Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-18

Cooke. McRae. and Powell iavorem n,
The pending question was CARER eareiiv
times. but was voted uo"i, ou' md IL
the vote on The bill was taken, anu ~
was passed.
NEW ELECTION-BILl.s
Mr. Craig. of Rockbridge. offered tnree
s,unap,tn" CHANGES in the election-laws
OF the State. The principal OH pui WI.
70 amend sections 8, S, and ii OF tne wal
ton law. The amendment 70 Sec'iVn Pc
yides that each ticker snaI nave %
NAM senarate parallel columns OF two
inches I'm width as there are poin.,, LIZ,
parties participating in tn eie .,i Marty
column shall represent pon'icai Pc ~
and shall be headed with the nai nSove
.be Marty so represented. and Just aoot
the name of each party ueNi'e' oacb
chosen by the State CHAIRMAN Vi which
marty participating in the eie cs,un' ,cated
device must be chosen ana coi nraI boards
10 The chairman of the electoral poa' a.
~ he counties and cities OF the State a.,
least thirty DAYS before any ei1ct ~, ,,rint
i'm these separate columns shdit ~ and
ed the several offices 10 oe .ha nartv
,ndsr zach office the name or tne Pa...
candidate with n square opposite "ieh
sides one fourth of an incn each, III ,,,nS,na,e
The voter shall make cross, " ,,a,,ss
The narties voted for, and oniy .ne M, nd"' t.e
Wv - ahh ,arties as are indicated shail De
counted Tn tickets shah be OF u.i i1,'.
size. and the order Of printihe 'ne W md
shall be precisely the same on ~, rae ~ ths
ST. ticiret IL shall be the duty OF w.
t tsy ~ lection at each precinct 10
yyosf and keep post d In some cohsi,l saou ~
ppiace at the voting-place on the Gay oa
election one Of rhe of1ela, u 'sr,,on ~
mod al such precinct and eieStion. Id.
T.ho am sndment to section pioNioes
mat three days before every eieSlioll
The secretary of the electort n',9''l,,
shall deliver to TIE snsrn, OF ,o, spe as the
casa NAV he. the official ballots, toeetiler
with the poll-books for the various ~
cincts i'm his said county, CITY, vi 49,,
sealed and directed 10 s .ng names snail
or,ear on the package The said sneTn
or sergeant shall receipt tn-feiol, $3.50
ING that the seals appeared 10 De uh.aii a.
pered with; and sn ma iae uvnfi 70 one of
,ha Judges of election al each precl'ic.
hafore the election, taking his receipt
therefor -. 90. oo,,,ra,so tiop
for The performance of his duties Under
tbie section the same fee as for summon
no witnesses. The bill $50 provides, as
does the Wickham bill. for the judges
10 fix the ballots OF disabled electors
THE two companion bills have bearing
only on the electoral boards. and provide
for the constitution or each poaru %
three members. with at least one esch
from the two political parties re-, Ieee S,a,s
the highest number of votes IN tne State
at the preceding gubernatorial eiectioh-
THE SALE OF POISON.
AIr r. 8. Powell introduced bill which
provides that no druggist shall sell or give
TO any person other than pracucing
physician or surgeon any morpnin- or
strychnine. Any druggist violating the
provisions Of this act shall be hned not
less than s. nor more than ~.
Mr. Graves introduced a bill 10 govern
persons riding bicycles in passing vehi,
cles and persons on horseback on road
or bridge The bill provides that no bicy-
clist mounted shall pass vehicle or per-
son on horseback at greater speed than
four mi es per hour and that whenever
a horse becomes frightened at bicycle
the whselman shall dismounf and pass
the frightened animal on foot.
Mr.. Winston presented a bill whicn
provides for the construction OF a ROAD
from Chlckahominy swamp TO Richmond
between the Richmond and Henrico turn
pixies the cost thereof to be appropriated
out of the Hanover county levy.
Mr.. Parks introduced bill TO amend
the school-laws so as to provide that
teachers IN public schools shall not be re-
auired to teach on any national or state
holiday. though they shall be paid FOR
those days.
Mir. Harris offered a bill to impose a
6 per cent. tax on collateral inheritances
and TO regulate the collection of same.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
The following additional bills were in
troduced and referred:
by Mr.. Reinhardt: To authorize land
owners to erect and maintain gates across
private roads.
BY Nh May: To protect game and pun
ieh unlawful hunting in the counties OF