Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-19
LEGISLATIVE.

In Henrlc0
a companion MEASURE to the debt bill,
one re irlng the 50 500. 900 of the tax re-
oeiyabe coupon bonds held By the eduos.
tionel Institutions AID issuing therefor
per cent. certificates. was passed In the Gen
ate. The bill permits the States to redeem
these certificates ct pleasure. The retire.
ment OF the bonds held By these Institutions
will remove the last veetige Of the OLD oax
receivable coupon bonde.
In the Hcu,e q bill was introduced to make
contractors constructing railroads liable 10
the owners of lands for treepasses com INIT
| ted by their employees.
J The bills for the reduction OF criminal e1-
penses we're taken cp. and Mr.. Blackstone
called for the bill to provide for tue waiver
of the right to q trial by jury. ibis was
amended go as t, provide that any person
accused of any "mlsdemeanor" may Wol9e
this right, and thet the waivers coneenG
shall be entered on the record or noted on
the warrant, aud that the court or justice
may try such offence. The bill was pssseo
The bill to provide for the transportation
OF oon7lcts to the penltentisry was next
called. Tuis bill au,horlz,s the Saperiu
tsndent OF the Psnitentiary to send gusfc
to each county or corporation to convey
each nrisouer to the peniter tisry. After
lengthy discussion the engrossment OF tne
bill was defeated.
The Mushbach Senate bill. furnishing
pool selling and other forEas ct gsmoiiog,
came up In the House at noop. The qoes
ton was upon eereeing TO the amendment
reuorted py The committee for Court, OF JGs'
tice. excluding The operation OF the mess
ure from peticui,ural fairs and driving parKs
juripg tins sc,usl ttme OF racing thereon.
| Mr. Hudgms favored the amendment
MIR BsBdCelm favored postpopemebt
M. Usmeson thought t1is amendmen
vas merely bait TO throw out to catch TO.
asr;cu.turists Il it was wrong to gsmn'.
IL vas wrong 20 d. 80 upder under any apo
All .ircumstsno-s.
NJ Gibs,n: You say you are oppTsed to
,suollng, Have you MOI Just mad be
has The Kent railroad bill will pas:
+! mr Csmpbel;: I SIN not indn!ging IN per-
{ sonailies.
/, ME- shaokeford favored the amendments
He Thought that IL gambling Ia conduc ed g.
Jackson City, the Cnmmonwealth'ss attorney
Of a exaudris county ought TO punish the
/, e lenders
Mr. Saunders, the chairman OF the COM
mittee which reported the measure, opposed
| he amendments. He favored the bill, be
would permit the conducting of bookmskin2
and pool-selling just es they are now az
Those engaged in this form Of gambling
YOU'D have to do would be to start up 8 III,
tle driving park where few horses could
be ruu. or establish a fair and upon the
grounds OF which run horses. Mr.. Saunders
declared the House could not afford to put
Itself In tae position Of endorsing this amend
ment.
The Speaker here announced that the
dine for the special order the debt bill
having arrived, Mr. Sanders time was up.
Mr.. Munford, of Richmond, rising to dis
cuss tins Diet measure, replied to Mr.. Shack
eford's remarks about the ability Of tle
prosecuting tiorneys TO break up the pool
rooms. So far es Richmond is concerned,
Mr.. Munford said that t9e Commonwealth
t)rney there had endeavored to prevent
tnis busioeas from being conducted. The
owDey OF the Richmond bookmsking eat 3D..
usbmens had license, and could not be iD-
.erfsred with. He moved to substitute the
5snate bill for the House measure on thu
came subj;tt.
Mr.. Munford then submitted several
amendments ID the debt bill which lad been
seresd upon by it, friends. All OF them are
merely technical, and do not affect any es-
senllal feature.
Alter debate the House, by vets OF 81 to
8 conquered in the Senate bill providing for
The settlement of the State debt under the
tsrms sgre ed upon By the Oioote committee
rhe oDiy essential amendmeLt placed upon
1.-The bill by the House was With regard to
the commission to be paid for funding the
debt. This provides that the einking fond
commissioners shall not require commits
sion of more than three and one half per
cent, and may, at their discretion, name an
amount SO low az that fixed by the Oicott
committee The OH EFT Of this section ID to
remove the possibility OF the latter com
90 tee lowering their price for funding tie
debt with the object OF control. ing ell of the
out. tAndipg Obligations. 1he propositlon
t., strike out the provision 10 tie bill e1-
emrt.np the bonds from taxation Was
Eiso'ed bg tae House. The measure, With
the amendments adopted by the House, Wit
pe sent to the Senate to-day, whore these
will no doubt be promlt y ooncunedt IN.
Mr.. Washington, Of Westmoreland, who.
Jointly with Mr.. Chambers. of Nor:hun her
isud. prepared the oyster bill now before 70
Ssntts and House, believes that the mea.-
ure, If enacted, will yield an annual revenue
of over 100000 There are now apparent
| IL, he es, 45. 900 acres OF oyster lands rent
ed oup ST 81 cents per acre. These grcunor,
| however, were never surveyed, anu sena
cor Washington believes that survey OF
them will snoV the exls:snce probably oil
| 100 900 soree, which, al rental OF 81 an
aole, (tle price dzed upon IN the bi'l,l viii
| 7ieid the amount he names.
Abg fsn5, win eminent counsel on both
-lues, was conc udtd lasb night before leg
sis,iys commit % over Dill to abolish
| oonuulsorg pliuLege In this Stata IL was
c.snim ousiy decided to report the bill Will
| Al soyer.e recommendation.
The Senate fnanoe. committee Wednesday
decided 10 report favoraby the bill iooreas-
ing tae numDer Of repositories for st ar
iunds The bill makes spy bank In the
5ts.e eligible as depository Whlch shaii de
! ..usl, win the STATE Treasurer Rtddiebs'ge
o.. bonds to the amount of 70 Pei
cent. OF the face vine OF such nond'. Iht
Ia 10. taer PROVIDES tnat no cc..anapge snal
oe charged 10 Che treesprsr's drafts