On motion, by one of the majority, to reconsider and restore the following words, struck out from the end of the proviso to the eighth section: "or which, at the time of making the said valuation or enumeration, shall not have been assessed for, nor be then held liable to, taxation under the laws of the State wherein the same is, or may be, situated or possessed, shall be exempted from the aforesaid valuation and enumeration:"
It was determined in the negative—yeas 6, nays 14, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Bingham, Foster, Howard, Latimer, Laurance, and North.
Nays.—Messrs. Brown, Chipman, Goodhue, Hillhouse, Langdon, Livermore, Lloyd, Martin, Mason, Paine, Read, Sedgwick, Tazewell, and Tracy.
On motion, by Mr. Mason, to add the following words to the end of the eighth section: "except such as, from fixed infirmity or bodily disability, may be incapable of labor:"
It was determined in the affirmative—yeas 11, nays 8, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Howard, Langdon, Latimer, Livermore, Lloyd, Martin, Mason, Paine, Read, Sedgwick, and Tazewell.
Nays.—Messrs. Bingham, Brown, Foster, Goodhue, Hillhouse, Laurance, North, and Tracy.
On motion, by Mr. Brown, to strike out of that part of the eighth section which respects the enumeration of slaves these words "above the age of twelve, and under the age of fifty years:"
It was determined in the negative—yeas 10, nays 11, as follows: