The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-02

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By Mr.. Horsley-For. the relief OF R..
IA. Cheatham.
BY Mr.. Mathews-To provide separate
coaches for white and colore d Passen-.s
gers on certain electric railways:
s ByssiM Mr.. Robinson-For5 the relief OF -
II. MCMILLAN. 6. s.
BY Mr.. Petition the relief Of JOSEF.
Marrow, John W. Manly, John ~. K 8 e11
and Joseph R. Herndon.
By Mr.. Churchman-For the RELIEF OF
James c. Brown.
PLACED ON THE CALENDAR.
By Mr.. Hubard-To allow voters 9.
James River. District, in buckingham
county to vote on fence law 80
SBy4N1r. Hume-To incorporate the + ITS
Free-School Society of ;Alexandrla:
& BY Mr.. Jones, of Isle of .Wight-Io4 au-
thorize appointment of special coilector
of delinquent taxes in said county.
f BY AIr. Hume-To incorporate q. the
buckingham Tram-Road Company.
BY Mr. Robinson-To allow voters OF
Floyd Carroll, and Grayson to vote on
subscription to the Blue Ridge Railroad
Company.
BY same-To authorize Carroll county to
vote to rebate taxes on the Atlantic and
Western railroad.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
Allowing, James w Bonner. Treasurer
of Bath county, and his deputies further
time within which to distrain, levy and
collect certain tax tickets and license
taxes not. returned delinquent, for which
he has heretofore accounted to the. State.
or to the county, and to the districts OF
said county.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
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To amend and re-enact sectios %. chap
ter 81. Acts of Assembly of 1SlS-'I7
OF an act approved February IL. 1877, en-
titled an act to provide for working ard
keeping the public roads in order In
Clarke county.
To authorize the enlargement OF the
corporate limits of the city of Staunton,
when approved by vote Of the people at
fectcd. and providing for the taking OF
such vote.
! Ancrnonn Session.
.!hen the calendar had been disposed of
| the Richmond and Washington Air Line
Railroad bills came up as unfinished bust
ness, and Mr.. Folkes, OF Richmond city,
| was recognized ard submitted the minorl-
| ~ report Of the Finance Committee, rec
ommending the passage of the bills as
! they came from the Senate.
Mr. Price, of Bristol city, then took the
| floor TO sneak in favor of the bill as re-
ported from the Committee on finance.
Mr. Kelley, of I2ichmond, stated here.
that if the latter bill was passed. the
| Seaboard Air Line people would not ac-
cept the charter.
Mr. Jones, OF Henrico, stated that if
fthe bill as it came from the Finance
Committee was passed, he would move to
| dismiss it.
Mr.. Price then undertook to demonstrate
by calculation which he had made. that
even if the bill as it passed the Senate,
should be adopted, and the road should
! be built, the State would lose annually
S2o,lT4 He said he desired as much as
any one that the State should go out of
the railroad business, and was sorry she
ever went into it; but now that she had
been robbed of all her other railroad In
terests, she was asked to sell out the last
vesttge at the price of the purchaser.
He did not think the Richmond Cham
Der Of Commerce should be permitted to
dictate to the Legislature what it should
do in this matter.
The speech of Mr.. Price was eloquent
and forccful and he closed with an ear
nest appeal to the House to stand by the
States interests. and not to pass the bill
as it came from the Senate.
Mr. Whitehead, of Norfolk, then took
the floor, and made a vigorous speech in
favor of the Senate bill. He spoke of the
advantages of railroad comp tl.;cn, aid
cited the growth of Roanoke nd oiher
cities in the State to sustain his GOTTEN
ton.
He laid great stress upon the fac. that
the Senate had, after due tallberd-lon,
passed he bill, and for his part. he should
give it his warm support.
MT. N1cRae, of Petersburg, spoke IN
favor of the bill as it came from the
Senate. He said he did 50 upon the broad
ground that the State should so out of
the railroad business, and he thought this
good time, the price offered, in his
Judgment for the States interest, was a
fair one.
He thought the price offered by the Sea-
board Air Line was fair one and should
be accepted by the Legislature.
Mr.. McRae contended that the only
way in which the price offered could be
considered not a fair one was on the
ground that the State was selling an en-
elusive privilege, and he did nos think
she should be placed in that attitude.
He paid a beautiful tribute to the in
dustry and enterprise of Mr.. Williams,
and closed by asking the House to pass
the bill as it came from the Senate.
Mr.. McAllister, Of Bath, followed Mr..
McRae in favor of the Senate bill. and
started out by saying that if the House
had not put a coal of fire on the back of
the Finance Committee, in the snape OF
istructions, the bill would have died
there.
This remark brought Messrs. Boaz.
Bowles and Warthen to their feet to d=ny
that they desired to kill the bill, and the
member from Bath withdrew the state
ment-
He argued vigorously for the passage of
the bill, contending that the price offered
for the States interests was more than
1t was worth, and it was favorable time
for the State to go out of the railroad
business.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. McAllister's
speech Captain Parks moved that this
evening at 6 o'clock be fixed as the time
for taking the vote on the bills.
This was agreed to. and the House ad-
journed.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To relieve the heirs of Adeline V. Hall
from erroneous assessment of land
To exempt from taxation the property
of the Kings Daughters Hospital, OF
Portsmouth, Va.
For the relief of J. II. I;uebush, of the
county of Rockingham; from improper
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