Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-16

Runway COMPANY hA1S H@S
power horses, mules. steam, electricity,
or other power.
OTHER BILLS INTRODUCED.
BY Mr.. Saunders: To prohibit the for
nation and operation OF pools. trusts,
combinations, and conspIracies In the state
OF Virginia, and 10 provide for the pun
ishment OF persons connected with the
same. This is the same bill which was
brought before the Legislature at its last
session by Mr. Saunders. and which Gre
ated such lengthy discussion. The object
OF the bill, as stated therein, is TO protect
the natural laws OF trade. The bill pro-
vides that the penalty for violation OF
this measure shall be forfeiture or the
organizations corporate rights and fran
chises and its corporate existence.
BY Mr.. Withers: To amend section 1888
Of the Code ~ Virginia in relation TO
giving information Of the violation OF
penal laws to the attorneys for the Com
monwealth.
BY Mr.. S. A. Thompson: To authorize
the Auditor OF Public Accounts 10 credit
Samuel II. Dunkley. Treasurer Of Patrick
county. with lost or misplaced school war
rants
by Mr.. Slemp: Providing for an cleo
ton OF the qualified voters Of Lee county
to ascertain whether or not the county
site OF Lee county shall be removed from
JOutsNlie 10 ItIlllSlou zap. i TIC biil j,
accompanied by lengthy petition from
the citizens OF Lee county.
BY. Mr. Tommey: For the protection OF
fish In Washington county.
BY same: For the protection OF game in
the counties OF Smytl; and Washington.
BY same: To repeal an act approved
February 70. 1892. entitled an act defining
a lawful fence for Washington county.
BY Mr.. Kendrick: To incorporate the
Mineral Branches Railroad Company.
BY Mr.. Saunders: For the relief Of A.
W. Emberson, q disabled Confederate
soldier OF the county Of Franklin.
PLACED ON THE CALENDAR.
BY Mr.. Buford: To authorize the con-
demnation Of lands for public free-school
purposes within the space OF 100 yards
of a dwelling-house.
BY Mr. Nelson: For the protection OF
fish in Frederick county.
BY Mr. Kendrick: To amend and re-
enact chapter 133 OF the Acts OF the Gene
raj Assembly Of 1855. entitled an act
to incorporate the Southwest Virginia
Institute, approved February 10, 1886, as
amended by an act approved January
ID, 1892
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To amend and re-enact sections and .
Of an act entitled an act TO incorporate
the Bridgewater and Forge Granite and
Lumber Company approved March g.
1892.
To incorporate the Brldgewater Con-
struction Company.
To amend and re-enact an act approved
February p. 1892, Incorporating the Eliza
beth and Pasquotank Railway Company.
To incorporate the Portsmouth Con-
struction and Transportation Company.
To amend and re-enact section II OF an
act entitled an act incorporating the
Farmville and Powhatan Railroad Com
pany, approved March 3, 1894
NO GAMBLING IN HENRTCO.
Mr.. Blnfords bill to suppress gambling
I'm HenricO county was read a second
time, and, on motion Of its patron, was
amended to read two and one-half miles
from Richmond. instead OF five miles.
On motion OF Mr. Digs. House bill for
the relief OF Q. -. Robinson, Sam Brown,
W. L. Jackson, and Phil. Lewis. sureties
OF +. ". Braxton, was recommitted 10
the Committee on Finance.
Before House Committees.
The House Committee on Roads and
Internal Navigation at its session yes
terday morning, decided TO report num-
Der Of bills. but all OF them were OF a
local character.
The Committee for Courts OF Justice
reported favorably Senate bills 10 amend
and re-enact section 2906 OF the Code OF
Virginia, with respect to the survival OF
the right of action TO the plaintin's repre-
sentatives in actions for tort, when the
plaintiff dies pending the action, ana u
remove the political disabilities or james
X. Gilmore, Hugh +. Parrish. Oliver
Cutchings, John Lipop, Mallory X. Can
non. and Adam c. Carson.
- - To- ~ Mt ~
from fury service was discussed and
passed by until tomorrow. on FRIDAY
the committee viii take up the Senate bill
providing for a re-enactment OF the pre-
sent law bearing on cruelty to animals
and the punishment therefor. The mem
hers OF the Richmond Society for th'
Prevention OF Cruelty TO Animals ar
expected to be present, and argue the
measure.
Signed by the Governor.
Governor O'Ferrall yesterday signed the
following bills
To repeal the charter OF Potomac. in
Prince William county.
To authorize the School Board Of Gull
pepper District, Culpeper county. to fund
the Indebtedness Of the district Incurred
under the act approved February y. lSJO.
To amend the section OF the Code en-
titled, How attempts TO commit ohenceS
punished.
To amend the Code in regard 10 con-
demnation Of lands for school-houses.
TO incorporate the General Athletic AS
sociation OF the University of Virginia
To amend section $50 OF the Code n
relation to certain duties or county ana
city treasurers.
TO prevent the determination OF
patridges and quail in Rockbridge coun-
To make valid a deed TO James II. Bar
ton for a certain lot Of land in Henrico
county.
To amend the charter OF the Empire
Transportation Company
To amend the charter OK the Rocking
ham and West Virginia Railroad Com
pany.
To authorize the Supervisors OF Page
county to appropriate certain funds In ths
hands OF the Treasurer Of the county and
10 come into his hands, from the levy
OF 1894.
To provide for the retirement OF GER
tain bonds held by the trustees Of st.
Joseph's Orphan Asylum, and the Issuing
Of registered certificates therefor.
To amend the charter OF tho Newport
News Light and Water Company.
To allow ]. ]. Blackstone. late Urea
surer OF Accomac county. additional time
in which TO levy and collect certain I'M
paid taxes.
Licensed Embalmers.
The bill introduced in the Senate yester-
day providing for the appointment Of a
board to examine and license persons en-
gagged I'm embalming the dead in Virginia
was prepared by n committee appointed
for the purpose at the last annual meet
Ing of the Funeral Directors OF the State.
1t does not make embalming compulsory.
but as the process Is necessary sometimes.
and Is regarded as very efiicaciOus In pre-
venting the spread OF contagious diseases
the Funeral Directors claim that 1t should
not be practlced by incompetent persons
In emergencies no one is more capable OF
rendering aid 10 the health officer than
the competent embalmer.
The Underwood Constitution has had
its day and must go, so far at least as rs
suffrage feature is concerned. The peopl.
of Virginia were opposed to the universal
suffrage article from the beginning aNd
only accepted Il because the alternative
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