Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-01-29
The Legislature for the Week.

Among the measures introduced during the
week were bills to punish betting, gambling
and aking-eXcept on agricultural fair
grounds during the fairs; providing that
drafts for public school teachers salaries
shall be l.iade direct on the State Treasurer.
thus avoiding the payment of the . per cent.
to County AfeasuTers: to prevent the appoint
mcnt of relatives to teachers places by school
boards; to give witnesses 80 cents day and
cents mile mileage and to pay jurors 81 a
day for attendance whether they serve OF not;
authorizing justice OF the peace to order the
killing OF dangerous dogs; requiring hanging
of criminals to be public instead of private as
! heretofore; prohibiting the manufacture Of
| oleomargerine or of artificial cheese under
heavy penalties; to give the Soldiers Home at
Richmond $50, 900 wear; to amend the consti-
tuition so as to permit justices of the peace to
| try any oifense Under that of felony-thiS is
| to meet the recent decision of the Court of
| Appeals which is supposed to make trial for
petty larceny trable by jury; to tax dogs at
their true value and no dog to be assessed at
less than $40; bill to require propretors of
private banks and banking houses, among
other things, to publish report every six
months, with imprisonment in the penitentia-
~ for false report and also prohibiting
such pl oprietors from making any preference
of creditors in their assignments; Mr.. Koiner
introduced bill in the House to protect and
advance agriculture by regulating the sale
and purity Of commercial fertilizers and the
guarantee and conditions upon which they
are to be sold.
WOMAN PHYSICIAN BILL.
The Senate Committee on Asylums consid-
cred the woman physician bill last Friday
afternoon. Maj. j. G. Green was absent and
Messrs. Loyenstein, Stubs, Echols, Dunn,
Roberts, Turner, Peasants, Scott. Mcdonald
Southall, Watson and Taylor-present. Those
who appeared before the committee and spoke
in favor of the bill were Hon. John E. Massey
State Supt of Public Instruction, e. W. Koi-
ner of Augusta. B. B. Munford of Richmond
Delegate Saunders of the House, and Judge
Lacy of the Supreme Court of Appeals Dr.
W. w. Parker of Richmond, and John N.
Opie of Staunton, appeared and spoke in OPP
position to it. The committee resolved by a
vote of 10 to (the . being Messrs. Scott and
Watson) to report adversely to the bill be-
coming law. There were nearly fifty per-
sons present as spectators.
TIE CHARTER OF THE VALLEY RAILROAD
The Senate adopted a resolution offered by
Senator Walton of Shenandoah, instructing
the Committee on Roads to ascertain and re-
port whether or not the Valley Railroad
Company has lost its charter privileges. and
il so, whether or not the Acknowledgement
under the provisions Of the Acts of 187S-'79
has proceeded judicially to procure an adiudi-
cation OF forfeiture
There are only four members of the Houg
OF Delegates who were there ten years ago
The Governor has signed the law incorpo-
rating the Chesapeake & Shendun Railroad
The bill to amend the charter of Waynes-
boro, has passed.
The House Committee has consented to hear
argument from Mrs. Annie Smith of DanyiIIe.
| in favor of her bill giving women the right to
practice law.