The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-25

Bill Providing That saloons Shall he Kept
Open To View from the streets.

The House committee met yesterday af-
ternoon I'm Room No. on the upper floor
OF tho Capito building with Captain r.
$. Parks. of Page county in the chair.
The first bill taken up was the one in
PRODUCED by Mr.. Jordan, Of Frederick.
which provides for the creating Of a
Board of Medical Examiners for the
Botanic or Herb School of Medicine.
which had only been presented in the
House that morning. and the provisions
Of which are given in another column.
Mr.. r. T. Byrd. a well-known attorney
of winchester and DR.. w ]. Whitlock,
of that city. were present TO explain the
provisions Of the bill. Mr.. Byrd stated
that the bill was similar TO the law now
on the statute book providing for the
examination of mineral doctors. The
Board Of Examiners of the latter con-
sisted of five homeopathic while the re-
mainder were allopath. The bill under
discussion was only applicable to herb
doctors. whose education was entirely
different from that of the other physi-
clans. and while the present law provided
for the admittance of herb doctors 10 the
regular medical examinations. yet this
provision was only on paper, because
such applicants, if they should appear be-
fore the board. would be rejected because
they could not pass the examination on
account Of the difference in the two
schools and the education acquired there
Mr.. Byrd thought the present law
created only a medical trust and there
was more humbug in the medical profess
fession.
DIT. Whtlock spoke of some Of his ex-
periences i'm curing cancers of various
kinds and the committee then passed the
bill By temporarily. subsequently the
committee decided to pass the bill by.
REPORTED FAVORABLY
Tho committee decided TO report the
following bills favorably:
Amending and re-enacting the charter
Of the stanton Academy; introduced by
Air. Churchman, of Stanton.
incorporating the trustees OF the JOS
eph II. Sands Division No. 4Ol. of Grand
internal brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers: introduced by Mr.. Hicks. Of
Roanoke.
The committee then took up the bill
introduced by Mr.. Switzer. OF Rocking
ham. which amends the law relating to
the taxation OF building and loan asso-
Citations. These associations shall, under
the provisions OF the bill. pay a license
tax OF S25 10 the State and also forty
cents on every hundred dollars worth or
It's capital assets and money. The amount
OF these assests and money is 10 be re-
ported annually under oath 10 the Audi
tor OF Public Accounts on April ist. or
within the next ten days.
After some little discussion the COM
mitt.,e decided to pass the bill by and re-
quest the House 20 have the bill printed.
REMOVE SALOON BLINDS.
IL was decided to make a special order
for next Monday afternoon the consid-
Grafton OF the bill introduced by Mr. JOS
eph Il. Willard, OF Fairfax, by request,
which provides for an amendment OF the
code I'm relation to the sale Of intoxicat-
ing LIQUORS on Sundays and how such sale
shall be punished. The bill provides that
no bar-room, saloon or other place for the
sale OF intoxicating liquors shall be or
remain open and no intoxicating bitters
or other drinks shall be sold in any bar
room, restaurant, saloon. store or other
place between u o'clock on any Saturday
night and sunrise of the succeeding Mon
day morning.
No keeper OF any bar-room. saloon or
other place for the sale OF intoxicating
liquors shall by placing in or about any
such place or allowing TO be so placed or
TO so remain any screen. curtain or other
thing. obstruct the view into any such
place. but the same shall be so kept that
an officer Of the law can from the street
or main entrance of such places see
plainly and clearly all the parts Of said
bar-room, saloon or other place for the