The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-23
General Assembly of Virginia.
WBpsEsDAY, April %, 1874.
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The Lieutenant. Governor In the chair'
No prayer.
ferred. q '''''.'
PENCE LAW. Yrs.@ -
House bin to authorize the county OF u.s.
sex to vote on the question of the renee Jaw
was amended to include King and Queen
county and then passed.
PROM COMMITTEES.
Mr.. THOMAS, from the Committee oo
Finance. reported, with substitute, oenHss
hin to INCORPORATE the Capitol Buiiding anu
| State Interest Concert Company. Aiso, Sen u,
ste hill TO amend and reenact seetlon 20 ..
chnpter Al of the Code OF 1873 Ia ie aas;vs
~ the t;me when collectors are 10 recei. {
,,,coiIacted taxes and leTies from c0uns!
uuso Also. without amendment, house
S; I snr r.lief of J. L. Boswell, admln's.ls,
plii ioa ie for work done on the CoYington
and Ohio railroad.
ano PaEsBNrnD.
10 AR ALLAN: Bill for the relief OF d.
p Hooper, Joseph Jorgenson, ana Ja .R g
M;oLle sureties Of B. n. Cox, late sherln o!
Prince Edward county. Ordered 10 sec0no
| reading. nan - ,.exent the de.
,..,,ct;on of certain birds and their eggs
witbin the limits OF the county OF Acco,
moo Referred to Committee on Genera
Laws. ~, - a.. So,;of n,
Hiram p. Dillon, late township collector OF
Powell township, in the county OF ocoss
Ordered to second reading.
Rv Mr.. MASSEY: Resolution that the joint
committee to investigate the expenditures
and affairs of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum
be instructed to inquire into the expendl'
tmres and management of the finances OIL
the Asylum from April, 1865, to the period
wben The military authorities removed the
Roard OF Directors, and that they be author
ized to send for persons and papers. Agreed
to.
House bill to provide for the completion
of the Black Lick and Cove PLASTER DanB
turnpike, in Wythe county.
House bill for the relief Of J. 0. SHan'
son, of Pittsylvania.
House bill TO incorporate the town o.
Smithfeld, in the county of Nansemoad.
House bill to incorporate the Lexington
Gas Company.
House bill to enlarge the corporate limit:
of Goodson.
JAMES gIvBR WATyR.PoNHn COMPANY.
Senate bill to incorporate the James River
Water-Power Company was under consider
alton when the order OF the day-the tai
bill-wss called up.
JUDGE OF GLoUsHSTBR.
The tax bill was under consideration
when the hour Of o'clock arrived, and was
laid upon the table in order to execute the
Joint order, having for It's object the election
OF a Judge for the county OF Gloucester.
Mr.. Warner r.. Jones received 124 votes
on Joint ballot, and was declared duly
elected.
THE TAX BILL
was resumed, and Mr.. PENN offered the
following in lieu of the 18th section:
"All real estate and buildings belonging
TO orphan asylums, TO the institution for the
education of the deaf, dumb, and blind, te
Iunatic asylums, real estate Belonging eIclu
siyely to the Commonwealth and public
buryng-yrounds appropriated and not fol
sale. shall be exempt from taxation; al! rea
estate and buildings used as churches or fol
divine worship or real estats belonging tc
any city, county, or town, TO free schools
to the University OF Virginia, 70 The Vlr.
ginia Military Institute; to incorporated col
leges, academies, seminaries, and other lnstl-
tulions devoted to the purposes Of education
to the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association
such real estate used exclusively for the safe.
keeping of fire-eneines and for the meeting
of fire companies, if owned by fire com.
pany or q city or town, of value of not less
than two thousand dollars, shall be exempt
from taxation provided, however, that
nothing herein contained shall be construed
to exempt from taxation any lot or building
partially or wholly u$cC for aiiY private pur-
poses or for profit, aIld all Tie property men
toned in this suctiou shall be exempt from
all taxation by county, city, or coTa auslorl-
ties"
Mr.. COCHRAN and Mr. uCypLEV opposet!
and Mr.. Penn favored the amendment.
Dir. PRIDEMoRg wanted all church pro-
perty exempted, and he moved so to amend
MIR. PENIS substitute for the 18th section.
Mr. PRIDEMoRE's amendment was adopted.
MIR. PENIS substitute for the 18th section
was rejected: ....
AyEs.-Messrs. Dawson, Grimsley, Hernd Id T.
heem, MofTett Penn, Pridemore, Ragland, Smith
of Nelson, Terry, and Wynne-l1. r
nally, Crltcher, Eastman Eubank, Ftnnsy, Greeyer,
Holiday, Hundey, kirkpatrick, Lacklano, Law "
son Maddox, Sewberry, QucScnuerTy, oxilln VI
Russell, stevens, Taylor, and Ihomas-I1.
ca Mr. PEss's substitute was rejected.
Mr. KIRKPATRICK offered q substitute for
the 1O4th section, proposing to tax merchants
an the largest amount of capital employed
during the year instead Of taxing them on
sales. The substitute was rejected.
AYRs-Mcssrs Allan, Cochran, Dawson, DUFF
neld, Evans, Grceyer, Herndon, Holladay, Kirk
patrick, Lakeland, Maddox, Mohit! Quesenberry,
fs Sos ss es Sea.ey, Band cchcr
es Tnsy SaPfy hSref
Su:ith Of Ncson, Stevens, Taylor, and Thomas-1S.
Ats O'Clock the Chair was vacated until s
p. N.
Evening Session.
The Lieutenant-G Governor resumed the
chair at O'Clock.
House bill "to amend and reenact Sec
tions l and of chapter 200 of the Code of
1878 as amended by m act approved March
p, 1874, entitled IAN act TO amend aud re-
enact sections 1,2,3,4 aud 9of the 200th
chapter OF the Code Of 1873, In relation to
grand juries," was passed.
rHB TAX BILL-THH TAX ON MERCHANTS.
The House bill for the assessment, levy,
and collection of taxes, being the unfinished
business of this morning, was taken up and
further considered. The Senate returned to
the 104th section, under rule allowing the
BILL after it had been considered section by
section, to be reviewed.
Mr.. DUPPIELD offered the following, to 60
at the end of the 104th section: "Proyided
that retail merchants be exempted from tax
alton on their purchases if made from whole
sale merchants or manufacturers doing bust
ness in this State"
The amendment was supported by Messrs.