Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-04
signed Nearly zoo bills Yesterday
Lnbor-Bureau Bill IL a Law.


Labor-Buresu Bill IL Law.
The Governor had a busy day of II yes
terday, and during his Office hours signed
in the nelghborhood of 300 bills. Among
the measures to which he affixed his sig
nature was the bill to establish a bureau
OF labor and Industrial statistics.
About fifty OF the measures approved
yesterday were pension bills.
Among the first to which the Governor
placed his name was the general appro-
priation bill.
Tho following are some of the bills APP
proved yesterday.
70 incorporate the Richmond and Tide
water Railroad Company.
TO remove distractions I'm Hyco river IN
the county OF Halifax
Proposing an amendment to sections /
and OF Article VII. of the Constitution
OF Virginia. and providing for publishing
said amendments and certifying the same
to the next General Assembly.
To amend certain sections OF the Code.
as amended by an act entitled an act to
revise. arrange. and consolidate into
code the general statutes Of the Com
mOnwealth.
To lay off. designate, and survey the
natural oyster-beds. rocks. and shoals in
York river in the county Of King and
Queen.
TO amend an act to authorize the dis
trict school boards in the county of Rock
ingham to use district school funds for
the payment of teachers.
To provide a circuit court for the city
of Bristol, Va.
To amend an act declaring certain
streams In Charlotte county to be high
ways.
For the protection of game In the coun-
ties Of Chesterfield. Prince George, and
Charles City.
To allow the voters Of Floyd county 20
vote a subscription to the Blue Ridge
Railway Company.
To amend an act to establish cor
poration court for the city of Bristol
To amend an act as to what property
may be distrained for taxes.
To authorize the Board of Supervisors
OF Sussex county to provide for the pay
ment of interest on bonds.
To provide for the protection of part
ridges, or quail. in Henry county.
sHERIFFS' FEES.
To amend an act in relation to the pay
ment of fees to sheriff. sergeant, coroner
crier, or constable
70 amendoan act incorporating Falls
Church and Potomac Railroad Company.
To amend and re-enact sections 3 and
of the charter of the town Of Hampton.
To make South river. in the county Of
Augusta. between certain points, a law
full fence.
To authorize certain counties to sub
scribe 10 the stock Of the Madison and
Orange Railroad Company.
To incorporate the House Rock Wheel
Club
Autbori,ipg n N election iu tho couptx, Of
Buckingham, upon the question of the
removal OF the courthouse of the said
county
To amend an act as 10 how judges of
election appointed; falling to attend; who
10 act.
To provide for the protection of part
ridges in the county of Pittsylvania.
To provide for the destruction of GER
tain pol-books and ballots in the Clerks
office of the county and corporation
courts.
To require the return Of distress war
rants and to provide for process OF sale.
To amend the charter of the town of
Martinsvile in Henry county.
To amend an act providing for the
working and keeping in order the public
roads and bridges in the counties Of
Scott and Lee.
To incorporate the Virginia State Fair
and Agricultural Association.
TO provide for the appointment of
special prosecuting attorney in proper
cases.
For the relief of Julia w. Johnson.
TO enlarge the power of the Richmond
Gas Company.
For the relief of Charles n. McAlex-
ander. a disabled Confederate soldier of
Franklin county.
To make the night Waterman of Chin
colleague Island, Accomac county, a con-
servator of the peace on said island.
To amend the Code in relation to the
trial of an issue out of chancery.
To provide for the collection of taxes
and levies, funds, securities, moneys, and
other property under the control OF the
fiduciaries and the several courts OF the
Commonwealth.
To incorporate the Princess Anne Tele-
phone Company.
To incorporate the Princess Anne
Cape Henry and Lynnhaven-Ba Railway
Company.
To amend the Code In regard to the APP
pointment and qualification of notaries
public.
To provide a new charter for the town
of Berryville.
To authorize the School Trustee Elec-
toral Board of Norfolk county to increase
the number of district school trustees
for Washington Magisterial District.
To incorporate the Lee Fire-Insurance
OF Alexandria.
Authorizing the Gladesville School Dis
trict. in the county of Wise. to issue
bonds for the payment of the cost Of
building free-school houses for said dis
trict at Norton, Wise county.
To amend an act providing for a w
charter for the town OF Clintwood, In |
Dickinson county.
To authorize the school trustees Of
Clntwood town School District to con-
tract with teacher for a term of years. |
To amend an act Incorporating the Vir- |
ginia and Northwestern Railroad Com
pany.
TO regulate the killing, capturing, hunt |
ing. selling, or offering for sale any part |
ridge (or quaiD in the counties Of Cum |
berland or Powhatan.
To amend an act TO constitute one |
district of the Elizabeth river |
and its branches, and TO create board 4
If quarantine commissioners and a quar-
antlne medical officer for the district.
TO amend an act imposing tax On |
collateral inheritances and regulate the /
collection of the same.
TO amend the Code relating to the pay
II Judge OF one circuit sitting in another
% hold special term.
Providing that the lot Of land belong
NJ TO the county of Henrico, located on
he southwest corner of Twenty-second