Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-02-11
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Interesting News Gathered from
Our Exchanges-The Cen
erai ASSEMBLY, etc.

Governor and Mrs. Tyler and
family have been invited by Presi-
dent and Mrs. Mckinley to attend
the reception at the White House on
February 18th. Mr.. Heth tyler
will probably attend.
The Saunders bill requiring all
the railroads la the State TO fence
In their tracks has already passed
both houses, and now goes to the
Governor for his approval. The
measure is an important one in the
interest of the farmers, as it requires
the roads to pay for all stock killed
IT the tracks are not fenced. The
railroads antagonized this measure
vigorously when it was first brought
toward, but their opposition seems
to have waned
The friends of the University of
Virginia will make a big fight before
the Senate Committee on Finance
against cutting down the appropria
ton of that institution from fifty to
forty thousand dollars. 1t is insist
ed that of all the years. this is the
one IN which such stroke of econo.
my should not be attempted. The
university has to rebuild its struc
lures destroyed by fire and contract
ed the debts therefor in the expecta-
ton of receiving the usual allowance
from the State To curtail this ap-
preparation now, the friends of the
university maintain, will be manifest.
ly unfair They will make great
hight to prevent the adoption of the
suggestion of Senator Barksdale's
committee in this matter They NAV
be successful, as it seems likely they
will be.
The Senate Committee on General
Laws last night decided to report
favorably the bill forbidding the use
OF trading stamps and trading checks
amending 1T SO as to make it effec
tive Jelly 1st. There was decided op
position to repoi ting the bill,and the
final vote was 4 to 2.
Captain r. S. Parks, of Page
county, yesterday introduced in the
House quite an important bill, pro
viding for the appointment of a com
missioner in every city and town of
the State having over 5000 inhabi
tants, whose duty it shall be to at.
tend to the better assessment of
such personal property as money,
notes, bonds, and securities, and who
shall make a report to the Commits
sioner of the Revenue. The bill is
framed on the lines of law now in
force in the city of New York, al
though not so drastic as that ordi
nance.
MIR. Bland, of Portsmouth, intro
duced bill to prohibit railroad and
steamboat companies from loading
or unloading freight-cars or freight
steam ers or other vessels on Sunday
and also from running locomotive.
or cars, except such as shall be rur
for carrying passengers or the mails
The term Sunday in the bill is con
strued as only referrir to that par,
OF the day between sunrise and sun
set. The violation of the act is
classed as misdemeanor, and the
penalty is fixed at not less than
$500, to be paid, when collected, Into
the State Treasury for the public
schools.
There was introduced in the
House yesterday the committee's
substitute for the bill reducing iail
ers' fees. The CHIEF change In the
bill Is that which raises to 18 cents
the minimum daily charges for main.
tanning prisoners. Several other
changes are made. which are design.
ed to prevent the bill increasing the
salaries of the keepers of small iails,
which would have been the effect had
the other bill been enacted.