Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-18
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The Senate adopted Joint resolution.
which the House concurred in, to amend
the Constitution go az to allow justices OF
the peace to try misdemeanor csses. The
Of 10 OF this legialRtlon is TO remsdy the
defect In the present law. revealed by the
decsion of the Court OF Appeals In the May
Miller case.
TIE debt bill as reported By the finance
committee came up Ia the Senate the after
noon as special order, and was discnaaed
at length.
Mr. Siubbs moved to st:ike ont the SEQ
ton OF the bill ezemptlpg the Oicott bonds
from taxation. He did not see why this
provision should be put In this measure
when it had been omit ID In all the other
debt bills.
Mr.. Wlckhan conter dsd that thia exemp.
| tlon was an inducement for the people OF
this ale to become owners of these bonds.
This policy, If carried out, would keep the
interest on the debt 10 thls Commonwealth.
Place tax upon thess bonds and you Will
not, the speaker, con; ended, SCI any one In
this stste to own them.
After further discussion Mr. stnbb5'
amendment was lost By vote of 81 to 5.
The bill was then passed as 1t came from
TIE com m'ttee. The vote upon its passage
wss 81 10 O.
mr.. stubbs introduced bill proposing to
submit to tls qualified voters OF Virginia
the question OF calling a constitutional con-
Veniion.
In the Hcuse the committee for ccul t. re-
ported, With amendments, Senator @asb'
oach's Senst, BILL Furnishing book making,
pool.selling and other forms of gambling.
| The amendments reported by the committee
exempt from the provisions of the measure
he genes of aDy agrlcu tural association,
during the days Oh which the fairs OF such
shall actually be held, or upon any race
course or driving park while races are being
he'd thereon. Another amendment pro-
| posed by thu committee WAS TO strike out OF
| the bilI The words "bet or 2sm5le."
Mr. Saunders opposed the emeuduenfe
| reported by ths committee. He took the
ground that IL WAS Inconsistent to permit
es % Ding to % carried on by any one oless
/, woioh was prohibited and punished II In.
do ged In by another or uuder different Or.
| cumstaoces Tne speaker expressed the
! hopa tbtt he House would vote ITEM doom.
TIE acuse agreed to the comm 1t SOS d B.
recommendation. 10 strike ouc tho words
"bet or gamble" Toe .t1er smendmeDt,
with regard to tair.grolud s and race o5urses,
stoan came up
] M Glb.on, Of Cupeper, though. tina Gan.
s'e bin vas mons'rou' bill. Toe pc a
N al from Feaokiiu M Ssunders) seem- to
ninx thst !. Ia the do OF this Lagis azure
! o pry Into the pslvsre acts aad morals o.
every oirzsn 10 tbs 8 IT. AID asks you If
gou legs,izs gambling You ere not asked
do any suoh thing. This bill simply pro.
poses to puoiah With heavy 6ue certain
species OF gambling Isay the true method
of governing Is to let every man do as he
chooses, provided be commits no crime.
Continuing, Mr.. Gideon said that the
amendment proposed Ia good one. II pro-
poses pss to legaliss gambling end hoise
races. aid ut agricultural fairs or driving
parks 1t simply says that q man who Ia
ron % suoh lbs tntions Ia att criminal.
Mr.. McIlweiu. OF Petersburg, favored the
bill az it came from the Ssnae With the
words "betting or gambling" stricken ous,
Which had been agreed on. and opposed the
anne ndmsnt under discussion. He took the
ground that the bill ought to be general In
its nrovIsions and not exempt certain local..
Ties. The bill was finally passed by for the
day. 49,,
The bill then went over and the debt bill
was taken up.
The consideration OF the railroad commits
sion bill was resumed 10 the House In the
evening. MIR. Kent, the patron CT the meas-
ure, opened the debate In Its favor. He
com pared Mr. Pllchsr's Views to come OF
jules Verne's characters.
kRong TIE bills introduced In the House
| we're: ap Got to provide for the working
of roads in Gainesville d.teiot, OF Prince
william county, and by Mr., Bendhelm. an
act to change the name OF the Alexandra
cnd FL rfax Pasean ger Railroad
The House psis,d the Senate bills to
amend tue code relating to the appoint
uent of directors and surgeons Of the peni'
@: tsrV, and to amend the sections gov.
erning tas management Of the penit snttsrys
| NOTES
The House Committee on fosnce hes
agreed t. report faVorably bill appropri-
sting $50 600 for Vlrgioia's exhibit at the
Worlds Fair.
TIE Senate committee on public insttu.
lions YET t,rday evening determined not TO
take any further to, timony In connection
with tbs charges against Superintendent of
Public Instruction John E. Massey. The
sltiaot was referred to subcommittee t,
| ooneide- and report to the general commit
t;e IS It's meeting Oh Friday.
The Eouse committee IN tbs Chesapeake,
ETC., agreed !, report, With some lninpGf.
tans amendments, Mr. Chambers' bill for
tie s..vey of the oystsr grounds.
| Among ths bil!s introduced in the Senate
on Tuesday were: TO i4ccrporst, the Win
chester, Fredericksburg and Norfolk Ball
road Company, and to allow ell county
treasurers and deputy treasurers of the
| State further time to collect certain tax
tiokets in shsia hands for the years 1887, 49,
'S9 and go.
There was a spirited discussion In The
Ssnst, on Tuesday on the fret Of the bills
Tor tae fednotioh c, criminal e1pensee.
| This was the measure relative TO the iufis
dlotiou OF police justices. Ths bill wss
amended so as to proyida that the prisoner
shall eject whether he be tiled By t1e j1s.
tice or jury, AID the bill was ordered 10 i,s
engrcssmert.
The next I'LL taken mp was TO amend the
f! Code relating to venire faoias In cases OF fsl
ong Senatcr Mushbech moved to strike