Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-20
LOCAL.
STATE LEGISLATION OF LOCAL
INTEREST.

STATE LEGISLATION OF LOCAL
INTEREST.
LOCAL B1LLs-THE KOINER CONTEST
SEPARATION OF BLIND PUPILS FROM
LAW.
&C., &C., &C.
The amended charter of the Augustf
Female Seminary. to change the name to
the MARY Baldwin Seminary" has passed
both houses Of the legislature.
Senator Echo!s has introduced the fol
lowing bills:
To incorporate the Basic City, Bridge
water, and Piedmont Electric Railway
Company.
To reinstate and amend the charter OF
the Atlantic. Staunton and West Virginia
Railway Company.
Delegate Simms offered a bill to repeal
the stock law of Augusta county for four
months in the year-September, October,
November and December.
The House has passed bill to incorpo-
rate the town of Mt. Crawford, Rocking
ham.
THE KOINER-SIMDIS CONTEST.
The contest of MI. Koiner (Dem.) for
the seat of MI. Simms (Rep.) came up
Thursday night, MI. Koiner being repre-
resented by Senator Flood (Dem.) and MI.
Simms by Senator Flanagan (Rep.) Del
egate Randolph Harrison, chairman of the
committee, presided. MI, Flood asked a
postponement that dispositions might be
taken to strengthen the contestants case.
Mr.. Flanagan protested against this,
holding that Judge Mclaughlin in revers-
ing the county court of Augusta had
thereby decided the case in favor of the
contestee. Mr.. Parker thought it was not
clear that Koiner had now the right to
take dispositions, but would agree to a
postponement in order that he X might
get information as to that right. MI.
Flood held that all the authorities were on
the side Of dispositions. MI. McRae held
that the committee had the right to decide
lied by the statute had expired, could be
admitted. It had often been done in con-
gressonal contests. Mr.. Flanagan re
lied on the decision of Judge Mclaughlin
as the court of last resort, that the con-
testant had no right to inspect the ballot
boxes, and his action placed the matter be-
yond the power Of the legislature to inter
vene. The contest was then passed by for
the present.
Delegate Buchanan, who said he had re-
ports to the effect that the insane asylums
were ready to receive the insane now con
fined in jails, offered resolution asking
the Auditor for statement of all lunatics
now in jails.
MI. Walker Of Augusta, introduced q
bill authorizing the Governor to remove
from the penitentiary, and judges of coun-
ty and city courts to remove from thel1
jails, prisoners who have contracted dan
gerous and contagious disease.
The bill introduced by Senator Echols
for the relief Of James Fl. Todd of AL
gusta, has passed the Senate. 1t author
ICES the Auditor of Public Accounts to
issue duplicate warrant, the original
having been lost. for allowance as assessor
of lands in North River district. Augusta
Delegate Bryant has introduced bill
providing that where marriage license is
not returned to the clerks office by thu
minister performing the ceremony within
two months. the clerk shall notify The
person who took out the license, and shall
lay the matter before the court, and the
minister shall be fined S., of which the
clerk is to retain 81 as his fee.
Delegate J. S. Craig of Rockbridge, in
troduced bill requiring all State, county
and municipal officers who have to give
bond, to furnish security in some Trust OF
Fidelity company.
SEPARATE INSTITUTION FOR THE
BLIND REPORTED FAvORABLY.
The Committee on Asylums and Prisons
Mr.. Hathaway, of Lancaster, chairman
met Saturday morning and considered al
some length the bill introduced by DR.
Winston, OF Hanover, which seeks to estab
lish an institution for the blind at Ashland
80 that the blind inmates who are now KEEP
at the Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and
Blind, at Staunton, might be transferret
there. The bill provides for an appropria
ton of 900 annually for the new insti
tuition which amount, DR.. Winston though
could be easily cut off from the present al
lowance of $37 800 given to the institution
at Staunton- The latter, he said could
comfortably accommodate about 115 i'll
mates, while it now contained about TWEEN
ty above that number. Its expenses wer
at present $3.50 per capita annually but h
thought this amount could be cut down t.
about $500 if the blind we're separated from
the deaf and dumb. There were at presen
an average of from forty to fifty blin'
persons annually under the care of th
State.
MI. Walker, of Augusta, said that befor
voting on the measure he would like to con
suit with the superintendent of the inStl
tuition in Stanton, in order TO ascertain
whether he would be able to maintain biz
institution with the blind inmates takei
out, if the appropriation was cut dow
100000 year.
DR.. Winston thought the committe
might pass On the advisability of havln
the separation made and report the bi
favorably to the House. He would the
move It's reference to the Finance Commit
Tee for the consideration of the financis