The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-10
VOTE TOD J D ON
EAB0A.R'D. Bill |.
llr: :Ml1lfo Preparing an
Important 4 I Amendme
MEASURE WILL PASS
Members Of Committee Favorable TO
the General Proposition.
THE PENlTENTlARY CHAPLAIN. I
Act Passed BY in Order to Give Those
Interested Chance to be Heard.
Augusta People Want q Liquor
Dispcnsary in staunton.
The State Board Of
Agriculture.
THE PENlTENTIARY CHAPLAIN.

The State Committee on Roads VIII
meet this morning to further consider tile
hill to grant the Seaboard Airline d
charter to build road to Wash't's toil7 Ut
Subcommittee were at work Sesteiuas
investigating various features OF eae
oane,,I nronosition that it has to be
passed upon.
Senator Munford it is understood Is pre-
parine the most important Of the aulehu-
ments Tt has been intimated tnat liie
ssaboarfT might wish the charter In order
RI pet better contract terms from Tue
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Potoiliae
road. President Williams voiuntarils
offered to accept an amendment 10 d oiii
recently passed, comforting certain prlsi-
,eees 1spon the Richmond. Petersburg and
Carolina road, that would make II I'M
nossible for the Seaboard to use ITS ch char-
ter in order to secure more favoraole
contract with the Richmond, Frederlchs-
bnrr and Potomac. The amendment VT:
AJnnford is at work upon rs deslsneu ~
carry into effect the proposition OIL WI .
Williams though the result aimed at may
ha ACCOMPLISHED by another method thaii d
the one suggested by the Seappalu .
president 10
There is no doubt that the bill Will ee
savorably reported, but Win aiie'u-
mentS.
PBNITENTIARY CHAPsLAA1[2N.
The bill introduced by Judge Nat-
,,ins to provide q chaplain for the PEI 2..lE
;tantiarv was called up at the meeting
H n
et,tutions Yesterday afternoon. Its con-
sideraipn was passed by, as Judge w a.
1,yns desired to have certain persons
;ntarestel in the measure address ssthe @
committee. o.,
This committee decided to report ad-
yersely the Hartley bill to .prohlnle, tiI1 ,
sale of liquor within one mile OK q z' sshooi ~
| house. I;,,,,+u,a
The Senate Committee on Agriculture
,nd Mining decided to report favoraoiy
Judge iAIann's bill, ennrgfns the powers
~ the state Board of Agriculture ana
| defining its duties. This act carries
with it an appropriation of $4,000 for pur-
| noses for which the fund derived rom
| rhe inspsction of fertilizers cannot be
used The bill as introduced provided
| for an appropriation of $4,000, but the
| committee cut the amount down 70
$500.
Mr.. H. H. Blease. a !staunton lawyer,
had n conference with Senator Opie and
Delegates Todd and Churchman yester-
day afternoon with reference to the es-
/ tablishment of dispensaEy In Staunton
| for the sale of liquors. The plan proposed
IS similar TO the South Carolina law. Mr.
Blease presented a petition signed by
over one thousand people Of Augusta, ask
ing the passage of a bill to carry the
! nronosition into effect He received very
little cncoura cement from the Staunton-
| Augusta delegation. as they regard the
scneme as impracticable. But the bill
| Will be offered in the Legs 'ature, though
| there is not the slightest probability OF
| It's passage.
The Epps bill to prohibit street-car
companies from working motormen ald
! conductors for longer period than ten
| hours a day will be considered by the
House Con1mittee on Labor and Poor at
P. NJ. to-day.