Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-17
LIBRARY BUILDING.
SENTIMENT CRYSTALLINE IN FAVOR
OF IT'S ERECTION.
Mr.. stubbs's Proposed Amendments To the
state Constituiion-The Oyster SUR
vex--Game Laws--Other Matters.

eraI Assembly is crystaIzing IN favor OF
commencing the erection OF the new
library building at an early date.
Including bonds already set aside under
the act providing for the structure, capt.
talization of rents now being paid for
outside off1ces and estimated proceeds OF
the sale of the Court of Appeals building
and the old cattle-scales property,
the amount available to start on
would be about $3.50. 900. 1t is designed
that the new building shall accommodate
the State and law libraries, the supreme
Court of Appeals. tho Southern aistorlcai
Society. the Capitol basement ofnces, ana
the offices of Superintendent OF Pubic In
struction md Superintendent OF Public
Printing. This would leave the CapitOi
building to be devoted to the offices OF the
Governor and the Secretary of the Com,
monwealth, and to the legislative halls anu
committee rooms.
There is some diversity of opinion as
70 where the proposed building should be
located. Several OF those VINO nave SHOWN
GREAT interest in the matter think the
proper sito for 1t is the soutneas. corner
az the SQUARE. Others are in favor or
purchasing a location for IL somewhere In
the city. All, however. who have given
the subject proper attention agree tnat us
immediate erection Is q necessity. Inc
weight in the Capitol, constantly IN
creasine the danger of fire, which would
entail incalculable loss. Is ever present,
aud the General Assembly committees are
compelled to meet here, there, ana every
where. Mr.. Stratton has moved IN tne
matter in a way that it Is understood Will
result In bill being introduced III rev
DAYS which will meet the requirements OF
the situation.
QUESTION OF REAPPoErroSMRsT IN 1925.
Senator Stubbs. when asked yesterday
his reasons for offering the Joint resolution
providing for amendments TO the Consti-
tuition with view of reapportioning the
State for members of the General Assem-
HTbe representation IN the House OF
Delegates, now, one hundred members
and in the Senate forty members, snould
be increased to more than one hundred
and fifteen members of the House, and
not more than forty-hve senators, so tnat
a reapportionment may be had In the year
1895. The reapportionment made IN De-
cember works great injustice to very many
portions of the State. and as our state Is
increasing rapidly in population and many
new ENTERPRISES and Developments are
being made. and the rapid growth OF the
same, REQUIRE that representation should
keep pace with the growth. In the hurry
that had to be made. necessarily, by the
General Assembly IN passing the late tdU
before January. 1892, 1t was not maturely
considered as il would have been other
wise. Reapportionment cannot De
had again until 1901. Under my
amendments, reapportionment can be had
in 1895. Let the people OF Virginia ex-
press their views on the question OF In
creasiug representation. Their views can
be reflected in the next General Assembly.
and il favorable TO tho amendments then
the amendments will be submitted to the
people for ratification or rejection. Some
of the members have expressed wish 10
further amend my proposition TO nave
annual sessions of the General Assembly;
about his no move has been made. The
question is now before the Committee on
Privileges aud Elections. and will be heard
in the coming week"
THE SURVEY OF THE oYsTEB-GBoUNDs.
The Senate Committee on Fish and Game
has decided to appoint member OF Its
committee to visit Washington and have an
interview with the Secretary of the Urea
sury in obtaining an engineer to survey
the oyster-plantIng grounds and natural
rocks. The House Committee on the Chesa-
peake and its Tributaries convened with
the Senate Committee, and also appointed
one of lis members to go to Washington.
Colonel X. j. Washington. of the Senate
committee. and Captain b. Chambers, of
the House committee. were appointed.
Senator Me Donald has already received
q number OF letters approving his efforts
to have the Australian ballot system IN
corporated upon the electoral law OF the
State.
woRLD's-FAIR BILL.
The form of a bill making an appropria-
ton for q proper representation OF the
State at the Worlds Fair was being con-
sidered yesterday by some of the members
of the General Assembly who favor the
movement.
The Governor yesterday signed the bill
appropriating $4,000 10 the soldiers ana
sailors monument.
Even the Senate will unbend its dignity
occasionally. Yesterday, after the calen-
dar had been cleared of and there was
nothing before the body, Senator Hacker
was called to the chair. This was the sig
nal for a perfect torrent of motions, made
with view of confusing MIR. Hacker and
having a little tun AZ his expense. But
the one-armed veteran from Grayson was
equal to the occasion. On the trst round
of ruling he sent Senator Peters to the
grass. on the second sent Senator Harrison
to his corner, and on the third cleaned out
the body. His parliamentary tactics may
not have bsen exactly JetfersOnian, but
they were Just and effective, and though
the Senate had its fun 1t was not all at the
expense of Mr.. Hacker.
THE GAME LAWS.
Mr.. John Jackson. of this city. had re-
ported from the House Committee on
Counties, Cities, and Towns, yesterday
morning three bills regulating aud sim
plifying the game laws OF the State. The
first measure makes the close season for
partridges, quail. ruffiel grouse. etc, east
Of the Blue Ridge from the LIST of Febru-
airy to the LIST of November; west of the
Blue Ridge from the 1st of January to
the 1st of November. Ii is unlawful
to destroy the eggs of any game, particu-
larly of wild turkeys, at any time The
other bill is TO make mandatory the sec
tion of the Code which now leaves it with
the discretion of the county supervisors
whether or not they shall offer premiums
for scalps of foxes, hawks, and other binds
of prey other than screech owls. The
maximum amount or such premiums re-
mains the same as now provided Ia the
Code, but all boards of supervisors
are required to offer some premium.
The third bill amends local game laws
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