Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-19
BOARDS OF EXCISE.
THE BILL PROVIDING FOR THEM
PASSES THE HOUSE.
Mr.. stubbs's Oyster Measure Passed by
Against His Protcst--Tbe Full Pro-
ceedings of Both Houses.


ACKNOWLEDGMENT J. Hoge Tyler
having returned from his home. in Pu-
laski county, where he was called by the
illness of one his children. called the
Senate to order at ~ NJ. yesterday. The
davis session was opened with prayer by
Rev. j. Wiley Bledsoe, OF the Park-Place
Methodist church.
A large number Of bills were reported
from the committees among them these:
10 extend the boundaries OF the city of
Norfolk: TO authorize the qualified voters
of the county of Prince Edward TO vote on
The ouestion of a removal of the court
house. clerks office. Jail. &c., TO the village
of Worsham; TO incorporate the Prison As
ISOLATION Of Virginia with an amendment;
to incorporate the Virginia State Bar As
sociation with an amendmend); to re-
ouire the Auditor of Public Accounts to
prescribe a form on which sergeants of
cities and sheriffs of counties shall make
off their accounts for fees allowed them
as jailers.
MUST DECIDE IN FORTY DAYS.
Mr.. Jones. at the request of Judge J.
Singleton Diggs. Of Lynchburg, presented
the following bill. which was referred TO
the tOiAA - Va " tHAi'Is
Be IL enacted on he General Assembly, Of Vir-
oin;a. That IL shall be the duty of the
courts of this Commonwealth, and the
Judges thereof, to decide each and every
case submitted to them for decision within
forty days after the same shall have been
so submitted, and to enter judgment, or
der. or decree accordingly.
And it shall be the duty of the clerks of
all appellate courts to certify and transmit
to the clerk Of the court below the deci-
sion. Judgment, order, or decree OF the ap-
pellate court within twenty days after the
same is rendered, whether the term shall
have ended or not.
This act shall be in force from its pas
sage.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. Echols: For the relief of the es-
tate of James +. Patterson, late clerk of
the Corporation Court of Stanton. Re
ferred.
By Mr.. Mills: Authorizing an election
upon the question of the removal of the
county site of Wise county from Glade
Vile to Tacoma. PLACED ON the calendar. !
BY Mr.. Moore: Toincorporate the Nokes-
Vile Distilling Company. placed on the
By Mr.. Mills: To incorporate the Taco
ma Improvement Company. lPlaced on
the calendar.
PASSED OUT OF ORDER.
Mr.. Peasants called up the bill to amend
section IL of chapter 377 of the Acts OF
Assembly, extra session of 1887, to amend
and consolidate into one act the laws re-
lating to public printing and binding and
defining the duties of the Superintendent
of Public Printing and to repeal chapter
1876 of tho Acts of Assembly of 1920,
and after adopting several amendments
the bill was advanced TO it passage.
The bill TO incorporate the Allegheny
Company was taken up out of its order on
motion of Mr.. Jones and passed.
House bill extending the boundaries of
the city of Norfolk was taken up on mo-
ton Of Mr.. Turner and passed.
EXCISE BOARDS.
Just az Mr.. Berry closed his speech on
the public-expendtures bill, reported else
where, and Mr.. Echols was about TO adj
dress the body, Sergeant-at-Arm Weaver
announced message from the House. and
Mr.. Saunders informed the Senate that the
lower branch had passed bill to establish
boards of commissioners of excise and to
define their duties and powers.
Mr.. Jones moved to pass by the pending
measure in order that this House bill
might be placed on the calendar. This was
agreed to, and here arose peck Of trouble,
for efforts were made to gain precedence
for numerous measures whose destiny at
this late stage of the session was matter
of extreme doubt unless they could be
passed upon at once.
THE OYSTER QUESTION.
Mr.. Stubs was in the humor to talk
about oysters and called for the immediate
consideration of his substitute for the bill
amending the general law so as to increase
A f,n,,a thfc which ho1
been made the special order for 1890
o'clock.
Mr.. Berry objected to this. thinking his
bill. which had by consent only been pass
ed by for moment for a special purpose,
should be again taken up.
MIR. Moore supported him in this posi-
ton, and Mr.. Jones moved to again take
up the bill.
The Chair thought this was the under
standing of the body.
Mr.. Stubbs, however, insisted that his
bill rs a special order should be considered
at once. 1t was an important subject, he
contended, and if the bill. which would
bring a revenue of $4,000 or more into
the Treasury from the oyster industry, was
to be defeated he wanted the responsibility
therefor to rest on the Senate and not on
himself, as he had done all in his power to
improve the oyster-laws and to make availa-
BILE the revenue which the State should
receive. The State, he declared, had no
more profitable industry than her oyster
fields. and he expressed the belief that the
passage of the bill before the Senate would
make the taxes derived from this source at
least $4,000 per annum.
Mr. Moore moved to pass the bill by un-
til to-day az l o'clock, and this motion
finally prevailed after prolonged contro-
yersy, in which some rather sharp remarks
passed between some of those who partici-
pated in the debate. Mr.. MoOre's chief
reason for wanting to pass the subject by
was that the House Committee was en-
gagged in the consideration of bills bearing
on this subject which would probably be
presented tomorrow, and he thought the
Senate could act more advisedly with the
results of this committees labOrs before it,
along with the results ofthe Senate commit
tees investigation of the same subject. He
was in favor of the passage of some bill per-
fecting the legislation concerning the oys-
ter industry, but did not think. from hur-
ried examination. that this bill would at all
benefit thu present situation.
Mr.. Stubs was not at all pleased at the
action of the Senate in passing by his bill;
and he moved to further postpone the bill
To the LIST of March. This motion was de-
clared out of orde
JUDI ELECTED.
Mr.. Blackstone asked the Senate to pro-
coed with the execution of the joint order
which had for its object the election of a
Judge OF the County Court of Northamp-
ton.
After the usual interchange of messages
with the House nominations were declared
in order. and Mr.. Blackstone presented the
name of Mr.. Gilmore S. Kendall, who re-
ceived all the votes cast and was declared
elected.
THE MILITARY CODE.
Mr.. Stubs now called for the second
special order, which was the military code.
Since the Senate had by its action in pass
ing by his oyster bill practically declared
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