Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-03-15

,ured in Virginia.
An amendm ent to the Moffett punch
Dill to make the tax payable in currency,
was defeated 20 to IL, Mr.. Koiner voting
with the majority. The old law was then
offered as a substitute for the Moffett Reg
ster and it was defeated % to -. A mo-
ion to take up the Compromise Funding
Bill which had come from the House was
opposed by Mr.. johnson of Richmond, who
said the bill was an utter fraud, but it Was
taken up on Wednesday. The preamble
which declares that the present rate of
taxation is all the State can bear seemed
to be the stumbling block which kept the
extreme debt payers and the moderate ad
iusters apart. The bill was advocated by
Gen. Lee and Mr.. Brooke and opposed by
Messrs, johnson and John w. Daniel. the
latter especially opposing the preamble
Mr.. Koiner advocated the bill and opposed
all amendment to it. The extreme ad-
busters opposed it to man. 1t required
% votes to pass it and it failed Of passage
by the following vote:
AYEs.-Messrs, Bland. Brooke Chies Elliott
Gayle. Goode Griffin, Grimslev, koner. Lee Mou
ton, Phegar, Quesenberry. sherrard, tyler, and
NoEs"Messrs. Belts. Bliss, Daniel Fukerson
Hinton, Hart OF Hslifox. Hurt. OF Pttsviyianla
Johnston, Marshall, Massey, Norton Smith and
WalStOn-l3
Yesterday it was again up and was pass
ed.
HOUSE.
The bill providing for calling State
Convention was discussed. An amend
ment making members OF the present legis-
lature ineligible to serve in the convention
proposed was defeated SO to 40. Various
efforts to have less number in the con-
vention than 1872 were made, and one fixing
the number at 100 was adopted. An amend
ment so as to take the sense of the people.
in May, as to whether they will have
convention, and if they decide affirmatively
then the convention to meet July Sd, was
defeated, Messrs. Echols, Hanger and
voting against this amendment and Mr..
Vanlear for it. The vote was then taken
on the bill, which simply provides for
taking the sense of the people in Novem-
Der. as to whether they will have con-
yention, and it was defeated SO to so, Mr..
Vanlear voting for and Messrs. Echols and
Hanger against it. On Friday the matter
was again up. on motion to reconsider
the vote defeating the proposition. Messrs
Allen, Moffett, Fauntleroy, Lady, Har-
rison and Lacy spoke for a convention,
Corbin opd ponho m
against it. But the vote was reconsidered,
and on Saturday the bill was passed to its
engrossment equal to passage) by vote
of SO to SO, Mr.. Vanlear voting for and
Messrs. Hanger and Echols against the
| BILL 1t was passed Monday. butkilled i'll
the Senate. A bill was passed tC its en-
grossment, declaring that licenses are pri-
vllege land not taxi and must be paid
in money.
The bill for the revision of the criminal
law, whic goes into effect on the first OF
July, was considered. The provision
requiring executions to be in jail
yards was stricken out. The imprison-
ment for carrying concealed weapons was
stricken out and the fine of $50 left. An
| amendment was adopted to require drug
gists to be more careful in labelling
| pojsons. The bill was passed by a vote Of
| 50 to 9. The bill ordering the Auditor t.
pay over So, 900 every three months to the
| liquidation of the arrearages due the schoo
fund until all are paid up was ordered to
its engrossment.
THE COMPROMISE BILL PASSED.
The new funding bill reported from thu
Committee of Finance, offering the credi
Tors per cent, came up Monday. Gen
Echnls endpavored to have it so amended
as to pay per cent. on the bonds held b,
the colleges and institutions of learning
but his amendment was defeated, Mr.
Vanlear voting against and Mr.. Hange
for it. An amendment by Mr.. Bocock tt
paw per cent. for Is years and per cent
for 80 years was advocated by MI. Bar
bour il. a conciliatory speech. and wa
adopted by IS TO 26, all the Augusta dele
yates voting for it. The section of tn
bill, making the coupons -receivab]
for taxes was then stricken out by vet
of 20 to 81. and then-he wl'ole of the 9tl
section, which sets aside eight tentEs o
the real and property tax and the whole o
the capitatiOn tax for the government an
schools, and makes them payable in none
and gives the remainder to the credi
tors, was stricken out by vote of 66 t.
%. The bill was then ordered to its en-
grossment. The bill offers to the credi
tors to refund their bonds at per cent
for IS years and per cent for 80 years. tn
new bonds they receive in exchange to b
non-1axable ION principal and interest) b
city, county OF state, this non. taXabl
ftature making the interest equal to 4.14
100 per cent. There is no cOmpulsion il
the bill. and it is merely an offer to til
creditors. The Dispatch" report say
the extreme readjusters were highly il
dignant with Messrs. Barbour and Moffet
for giving their consent to this comrre
mise. On Tuesday, when the bill final
passed by s4 to 10, all the Augusta dele
gates voted for it. except Mr.. Hanger. TIL
following were the hayes:
Ntys.-John r. Carter, Crank, Frazier, Hange
Harvie Henry, McCabe Parrish j. Howard SmitI
Stevens. William Taylor, Wilmer, and MI. Speal
er-l3.
The tax bill was ordered to its engross
ment after the defeat of an amendmen
raising the income tax from per cent. t
2 per cent.
ANOTHER MESSAGE FROM THE COVER
NOR.
Some days ago the Senate adopted res
olntion. whether IN earnest or not is no
without doubt, asking Goyernor Holli'la
to communicate his views On PUBLIC mat
ters to that body. The Governor yer!
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