The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-04
General Assembly Of Virginia. I
rxrrA ACKNOWLEDGMENT Day.
"a WEDNESDAY, April 3, ls'2'EE.
EsENATE, s.
President pro tenn, In the

.S SENATE.
Az TuouAs, President pro tenn, ln~the
chair. u,rs
mn ,asrssxrNT OF LANDS IN CERTAIN CotNTihn'
Mr.. TAYLOR, OF Loudoun, offered tue io''
lowing joint resolution: 1,,, If
g Resolred bY The Senate and Rouse q
De,eontes. That leave be given to introduce q
Hill to cnnble the board OF supervisors vi
Snch counties rs have failed to CONSIDER liie
question of the reassessment OF LANDS Therein
70 avail themselves of the benefit OF All act ~
force February l, 1872. entitled AN ACT ioi
the reassessmcnt of the lands in the Io'n'
monweath." o,do,n.
Tho r,lcs we're suspended for the purpose OF
considering the resolution to-day. oc
The resolution was then agreed to-ayes'
16: noes, ii. ,, =, inform the
House.
THE TAX BILL.
Mr. DANIEL, from the House OF Dei e; W:
communicated to the Senate the TAX piil ''ii'
morning passed by that body.
On motion of Mr.. HuNDLEY, it was oraereo
IN motion Of Mr.. HrSDIEr, it was resolved
+hat oil members (excent the chairman OF the
E;nonce Committed be limited TO tcn'Ininute
snorchcs and be not allowed to SPEAK Dut
tw;ee on the same subject during the con-
sidcra;ion of the bill. , NOR
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Sneaker HANGER In the chair.
PLACED ON TIE CALENDAR.
I-ndor SUSPENSION of the rules: Senate
;o;nt resolution extending the time for ascer-
taining the amount OF schooi taAc' 'oi -o'''
and district purposes.
THE TAN BILL
c,mc I'm rs unfinished business, the question
he;ng mon its passage. After some denate
the Vote was taken, and the bill passed Dy the
following vote (siNty-seven necessary
ayrs.-Mcssrs. Allen, Ragwcll, Bcaton, Berger
Bishnu Boiling, Booker, Borlinn, b9.nh, I pntor'
cr"nrr l. r. Brown, Bryant, Blu'kIoldcr DuucI'
iao,hcII, Christian, Cog Cotrcll. Irtz, Cum
mngs, Daniel Donald, Dooley EaIih; EioGi i,n, III
gerald, Fukcrson, Gardner, - "l r1Iostv Head
f,iii irXre, " T. Jones' Kelly; kncheloe, Lawson,
Lewis. A. b. Lightner Loyenstein Matthew; Miller
Queen. Radiord Ratlif, Robertson, Roller Sangster'
Scrscgs, Smith, st. John, SouthaH, Stephens
S ro9 TM S W Wak su Watt l Wasd%
Wharton. Williams. and Mr.. Speaker HangerE,1p.
SOEs-licssrs. Anderson, u: q. BroUn. JACK Car
ter p. j. 6rte Glopton cG!smGn' G%r, Renesle
K. J1Ues. Rufus S. Jones, keyser, LGssiter, Lag-
scom5, Mcmillan, Nickens, Noble. 0'Ferrali, Pit,
ferson. Hiddlebarger, Rogers, Russell, I"rpl"' ana
" A lTsStS or NOT vorrNc.--Messrs. Bernard,
Bowen. Dalton, Delaney, DQagtH$, Fletcher, W., ".
fbeJrs N,rf0n Pui1e. Parks, I'edrce, Powell, Per-
i XIX. E1mSdeL Shoot, Snidow, ,Sorall, Thomp-
son. Tan Iiu!cn, Walker, aud foun0-@'.
Radicals in italics.]
A motion to reconsider was made and lost.
INote.-The motion made on Yesterday to
fix the tax on sales of liquor at five instead
of ten per cent. was made by Mr.. DANIEL, OF
Richmond. 1t was adopted. On motion of
Mr.. WALL, the tax on canyassers to buy arti-
cles of subsistence was reduced from $50 to
S10.]
COUNTY AND DISTRICT SCHOOL TAXES.
Senate Joint resolution extending the time
for ascertaining the amount OF school taxes
for county and district purposes was taken
up and passed. 1t extends the time until the
18th of May.
COLLECTION OF TAXEs.
House bill to amend the Code in relation
to the collection of taxes was amended ana
ordered to its cngrossment and third reading.
APPROPRIATION BILL.
House bill appropriatinS the public rere-
nue. for the year 1S1l-'I2 was taken up ana
amended.
Mr.. HAMILTON moved an appropriation OF
$4,000 for the Hampton Normal School for
colored persons.
This amendment caused an animated de-
.i,;o Oh lJ,. y az
raigued the Radical party for their course LII
the last and present session OF the Legislature:
After pcrsistenly voting against any and all
taxation, he claimed that they manifested UNI
paralleled assurance in asking this appro-
priation for privatc institution in the hands
of aliens, and managed in the interests of the
colored race, of which thcirparty was almost
entirely composed. Incidentally, he OK
pressed the opinion that the course Of the
Radical party in this Legislature had been
the result of Il deliberate purpose to make the
Legislature obnoxious in the eyes of the peo-
pie, and said that they were trying to make
an economical record even ut the expense OF
principle.
Dir. NORTON replied to Mr.. GILMAN, and
defended the Republican party from the
charges made.
lne amendment Ol MI. IlAMlLTUN WIS e
jectcd.
Mr.. DENEALE moved to strike out the sec
ton appropriating $4,000 respectively to the
University of Virginia and the Virginia
Military Institute. This amendment was
advocated by Mr.. DESEALE and opposed by
Messrs. PoAGUE and SUTHERLIS. 1t was then
rejectcd-ayes, 30; noes, 10.
Mr.. p. Il. JONES moved to reconsider the
vote by which the amendment Of Mr.. HAM
lLToN was rejected. Agreed to.
The question being upon agreeing to the
amendment giving $4,000 to the Hampton
SCHOOL,, it was decided i'll the negatiye-ayes,
10; noes, s..
Mr.. GILLIAN, of Prince George, moved to
amend by an appropriation of $4,000 to the
same school. Rejected.
Mr.. MCMILLAN offered an amendment
appropriating $4,000 out of the liquor tax
towards the support of the public schools.
Mr.. DONALD proposed to amend the amend
ment by making the appropriation one-tifth
of the amount collected as percentage tax
five per cent? on sales Of liquors. This
was accepted by Mr.. MCMILLAN, and the
amendment AS amended was agreed to.
Dir. DESEALE proposed to make the appro'
priation to the civil contingent fund "ten
instead of "twcnty-siX" thousand dollars
Withdrawn.
The bill was then ordered to engrossment
and third reading. .-
Adjourned.
DIED,