Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-11
THE LEGISLATURE.


calendar, especially Of local bills, a
great number of which were passed by
both branches. As usual, nearly all
the important legislation will be
crowded into the last few days Of the
session.
The Senate passed the House bill
prohibiting the sale of liquor 10 Buena
Vista and for two miles around. The
discussion was particularly animated,
but its chief interest lay in the fact that
Senators Flood and Lstcher, who will
be rivals for the nomination for Con-
gress in the Tenth district, we're pitted
against each other. Mr.. Flood, who
secured the passage of the bill, was
sustained by Messrs. Flanagan, Mush-
bach and Parr, while only Mr.. Morris
came to Mr.. Letcher's support. The
bill is aimed at distillery just outside
of Buena Vista.
Mr.. Mushbach spoke in favor of tie
bill, concluding by saying that he was
informed that while there had been nu-
merous petitions sent to the legislature
asking for the passage of the bill, the
only objection to its passage came from
lawyer named Bell, in the town of
Lexington, six miles away.
The Senate passed the bill incor-
porating the Mary GUSTS Lee Children
of the Confsderacy.
There is very little likelihood now
that either the department of agricul-
ture or the board will be abolished.
The Senate committee yesterday even
ing reconsidered its decision of We'd
nesday night to report favorably the
bill to abolish the department, and will
consider the proposition OF the board to
Conduct the department upon the rove
nue. derived from tax on fertilizers. If
the duties of the department were
transferred to the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, they would ask for an allow
ance of $4,000 more. The Richmond
Chamber of Commerce last night adopt
ed protest against the removal of the
department and urged the Richmond
delegation TO opposs it.
The Senate, which on Wednesday
voted to appropriate $3.50, 0O0to enlarge
the penitentiary, will try to safeguard
the expenditure by securing the ap-
poin ment OF a board of building COM
missioners to do the work. A resolu-
ton will be adopted looking to this
end.
The Senate finance committe yesler-
day decided to report favorably Mr..
Letcher's bill to submit to the people
the question Of levying special tax OF
cents for pensions to ex-Confederates.
The vote is to be taken at the next
general election.
When the bill to prohibit the use OF
trading stamps came up in the Senate
| Mr.. Withers called attention to the
fact that if passed. it would disregard
the criminal laws of the State in that
it gave judge authority to Try the Of
fender and fix his punishment, no pro-
vision being made for jury trial. The
bill was, thereupon, passed by.
There was some debate in the Senate
over the bill to tax social clubs. Mr..
Barksdale opposed the substitute,
which was to tax the clubs so cents for
each member, and advocated the
original measure to impose specific
tax of 5000 upon each club that sells or
gives away liquor to its members. MIR.
Clayton also supported the original bill,
| while Mr.. Mumford spoke for the suit
stitute. A vote was not reached.
The employers liability bill was not
considered in the Senate yesterday.
| When it came up with an unfavorahle
report from the committee Mr.. McIll
waine offered his bill as substitute.
This was ordered to be printed and the
TWO bills were passed by until to-day.
The bill to enlarge the penitentiary
was passed by, and Mr.. Floods resolu-
ton to give to beard of State officers,
headed by the Governor, control of the
work, was laid on the table, with the
understanding that it is to be incorpc-
rated in the bill.
The Senate passed the Senate bill
determining interests of the county oil
Alexandria and city of Alexandria in
certain property.
A bill was introduced to amend the
code in relation to deeds Of trust and
other membranes.
The Senate passed Senate bills to
amend section 1888 of the code in refer.
ence to allowance in criminal cases.
To repeal section 666 of the code in
relation to delinquent lands.
To require sale of delinquent lands.
To enable married women to sue in
their own names.
In relation to verifcation of the an
nual report Of insurance companies.
HOUSE,
In the House Mr.. Buford introduced
bill to repeal the present election
laws, and practically restore the ballot
system in use prior to the adoption OF
either the Parkes or the Ander'
SON. Mccormick law. 1t permits can
didates to print their own tickets,
but shall not distribute same with
in fifty yards of the ballot box. All
| tickets are to have the names of all
candidates printed on the same sheet.
The bills seeks to remedy alleged de-
fects in the present law. The bill was
referred.
The House. after a long discussion,
defeated the bill providing for inspec-
ton of all the steam boilers in the
State.
The failure of the House yesterday
to pass the bills reducing the fees OF
ailors and cutting down the salaries OF
the clerks of the two Houses may have
a serious effect upon the work of re-
trenchment, and lead to something like
deadlock. Neither of these measures
received the required fifty-one votes.