Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-02-02
STATE LEGIsLATURE.
Doin<s in our Law.Making Bod

Two members OF the House and
one Senator have died during this
session.
The Committee on General Laws
of the Virginia Senate by a vote of
5 to 4 decided to report adversely
Mr. Grayely's antitrust bill.
The Constitutional Convention
bill, which will be passed by the
Legislature, fixes the time for submit
ting the question TO the voter at the
May election of next year.
The House Committee on courts
has agreed to report favorably Mr..
Jordan's bill placing upon each
county and city the expenses of
prosecuting misdemeanor cases.
TIE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS boundary
line question hobs up at every session
of the General Assembly. Senator
Walker offered joint resolution, to
appoint committee to confer with n
similar body from the Maryland Leg
islature to investigate and report
upon this question.
There is said to be the strongest
lobby at the capitol that has been
there for years fighting against the
Seaboard bill for charter to run
road to Washington. The lobby iu-
cludes men of prominence in the
State who are interested IN behalf of
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac and Atlantic Coast Line to
defeat any competition.
JURY vERDICTs.
The Senate Committee of Courts
of Justice reported favorably Senator
IClator's bill, abolishlng unanimitv
of jury verdicts in civil cases. The
bill provides that in all civil cases
three-fourths of the jurors constitut-
ing the jury, or if the jury be COM
posed of seyen jurors, five of them,
may render verdict and such YER
dict shall have the same force and
effect of unanimous verdict.
BILLS PASSED.
To amend section 2OSS of Code in
relation to hauling seines, etc.
10 amend section 2OS6 of the
Code, as to tax on fishing devices.
To allow Frank NJ. Thrift to erect
a wharf on Yeocomico river.
TO incorporate the Golden Chain
Society, Of Westmoreland coanty,
Va.
To provide for the separate accom-
modatlon of white and colored pas
sengers in the sitting, sleeping and
eating apartments of steamboats, ply
ing in the waters within the iuris-
d:ction of the Common wealth, and
to provide certain police powers for
captains, pursers and other officers
in command to enforce such reg
ulations, and to prevent and suppress
disorderly conduct on said boats. =
INTRODUCED OR PLACED ON CAL
ENDAR.
by Mr.. Shelton: To repeal the
land grabbers' act.
by Mr.. Nottingham: To prevent
the killing of horses and mules.
A bill to give magistrates power
to appoint constables.
A bill to give county courts iu-
risdiction upon scire faciaS or motion
to revive judgmentrendered 10y JUS
tees of the peace.
Two bills for new railroads between
Richmond and Washington, to par
allel the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac r. Il.
A bill to make telegraph compa-
MES pay damages for disclosing con-
tents of II message, or for failure to
make prompt delivery.
A bill to require the auditor to
furnish the Legislature with list of
all sums due the Commonwealth
since 1884 by defaulting or failure
on the part of county or State Off
cials.
BY Senator Walker-To regulate
the taking of oysters in the Potomac
river above "a line drawn from Ma
thias Point, in King George county,
Va to the mouth of Pope's creek, in
Charles City county, Md.
Senator LeCato's bill for consti-
tutional amendment making the pre-
payment of capitatation tax lex
cept in the case Of aged and iufirned
persons, who may be exempted by
the county courD prerequisite to vot-
ing, has been favorably reported by
the Senate Committee.
Mr.. Clayton offered a bill which
makes many changes in the State
pension law. The measure provides
that every soldier, sailor or marine,
who lost an arm, foot, leg, or hand |
shall receive 500. (The present law
provides for the payment of 500 !
1t provides that every soldier, etc,
who lost his eyes, or two feet, or two
hands, or hand and foot, shall re-
ceive 800, instead of SEQ, as at pres
ent. A soldier, etc, who received |
wounds amounting to total disability |
is to receive $50, instead of $50. |
For wounds amounting to partial
disability, $50 is to be paid instead
of $l5. To every such soldier, etc.
who, by reason of age or decrepitude
is disabled from earning a living,
aud who has not the means Of sup
port, the sum of $50 is to be paid.
Provision is also made for the widows
OF Confederate soldiers. The sum
of $4,000 is to be appropriated to
pay pensions.
SPECIAL LEVY FOR WHITE STONE
Mr. Wexford, at the request of
the Board of Supervisors and Com
monwealth's Attorney of Lancaster
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