Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1889-12-21
FROM RICHMOND
COLUMBIA RAILWAY AND
NAVIGATION COMPANY.
4 BILL FOR ITS Incorporation
To Allow Women TO Practise Law
Opinions OF a Number ofsenators
md Members of the Legislature
on the Question.
Special to the TIMES .

very important bill las just been in
troduced in the legislature. 1t pro-
vides for the incoI poration of the
Columbia Railway and Navigation
company. The company is granted
the power to construct railroads,
establish steamship lines, build ship
yards, docks, basins, elevators, trans
fers, lighters, steam tugs, ETC., and
shall have the right in Virginia to
secure and establish terminals for it's
lines; to build safeguards, mills,
furnaces, and to operate and to con-
struct railroads or c'.IaLls connecting
its works, but such connecting routes
shall not exceed in length ten miles.
Ten thousand acres d land may be
held The company is also granted
the right to acquire and hold stoc ks
or bonds of any company charter ed
by any of the republics OF Sou TIA
America, and to acquire and own the
stock OF any steamship company that
may be incorporated t. run between
any port or ports OF ths United States
on the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic
ocean to Bouranquilla or Carthegena,
or any other port upon the Caribbean
sea. The capital stock is to be not less
than 81, 900, 900, nor more than $780,
900 600, to be divided into shares Of
500 each.
The board Of directors may consist
OF twenty-one members. The prin-
cipal office shall b. in the city OF
Richmond, and the general Offices for
the transaction Of business may be
established in Washi agton and other
cities.
The corporators are H. c. Parsons.
s. H. Letcher. Dennis Shannahan,
Edward Mcmahon, J. j. Montague,
Ashton Starke, V. D. Groner, Jed
Hotchkiss, Park Ag lnw, Francis a.
Reed, D. s. Burnell, Frank j.
He lrne, Eugene DAM. Archie Camp
bell, Eli Ensign, NaJtan Golf, John
B Jackson, Il. s. CHAMBERLAIN, F. G..
Montague, j. H. Warner, William
Morrow, Nathaniel Baxter, G. b.
Stahlman, John r. Thomas. Cyrus
II. Mccormick, Thomas W. Holiday,
Frederick Matt, Z. A. Kevans, Frank
Ridgley, Logan H. Roots, montgomery
Fletcher, A Baldwin, Joachim Viesca,
W. b. Schmidt, W. j. Behan. ]. P
Whitney, Juan Oteri, A. 4. Miller. P.
Toenchy, H. c. Yarmouth, Richard
Pearson, Alfred Grimes, John L.
Thomas, Orland Smith, Granville P.
Halves, a H. Simpkin, B. d. Green,
E R. Andrews, e. S. Sargent, F. L.
Amistead, T. A. Beall, Charles Elliott,
Charles Tabor, E. S. Quintard, Will
liam P. Elliott, Chancey Ives, j. Van
de Venter, C. J. Barke-, R. E Ferrow,
4. P. Colesberry, and Il. II. Nickel
Among the bills passed are these:
To authorize the Max Meadows Land
and Improvement company to sub
scribe for, guarantee, Or acquire the
stock and bonds OF any corporal ion.
To authorize the Southwest Real
Estate Investment company to sub
scribe for, guarantee or acquire the
sto ok and bonds of any corporation.
To amend the cole in relation to
granting new trials.
To authorize the increase of the
capital stock of the Virginia Develop
ment company and the issue OF pre-
ferred and common shares.
The arrangement OF the mass-meet-
Ing W Uc lelo ia tiljo SiCy SelIoiody
night, for the purpose of insuring the
burial of the remains Of Hon. Jeffer
son Davis in this city, oave been com
pleted. Governor Lee will preside.
and all the different organizations,
civic and military, will attend in
body. The meeting promises to be
one of the largest ever held in Rich
mond.
The bill introduced by Senator Pc
tiers, to allow women to prac tise il
the courts of the state, has cause,
considerable talk he:e, hut there IL
little probability of it becoming a.
law.
Mr.. Peters, in an interview with q
reporter Of local pa per, said the bill
was offered at the request of Mr.. P. A
L. Smith, of Danville. whose wife is
very intelligent woman, who want
to practise law. Continuing, Mr.. Pc
tiers said Mrs Smith applied to Judg
Aiken of the corporation court o.
Danville, for certificate preparation.
to be examined by three judges, as
required by law. Judge Aiken, AZ r
taking several days 70 examine ne
law in regard to women practis 9
law, decided that he had no authU
ity to issue the certificate In conse
o1ence thereof Mrs. Smith now come
to the legislature of Virginia.
The reporter intervie wed at random
senators and members Of the house il
order to get their opinions regarding
women lawyers.
Senator Sands: On general princi
Piles l am opposed to voman's rig hts
In New York and some Of the western
states there are femal, lawyers, and !
think the laws of Massachusetts ais
allow women to practise law.
Senator Moore: There are too man!
LAWYERS now. AS some body has sal,
in regard to the matter, 1.-THE laborer
are many and the harvest is few
The ladies ought to visit until bust
ness increases. / think that som
years ago the county court Of Fair
fax admitted Mrs. Belva Lockwood e.
practise, and I believe this was tn
first time q woman WAS allowed t.
practise law in this state.
Speaker Cardwell: don't fancy j
at all. In the first place it is a ne"
departure, and it is calculated to de
grade the standing of the fair sex.
Senator Stubbs: There is Lati
maxim, me suffer ultra cripidam.
The plain English Of which is, Letno
shoemaker go beyond his last, an
I say, let not woman SO beyond n.
sphere.
Senator Echols: I am opposed
women practising law, and will vot
against the bill.
Senator Harrison: T. don't see an