Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18
Legislation Interesting to Stanton
and Augusta.

and Augusta.
There is good deal of the work now being
cut out in the legislature, that is of inter
est to Augusta and Staunton. The reds
tricting of the State for the representation
of the counties IN the legislature is some
of it. This work has been entrusted to a5lb
committee consisting of Delegates Gibson
of Culpeper, chairman, McIlwaine Of Pc
tersburg, and Wilkins of Northampton
and Senator G. p. Jones of Highland, and
one more Senator. The basis OF
representation will be the figures of the U.
s. census of 1890, and about 10000 popula-
ton will entitle to Senator, and about
10000 to Delegate. The population of
Augusta is 1910 and that of Staunton
under the census) 1854. which would give
them Senator as they have now. In the
matter of Delegates, Staunton and Augusta
have combined population of ,374, which
gives them 10, 374 over the 80 900 required for
two delegates. This population should not &c
unrepresented and there should be a tioater
delegate in addition elected in connection
with Rockingham. Rockingham has a
population of %, 567, which under the ap-
portionment at 5000 would give her one
delegate and with Is, SCI voters unTepre-
scented, which added to the 10000 of Au-
gusta would entitle her to share in a
floater. Thus, every four years Augusta
could elect Senator of her own, and every
two years two delegates CT her own and q
fioater. The reapportionment will have to
be done before the 1st of January, 1892, and
the joint sub committee is meeting nightly
to accomplish it's work.
[Since writing the above, the sub-cOm-
mittee has made its report on delegates,
and gives Augusta the same number. 2,
that she had.]
THE SEPARATE CARS BILL.
The following is the text of the bill in
troduced in the House by Delegate Will
liams of Augusta. for separate cars on
railroads in the State for whites and blacks
''An act to promote the comfort of passengers
on railroad trains.
Section BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of Virginia, That all railroads car
rying passengers in this State, other than
street railroads. shall provide equal, but sep
arate accommodations for the white and col
ored races by providing two or more passen-
ger cars for each passenger train, or by divid-
ing the passenger cars by partition so as to
secure separate accommodations.
Section BE it further enacted that con-
ductorS Of SUCH passenger trains shall have
power, and are hereby required to assign each
passenger to the car-or the division of the
car, when it is divided by partition-used
by the race to which such passenger belongs;
and should any passenger refuse to occupy
the car or the division to which he or she is
assigned by such conductor, said conductor
shall have power to refuse to carry such pas
senger on his train, and for such refusal
neither he nor the railroad company shall be
liable for any damage whatever in any court;
provided that this act shall not apply to cases
the State upon such railroads under contract
for their transportation made in other States
where like laws do not prevail.
Section 3-Be it further enacted, That any
passenger upon train provided with separate
coaches OF divisions for the passengers, who
shall ride, OF attempt to ride, in a coach OF
division of same not designated for his or her
color, contrary to the provisions OF this act,
shall be guilty OF amisdemeanor and shall be
fined upon conviction thereof not exceeding
one hundred dollars, provided that such rail-
road companies shall have the right to regulate
and control the travel of all other coaches in
each of their said trains except the two coaches
OF double COACH as the case may be, as pro-
yided for in this act.
Section 4-Be it further enacted, That all
railroad companies that shall refuse or neg
lect, within sixty days after the approval of
this act, to comply with the requirements of
section of this act, shall be deemed guilty
of mlSdemeanOr, and shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined not exceeding FIVE hundred
dollars; and any conductor that shall refuse
or neglect to carry out the provisions of sec
finn 9 of thiC az Cho1 IT No doomed fV of q
misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined not exceeding one hundred
dollars.
Section 5-Be it further enacted, That all
laws in conflict with the provisions of this act
be, and the same are hereby, repealed"
THE PARTRIDGE SHOOTING SEASON.
The following is the text of the prohibito-
ry clause of the bill introduced by Senator
Echols of Augusta, with view of suspend
Ing the slaughter of cartridges during the
Christmas holidays. 1t makes it unlawful:
To kill OF capture, or offer for sale or buy
any partridge or quail between the 1St day OF
January and the 18th day of October; OF any
pheasant OF ruff1ed grouse OF wild turkey be-
day OF September, in the counties west of the
Blue Ridge, except for the year 1891 in the
counties of Augusta, Highland, Bath, Allie
ghany, Rockingham, Rockbridge, the open or
nuuGIuS SEASON. dS 10 partridge OT quail Shall
close and terminate on the Goth day of Deem
ber, 1891; and in the counties east of the Blue
Ridge, except Prince Edward, between the
18th day of January and the 10th day of Octo-
Der, and in Prince Edward between the LIST
day of March and the 18th day OF October; OF
at any time to take or destroy the eggs of part
ridge OF quail pheasant OF rutfled grouse OF
wild turkey, or catch them with nets or traps
CHANGE IN THE LAW FOR OBTAINING
LIQUOR LICENSE.
AS the law stands now, a judge is COM
PEELED, under the Court of Appeals decision
to grant license to sell liquor where the
place is suitable and the character OF the
applicant good, whether the residents Of
the locality object OIL not. Mr.. Hunter
from Campbell county. has introduced in
House a bill to amend and re-enact section
5, chapter of the Acts of the Assembly
for the year 1889 go relating to liquor
license, to remedy this
The amendment provides that the petitioner
before applying shall have posted a notice OF
his purpose to apply for license six weeks il
advance, and in at least two Of the most con-
spicuous places in the community where he Pre-
poses to sell, and provides further that wher
ever the majority of the representative people
of the community are opposed to the selling
of ardent spirits therein the Judge of the coun
ty in which the license is sought shall in nc
wise grant license. Either party to such ap
plication shall have the right to appeal from
the order of judgment of the court granting Oh
refusing such application during the term al
which the application is heard and decided, tt
the Circuit Court of said county OF corpora
ton. The judge of such circuit shall take
cognizance of such appeal, and may hear the
same either in term time or vacation, and
may grant or refuse such license according tC
the provision set forth in the bill.
THE FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO