Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-26
when plea in abatement may be filed and
to amend an act to provide for WORK.
ing roads in Fairfax county.
HOUSE.

to amend an act to provide for work
ing roads in Fairfax county.
HOUSE.
A bill was offered which requires all
saloonkeepsrs to have the interior tt
their barrooms exposed TO the view OF
person on the outside of the building
from twelve O'Clock Saturday night to
sunrise Monday morning, the period
during which liquor is not allowed to
be sold. A fine of not less than S25 nor
more than $500 is provided for any one
WAC, by the use o any scret or her
device, obs.ructs the view into bar
room during the period named.
Mr.. S@iizer introduced bill to re.
duce the salaries of all State, municipal
and county officials. The measure pro.
vides that from the beginning of this
year all salaries shall be reduced as
follows: All salaries of $1,000. 20 per
cent. 80. 500 or more, 10 per cont. !;
81 500 or more, 12@ per cent. $500 or
more, u per cent.
The House adopted resolution d.
rectiDg an inquiry into the propriety of
abolishiug the Tenth (Fredercksbur. }
| Judicial Circuit, and providing that no
nomination shall be made until the
question is settled. If the circuit is not
abolished, Senator Mason will be-
| elected
The boiler inspe ction bill was again
reported from committee and placed on
the calendar.
Bills were introduced to require q
writ tax to be paid on all suits insti
tuted in justices courts, and for the
pre- -ryation of quail in the counties Of
Stafford and King George.
The House passed the House bill to
amend section ISL of the Code in ref
erence to poor TO be kept at poor
house, and when and how assistance to
be given them at their home; also Sen
ate bills to prevent deception 10 the
manufacture and sale elimination but
ter, and to amend chapter $40 of The
acts and to put in full force section 1lS9
of the Code in relation to branch roads
and lateral works.
The conference of democrats Of both
houses called for last night, to agree
upon some practical measure for re-
trenchment aud reform, was post
poDed until Friday, owing to the
sickness of the prime mover in the mat
ter. Many difficulties are being thrown
in the way of reducing expenses, and,
though number Of bills have been o.
fered, special committee appointed to
consider them and the session hall
over, nothing has been done.
A big lobby was at the Capitol yester-
day fighting the bill tocut down the fees
of sheriGs and the city sergeants, and
strong political pressure was being used
to defeat it. Such is the case in every
direction in which the pruning hook is
set.
It looks very much as if the bill re-
curing social clubs selling liquor to pay
the regular bar license would pass The
Senate. Since the House adopted the
measure, the club men have been hard
a. work to effect its defeat, but the
anti.club people have also been active,
aud a dozen Senators presented peti
tons yesterday praying the passage q
the bill.
The House committee on Chesapeake
and its tributaries has under considera-
ton the Ewing bill, amending the oys-
Ter laws of the State. IL was decided
to make the season when oysters may
be taken from October to April l, ex-
cept on the ocean side, where it will
be from September Is to May 10. The
bill has not yet been reported and will
not be acted upon for several days.
d. P. B. Barringer. chairman of the
faculty, Prof. ]. W. Mallett, Thomas
H. Carter, proctor, and Messrs Joseph
Bryan, A. G. Gordon and r. It. Irvine,
of the board Of visitors of the Univer-
sity of Virginia, appeared before the
Joint legislative committee on retrench
ment last night in the interest of that
institution. The State appropriates
$50, 900 annually to the university, aud
these in charge feel that it would Grip
pie the institutions usefulness to cut
down the appropriation now. A state
ment made by DR.. Barrineer shows
that at the university the State has a
plant, endowment funds and residuary
legacies Of S1,7920 900, Of which not
over 100000 came from the State.
Mr.. Saunders has bill before the
House to require the fencing in of all
railroad tracks, and if this is defeated
he proposes to press an amendment
like this to every railroad bill offered
this session.
Senator southall has offered bill to amend
the act to provide for normal school in the
Virgins Normal snd Collegiate Institute so
as to reduce the term Of the normal school
from five 10 four weeks.
Mr. saundors's bill providing for the ap.
pointment of boird of appraisers to tax tele-
phone telegraph and express companies, and
deiin ng what constitutes such corporations
will be reported to the House favorsbly BY
the finance committee.
The bill in relation to the pawnbrokers Is
on the calendar in the House, having been
favorsby reported from the committee On
courts There Is very little objection 10 il.
The bill requires ell pawnbrokers to close
their stores from p. m 10 a. m and
makes it unlawful for any one who is not a
licensed pawnbroker to put out pawnbrok-
er's ign.
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