The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-03-01
VIRGINIA LEGISLATIVE Do1NGs.


of his Pure Elections bill
An attempt was made to slip through
the Legislature bills TO authorize GER
tain so. called fair associations to per.
init gambling on their premises. There
is law in this State against book
making" and pool selling" and II
was enacted in response TO a demand OF
the great mass OF the Virginia people.
The House Committee on General
Laws reported favorably Mr.. HURLEY :,
bill to prohibit the sale or firing of
cannon crackers. and also Mr. Bland &
bill to amend the act passed at this
session requiring clerks offices to be
kept open on all days except Sundays.
by excepting legal holidays as we'll as
Sundays
The Senate was confronted with q
bill suspendinR the operations Of the
Maupin Anti.gambling act by the
House bill to incorporate the Virginia
Agricultural Fair Association Of Nor
thern Virginia The bill suspends the
operations Of the Maupin law for &c
days so far as it applies to this organ.
ization. 1t went to a committee.
Mr.. Williams introduced bill pro.
viding for increasing the salary paid OF
members OF the General Assembly. The
bill provides that the President Of the
Senate and the Speaker Of the House of
Delegates shall be paid for each regular
session the sum Of $500 each. and that
the members shall be paid $40 each,
and that at each extra session the Pres
ident of the Senate and the Speaker Of
the House shall receive 1850 each and
the members shall receive s270 each.
BY this bill the per diem Of the men,
bers would be increased to IS instead
OF 81. at present.
BILLS PASSED.
To amend section Of an act to levy
tax on dogs in Prince William and
Shenandoah.
For the protection Of game in Eau
quier, Loudoun, and Prince William.
To incorporate the Herndon and Lees.
burg Telephone Company.
To prohibit the raking, scraping, and
roughing Of natural oyster rocks on the
eastern or ocean side Of Accomack and
Northampton counties.
To incorporate Little Bay Lodge, No.
III, Independent order of Fellows,
in Lancaster county.
To authorize the Board Of Supervisors
OF Orange to pay the Treasurer ? per
oentum for disbursing school funds.
To incorporate the town of Ohinco-
league. Accomac county.
To amend and re-enact an act entitled
az act TO authorize the Board Of Super
visors Of the counties Of Gloucester and
Mathews to make a special levy.
To provide for taxation Of dogs in the
county Of Rsppahannock and protection
Of sheep therein.
A bill to incorporate the Stonewall
Jackson Memorial Association, TO pur-
chase the Chandler house, Caroline
county. in which Gen. Jackson died,
and preserve it.
A bill by Senator Walker granting
the heirs Of Thos j. Willing the right
to construct and maintain wharf at
Irvington, in Lancaster county, ..on the
site Of the present steamboat wharf.
The bill which allows the voters Of
the State on the fourth Thursday in
May 10 decide whether or not consti-
tutional convention shall be held. The
Republican members-Messrs Honaker.
Cannaday and Pitts-voted against
this proposition.
The bill to create board Of crop. pest
This is step In the
warfare to be wsged on the San Jose
scale.
A bill by Mr. Embrey TO extend for
five years the charter Of the Virginia,
Fredericksburg 81 Western Il. r. This
is the proposed Northern Neck route
By Mr. Early To declare the Robert.
son river, in Madison county, lawful
fence. Also to declare Rose river, in
same county. lawful fence.
By Mr.. HURLEY To amend and re-
enact section of an act TO protect par.
tridges in the counties of Gloucester
and Mathews, approved January IS,
1895
BY Mr.. goldman To regulate the
taking of oysters from the waters of the
Potomac river above line drawn from
Matthias Point, in King George county.
Va, to Wind Mill Point, in Charles
Nd,
The Senate has passed the House bill
the act relating to State
banks, and authorizing such to issue
notes in any amount in the ratio Ct
tour to one Of specie deposited. The
bill will be used in the fight which the
State bankers of Richmond will make
against the Federal tax of 10 per cent.
On the issues Of State banks The
Of other States will be
and asked to join with
Virginia in the petition to have CON-
yress repeal Federal tax or else have
he Supreme Court declare it unoon-
,titutional.
OR PLACED ON CALENDAR. |
By Mr.. Nottingham: Petitions for
lo.fence law in Elliot's and Church |
Necks, in Northampton county. and |
or the same in Eastville and Frank
own districts, and three petitions
skiing that the present fence laws be
allowed to stand.
By Mr.. Early: For the relief Of Mrs.