Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-01-16
THE LEGISLATURE.
THE SENATE,

| no iOhOWinB VILE WoIo pd6S6O
To incorporate the Southern lowest.
ment Company.
To authorize the United States gov.
eminent to acquire title to land on
Elizabeth river.
To allow superintendents of State
hospitals to grant iurloughs to patients.
10 relation to the time of electine
officers of the Deaf and Dumb and
Blind Institute.
To amend section 3O44 of the code 10
relation to counties and districts OF
county judges.
The bill 10 relation to effect of evil
dence 10 insurance suits was ordered
to its engrossment.
The following bills were introduced
and referred
To prohibit telegraph companies
operating in the State of Virginia from
contracting against their own negli-
gence.
The amend section 900 of the code to
empower county and corporation
courts to strike from the lists lands
which cannot be located or which are
| Improperly tnero0D.
To regulate the employment oil
children 10 manufacturing and mechan-
| icsl establishments.
| The bill provides that no child under
10 years Of age shall be employed at
all, and no child between 10 and 16
ehall be employed unless he or she shall
have attended some school for three
months prior to such work in any e.
tablishment. and further provides that
such child shall have lived in the State
at least six m0nths; requiring that such
! children shall attend school at leas:
three months each year; restricting
hours of labor to 48 per week. A pen.
atty Of $50 is provided for violation by
prOpriet0rs of such factories. The bill
provides for the appointment of special
constsbles and officers to enforce the
provisions of the bill.1
To prohibit the buying or selling of
futures or stocks or bonds on q margin
or otherwise dealing In what is known
as futures or stocks or bonds on mar.
gin, and declaring such transactions
gambling.
The bill passed by the House on Sat =
urday, retaining the office of register Of
the land Office, but reducing the salary
$500. was taken up, but was passed by
! without being considered. There is
some doubt whether the Senate will
consent to the salary reduction.
HOUSE.
The House bill giving boards of gu
pervisors OF the counties the right to
tax the capital stock of merchants
claimed tn, major portion of the days
session OF the House. Further consid-
GRAFTON of the bill was finally postponed
until ] o'clock today.
The following were among the bills
introduced;
To amend the code ss to how clerk
Of the Court of Appeals should prepare
record as to what shall be printed.
In relation to whom the coet of print
ing of record in Court of Appeals to be-
charged; when cost of printing to be
turned into the treasury and regulate
clerks fees.
Regulating the transportation of
bodies dead of contagious or infectious
diseases.
To require railroads to provide and
keep toiletrooms for ladies in all depots.
By Mr.. Willard: To amend an act to
Incorporate the Metropolitan Western
railroad Of Virginia. This bill requires
that the company shall begin construc.
ton OF the road not later than the LIST
day OF January, 1902. and complete 1t
not later than March /. 1905.
The House passed mum Der OF House
billa. The following were the most i'm.
portant:
To facilitate the construction OF tele-
graph and telephone lines along the
line OF railwaysj amending the charter
of the Title and Trust Company to the
Southern Trust Company and amend
ing the charter of the Virginia Mercan-
tile and Safe Deposit Company of Rich
mondI to provide for the reduction OF
the capital stock and the Issue of spe.
cial stock of the Southern Railway
Company; to repeal an act approved
February 2, 1898, entitled an act to
provide for working q certain road in
Fairfax county and to make applicable
thereto the provisions of an act ap-
proved February 20, 1896; 10 amend %
act to provide for the working of roads
in Fauguier county; to incorporate |
the Cnildren's Home Society OF Virginia;
to provide for the recordation by clerks |
of the County or Corporation courts of
lists of conveyances and partitions that |
may have been returned thereto by the |
clerk of the General Court, and may
now be found therein. and declaring the |
effect to be given said lists when 80 re-
recorded.
Senator Morris, in reporting for the
Joint committee appointed to wait oD
Senator Martin and notify him OF his
election, stated that Senator Martin re-
quested the committee to assure the
general assembly of his grateful appre-
citation of the honor and to assure il
that he would accept. A few minutes
later Mr.. and Mrs. Martin visited the
Capitol. and the latter spent some time
in the Senate chamber chatting with
the Senator's friends.
The measure to provide against law
yers going from Virginia to other States
for the purpose OF securing licenses 10
order to avoid the rigid examinations
in this State, and then returning to
to practice, was discussed by
the Courts OF Justice committee. No
final action was taken, but the bill was
passed by for further action.
The measure providing for the merg.
ing of spring and fall elections. was re-
ported favorably from the Courts OF
Justice committee, to take effect at the
fall eleciion of 1901 This bill does |