The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-25


!, n eI,em upon tho sterling debt q the State
fo ~ interest due July l, 1867, January !;
/ 1868, and July /, 1868, amounting ~ aoou'
! S32. 000-ayes, 90; nays, 6. .o..,on. Al
Senate bill to repeal CERTAIN seS..oI' 70 y.
chapter SO Of the Code OF 1919, anu " PIN n
vide additional sections for SAID cnapts,, ~
relation to forfeited and Delinquent ianoo' =
TAX ON STAMPS. 90. 81.
Senate bin imposing tax on stamps upon
contracts. &c, was taken up out OF ls otuei
on the calendar. III, md
Mr.. A. I, CLARK opposed the Dill and
moved to postpone until Monday. next, un y,
make il the special order. In advocacy y,
i his motion Mr.. CLARK said: NO" Inet ;en, ba,
| conflict and should not be any anta roant;Ie
tween the agricultural and Inc n. snor;ty
1 and mechanical interests Inc p.t,,oily de.
OF the country and cit are 30 ~ iri;mately
PENDENT upon each other ana 81 i tha other
apennsct.d that il one Ianguishes Inc o.n .'st
,,s,,st vane-if one thriyes the otnef Illus,
nonr;sh like the Siamese twins, II W. W.
nrnto them il will be death to ooth. w. W..
sopu.t hot commerce is one OF the grea.es,. ,.
49, NJ wealth to any country, ana IL
sou,IGdI mt be crippled. Why, sir, kiSh-
end navs oue.eigbth OF all the taxes OF Tue
Tor,mon wealth, Shall we then, IN our
sanerness to preserve the public credit XIII
the goose that lays the golden eggl LIS per,
sonai interest was with the agriculturlst, ana
he you'd do all he could to advance
that interest, and to do so he Would foster,
not paralyze, commerce. Ihat Inc YAK Oh
merchants will bear less heavily on tnose oil
this city than it will on bis constituents.
| Here they make one business specially; ID
I,vnchburg and other smaller cities they
have 10 combine several lines OF business to
be successful. Several houses in his city
were doing business on . capital OF Sl0,00O,
with which in the course Of the year they
buy 100000 worth Of goods, and would have
to pay on State account alone about 1850.
Now, add to the United States tax
sl25. and city tax $3.50, making the
enormous tax of 81 $50 on business OF S6O,-
600 purchases and capital Of $4,000. To
this it is now proposed to add the stamp tax.
Before the tax was laid so heavily on mer-
chants he favored a'ta1 on stamps, but now
he was uncompromisingly opposed to it.
Mr.. HoLBRooX moved to lay the bill on
the table, which was rejectel-5cas, 40 {;
nays, So.
Messr. POWELL, CHc1L, and JNnfIN1s
made arguments in favor OF tho bill. aad
Mr.. DooLlY made q brief but earnest and
effective speech against it
On motion of Dir. Powell, the fEr.her
consideration Of the bill was postponed
until Thursday next.
YArs.-hessrs. Anderson, Arznensrous, Ann
strong, Blekings, Blair, Brooks, Jacx Carter,
A.. ]. Clark Davis DoolcJ, Einney. Flood Sos n
son, Gillian, Gilman, Goodwin, Grsyson, bar
ris, Hill, Heeniger, Hslbrook, VIM. Hoskins,
T: Hosfi0S HoT,rd yeit noiSer Lam M s2
Mcmillan, Morrison, Moss W. A. Nash, N!ckens,
Guild, Pannlil, Poplism, Rains, RichIaond, Rsund,
ior, Turner, Van Auken, Wharton. Winn, WisheIs,
EiTs|Messrs- Allen, B.aton, Branch Brown,
CLARK, CockerIlIe. Coghlil. Crank, C.its, Et7pat-
rick, Gaines, Gardner Graves. aaden Hamilton.
p. X. Jones, Jordan, B. W. Lacy, j. u. Lacy,
Lee, Lewis, Lightner, Lipps, Loving, Lybrook,
Hsesi, Psndesen, PoWeii R.ddIearsr Rogers,
Shumate, Stuart. Swami, STpha1. Wallace. "e6D,
Whitaker, Williams, fassr, and Mr.. speascr-S3.
A motion to reconsider was rejected
yeas, 4S; nays, g..
TAX on RAILROADS.
At 12o'clock House bill for tho assessment,
levy, and collection OF taxes on railroad,
canal, and other companies, came up ~ the
special order; was amended, read third
time, passed, and communicated to tie Sen
ute.
Senate bill providing for the reassessrent
OF lands in this Commonwealth IS required
by the Constitution YVES discussed II length.
and finally laid on the table-yeas, 3 nag 3,
80.
TBAS-Messrs. Arlnentrout Armstrong, Bick-
ings, Blair, Branch, Brooks, Jack Carter Z: j. Car
Ter Cecil. A. l. Glark, Matt CLARK Crank GritT,
ner, r. Gibson, y. ). Gibson, Gillian, GOODWIN,
Grayson, Haden. Hamilton, Harris, HIl; Hoeniger'
Lamkin, Lighsner. Lipps., Longley; Lowell, Lucas,
s Moss W. nay r. Sash, Niekens SorIo, Pophsm
Powell, Rains. Richmond. Riddlebarger, Rogers,
Round Scruggs. Stllers, sloyall, Syphax. Taylor
NAYs.-Mess1s. Allen. ! ndeTson, Basrell, Bea-
Graves, Harrison. Henderson, hudgin, Eunter,
sSraan Lee M ksT ohn L'Tn
O'Seal, Opld PendIctcn. Shunase; Strotaer,
Swami. TalIaferrs, Wharton, Winn' and Mr.
The SPEAKER laid before the House mes
sage from the Governor. [See Senate re-
port.]
On motion Of Mr.. GRAVES, the message
was referred to the Committee on Finance.
DIGEST OF THE TAX BILLS.
Mr.. OUlD offered the following resolution,
which was agreed to:
"That the Treasurer and Auditor Of Pub.
lie Accounts are hereby directed to prepare
and digest, during the recess Of the Legisla-
ture, the framework of the general assess.
ment and tax bills on the basis of the pres
ent subjects Of taxation, With blanks for the
amount Of the several taxes respectively,
with the view of abbreviating said bills and
making them mere consistent and effective.
Said officers may also in their discretion re-
commend any other subjects of taxation. or
make any suggestions relating to the reye-
nues Of the State and their proper co!lec.
ton. They shall report the result of their
work to the next House of Delegates during
the first week Of the session."
On motion of Mr. ANDERSON the Cover
nor's message in reference to constitutional
ana endments was taken from the table ana
referred to the Committee on constitutional
Amendments.
At3P, III. the chair was vacated.
Evening Session.
Sneaker HANGER resumed the chair at 8
PM.
completion of the Cumberland Gap railroad
was taken up.
Mr.. POWELL called the pending question,
which was upon the motion Of Mr.. RIDDLE
pARaER to reconsider the vote by which the
House ordered the resolution TO its third
reading. The call was not sustained.
The merits of the whole question were
discussed at length, and especially the amend
ment Of Mr.. OuLD (sgreed to yesterday, by
Messrs. ARMSTRONG, LACY, and others in OPP
position to the amendment, and MessrS.