Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-24


the charter Of the town OF Martinsville
In Henry county.
BY Mr.. Smith, OF Northampton: To al
low occupants of oyster planting grounds
In Cherrystone and Huger's Bard, in tbs
county Of Northampton. to scrape SAID
planted ground.
BY Mr. Wlnborne, OF Rockbridge: To
provide for ascertaining and publishing q
| statement Of the annual receipts and dis
bursements Of the counties and cities in
! the Commonwealth.
by Mr.. Caldwell OF Craig: TO amend
the Code in regard to school trustees.
their number, and term OF Office in the
county of Craig.
BY Mr.. Matthew's, Of Accomac: To
amend the Code in relation TO penalty for
selling liquors when vote is against II
cense distillers and manufacturers
BY same: To make the night Waterman
Of Chincoteague Island, Accomac county.
a conservator of the peace on said island
THE STATE FARM BILL.
Some discussion was provoked upon a
motion to take up the Browning bin.
authorizing the Board Of Directors OF the
penitentiary TO purchase farm land and
erect buildings thereon, az a cost not TO
exceed $4,000
-'tAs t'cAtHANio OUDDctU lilS motion. lie
thought the House should not dispose OF
this measure until the bill 10 incorporate
the Virginia Sugar Refining Company had
been considered. He thought that n the
farm was purchased, 1t would conflict
with the sugar-beet industry. which would
be directly IN the interest of the
farmers Of the State. The Legislature
should express itself on three questions
that Of enlarging the buildings of the
penitentiary; that of establishing the
sugar-beer industry, and that of pur-
chasing another farm.
Mr.. Willard then moved &c make the
bill a special order for 4:3O o'clock "a the
afternoon session. This was agreed TO
and the same action was taken In regard
to the bill Incorporating the Virginia
Sugar Refining Company.
PROHIBIT DEALING IN FUTURES
The bill 'to prohibit the buving and
selling Of futures. or otherwise dealing
In what Is known as futures by declaring
such transactions gambling" came up
as the frst special order. and was adj
Vocated by Judge Watkins. bucket
shop was established I'm his little town
or 5000 some time ago. and in six months
from $4,000 to $4,000 were lost by young
men who could i'll afford to stand 1t.
Mr. Pitcher asked if he Pilcher) sent
his check to Chicago or New York to be
placed on wheat or anything else for
future delivery. would such a transaction
come under the provisions of the billn
Judge Watkins replied that he was not
prepared to construe the law on that
point. but that if such a transaction oc-
Cured in his county, he, as Common
wealth's Attorney, would certainly LAY
hold Of the man" The bill was then
yfY.
to it,
The next measure on the calendar was
that TO prevent railroad and other trans
portation companies from making unjust
determinations against the people of Vir-
ginia in favor of through freghts, but
the chair was vacated al 2:30, before any
action was taken on the measure.
The Afternoon Session.
Speaker Ryan called the House to order
al o'clock.
Mr.. James Mann, Of Nottoway, called |
up local bill to amend the charter OF
the town Of Crewe in regard to the sale |
Of liquor. There was at present, he ex- /
planned a law prohibiting the sale of IL /
luOr within the town, and it was being /
evaded by the bar-keepers outside, who 1
employed agents in Crewe TO conduct the |
traffic for them. The spirit OF the law
vas being violated. and the bill. or rather |
4 substitute offered therefor, was to pre-
vent this.
Mr.. Reddy opposed the motion Of Mr..
Mann to take the bill out of its order. The
delegate from Nottoway then desired 10
know whether he represented that cOun-
", or whether the gentleman from Rich
nond did. The latter. declared Mr.. Mann
according 10 his fReddys) own statement.
vas speaking for another. The Delegate
rom NottOway asserted that this gen.
leman who had approached Mr.. Reddy
vas a resident Of Amelia. and owned not
dollars worth Of property in Nottoway.
rhe bill was taken up by an almost
unanimous vote, and Mr.. Reddy explained
hat his reason for opposing the measure
vas that il restricted the individual
lights of citizens. However, the suosti-
ute was passed, the body being almost
unanimous in upholding Mr. Mann in
What the latter claimed was purely local
natter
LONG AND SHORT HAUL.
The Parker bill, to prevent discrimina-
ion as to the 'long and short haul" the
consideration Of which was Interrupted at
he morning session, was again taken up
\ the afternoon. The argument made
gainst the measure by Messrs. Pitcher
ticks. and Willard was that ii would
revent the good effects of competition,
hitch the people now enjoyed. The bill
'as finally dismissed.
HANGINGS AT STATE PRISON
The companion measures providing
nat the execution of the death sentence
nall take place at the penitentiary came
%. with an amendment offered by Mr..
aunders. providing that should relatives
the condemned prisoner desire his body
should be shipped to them at the cost
I the State.
one of the measures passed. but as the
,cond failed to receive a constitutional
ote. necessary for it's adoption, the ac-
on by which the body thus rejected the
N was reconsidered, and 2 motion 10 {
ISIS by prevailed. {
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
To incorporate the Newport News and
Id Point Railway and Electric Company
To provide a Circuit Court for the city
Bristol. j