The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-06

! at the University OF Virginia the ' II
! ginla Military Institute or any other IN
| corporatod college. provided the pupil is
under age and has no permission IN writ
| ing from his parents, shall lose their il
| ccuec and shall also forfeit the sum 81
| $50 IN each instance 70 the institution
II minors under sixteen years OF age
| are convicted Ga q court OF misdemeanof
| they may be punished with stripes in the
| discretion OF the court
In order TO relieve the Ovcrcrowded
! condition OF tho pcnitentiary the Cover
| nor has been empowered by an act Just
| pasycd 20 discharge convict5 on condi-
| tioual pardon, if they have served one
| half Of their sentence. their conduct has
| been good and their discharge IS recon-
! nouded by the board OF directors OF the
institution. Should they thereafter how
| ever DO caught I'm committing another
offence. they are 90 be brought back al
once % the court where they were hfst
convicted and they shall then be made 20
| serve out their term. There was no dis-
position on the part Of tho House 20
| agree to the purchase OF a new peniten-
uarv farm nor to an appropriation OF
sic0 COO for the erection Of additional cell
| buildings.
The only other measure adopted which
tends 20 relieve the pcnitcntiafN is lhe
Incorporation OF the Virginia Sugar IKE
| fning Company, whereby the Governor
sbaU have the right 10 turn over 10 this
company from 100 TO go able-bodied con-
victs rot other wise employed. who are
TO assist I'm the raising Of sugar beeis
under certain condition.
| FOR THE LABORfNG PEOPLE.
A good deal has been done n the inter-
est OF free labor I'm this state. law
has been enacted under which a Bureau
of Labor and Industrial Statistics is 10
o., created and another measure protects
| labels and other trade marks OF laoor or
! Plantations. The employers of females
in stores. shops and factories have 10
| provide their employees with seats when
they may occupy whep not employed ln
any other way, while the motormen and
car drivers on street cars are TO be pro-
| tected by vestibue fronts during the -FOUR
winter months Of the year.
ASIAN act OF justice TO the laboring man
| at large a law has been enacted under
which the wages and salaries OF an
city. town and county officials clerks ana
| employees may be garnisheed ana ieFled
| upon for debt
Several measures were placed on the
statute book in order that certain chart
table institutions might be exempt from
the Davment OF tho collateral Inheritance
| tax. These were in the first place the
| seventeen institutions 10 which the late
Major Lewis Ginter left legacies In MS
will. Besides similar provision applied
TO the hospital of the Sheitering Arms, 20
which was left legacy by the lato
James II. Parish. and the Virginia Hospi-
tal and the Womans Christian Assoca-
ron which were provided for I'm a SINH
| lar manner i'm the will OF Elizabeth q.
Waller. and the school of Mrs. Baldwin
i'm stanton also comes under that pro-
| vision.
The Medical College OF Virginia has
been given authority TO hold gifts either
| i'm fits own name or In the name or JUS
hospital or infrmary. Persons applying
20 the state Board Of Medical Examiners
| for diploma 10 practice medicine lh
| Virginia. will hereafter have 20 pay Zee
| of $40 instead Of s.. as heretofore before
| NOV will be admitted 10 their examna-
uon This is the same asked OF pharma-
| cists and dentists who apply for their
| diplomas Dentists must hereafter secure
certificates from the State Board Of Dem
| tai Examiners before they can practice
| dentistry. unless they were in possession
| OF a license on January 2s 1880.
Two laws were enacted Affecting wheel
men. one provides that railroad compa-
| nics shall ship bicycles free of charge as
any other baggage OF PASSENGERS ana 'He
other one prohibits the riding OF hicy-
Giles as well as the riding OF animals and
the driving on sidewalks i'm incorporated
villages and towns.
AFFECTING RAILWAYS.
Railroad companies shall be compelled
| TO transfer live stock over their lines ana
| they are also compelled 90 fence IN their
road beds and build cattle guards, or pay
Tor any live stock killed on their tracks.
No court, however, shall compel railroad
companies 10 erect fences or build cattle
guards. The malicious removal OF switch
lamps flag lamps, or other railroad sig
nails from railroad tracks shall lie pun
ished as murder. II the removal was
only an unlawful one without any malice.
the punishment shall be imprisonment 10
Tie pouitcntiary from one TO five years
or iu jail up TO one year or the payment
of fine up 10 500.
Authority has been given TO the Rich
mond and Petersburg ana 10 the 1e.eIs-
| burg Railroad Companies 10 consolidate
which will bring the sum OF $l2 600 into the
state Treasury.
telegraph and telephone companies will
hereafter be protected against the unlaw-
ful use OF their lines and the destruction
OF their property viii be punished under
the provisions of a new law.
| Ia order to obtain n complete list OF the
Confederate soldiers now living in this
| state the Commissioners OF the Revenue
are TO furnish the clerks "a the various
courts with the names entered on blanks
p 10 be furnished by the Auditor Of Public
: Accounts
A large number Of reli.f bills
were passed by which either new
, pensions were granted or the
amounts heretofore allowed were rails
ed The Board of Supervisors OF Orange
r. county have been authorized 10 take the
necessary steps for the erection Of q
monument to the Confederate dead at
Orange Courthouse.
Fourth-class postmasters may hereafter
act as school trustees as Wen as notarles
J public in Virginia. and under new law
notaries public may hereafter qualify in
! vacation
THE WATERMELON FIGHT.
The long existing fight between the
watermelon and anti-watermelon Demo
Gratis IN Washington county will likely
, be brought 70 q close. The anti-water'
E melon people thought they had obtained
5 the best OF their rivals when recently
I new electoral board was appointed Ihel
interests IA the Legislature were repre-
z scented by Senator Steele and Delegate
{ Campbell, while Delegate Jennings looked
81 out For the watermelon people. The tw'
0 houses sided with Mr.. Jennings and APP
\ pointed an electoral board recommended
Y | by him. In order 10 lesislatc the othel