Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-02-12
LEGISLATURE.
On Friday in the senate, Mr.. Echols Of
tered bill to incorporate the Waynesboro'

aux.
THAT NEGRO HOTEL.
Senator Griggs called up out of its order
be House bill giving the consent of the
,tate to the erection of hotel on the Gov
'rnment land at Fortress Monroe, which |
lad just been reported from committee
Without amendments. The bill was passed
without any opposition and taken to the
House by special messenger.
The cOlored senator thanked his white
associate for their assistance in this matter.
PLEASE RETURN IT.
Mr.. Echols offered resolution, which
was adopted, requesting the House to re-
turn the bill passed on Thursday relative
to selling the stock Of chartered compa-
MES.
Mr.. Flood subsequently, informed the
Senate that the House declined to return
the bill.
10 the House, Mr.. Caldwell explained
that the bill was not in the custody of the
House, but was in the hands of the Keeper
of Rolls
Mr.. Gibson raised the point of order that
This resolution was out of order, and he was
sustained by the Chair.
The House then refused to agree to the
resolution from the Senate.
COMMlSelONEh
On motion of Mr.. HARRISON the Commit
tee on Agriculture was discharged from the
further consideration of the House bill
amending the law in relation to the appoint
ment of the Comm ssiOner of Agriculture,
aod it was Indefinitely postponed. Mr..
Harrison said an understanding had been
reached between the Senate and House with
reference to this matter, and to keep the
bill PENDING longer would embarrass the
Governor, to whom it was Intended that the
appointment sbonld be left.
INSPECTION OF MEATS
In the House the bill to prevent the sale
of unwholesome meats was reported from
the Senate with several amendments, and
on motion of Mr.. Downing the rules we're
suspended and it was placed on the calen-
dar.
When the bill subsequently came up for
action Mr.. Downing proposed an amend
ment to one of the Senate's amendment Is
which was adopted-to require that in cities
of Is 900 Inhabitants or more one half of the
fees i'm posed be paid to the inspector of the
meats and the other half go into the State
Treasury. The amendment passed bythe
Senate required this to be done in cities of
over 80 600 Inhabitants.
PETITION AGAINST CIGARETTES.
In the Senate Saturday, Mr.. Echols pre-.
scented petition signed by William FL.
Ksb'e, principal Sraunton Male Academy;
c. z Hoge, Reeves Gait, Ernest Nothena-
gle, William @. Kinney, Charles E Haines
(tobacconist), A. s. Woodhouse. G. D.
Conner. Cyrus Criegh, DR.. B. NJ. Atkinson,
and 1868 other citizaus of Augusta county
and city of Stanpton. praying the passage
of House bill No. 1856. entitled ga bill to
prevent the sale of cigarettes to minors"
Referred to the Committee on General
Laws.
CRIMINAL EXPENSES.
In the House, Mr.. Hay offered joint
resolution for the appointment of joint
committee, composed Of three members of
the House of Delegates and two members
of the Senate, to examine into the criminal
expenses of the Common wealth, and report
to the General Assembly by bill or other
wise; they shall have power to send for per-
sons and papers, and to sit during the re-
cess of the General Assembly if necessary
Mr.. Hay advocated the adoption. and with
out reference this was done, and the reso-
luton was adopted and communicated to
the Senate by Mr.. Hay.
The Senate having failed to agree to the
resolution Of Mr.. Hay in regard to criminal
expenses, that gentleman offered the fol-
loving resolution:
ResOlued, That committee of three be
appointed to examine into the criminal ex.
penses Of the Com mon wealth, and to report
to this House by bill Or otherwise; that they
have power to send for persons and papers
and to sit duting the recess of the General
Assembly.
After some discussion, the resolution was
adopted.
SALE OF CIGARETTES TO MINORS.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Cabell to pun
ish merchants for selling cigarettes to mi
nors came up on it's second reading.
The bill was amended on motion of Mr..
Gibson TO insert eighteen years for twenty
one, and subsequently, on motion of Mr..
Jones, of King aud Green, this was chang
ed to sixteen years.
Mr. Gard well proposed an amendment,
which was adopted, to prevent the sale of
pistols to the boys included in this act.
Mr.. Hacker offered another amendm ent,
which was also adopted, to Include dirks
and bowie knives.
An amendment proposed by Mr.. Letcher
to include tobacco in any form was also
adopted
Messrs. Hay and Flood vigorously oppos-
ed The bill They were of opinion that such
a law would be failure The matter could
onl, be regulated by parents.
Mr.. Chambers, father, made an earnest
plea for the adoption of the bill.
Mr.. Caldwell, while advocating the pas
sage of the bill, exhibited lengthy petit
ton sent to Mr.. Cabell, the patron of the
measure, by a number of college professors
and parents, asking the passage of the bill.
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the bill. but he made the point that the pro-
posed law would be a dead letter, as the
large boy could buy the things prohibited
latter Mr.. Ryan further stated if a father
sends his boy to purchase TOBACCO, the mer-
chant will be liable to fine.
The bill was ordered to it's third reading.
The Senate Monday by very decided
vote, rtjected Mr.. Peters bill proposing
to ameld the law 80 as to allow women to
vote.
The vote resulted as follows:
AYES -Messrs. Acker, Blackstone, Cor
nett, Folkes, Heaton. Lloyd. Lovenstein,
Nance. and Suoot.-9
NOES Mesars. Arthur, Berry, Dudley,
DUN, Echnls, 'hnson, Jones, Little,
Moore, peasants, r berts, Sands Stubbs,
urner, WicHnau, "oou9' a"u 1arrei'-
II
Mr.. Hurt. who was occupying the chair,
was excused from voting, but he stated
that he would vote against the bill if be
were ON the floor.
In the House Monday Mr.. Mason, Of King
George, introduced.a resolution, which was
adopted, directing the special committee of
that body raised a few days ago to inquire
into the expectancy of reducing the c iminal
expenses and other expenditures Of public
To this end the committee are
directed TO examine into the expenses of
every department of the State government
and report by bill or otherwise. The com
mittee will begin work soon, but it can
hardly complete it's labors before the end of
the session.