 ny
passing this bill.
-, tk,S ,.sNs mt ~ nttpSTIln
ur p0iiey, but G: contract. II there has been n
.rrminm of irsm a"ce raid. thc contract has
been entered into. ard the State Is hound and
cannot release herself. lie thought the STATE
could relieve herself by the passage oi IN act
aieing notice that hereafter II" insurance
would be made upon tobacco. The parties
should have an npr ,"rtunitv Of removing their
toDac,n n- nf covering it with other insurance
MIR. BR.xSoS held that the Stat: Of virginia
j. 4 sovereign State, and she has auth2ri-
~ tn rcpeal the statute which ruins TO tie extent
Of indefinite insurance. The paltry sum 1t 81
cents Vas not eutic;en; 20 indGca the State 20
continue the insurance for an indefinite period.
H., racoIiected that when tie Senate had re-
ceived a license tax for q whole year thu license
hal oftantbaen revoked some three months before
the expiration Of the time for which i! had been
obtained. lila thought . siEli!ar course could
be pursued with regard to the insurance on TO-
bacco. :,
Mr.. RANDOLPH said, the Ststce Of the ola
Union lad repea:edly tried to tax Banks, and II
had been decided that the States could not do So
because it would b. impairing contracts. Had !
been held that n license VIA n cuntin't and not
9 priy iiegc, then the license could not be recalled
4 license. however. was only a privilege ahs,
no. a contract. IF the Stnte has made a contract
10 insure ihs t0hncco, it will hold good n5
-. 1,, ...,t ,la nv, ., M. t,I tho pntistS Will
90 dcci lie. the pnssa,e of this bill to the contrary
Mr.. HART cxliet the previous question. which
v:as sustained. The question OH laying tie oll
on the table was decided in the negative. Iii:
1ii! WAS then passed.
RESOLUTIONS or THANKS
The President vacated The chair for the puI
pase of signing enrolled bills, aud tho Vice Presl
dent. Mir. JAMES +. JOHNSON, presided IN h''
pia"9. .
Mr.. IiaLL offered the following resolution
which was unanimously agreed TO;
Resolved, That in testimony ct the hi2h aP
probation by the Senate OF the ssTviccs o
Ii u,enaut Governor S.mial Price, rs presiding
eff scr ilIe thanks nf the Senate are her by len
drred to him for the impartial ard dign;h d man
ner in which lie Las Ilesidtd over LIN dellbera
tons.
Mr.. HART cfarfd The following resolution
which was unanimously agreed 10:
Reserved, i ESL me lNNnhb VI 'lo hSii't OIL
hereby rendered 70 Shelton G.. Davis. clerk o
the Senate for the faithful aid 1iigent mannerii
which he has discharged the duties Of his ctiice
REVIVAL or ISJrNCTIoN or SECRECY.
Mr.. DICKINSON aid that on the 4th and 9TH
February, certain proceedings We're had II
secret session, from which he desired 10 re-
move the iniuactirn. Much misuhderstand
irg has existed in respect 10 that acton
which has been styled q decd without a
nama." lie WAS dcsir0us that the credit, u
any, and rl,e responsibility should attach
where they were property duo. For The ac-
comulishment Of this object, he moved that the
Senate eo into secret session, to enable him to
mnyo 10 remove the il INJUNCTION of secrecy from
the proceedings referred to-; and IN that mo,
siGn he cailoI for the ayes and aoea.
The vote was taken, and the molten Taa
disagrccd t,--avcs IL, noes -.
ApJDURsaEST
Nr. KEEN mnred tka ADOPTION OF II re'g!u-
ton that the liruse nc informed that the Scr
ate is new ready to a.. iuurn until the hrsi
Monday in December, 1850.
The resolution vas agreed to, and MIR. MEM
waa directed to communicate tho same T" the
Iluusa Of Delegates.
Il similar message from the House CT Dec
gates wac brought 10 the Senate.
The President Of tho Seratc, Lieut.. Gov,
Pace, having returned 10 his seat,
Mir. JOHNSON rose and said
Mr.. President, during your absence, tic
Senate have passed u resolution hearing ,asti-
mony to their high appreciation of your ser
sires as tho presiding officer Of his body,
:. which the clerk is requested TO read for your
information.
The resolution, as given above. was read bJ
the clerk.
The PRESIDENT then arose and said:
Senators Before / pronounce the Senate
adjourned. until irs next regular session, | do
sire to cxpress 70 y1u my thanks for the honor
yuu haze done Inc by the passag' OF thc reso-
lriion which you have :dortc, III regard to
the manner in wIrirh I have discharged the