The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-10
The Legislature Buckles DoYa to Hard Work
The Committees Having Besn Announced.
NORFOLK GETS TWO CHAlRMANSHIPS.
Radford, OF Bedford, Brculss the Zee
with IL Bill AmcmdinG The Walton
Lnw-CoolSc. OF Norfolk. Offers One
I'm the Interests OF virsinin Ship
builders.

pointed and meetings will be held
at once. There were few or no sur
prlscs in the House committees. Speak
or Ryan has apparently spent much
time in the work he has had to do,
and his appointments give general sat
isfaction. OF the important committees
OF the House the chairmen were cor
rectly guessed in this correspondence n
few weeks ago. except i'll II case.
Instead of Mir. Hathaway being desiE-
mated to preside over the Committee
on the Chesapeake and its Tributaries
TINT honor has fallen to MIR. Tabb, of
Gloucester.
Several important bills, were offered
in both houses to-day. In the Senate
Mr.. Flanagan presented one carrying
into effect the Governors recommended
lions for preventing l%ynching. 1t pro
rides that the Board of Supervisors in
the county or the Council in the city
where IL lypching occurs should see
TO 1t that there is levied II turned
into the state Treasury IL tax of 5000
10 every 1000 inhabitants for each
lynching. a resolution was offered by
MIR. Flanagan directing thai the bust
OF General William Mahonc be placed
in the State Library building, but find
ing that this already had been done he
withdrew II.
Mr.. Morris in the Senate offered a
bill providing that no insurance com
pany doing business in the State shall
issue a policy or policies for more than
10 per cent. Of its capital stock for
q single risk; or If 1t be Il mutual COM
pany. for more than S per cent. Of
its assets.
Senator Stubbs introduced n resolu-
ton directing the Committee on Public
institutions TO examine ana report Ms
to the condition of the Lee Monument.
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The bill to tax compound lard for the
benefit of a b C~onfederates. refer
red to IN this correspondence Saturday
was offered In. the House to-day by Mr..
berkeley. Of Roanoke. 1t provides that
the commissioners OF the revenue shall
assess Il license tax of $le0 upon mrr-
chants who sell compound lard by the
wholesale; $2H upon those who sell not
over 90 pounds, and 50 upon the small
rotail dealers.
Mr.. Radford Dem.), OF Bedford. Inns
broken the ice MS far as seeking &c
amend the election law is concerned
He offered n hill In the House to amend
the Walton act so as to provide tina
II a voter is incapacitated eithe,
physically or mentally to prepare hi.
ballot he may call to his assistanc,
any one of the judges and provides {
penalty for the failure of the judge L
render the assistance asked.
Speaker Ryan the follow
ing standing committees:
Privileges and observation-disclosures. Har
rison, of Lynchburg; Lee. Cabcll, Nc
Rae. Hundley, Parker Smith, o
Northamptor; Gaileher, Hale, Turpin
VALE, Einstein. Cocke.
Courts of Justice Messrs. Saunders
Harrison, of ~Lynchburg; Hathaway
Diegs. McIsae, Bryant, Hundley, Lee
Cabell. Willard, Parks. Patterson, Red
ay. Bcrkley, Parker, Harrison. of Am
herst: Fishburnc, Hubbard. Morgan
Hale, Coles. Stovall.
Schools and Colleges-NIessrs. Barham
Booker, Stratton, Tabb, Craig, Talia
1erro, Thomas, Williams, of Giles: Mil
ler, OF fluvanna; Fishburne. Harrison
OF Powhatan. Stokes; Baptist,
Propositions and Nfessrs
Capell, Patterson, Winston. Powell. o
Brunswick; Miller. of Fluvanna: HART
son, OF Amherst: Thomas. Williams. O
i~unenburS; Mathews. Stovall, Buhr
n Blanton. Butt.
Roads t2%ailroads) and Internal Novi
ga,ion-Aessrs. Pitcher, Bryant, Segar
Miller, or Rappahannock; Foster. Park
walker, Bland, OF King and Oueen
EI~xinehart, Rice. Harrison, OF Powhatan
Stmms. Keesee.
Finance-Mcssrs. Cooke ,v;l,,r "a
lisrwood. Booker, Boaz, Leech Harris
Powen of brunswick; Taliaferro. May
Sugener, Gose, Rogers, Zirkle, Wood
vi ittSNiNania.
Ciaims-Niessrs. Newbernc, Harwood
Iiatcher. Lewis, May. Pitcher, smith
OF S~pottsylvania; Stratton. Williams ~
Sager. nu''
Militia and Policc-Messrs. NrcRnc
nTyaht Saunders Hundley. Williams
or Giles; Powell, Lewis. Rinehart Lev
Graves. Hannah. Armstrong, Mlurfrce
NsyIIms and Prisons-Mcssrs. Hath.
away, Winston, Walker. Pierce. bland
o i.lng and Queen: Rice. Afaupin, Rad.
1ord, Morgan Smith, of Spotsvlvanio
IlaInbo, Sayers. Butten.
LABOR II the Poor-AIessrs. G,,nr-
ply, DiEgs, Tabb, FishBurne. NInttbews
morgan, Mccain, Miller. of R~appahnn
iock' S~urgener, Harrison, of owhota
ADAMS. Armstrong, Banks.
Property-NIe ssrs. Smith Of
northampton; Parker, Maupin Ntur.
Pny, Walker, Gregory. Graves. Wood
OF 1hcS'erheld: Gose. Dortoan. Rambo
banks, Currency and Commerce
Hasssrs. Harwood, Cooke, Newherno
dtl6her. Radford. Pierce. Ivey, Bland,
ortsniouth; Hubbard. Smith, OF Taze-
"eil, Coeke, Gillian, Murfee.
zAsItcuIture and Mining-Messrs. Mil
1eI, OF ltappahannock: Williams. of
Lunenburg; Hatcher. Smith. Of snotl
syivania; Graves. Wood. of Chectnr.
mela; McCann, Winston, Suther,and
turner, Berger. Banks, Hannah.
manufactures and Mechanics Arts-
Nlessrs. Foster. Rice, Bland. of Porte.
mouth; Gregory. Ivey, Turpin nu.is
stein, Gillian. hih-
Counties, Cities ard Towns-Mossrs
Oiggs, Segar, Reddy, Murphy pov.aiI