Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-16
GENERAL ASSEMBLY Y.
Proceedings of the Senate
and House.
MEASURES INTRODUCED.
nih I" Incorporate the Atlantic and yVeas-
efh halfway Company. Employers
Liability Bill Discussed In
All Hts Aspects.
CSpecial to the Daily Press.l

| especial to the Daily Pressl
RICHMOND. VA. Feb. 15.-lafter thsa
W ,t,ia,e business OF the House To-Day.
which included the passage ossss.uarsi55
tocSl and private oils. the House sae,,5,s5s
lacked the special order, the two ra.g
| erenchnent bills. to1le regulat ting and 49,
Ntls jailors' fSes and the other fixing tl,ss
SItaries OF the cles ks CT the Senate and
a .,,,,.nss 4. was a thrashing over of old
siaW: ootb measures having been. exssS
hauStiv1.y and exhaustfngly denatesi. Z:
out TINS did not prevent the exDenfi3 /
cure or much lung power by both tIlas
a. oeales ana opponents OF the meas
ures, both tf which had received :. ma.
1ority CIT the votes present fr,t n,,t
rIaJor!ty or the membership nf the
1ouse as consHtutiona1ly required y
both bills We're finally passed, the vote
on mat liking salaries of clerks of the
,,s' .e and House by vote of 81 to 80.
al ailE native vote of 81 being required &
ln- 5le'lteT part of the day in. the
senate was consumed in the ccnsidera.
iron OF the employers liability biaE$
mnicn IS 'helng eXhaustively debated in
h IN, KS legal and economic aspects. Few
piiis tnls session have received so 1nucgt@ \
attention from that body, which is CON-
ceuedly the more careful anil conserva ne.
i've OF tf* two branches. The labor or
sanizatcns and the public senera1l,r are.
oehlno the Dill, but the railway fines,
at which it is especially aimed ami q
which WIFI b 7ab,e to heavy a-xreaS.1i ~
tuTe under the opera ton of the pres
posed law. oppose the measure. 5S$
Littie OF no other business was done
IN mat body today nh
Among the new bills intro.1uce,7 i'm, ~.
'Hcuse today wtere:
by W.T. Saunders: To Incorporates tha
Atlantic & Western Railway. The cont
pa'ny itesires to fuli q railway from 4
,Ssocky Mount westward through Frank
80 ~ uhu :oyd counties ana thence to a.
lih%' BEGINNING at Franklin Junction
the ROAD may run eastwardTfy to soanta
point on the Atlantic & Danvlll,, Rat1sl
40. ARR may acquire In the usual wag
,tsnt on way, etc. Stock may be Issued Z
20 an amount not exceeding SIS 600 00J5SeS
All the powers and privileges usually
slanted railroads are given. The biFt
appears to De movement of which the
atlantic q DanyiTle Railroed is behind 81
Shss eScure through line west ana TO tan \
by M nets OF Southwest Virginia. g
Virginia ssa sra s1annNslers To Incorporate the
: the s,mss + Iii ;th1;i1 Ting Company. This
ate by Mr FOOD Flo si' and Sen
ores umd that the opposition has beeTis
Withdrawn and that the syf.f Srr,ss a a,snsns
be passed. - $50
BY Mr. Parker: Joint resolution prp.
Hs'sarg amendments to the constitution 4,
sectrcns l. ?, 3. s. 9. 10. II. 10 IL. Ia and
= or nrticle and providing for the pI,E,-5
iishfng saii amendments and certifytrra
,,'e same to the next General Assembly,.
Inns Is the same resolution introduced
| N the y nate proposing a reorganization
or the State judiciary system and the
SuE%rcesson OF the county and circuit
courts by district courts.
BY Mr.. James Mann: AS to warrant
n contract of such nature that an
lctlHn OF assumnsit wcu.d lie on same
1Sy Mr.. N'=wberne: To provide for five
nool trustees Of each district of Nor
folk county.
ny MI Wood: To incorpcrlte the Old
Dominion Mining, Chemic,a7 and Electri-S Z
cal Comrany .'#s5s
inteAEence was received in this city
'o1ay CT the death in Washington, D. c.,
Vt Mrs. Mary Wise Garnett, lahughtar
| It the late General and Ex-Governor
Henry A. Wise and wife of the late Dr..
'arnett. a surgeon in tls Confederate
Navy! Deceased was a sister of EIt-ns.
TORN 5. Wise. 1T New York, ard r. A
Wise OF Virginia. She. was raised near
Only. In Accomac county. -