The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-12
IN THE LEGISLATURE
Several Measures Of Local and State Inter
est Presented In the House of Delegates.
CAUCUS TO CONSIDER ELECTION BILLS
Race Track Legislation = Hampton
and Newport News Electric Roads
TO be OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES News
IncOrpntion BilI Pnsscs the HOUSE
Major Lee WIFI Get the Judgcship,

Major Baker p. Lee offered in the
House bill to consolidate the Hamp-
ton and Old Point Railway Company
and the Newport News street railway,
and thereby to create u new company.
to be known as the Newport News,
Hampton and Old Point Railway Com
pany.
y bill was also offered by Major Lee
to amend section 10, OF the town or
Hampton, and one to amend section
1865, of the code of Virginia, in rela-
ton to the use of fire marshals in cities
and towns.
Delegate Newberne is pressing his
resolution looking TO securing law
providing for viva voce vote. He says
lie wants this, the Walton law or moth
ing. Senator Mcllwaine has Il similar
resolution in the Senate.
The House passed the bill to incorpo-
rate Newport News as a city, and 1t
was communicated TO the Senate,
Mr.. Parker offered in the House a hill
TO amend section 40l6, of the code. The
object of the measure is to exclude all
misdemeanor trials from the courts of
record except upon appeal.
The same gentleman introduced a bill
to amend section il0T, of the code. This
measure simply provides that no appeal
shall be allowed in misdcmeanor cases
from the decision of justice unless the
accused be sentenced TO confinement I'm
Jail or be fined more than $40.
When the bill authorizing the Board
of Visitors of the University of Virginia
to Issue bonds to the amount OF $780,
600 and appropriating $4,000 per Year
To pay the interest on the bonds came
up in the Senate on its engrossment,
Sepntor Williams offered an amend
ment making the appropriation $4,000
per year and In n brief speech in sup
port Of it, Senators Wlthcrs, Wickham,
Morris, keezel and TurnDill opposed the
amendment, which received only five
votes. The bill was ordered to its en-
grossment.
y bill was introduced in the Senate
by Mi. Jones for the protection of cat
tie in the State of Virginia against con-
tagious diseases. 1t provides for an In
spector of cattle 10 hold office for four
years. to receive s. per day, provided
the compensation shall not exceed $500
per year.
The Senate Committee on General
Laws this morning reported with one
amendment Senator Morris bill making
it unlawful for an insurance company
to issue policy for more than 10 per
cent. of its capital stock. or IL 1t be n
cent of it's cash assets. Some time was
occupied in the consideration OF Sena-
tor Williams "threc-Quarter clause" in
surance bill. The measure was advo-
Gated by the patron and opposed by
MesSrs. Geo. d. Peasants. j. e. Moore
and others and ,eSirther consideration
was postponed until next Wednesday,
1t was apparent that there were mem
bcrs of the committee who favored the
bill.
Alfred p. Shield. who tried to commit
suicide Thursday. is still living and get
ting on tolerably well. Doctors and ev-
erybody else look upon his case as q
most remarkable one. The bullets are
still somewhere in his head. Although
he opened wide his mouth and placed the
muZZie of the pistol in il his tongue was
very little disfgured. 1t is strange that
II hole was not blown through the ton
of his head 10 I, was n 3S-calibre re-
volver Mr.. Shield has said he would
succeed better next time he attempted
his life.
The contest over the iudgeship of
the County Courts of Elizabeth CITY and
Warwick is attracting considerable at
tention here. More than a dozen citi-
Z"ilS of those counties are here in the
interest of the respective candidates. 1t
looks ms If Major Baker p Lee would
~ All e'iSS winner. lie Is n member of
the House and a very popular one. and
that counts much. His friends are
working his war record for all it Is
worth. The Major was one of the early
volunteers and rather than allow the
Yankees to occupy his residence in
Hampton, he burnt 1t to the ground.
The other candidates are Messrs. =. 70,
Of Hampton, and T.. NJ. Blay
ton of Warwick
1t was said at the Capitol to-day that
the Democrats would certainly hold n
caucus to consider the election bills
No action will taken until the question
Of meeting In conference is decided
which will be next week Members
from the black belt" are nearly all on
posed TO any material change in the ex-
isting law. There Is some talk OF these
gentlemen conferrng and deciding upon
s>me method of meeting the issue SEN
ators Roykin and McIlwaine and Dele
gate fundley are looked upon as the
l5adenS OF those who are satisfied with
the existing law, while Senators Hay
and Mason are expected to lead the
Democrats who want the law changed.
The race track legislation was for
maliy introduced to-day by bill which
MI Reddy, of Richmond presented to
the House. 1t prohibits running or trot-
ting races in Virginia between the Ist
OF November and the first of April, and
makes II lawful for races to he run or
tr0tted and pools to be sold for fifteen
consecutive days in .hA sprinr and