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Bile or other officer shall give informa-
Ition of the violation of any penal law
to the Attorney for the Commonwealth.
1t shall be unlawful, however, for any
attorney for the Commonwealth TO 20
before any grand jury during Its de-
liberation EXCEPT when his presence
shall be requested by the foreman or
any other member of such grand jury.
| or when required or directed by the
court to appear before such grand
jury.
| When the bill TO require the several
counties. towns and cities to defray
the costs, fees and expenses of the ad-
minlstration, execution and enforce
ment of criminal laws and INSIDE
meanors. came up on the calendar,
some debate was provoked. and. upon
recorded vote. was recommitted to
the Committee OF Courts of Justice.
ASSESSMENT OF LANDS.
Anon gthe bills offered were the fol-
lowing:
pointment of assessors of land and lots
in the city of Newport News. and
providing for compensation of same.
BY same-To regulate appointment of
assessors of land and lots in the county
of Warwick and providing compensa-
tion for same.
REFUND OF DOUBLE TAXEs.
A bill was passed to refund to Thos.
| J. Vaughan and Sallie a. Vaughan dou-
BILE taxes paid to the State by them on
certain lots in Atlantic City ward, Nor
| folk city, Va; also one authorizing the
cit yof Newport News to issue bonds.
ASSESSMENTS AND COLLECTIONS
| The House Committee on Courts of
Justice heard argument on the bill Of
fered by Mr.. Pitcher. providing for the
| election by the Legislature of three
persons, who shall revise, digest and
codify the statute in relation to the
| assessment and collection of taxes and
leves and tie redemption and sale of de-
linquent land.
a most interesting speech on the
question was made by MIR. j. Allen
| Watts, of Roanoke.
He referred TO the conditions sur
rounding the government before the
civil war. and the laws for taxation
adopted at that period were not COM
picated and were reasonable, fair. just
and equitable He said these conditions
have entirely changed.
THE growth of the country has been
brought about largely by corporate eff
fort" said the speaker. land it's wealth.
largely increased in manufacturing and
transportation corporations" He ther
cited the fact that in the State of New
Jersey, 1000 corporations were charter
ed and authorized to issue capital stocl
to the amount OF So. 500 900, 000
1.-THE present tax laws of Virginia are
open to many criticisms" he said.
Double taxation. although prohibited
by the constitution. Is in practice car
ried on. The farm and the mortgage
upon 1t are taxed, the stock and value
it represents are taxed. the house and
the notes given for deferred payments
are taxed. This Is q hardship upon q
class OF people that are least able Ia
bear It, and most need relief, for it hits
hardest those who are investing theii
money in farms and in homes in the
State of Virginia.
THE BILL.
The bill is as follows, the amendment,
being designated by the words in pa
| rcntheSis, which are stricken out of the
bill:
]. Be 1t enacted by the General AS
scmbly of Virginia. That no answer tc
any heterogeneous made by an appli-
cant in his or her application for q
policy shall har the right to recover
upon any policy issued upon such ap.
| plication, or be used in evidence on any
| trial to recover upon such policy, I'M
less 1t be clearly proved that such an
| swer was wilfully false and was fraud
ulently made, or 1t is material, and in
lzduced the company to ISSUE the policy
| and that but for such answer the policy
would not have been issued (and, more
over, that the agent or company had
no knowledge of the falsity or fraud OF
| such answer.
MIR. GLANDS BILL.
Mr.. Bland OF Portsmouth, appeared
before the committee in advocacy of his
| bill to amend section 4077 of the Code
so as to cover just such emergencies
which arose. through the escape OF the
murdcrous Walter Cotton from the jail
| in Portsmouth the morning of the. 26tll
| of December.
| The guard was asleep. and he was
| arrested on n warrant under section
sT53 of the Code. but he escaped pun
ishment hereunder because it was es-
| tabished that he was not an officer
having not been sworn in as prescribed
| by section 1GS.
Another warrant was sworn out
against him under section 1So, upon
which he was fined by the Mayor OF
that city $3.50. The amendment seeks
to make guards so appointed or sum
| moned special officers and amenable tc
section 1858. 1t will be reported favor.
ably.
TO NOTIFY MARTIN.
A special joint committee. consist.
i of