The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-17
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OE gIIRgIkIi.
ResnIt or enc Thlrteenth DAYS Pros
ceuaiaEs.

$50 =
BILLS AND REsoL UTloEs INTRODUCED
L AND REFERRED IN THE TWO HOUSES
i BifLs PASSED -MR. PAUL's REsoL UTioN
AS TO THE RATE or n. ssEEa TIC N--f,E "a
OF Mr.. q. n. PACE, OF DANVILL E--REs j
LuTIoNs OF REsPEOrs &C, sc.
St MONDAY. December 16, 1878. )
So. SENATE.
The Lieutenant Governor IN the Ch 1
No prayer.
A number OF House bills were read and
referred.
h. Mr.. WARD, from The Committee on Banks,
reported Senate bill to amend the charter OF
the Bank OF Manchester. Reduces capHal
stock from $4,000 to $40, 900. the Dill was
subsequently passed.
had been detained from his seat by SICK
ness. and asked that he be granted leave
untiI after the holidays. Agreed to.
Mr.. GRIasLEY, from the Committee on
Finance. reported Senate bill to amend the
law in reference to county officers, with the
Recommendation that it DO not pass. The
bill was rejected.
Mr.. HURT OF Halifax, from the Commit"
tee on Agriculture, &C., reported Senate
Bill TO provide for the inspection OF steam.
boilers. &c. Laid ON the table On motion OF
Mr.. PHLEGAR.
Senate bill to amend section 2 OF chapter
III of the Code, as amended, &C., IN re-
card TO commissioners of courts, was passed.
Mr.iSpTTLER asked to beexclsed from SER
vice ON the Committee on Constitutional
amendments, and that Senator QUEsEN-
pEpRy he Amounted in his stead.
Mr., SpITLER was not excused.
MIR. PAUL presented resolution calling
for information as to revenue derived from
the Moffett register in money and coupons !;
and, also, difference between specific-llcense
tax and that derived from the Mofett regis
ter. Agreed to.
Mr.. PAUL presented bill to amend the
fourteenth section OF the tax bill, DC. Re
ferred.
By Mr. SMITH: 4 resolution as to amend
irr the Constitution so as to tax the prlyl-
ege OF taking oysters, &c. Referred.
4 REDUCTION IN TUE RATE OF TAXATION
RATHER THAN AN INCREASE.
Mr.. PAUL presented the following:
Where's when the present rate OF taxa
ton on real and personal property was
adopted-to wit, on the 9th day OF April,
1s72-agricultural products OF every KIND
had marEet-yalue double that which they
now have, so that the people OF the State
are virtually paying taxes Oil double the
actual productive value of their real estate !;
and whereas it is manifest that on the re-
assessment CT the lands in the year 1851
there must be depreciation OF their pres
cnt assessed values OF from twenty-five to
thirty per cent; and whereas the proper
principle fer q basis OF taxation on iandeG
nroperty is the market-Value OF the products
thereof; therefore
Resolved, That any fna! arrangement noW
made with the creditors Of this Common
wealth should be made with reference to
the present low prices OF agricultural pro-
ducts and the pro .pectiVe reduction III tue
assessed value OF lands.
Resolved. further. That in consideration
of this reduced value OF agricultural pro-
ducts and The sad depression OF the farming
portion OF our population the present rate
OF taxation should be reduced rather than
increased i'll Virginia.
Referred.
The CHAIR laid before the Senate COM
munication from the Governor enclosing
the record in the case Of Judge TredWay
and the Attorney-Gc General in relation to the
recent action OF Judge Riyes. Laid on the
table and ordered to be printed.
DEATH OF MIR. PACE.
Mr.. HURT OF Pittsylvania presented the
following:
whereas an alIwise Providence has been
pleased to take from our midst the Hon.
GREEN r. PACE, a member OF the House OF
Delegates from the county OF PlttsyiVanla;
therefore be it
Resotued, That in the death OF the Hon.
GREEN r. PACE the General Assembly has
lost one of its best and most useful mem
bers, the State one OF It's most patriotic cltl-
zens, and tho community in which he lived
one OF its most beloved and philosophical
friends.
RESOLVED, That the sympathies OF the
members Of the Senate be communicated 10
the members OF the family OF the deceased,
TO whom the Clerk OF the Senate Is directed
to furnish copy Of these resolutions.
Resolved, That the members and officers
OF this body will wear the usual badge OF
mourning for thirty days.
Resolued, That as further mark OF re-
spcct for the memory OF the deceased the
Senate Go now adj ourn.
Agreed 10.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The SPEAKER called the House to order ut
u O'Clock No prayer.
Senate bill entitled an act to incorporate
the Glover Masonic-Building Association
was reported from the Committee OIL Propo'
sitions and Grievances.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED WITHOUT READING.
By Mr.. LOWELL Petition OF James g.
Fristoe, F. Ii. Bolen, William A. Compton,
r. A. Finnell, G. e. Roy, and other clti'
zens OF Warren county, asking that the
diversion OF the taxes levied Tor public free
school purposes be stopped.
By Mr.. EDWARDS: Resolution by County
School Board OF southampton county in re-
card to the {. diversion OF school funds"
BY Mr.. JORDAN:
ResoLued, That the Joint Committee Oh
Constitutional Amendments be and are
hereby required and instructed TO inquire
into and report upon the expedlency OF re.
turning to the old magisterial system OF
county courts.
BY Mr.. JORDAN:
RESOLVED, That the joint Committee on
l,