The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-24

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There has been bill pending In the
Senate since the carly part Of the session
10 amend the general, school law, Of, the
State. Il came up Yesterday on ksecond
reading for amendment, when Mr.. Scott
Of Richie, moved It's indefinite postpone.
ment, stating that the Committee on Edu.
cation had reported the bill back with q
recommendation that II do not pass! As
a further reason, he urged that the too
frequent change Of laws rendered. them
offensive, and tended TO dissatisfaction.
He further called attention TO what he
conceived had become the real object OIL
the bill since It had left the hands Of the
State Superintendent and Of the Joint.
Committee on Education, viz. ra change
In the series Of school booksi which
change had evldentlybeen made between
the the time the bill had LEFT the hands o.
the Clerk, and It's return from the Public
Printer. The mouont To indefinitely post.
pone, was voted down, and tho bill was
laid on the table. ReqnieSeat in peace,
What a nice thing the commissions on
the netc series Of books would have been
In the pockets OF somebody. ! merely
mention this matter to show that "for
ways that arc dark, and tricks that arc
vain" the heather Chinee Is not alone
peculiar" al ''"'sl
The Convention Is still hammering
away on the article concerning "TaxatiOn
and Finance" Mr.. Wilson, on the pro.
position to re-adopt thepresent section, ~
| NJ thu Nnnottt,t;nn ~, & 1UIavot;o,,i = III
Finance, IN lieu Of the section reported by
the Committee, made the following excel.
lent remarks, which, as they arc brief and
to the point, have taken tho liberty to
send you Ia full; aarz-a1r 80
"This was one ono of the most difficult
and complex questions the Convention
would have to consider. To raise the
necessary amount Of revenue 10 dcfray
the expenses Of the government had al.
ways been difficult and almost every plan
that had ever been devised had given
more or less dissatisfaction.
fortunately for us, 1t has not come In
the form of an original proposition. We
have the benefit or the wisdom and expe.
rience OF several generations Over two
hundred years ago the people Of Virginia
in view Of the inequality and oppression
growing out Of . the system Of raising
taxes by the poll, changed the system
and raised the taxes by equal proportions
out Of the visible estates
"As this anti1uated enactment by our
fathers passed two hundred and twenty
seven years ago, would be Interesting to
mAny he read Il "a follows.
L NOVEMBER, 1915.
ACT XIV.
WHEREAS, the annclent and usual taxing Of al
people OF this COLONY by the pole, equally, hath
been found inConvenlent and 10 become linSup
portable for the poorer sOrte TO beare, This As
sembly hAYeing taken II into considerations, have
Tor ther releite hereafter thought tt 70 alter The
same: Be Il heFctore enacted, That al publique
leaves and county leayies be raised by equal
proportions outUf me yiAihle eBtAtes7 m me the
COLONY, The conformity OF the proportions to be
as followeth. tyiztJ g ,3IaE1
One hundred acres OF land at o. lb. tobacco.
HoSSes mares ssu and IL seidIngs at ,,iai x
breeding sheep ait L. H u
A breeding gOate Of s.-.... .-.rs % =
tlthable persona 90
"Tlris system of taxation was changed
from time to time until the year 1855
when taxes were again imposed, upon
property as we'll as upon tithables, and
from that time to this the mode of rails.
ling our revenues has been by general tax.
alton; large exemptions upon some spe-
cies OF property, as q general thing, have
worked oppression upon the people.
"What he desired TO sec was o system
that operated fairly alike upon all. Let
each species Of, property, either. in the
hands Of individuals or corporations, bear
its equal proportion Of taxation. This is
just and fair to the rich and poor alike,
whether the property be valued at ten
thousand dollars or one hundred dollars.
Give the people such system and they
will not complain.
THE first section Of article s Of our
present Constitution, taken In substance,
if not in language, from the former Con.
stitutiOn OF Virginia, provides that taxa
ton shall be equal and uniform through.
out the State He was satisfied with
that provision, and desired to see it re-
adopted. AS a general provisional con.
stitutlonal proyision-we cannot improve
it; it ought to be adopted without change;
but what We do want is some provision
prohibiting the Legislature from dIscrimi-
mating in favor Of different wealthy corpo.
rations and large property holders. Un-
der the operation OF the article,of our
present Constitution to Which he referred
it is competent for the Legislature, 10 reg.
ulate the valuation of farm products, in.
Guiding young stock produced within the
year previous 70 taxassessment, or, what
may be as well, thatt the Convention can
fix the amount Of exemption to'each
housekeeper.
"What the people want and will de.
mand is someh provision that operates
upon all alike, so that taxation shall be
equal and uniform" ......... +.
heSrd 1t whispered that George
"Yorkit' Cozad, Of the Register and Lu-
natic Asylum, had contempl plated depriving
the State Legislature. Of his valuable ser.
vices again this winter before the close Of
the session, but that since. the letter Of
your correspondent, showing up some Of
his Antecedents, has appeared in print, he
(YOrki0 says he intends staying long
enough to show X. y. q. what "nasty
quill he can throw l hardly think he
need 60 to that trouble, for every one who
is acquainted with "Poor George" knows
that nothing nice can emanate from either
his brain or his quill. Now, George us a
good fellow, barrin' his politics" and If the
proposition 10 submit the "Flick Amend.
ment' to n vote OF the people tcaS in his
keeping last winter, and lodS found missing
Just after his escapade from here, and Of.
forwards turned up in al out OF the way