Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-07

In the Senate yesterday a bill was
! introduced to provide for the expenses
! of the boards of directors of the State
hospitals.
The Senate passed the House bill to
amend section 2, chapter 633, acts
1S93-'94, in relation to tax on building
and loan associations.
HOUSE.
10 the House, the resolution of Mr..
Diggs, referring subjects of oyster legis.
lation to the finance committee, was re-
considered, and in its stead the House,
by the vote of 60 to 20, adopted reso
luton appointing q special committee
of one from each Congressional district
to take into consideration what legisla.
ton is necessary to more effectively
collect the revenues for the Common
wealth on the oyster industry.
Mr. Bland introduced bill to create
q chief oyster inspector. 1t is proposed
that this official shall be elected by the
State board on the Chesapeake aud its
tributaries. The salary is to be $4,000
| per annum and the inspector is to have
supervision of the enforcement of all
of the oyster laws and the collection of
taxes.
Mr.. Winston introduced bill which
provides that the Prison Association of
Virginia shall release from custody, up
on request of guardian or parent, any
minor who has been convicted or sent
enced to the institution. Mr.. Craig
again offered the bill he presented two
years ago, providing an entirely new
election law for the State. Mr.. Kizsr,
introduced bill requiring all heads Of
departments to have their printing
done through the Superintendent of
Public Printing. Mr.. Gallaher offered o
bill empowering treasurers to take
special steps to collect taxes where de-
linquents are about to move from the
city or county.
There was an oratorical display over
the measure known az "the Virginia
Colonies BILL" which provides for an
increase of the Governors staff, and
came up on it's passage. MIR. Barley,
who cham pioned the measure, e1plaiC-
cd that the object of the bill was to in-
crease the number of staff officers from
seven to eighteen. When asked
whether the staff officers would be any
expense to the State he stated that
during Governor O'Ferrall's admins
tration only on one or two occasions
had the staff officers been ordered out,
and their expenses we're then paid
from the contingent fund. This ad-
mission induced Mr.. Saunders to offer
the following amendment, provided
that no expense arising under and by
reason of the passage of this act,
and in connection with the appoint
ments made hereunder, shall be paid
out of any State funds" MIR. Pitcher
opposed the amendment and asked that
the bill BIZ passed. He stated that
! Governor Tyler had already received
one hundred and twenty-five applica-
tons from gentlemen in various sec
tions of the State who desire to serve
him as colonies. Mr.. Miner thought
that, inasmuch as notaries public paid
s. each for their commissions,
it might be advisable to make
commissions of colonies source Of
revenue. Mr.. Jennings spoke against
the adoption of the amendment. He
said the State had now q new Governor,
e democratic Governor, q farmer Gov.
ernor and an economical Governor, and
it would, therefore, be direct afroDt
to him to place such extra safeguards
around the contingent fund. Mr.. Cooke
favored the amendment, and similar
view was taken by Mr.. Swit2er, who
also asked that the number of staff OFF,
GERS be not limited by the bill. Mr..
Duke wanted to see the number of
colonies increased to thirty-six, and
thought such action would be wise
thing, in view of the fact that twice
during the past five years war with
foreign powers had been threatened.
Mr.. Pitcher called attention to the fact
that the staff officers of the Governor
were not line officers, and, therefore,
could not take part in any war. The
foreigners know very we'll, MIR. Pitcher
said, that colonies elected by the legis-
lature are not dangerous. The mo-
ton to reconsider the vote by which
the bill had been sent 10 its engross-
ment was then carried, and Mr.. Saun-
ders's. amendment adopted. The bill
was then again ordered to it's engross.
ment and third reading.
Mr.. Willard introduced bill to re-
peal sections "a and 67 of the code 10
relation to time within which admis=
sion to record may be in certain cases;
also to amend section of an act to IT,
corporate the Potomac River Power
Company, approved January 81, 1896;
also to amend sections 2, 6 and 7 of an
act to provide for the erection, rebuild
ing and repairing of bridges in Fairfax
county. approved January 10, 1896.
Mr.. Craig introduced bill to provide
for the method of voting by ballot. The
measure is an exact copy of the Craig
election bill, introduced at the last
session.
Mr.. Barley introduced bill to repeal
section 2467 of the code in reference to
the admission of writings to record.
Mr.. Anderson introduced bill to
amend and reenact section 1872 of the
code in relation to the withdrawal of
capital or the payment Of dividends in
cases of limited partnerships, as amend
ed and resnacted by ga act approved
December %, 1897.
The House passed the House bill
Limiting the time 10 which warrants
drawn by the supervisors, school boards
and county shall be paid.
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Conservative estimates last night