The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-11
FERRY II BILL MILL PASS.
s'Senais Committee Decides TO Report Favor
81 ably on the lmmatariaI Amendment,
s;sa \ / FERRY BILL PASSES THE SENATE

.ssUtuni 81 Lunt DILL fHoSIo I'LL oLuhih
& Tho iyirglnits Race Track Fight VIII
Very Soon Re on-Mr. Hnrwood
~ Wants to Regulate steam Engi-
nSerina- NorroIis md Ocean View
Anilroad Fill Passes the House
sF} Richmond, Va, January 10.--tspeclai)
\ very few days now, and the nsn.
q over race tracks and pool selling III
Virginia Will open up In earnest. ~
a ready there is a strong lobby mere III
IS the Interest OF the bills that VIII come
4 up for consideration. Delegate Maupih
EofT Henrico has already introduced one
8 which prohibits gambling. pool-seil'hs;
q ETC., In this State anywhere anu AZ all
\ times. The ratrcn is working hard 10
Il get this measure Though. He = py
Il no means alone in his efforts. y mea-
4 cure that will meet the views OF the
a conservative class VIII PROBABLY hn ol,
g fered Nto-morrow. II VIII allow pool
3 selling on horse races fifteen days In
i the spring and fifteen days in the iali
Il This will enable Virginia to go into the
circuit with North Carolina. All the
y horsemcn are for this bill. Those inteT-
y e5ted in the tracks near AlcNhndria
want to secure Il law whereby they can
q November. They may Try to get
bill through. allowing them 10 operate
In the winter.
The consideration of the insurance
bills by the Senate Committee OH
General Laws will be commenced to-
morrow. There are about q dnzen of
ehem, some OF much Importance. Sew
clI,l insurance men are here 10 fight
especially the measure that prohibits
( companies from inserting 4 clause In
policies providing that when the prop
erty insured is rendered a total lass
( only three fourths Of the amount of the
3 policy shall be paid An Insurance man
from New York, who represents one Of
the biggest companies there, says his
companies will withdraw from Virginia
IL the bill is passed They object to IL,
\ he states. because 1t will encourage the
burning OF property to secure the insur
ance. Senator Williams, of Mecklen-
burg Is the patron of this measure.
The Senate and HsaIsc to-day passed
c. bill authorizing the Beard OF Super
Wilson's of Lunenhurg to employ counsel
I. to assist the Commemorative attorney
The object of the bill is to enable the
board u associate with Mr. Neblett
Y some lawyer to aid In the prosecut ion
Il OF the alleged murderers of Mrs. Pol
n lprd, when their trial comes off. Mr.
q Neblett has written here that the new
Strial will not take place before Febru-
& airy.
~ Mr.. HARDWOOD introduced In the House
y an act to regulate steam engineering
1t provides for the appointment by the
Governor of an inspector OF stationary
4 enEinaS. The inspector should have
= had not less than ten years experience
7, an the personal operation of stationary
2 engines. y salary of 81 200 per year is
provided for. The bill provides also for
the appointment by the Governor nf a
poard % three expert engineers This
BOARD shall examine applicants for the
office of inspector, and shall report to
q his ENccllcncy the names of all per-
Z cons examined, giving each his relative
) standing. Persons who desire to act as
engineers shall apply TO the inspector
Tor u license Licenses shall be granted
according TO the competency of the an
plicant, and shall be divided into three
+ Glasses. An engineer of the first class
snail be unlimited rs to horse power:
, tSose of the second class shall be limit
ed to engines of 100 horsepower, and
those OF the third class to 80 horse
power. First class shall pay for eyamI
nation $40; second class, S., and third
class. $3.50.
a bill was offered In the House Nv
MT Booker. for the relief Of William
49, NNiitHi Stultnl III the UNI
versity College of Medicine. II pro
vides that the president of the Board
or Dental Examiners shall issue to this
young man a certificate to practice his
profession from the LIST day of Aprij
next to the LIST day of October.
Mr.. Maupin rose to question OF per.
sonal privilege in the House and re.
ferred to an advertisement in the Dis
patch of to-day, in which it was stated
Belmont, who has established n Inrc,
stock farm on the outskirts of Wash
fngton, and proposes to have racing
there. has been in Richmond and is
behind the movement to prohibit pool
selling. gambling, etc, in Virginia. Mr.
Maupin said he knew nothing about
MIR. Belmonts scheme or his represen.
tative, and If the article had reference
70 the bill offered by himself il had nc
foundation whatever.
MI McRea stated that he did not
mink any member of the House would
peiieve for an instant that Mr.. Maupin
nad peen Influenced by anything Mr..
Beimont proposed doing.
MI. Willard made am ,eXDlanation
similar TO that of Mr. Maupin's, and
promised that his position with refer
ence 10 racing and pool-selinc would
soon De made known in a manner that
no one could mistake It.
a bill was introduced in the House b,,
MT. Charles T. Bland recurring tho
AUDITOR Of Public Accounts to make n
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