Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-07
LEGISLATIVE

last night.
The Senate yesterday took up and
passed House bill to provide for the or
ganization of State banks ofcircuiation.
The act will 80 into effect whenever
the federal tax upon the circulation OF
such banks shall have been repealed.
After the bill had passed and been
communicated to the House, Senators
Stubs, Echols and Little expressed
their surprise that so importanta meas
ure had been rushed through" They
did not know what was in the bill and
did not know that it had passed. No
further action was taken, however,
and the bill only lacks the signature of
the Governor.
In the Senate Mr.. Flood introduced
a joint resolution providing that so
much of the resolution adopted on
March 9TH, as required legislation to
stop on March 9th, be r%escinded. Mr..
Flood explained that there was impor-
tant legislation pending in the House
which the minority was trying to kill
by flibustering and that the adoption
of this resolution would stop it. The
resolution was adopted.
The Governor sent a special message
to the General Assembly urging that
proper action be taken before adjourn,
ment looking to the adjustment of the
West Virginia debt. After tie Govern.
or's message in relation to the West
Virginia debt had been read in the
House, the resolution on this subject
passed by the Senate was taken up and
after ashort discussion was concurred in.
The resolution provides that the COM
missionshall receive no compensationfor
their services, and that their action shall
not be binding until approved by a sub
sequent Legislature. Messrs. Flood and
Wickham, of the Senate, and Messrs.
Downing and Harrison, of the House,
were elected by the General Assembly
as members Of the commission under
the resolution in regard to the West
Virginia debt settlement. The Govern.
or is to appoint the fifth member.
AS stated in yesterdays GAZETTE,
Mr.. Hurt offered a bill to repeal the
act passed by this Legislature with
reference to the tax on building and
loan associations. This provoked a
lively discussion between Mr.. Little,
who favored the repeal bill, and Mr.
Lovenstein, who opposed it. The
effort, however, to give the repeal bill
its second reading utterly failed, only
two Senators voting in the affirmative.
Mr.. Stubs introduced a bill to repeal
the act passed at this session relative to
the practice of dentistry, but no action
was taken.
At the night session Mr.. Stubs offer
ed a substitute for the dentistry bill,
granting the graduates OF the Univer-
sity College Of Medicine temporary
certificates to practice their profession.
This meets the objection to the bill
raised at the morning session.
The Senate last night passed House
bills to punish stealing Of sand on the
banks of the Potomac; to allow +. q.
MAYHEM, late Deputy Treasurer of
Fairfax, further time to collect taxes:
and for the protection of hotels and
clearinghouse.
House bill for the relief of General
James G.. Field from liability to the
State on account of certain fees improI-
erly collected was voted down.
Yesterday morning some of the
friends of the Walton election bill held
an informal conference and decided to
make another effort to ecu the pas
sage of the bill. The matter was called
up in the House and after vain efforts
by its opponents the bill, as was stated
in the GAZETTE of that date, was then
placed on its passage and the vote re-
suited ayes, 81 noes, 81, and the bill
was declared passed. The bill was
communicated at once to the Senate
and that body concurred in the House
amendment.
The legislation of the session includes
some important subjects. The total in
crease in the appropriations for the
two years is estimated at from $4,000
to $50. 900. The special appropriations
include $4,000 for the betterment of
the oyster navy. The appropriation
for Confederate veterans and the
widows OF veterans is increased by S10,-
900 q year tor two years. The State
debt settlement has been completed by
extending the time for funding out
standing obligations to June 80, 1894.
Among the most important acts OF
legislation which are now laws, are
these The Pitcher bill, declaring gull
ty of embezzlementany banker or bank
official who, knowing the insolvency of
his bank, receives deposits ; husband
and wife will now be compelled to tes-
tify for or against each other in civil
cases insane asylums are to be known
as hospitals new courts of law and
equity are established at Richmond and
Norfolk.
The important bills which failed of
passage were The Miller bill, radical
ly amending the local option law the
Nicol State bank bill Withers's propo-
sition for calling a constitutional con-
~vention to admit women to the uni
versity. and that providing female ply
| sicians for the insane asylums.
Senate bill providing for the estab-
lishment of a State board of health was
called up on the calendar, and on mo
ton was passed by. This is virtually
the last of the measure. .
At the evening session the House
passed the bill which had passed the
Senate on Monday night to authorize
the City Council of Alexandria to issue
coupon bonds, called sewer and street
improvement bonds, for the purpose of
constructing sewers and improving
streets and alleys in the city of Ale1an.
dria. and to provide for a sinking fund