Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-15
LEGISLATIVE

The Richmond and Danville bill was
communicated to the Senate yesterday
with the House amendments and each
and all the amendments were rejected
by the Senate. Mr.. Lovenstein spoke
in favor of the amendments relating to
the principal Offices, but it was rejected
by a vote of IA to 81. MI. Hay said
that the Senate bill did require that
the principal Office should be in Nir-
GINA, and he was willing for that, but
it was going too far to designate, as the
House amendment did, the Offices that
should be kept in this State. The bill
went to q conference committee. The
House, by a large majority, adhered to
it's amendments and O committee on
conference was appointed to meet a
similar committee from the Senate.
Mr.. Bendheim voted against the amend
ment requiring the company to keep
all of the general offices in Virginia.
The conference committee agreed to re-
port to the House to-day that the CAPT
tai stock of the company shall be limit
ed to $3.50, 600, 900, and that the princi-
pal Office SHALL be located in Richmond
aud all other offices and workshops
shall be so located as far as practicable.
The House amendment made it manda-
tory that all the Offices should be locat.
ed in Virginia.
Senator Hurt offered the following,
which was referred to the finance COM
mittee Resolved, that the committee
on finance be requested to inquire into
The propriety of reducing the salaries OF
all State officers and their clerks and
report by bill or otherwise.
Among the bills introduced in the
Senate were to define the powers and
limitations of Building and Loan Assoc
iations.
The Senate refused to order to their
engrossment the Wickham resolutions
looking to the settlement of West Fir-
ginia's portion Of the debt OF the undi-
vided State. The resolutions were an
tagonized on the ground that the settle
ment would be in the interest only Of
spectators. A motion to reconsider
was passed by, and the matter will
come up again to-day.
The Senate passed House bills to in
corporate the Culpeper, Rappahannock
and Madison Railway Company and to
incorporate the Chesapeake Bay and
Great Western Railway Company.
In the House Mr.. Cooks bill provid-
ing that all railroads hereafter charter
ed or whose charters are amended shall
be required to transport free of charge
members of the General Assembly came
up as the special order and the measure
was defeated by q vote of ayes, 80 !;
noes, 43, Mr.. Bendheim voting aye.
Messrs. Nicol and Bendheim present
ed petitions against the passage of the
Miller bill.
Bills were offered to increase the
pay of jurors; to hasten criminal
procedure in cases of rape to
change the code in regard to the
kind of tongs to be used in dredging
and license required therefor. The OBJ
iect of the bill is to do away with the
technical distinction between patent or
new oyster tongs and the ordinary oys-
ter tongs. Under the present law a
person dredging with the new patent
longs has to pay o license Of 50, while
only 50 is required when the ordinary
tongs are used. The bill provides that
the license for dredging shall be -, no
matter what kind of tongs are to be
used.
Bills were introduced to provide for
renting out lands held by the State for
delinquent taxes; to prescribe a death
punishment for wrecking or attempting
TO wreck railroad trains, cars, and en-
gines.
The House passed House bills to
amend chapter 152 of the acts of 1889
80 relative to furnishing cigarettes or
tobacco in any form to minors; for the
relief of James Barbour and his CO.
tenants; amending the code i in relation
to the sales of lands returned delln,
quent for the non-payment OF taxes ana
levies.
The House committee on courts OF
Justice reported favorably, with amend
ments, q bill providing for the compe-
tencv of husband and wife as witnesses.
The bill as amended provides that hus-
band and wife shall be competent to
testify for or against each other in all
civil cases, except divorce proceedings,
and proceedings to set aside convey
ances by one to the other. The law as
to these cases remains unchanged. In
criminal cases, husband and wife are
allowed to testify in behalf of each 9th
er, but neither is compelled to testify
against the other.
In the House on Tuesday bills were
introduced to amend the code relating
TO the laws of insurance companies.
The effect of the proposed amendments
is to require bond deposits with the
treasurer of the State of not less than
$4,000 nor more than $4,000 by all
insurance companies for the better pro-
lection of insurers. The law now re-
ouires these deposits of foreign compa-
MES. The only further effect of the
amendments is to repeal the require
ment compelling companies to publish
all the details of their investments and
expenditures, but only the the totals OF
the items. Most of the amendments
are consequential.
To require the use Of a standard form
of fire insurance policy by companies
doing business in this State.
BURIED ALIvE.-A rather startling
report is in circulation in Petersburg