Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-23
LEGISLATIVE.

legislature yesterday was not very large
and there was nothing done Of any spe
cial consequence. A great many bills
were passed, nearly all of them of a
local character.
In the Senate Mr.. Berry offered the
following, which was adopted:
/ Resolved, That the treasurer be re-
quested to furnish the Senate with a
statement Of the amount of direct tax
money received from the government
of the United States, of the interest
which accrued thereon, of the items of
expense incident to its distribution and
the amounts paid to the several coun~
ties and if there is yet to be paid on
that account from the federal govern
ment any farther sum.
Among the bills offered were the fol-
lowing:
TO amend section 1851 of the code in
relation to divorces.
BY Mr.. Lovenstein To give the as
sent of Virginia to the provisions of an
act of Congress entitled an act to apply
a portion of the proceeds of the public
lands to the more complete endowment
and support of the colleges for the bene
fit of the mechanical arts and agricul-
ture.
The Richmond and Danville Railroad
i'll came up on its second reading.
Senator Berry moved that it be recon-
mitted to the committee on roads. AS
u matter of courtesy to its patron, Ssn-
ator Mushbach, who was absent, the
motion was withdrawn, and the bill
passed by until to-day.
In the House three bills, the passage
of which is asked by the Federation Of
Labor Unions of Richmond, were intro
duced.
One was offered by Mr.. HARDWOOD and
provides for the abolition of convict la
Dor on the Capitol square. The act
provides that the work now performed
by convicts shall be done by six men,
one of whom shall be supervisor of the
work and shall receive $50 per month,
and the five others $45 per month. Mr..
Byrne is the patron Of the two other
bills. one of which seeks to regulate the
making of convict goods, the chief pro-
vision of which is that articles made by
convcts be stamped so that the pur-
chaser will know that they are made by
convict labor. This is to prevent fur
Their increase of manufacturing build
ings for working convicts.
Among other bills introduced were
BY Mr.. Bendheim To require the
Attorney General to ascertain whether
the charter of the Washington and Al
exandria Turnpike Company in Alex
andria county has been forfeited.
By Mr.. Pitcher To amend the code
in relation to land returned delinquent
for non-payment of taxes and levies.
By Mr.. Murrell To amend the code
in reference to extorting money, ETC.,
by threats, and
To amend the code in relation to
what clerks shall not charge for.
BY Mr.. Wilkinson To authorize the
Governor to furnish convict labor to the
Blue Ridge Railroad Company.
BY Mr.. Ryan To amend the code
in relation to the correction Of errors in
judgments or DEGREES by default so
as to require written notice of the mo-
ton.
By Mr.. Tomncy To amend and re-
enact section 4047 of the code in rela-
ton to how prisoner charged with
felony may be discharged if it be shown
that three regular terms of the court
have passed since his arrest.
The bill to provide for the submission
to the people of the proposed amend
ment to the 10th clause of article l, of
the Constitution of Virginia, in relation
to the mode of trials in criminal or cap
ital prosecutions was placed on the
calendar.
The following House bills were pas
sed To amend and re-enact sections 1,
=, 5, and of an act entitled an act to in
corporate the Potomac and Great Falls
Railroad Company to incorporate the
St. Johns Academy, in the city of
Alexandria; relating to the receiving
of deposits by insolyent bankers, brok
ers, or an officer of a bank to amend
and re-enact section 2039 of the code of
Virginia making Neabsco and Powell's
creeks in Prince William county law
full fence, and repeating in part an act
apprc~=ed March l, 1892, as to said
creeks.
Mr.. Withers's bill relating to who
shall be exempt from jury duty was
reported favorably, with the amend
ment added by the committee striking
out the clause which refuses to exempt
contributing members to military COM
panies.