Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-02-21
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.

the House today Mr.. Arnold, of
Bedford, the patron of the Austria
liam election.law bill, which was
recently reported from the COM
mittee on election, introduced a
measure proposing radical changes
in the registration laws of the State.
1t is said to he duplicate OF the
Tennessee law on the same subject,
and is believed to be in many re-
spects similar to that of South
Carolina. The bill provides for
the appointment by the Governor
for each county and city of the
Commonwealth a board of three
commissioners of registration, not
more than two TO be of the same
political party, two of whom shall
constitute quorum, the appoint
merits to be on or before the 1st of
June, 1890, and every two years
thereafter. The commissioners of
of registration hall 90 days prior
to every election appoint two reg.
listers of voters, not more than one
whom shall be of the same pOliti.
cal party, for each district, town or
city in their respective counties,
and where cities or towns are divld.
ed into wards, two registers at
least 20 days before the day of
election for which the registration
is had.
The most striking feature of the
bill is that requiring that before
any voter can exercise the right of
suffrage IN any election occurring
after the law goes into effect shall
obtain certificate Of registration
from the register of his voting
precinct. This he is to obtain in
person, and on the days and be-
tween the hours named in the pro-
posed law. The register is requlr-
ed to number the names of voters
regis cred, giving the color and
complete descriptive list of the
voter, and shall furnish to each
voter so registered a certificate Of
his registration as a voter, which
shall he numbered corresponding
with his name on the reglstrat on
books, and no person shall be en-
titled to vote except on the presen-
tatiOn Of his certificate as a voter,
the certificate to be taken up by
the Judge of election and cancelled
At this session Mr.. r. Fl. Tyler,
of Prince William, introduced in
the House today a bill, which was
referred to a committee, to submit
to the qualified voters of Virginia
at an election to be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Mon.
day in November, 1890, the ques.
ton of limiting the funding of the
public debt of Virginia. Mr.. Ty Ter
IN W has a resolution before the
fiOance committee proposing to
limit the funding of January, sol.
Mrs. Adeline !. Russell, through
Senator Leyenstein, today sent
communication to the Legislature
in which she says that she has long
been impressed with the belief that
it would be very conducive to the
welfare Of the State and TO the
State and to the dlminutiOn of
crime if means should,be adopted
whereby youthful offender against
the laws could be sep arated from
hardened and experienced Grimm.
ais and means adopted for tn cir
reformation as well as pa nishment.
Mrs Russell offers to devote two
tracks OF land, one containing III
and the other 120 acres of land in
HenricO county, near the city, if
the State will erect upon them two
refOrmatOries, one for the white
and the other for cOlored criminal
youthS.
The caucus of the Democr ATTIC
members of the General Assembly
tonight spent several hours consid.
erlng and discussing the important
financial measures now nending.
One OF the most interesting of the
propositions is The bill now before
the House which in effect cOntem-
plates increasing the annual aDprO-
priation for disabled Confederate
soldiers or their widows and or
p ans from $4,000 to about $50,
600. There is every disposition on
the part of the Legislature to grant
this increase, but IN the present
financial condition Of the Common
wealth it is believed that to do so
will embarraSS the treasury. The
caucus took no definite action upon
the pension nor any of the other
various financial measures before
them tonight. Among the impor-
tant coupon bills which occupied
the attention Of the caucus were
these: The removal of the trial
Of coupon cases from the corpora
ton to the circuit courts o: the
State to create board of excise
commissioners in cities; Tyler's
bill to limit funding to 1891; Treas.
urer Harman's plan for using all
of the available assets of the
Commonwealth in the payment of
interest on the debt, and another
to allow Common weaIth's attorneys
in cities an assistant, who is TO de-
vote his attention to Obstructing
the use of coupons. None OF these |
questions were definitely passed |
on.