The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-03-25
10 oddea \, ,ho House to the 9th section was


Honse, similar to The second section, was, on
motion Of Mr., HERSD,s, stricken out, ana
the original section as it came from tue coli-
mittee adopted In lieu thereof. 49,
The ninth section, consequent upon the
action of the Senate 10 striking out the second
section proposed by the House, was slrlcheh
out on motion of Mr.. GRlAsLEY.
The eleventh section. as proposed oy Tue
Housc. was also stricken out on motion
of MIR. GRaMsLkY. and the section Us IL cathe
from the committee adopted in lieu.
On motion of Mr.. LAWSON, the Senate al
journed.
The House met at 10 o'clock A. NJ
Speaker HANGER presiding.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The folio wing bills were reported 1aFo[a-
b,v: House bill to prescribe the times for
holding the circuit courts OF the Eigntn Ju'
dicial circuit: House bill appointing CON-
missiorers to attend the American Centen-
NAL Exposition; House bill TO authorize tne
Governor TO appoint a special police to ap'
nrehend persons charged with, arson; House
bill TO amend the charter of Pamplin city.
The renort Of the conference committee on
the hill in relation to district officers was
agreed to.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of MIR. DooLEY, House joint
resolution to amend the Const'l tlon III re-
gard to the Court Of Appeals, hnsnce, &C ,
was made the special order for to-morro" at
~ NJ.
Mr.. GILMAN introduced bill to authorize
the Board of immigration to cause 10 be pup
lisbed Maury's map of Virginia, provided 1t
can be done without cost to the State.
By Mr.. WirHgRs: Bill to incorporate the
Lynchburg Club.
ADVANCED.
The House was engaged for an hour In ad-
yancing local and private bills taken up unuer
SUSPENSIONS OF The rules. MessrS. GRAVES
and HoLBRooK persistently opposed the IN
terruption of the regular order oil business
and urged the Importance OF dlsposlng OF tne
important public bills still pending. Finally
the House refused to further suspend the
rules, and Senate bill prescribing the duties,
powers, &C., of certain county officers, pro-
viding
FOR THE COLLECTION OF TAXES, &C.
came I'D as unfinished business.
Mr. HolBaooK moved to amend the 18th
section so as to read as follows; which was
| agreed to:
Section 10. Each treasurer shall com.
meuce to receive the State taxes and county
Ieyies yearly on or before the 1st day OF July,
or as soon thereafter as ne may receive
comics of the commissioners books; and for
this purpose shall advertise Tor OF least ten
| DAYS at the court house and at the voting
places in the magisterial districts, and 10 such
other manner as may be necessary to give
| 80 t1,nra %
will be at some convenient public places In
each magisterial district to receive taxes and
leyies and SHALL at the time specified go to
said places so de.gnated in each magisterial
district, and remain there not less than three
DAYS, for the purpose Of receiving rs well
the State taxes rs the county levies, and shall
receive the SINE whenever rendered up to
the 1st day of December yearly. Any per-
son falling to pay any State taxes or county
levies to the treasurer by the 1st of December
shall ircur a penalty thereon of five per
centum. which shall be aided TO the amount
of the taxes and levics due from such tax
payer, which, when collected by the trea.
surer, shall be accounted for in his set.
Elements. 1t shall be the duty of the
treasurer, after the first day Of December,
to call upon each person chargcable with
prior to that time, or upon the agent OF such
person resident within the county or corpo-
ration and upon failure or refusal OF such
person or agent to pay the same he shall pro-
coed to collect by distress or otherwise. But
he shall at any time have the same power as
now given under existing laws, by distress
or otherwise, to collect taxes or levics against
any taxpayer absconding or leaving his
county"
Mr., CRlTz moved 10 amend by providing
that the county treasurer should have TWO
and half per centum, to be added TO taxes
not paid before December lst.
This was supported by Messrs. Critic. c.
GIL, and WINS, and opposed by MesSrs. HoL-
BROOK, GRAVES, J. A. CARTER, and others,
and was rejected.
Mr.. CRITz moved to strike out the penalty
of Eve per centum for the nOn.payment Ct
taxes. and argued that if the collector was
not to receive the amount OF the penalty
there should be none imposed.
Mr. HoLBRooH replied that formerly the
collector was paid ali uncertain sum, ave.
raging two per centum; now his pay IS in
creased and made certain, and is TO be paid
from the treasury, and the five per cent.
should 20 into the treasury. To give the
collector the penalty is to offer him an in
duccment TO delay the collection Of taxes in
order to obtain for himself The additional per
centum. To impose no penalty for non-ptv-
ment of taxes would be to delay almost in
definitely the payment of taxes.
NleSsrS. RlDDLEBARGER and STUART also OPP
posed the motion 10 strike out, and MeSsrs
ARMSTRONG. WYNN, and others, favored it.
The motion to strike out was agreed to
ayes. 5S; noes, 90.
Mr. GRAVES moved TO amend the seth Sec
ton by providing that The county treasurers
shall collect township taxes. Agreed to.
Mr., HoLBRooK moved TO amend the 9th
section which prohibits any attorney for the
Commo wealth, county judge. county or
circuit clerk, or sheriff, from holding the OF.
fee of county treasurer, by providing that If
any person shall be elected to two or more Of
such offices bis qualification in one shall be 4
bar to his qualification in any other, DC.
Agreed to.
Mr.. MORRISON moved to amend by per-
hitting the supervisors Of Rockbridge county
to Tx the compensation of the treasurer OF
that county. Agreed TO.
The bill as amended was then ordered to
its third reading, and the bill TO provide for
leasing the
SHOPS OF THE PENITEHTIARY
was taken up, and was discussed by MessrS.
1, ,Pa.M, FULKEKsoN, FITZPATRICK, and AN.
DER sOa-
MIR. ANDERSON said he could not vote for the
bill. erause It virtually repeats the act for the
sale of THE pcnitentiary spriDg-lot, and eSpe-
ally be ea:9se it gives stab to the mechani-
.aI intpre ss of the State by bringing convict
abor in co spatilion with that Of the honest
horrors amy tnecbanics of the State.
The oupsii 81 being upon the passage Of
he hi, if WA defeated for want Of con.
t;,,,;,n Il n,o;o VIZ rs follows: