The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-06

o. said company, lying on the said stream,
for the pu!->1se of forming a basin and
reservoir between aid dam and the sOurco
OF said creek and its tributaries.
MIR. Bland sought to- aave the bill re-
committed, ana, falling in this, he asked
that it be passed by. This motion was
also lost. and he spoke at length against
the passage of the bill. He
said the bill, If passed, would
foster a monopoly and that it
would practically drive out of business
the Peninsula Water Company, whose
rights to do business under the law
Should he as great as that OF any other
company. He and Mr.. Madison engaged
in a running debate. and the bill was
finally committed, the patron withdraw
ing his objection to such a course.
FOR INFORMATION.
Mr. Fleet offered the following resolu
ton, which was placed on the calendar,
and passed by until to-day.
Whereas, the convention called for the
purpose OF revising the Constitution of
the State Of Virginia will meet in the city
of Richmond, and will needNcertain infor-
nation, therefore be it
Resolved by the House of Delegates.
the Senate concurrinS, That it shall be
the duty of the several clerks of the
County and Corporation Courts and of
the clerks of the Councils of the several
cities and towns in the State Of Virginia,
to furnish to the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts, upon blanks to be furnished by
him, information showing the total value
of the real estate in their respective Coun-
ties, cities or towns, the value OF the
personal estate the name and the num-
Der of the different officers in their re-
Spective counties, cities, towns or mag
isterial districts within any county, the
salary, commission or per diem paid each
officer, the amount CT the county, city,
town, district, road and school tax, as
SeSSmentS or levieS and it's rate per one
hundred dollars the total amount of
taxes levied for the year 1900 and the to-
tai amount collected for said year, giving
the STATE, county, city. town, district,
school and road tax separately, and it
shall be the duty of the said clerks to re-
turn the statement with the above in
formation or report to the Auditor within
thirty days after they receive the blanks
from the Auditor and shall receive for
their services the sum of two dollars.
>. Any clerk, failing to return said re-
port within thirty days after receiving
same, shall be fined not less than ten
dollars nor more than fifty dollars.
3. 1t shall be the duty OF the Auditor
of Public Accounts to prepare blanks
furnished him to the several clerks above
mentioned, and when the same shall have
been received by him from the said clerks
with the Information, to compile the same
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the members of the Constitutional Con-
venton as soon after their organization
as possible.
a. This resolution shall be in force from
its passage.
THE SPECIAL ORDER.
When the hour Of II O'clock arrived, the
special order, having for it's. bjcct the con-
sideration of bills relating TO liz Consti-
tuticnal Convention, was taken up
and on motion of Mr.. Todd, of
Augusta, the House resolved it
self into committee OF the whole GIr.
Powell, OF Brunswick, in the chair.)
Mr.. Parks, of Page, took the floor and
delivered an able and convincing argument
in favor of his proposition to apportinn
the delegates according to senatorial dis
trictS.
Mr.. Parks started cut by emphasizing
the necessity = hich had called for Con-
stitutional Convention, in order that the
people might throw off the yoke placed
upon by aliens and carpet-bag gerS, and
inaugurate prrer and higher system of
government, and then he took ND the
speeches made in favor of other PROPOSE
lions, on the question OF apportionment,
and replied to them in a very able manner
He contended that eighty delegates APP
portioned on the senatorial basis, would
place the members Of the convention as
close to the people as they would be if
there were 100 elected on the House basis.
He demonstrated by statistics, which he
had carefully prepared, that in either