Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-12
Tho Barbour Tax Bill.

The following is the text of the tax bill of Mr..
Barbour as passed by the House of Delegates
on Saturday last
A BILL imposing taxes on real and personal
property to meet the necessary expenses OF the
government, for public free school purposes,
and to pay the interest on the public deot.
Whereas the conditi on of the people Of this
Commonwealth is such as to render an increase
of the rate of taxation upon property lmpractl-
cable, and the General Assembly of Virginia
concedinS that its power to tax the property or
person of the citizen must at all times be copn n
ed within the reasonable limits prescribed oy
what, in the Judgment of the General Assembly,
is the ability of citizen to pay, without ruinous
damage to his property aud business, hereby
declares that the present rate Of tsxatlon-to VII:
Fifty cents on every 500 of the assessed value
of property is the utmost limit to which the
General Assembly should proceed in levylng
taxes and whereas tho revenues of the Com
monweslth. with the present rate OF taxation
(which is the highest that should be imposed, }
will not enable the Commonwealth to maintain
its governmental organization by paying the ne
cessary expenses incident thereto under the most
rigid system of economy and to discharge its
constitutional obligation to the system OF Tree
schools, ordained by the fundamental law OF this
Commonwealth and to pay the present rate OF
interest on the amount claimed as the principal
of the public debt and, whereas, the preserva.
ton of the State government is absolutely neces-
sary, not only for the protection OF the person
and property of the citizen of the Common
wealth. but for the preservation of the rights.
and promotion of the interest of the CT editor of
the Commonwealth; therefore,
l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly,
That on all tracts and lots of land, and the i'm.
provements thereon, not exempt from taxation,
and on all personal property and chooses IN &C.
ton. and on sill toll bridges and ferries, th1ro
shall be tax-frst, of twenty five cents on every
one hundred dollars Of the assessed value thore-
Ct, which shall be paid and collected only in
lawful money of the United States for the e1.
elusive purpose of defraying the necessary ex.
penses of maintaining the government of this
Commonwealth, as the said disbursement may
be directed by proper appropriation acts of the
General Assembly; second, of ten cents on every
500 of the assessed value thereof for tho public
free school purposes, which shall.be paid and
collected only in lawful money Of the United
States, and shall be paid into the treasury to the
credit of the public free.school fund, and shsll
be used for no other purpose whatever; third. OF
fifteen cents ca every 500 of the assessed value
thereof to nay the interest on the public debt.
g. 1t shall be the duty of thu Auditor of Pub.
lie Accounts to have prepared as soon as pract.
cable the necessary books for the commissioners
of the revenue with sufficient and appropriate
columns for designating and setting apart the
several taxes hereby levied for the objects ana
purposes herein recited.
It shall be the duty Of the tressurers or
other collecting officers Of the counties, cities,
and corporations Of the Commonwealth, as soon
as the commissioners of the revenue shall deliver
their books of assessment, to have made out tax
bills, IN which shall be specified the amount of
tax levied for each of the purposes above named,
and shall keep the same separate aud distinct
from each other upon the books Of their offices
The said treasurers or other collecting othc GERS
shall, as soon as said books are delivered to them
aud the said tax bills made out, proceed to col
lect the same as now required by law. and pay
int no amount COll6ct60
them which amounts shall be placed to the
credit of accounts which shall be kept by the
treasurer and denominated first, the account
of money paid in and disbursed for the purpose
Of defrsying the expense of maintaining the
government of the Commonwealth; second, the
account of money paid in and disbursed for the
public free schools third, the account OF money
D lid in and disbursed for paying the interest on
tho public debt; and the funds so credited to
those several accounts shall be dlabursed tor the
several purposes designated for the SAID accounts
in such manner us may be prescribed by law:
The collectors OF the public revenue shall
in every respect conform to the requirements OF
section of this act in collecting and RENTING
sad revenue, and Upon failure thereof shau pc
proceeded against in the same mode 8. is OF
rected against the treasurers or other collecting
officers Of the counties or corporations by exist.
ing laws.
s. This act shall BIZ in force from its passage.
Captain Harrison, who is at the scene OF the
wreck OF the Metropolis for the purpose of
identifying the bodies of the victims washed
ashored has reported that the.bodies have been
robbed of everything that would have been
useful in the furtheranoe of bis object. The
robbery was, in some cases perpetrated by some
of the survivors, but 10 other cases the offend.
ers were the negroes and the lower class OF
whites from the mainland, who acted as If
they had perfect right to all they could lay
their hands Oh.
Babies ought to be we'll taken care of, their
system does not allow the slightest neglect. 1t
your baby suffers from Collie or Bowel Disor.
ders procure a bottle of Dr.. Bulls Baby
Syrup, simple but always reliable remedy.
Only rs cent?.