The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-02
HEARD IN THE LOBBIES,
Gossip Gathered from Members Of the |
Legislature.

Gossip Gathered from Members of the
Legislature.
The subcommittee of the Senate FL
nance Committee. to which has been re-
ferred the resolution of Mr.. Morris, call
ing for an investigation of the present
status Of the arrangement between the
State and the Seaboard Syndicate, has
not yet made report to the full COM
mittee, and it will be some time before
the matter comes up in the Senate.
The subcommittee is composed Of
Nessrs. Fairfax. Esgeston and Morris
Its, believed that the1sentiment of a ma
jority. of the sub committee, has ofifl7 ma
jority Of the Finance Committee also, is
that if the State declines TO sell its hold
jngs of stock and dividend obligations in
the Fredericksburg Road, as the arrange
ment called for, the Seaboard Syndicate
will be relieved of the penalty and bond
amounting to s125. 900 in the event of their
failure to build the Washington and
Richmond Air Line Railway
The question which will come before the
Senate will be the ACCESSIBILITY Of the
States selling its holdings in the road
in the manner precribed by the act OF
last March, and also in the light of the
present status of the financial world and
stock market.
There are those who believe that the
manner of placing the stocks upon the
to bring the State the best results. and
there are others who think that the pres
ent is not "a time to SELL necessarily at
50 low figure as the statute states is the
figure at which the State must sell to the
Seaboard Syndicate if no higher bid APP
pears. This figure is 200, and the Oppo-
nents of a. sale of the States holdings
point TO the fact that the stock has re-
Gently sold as high as 235 and $40.
1t is pointed out that the Seaboard
would at this time have no reason for
desiring to reach Washington, as the alb
sorD.ion of the Baltimore and Ohio by the
Pennsylvania system, which has come
about since the discussion of year ago,
would block its way farther north. 1t
Will be recalled that the scheme OF a year
ago was to form a junction with the
Baltimore and Ohio, and operate as n
rival of the Pennsylvania Road, which
controls the traffic of the Fredericksburg
Road as IL owns the line as far south
from Washington as Aqua Creek.
Following is the 1ull text of bill intro
duced by Mr. Saunders in the House on
Yesterday, in reia tion to divorce proceed
ings in The State
The bill is a. copy of the law already III
force in many States of the Union, and
lis patron urges that being a. good one,
it should be passed for the sake of uni
fornity.
Section l. No divorce shall be granted
for any cause arising prior to the resi-
dence Of the complainant or defendent in
this State, which was not a ground for
divorce in the State where the cause
arose.
Section . No person shall! be entitled to
a divorce for any cause arising IN this
State. who has no. had actual residence
in this State for at least one year next
before bring ng suit for divorce with
bona fifie intention of making this State
his or her permanent home.
Section 3. No person shall be entitled
to divorce for any cause arising out Of
this State unless the complainant or de-
PENDANT shall have resided within this
State for at least two years next before
bringing suit for divorce. with a bona
fide Intention OF making this State his or
her permanent nome.
Section 4. No nerson shall be entitled
to a divorce unless the defendant shall
have heen personally served W. tn ;,roce%s
If within this State. or il without this
state shall kave l:af personal rotice dul''
proved and arnear'ng Of record. or SHAH
have entered an appearanca in the case
hut if it shall anpear to the satisfaction
of the court thatNt the comnsanzn mt does
not trnr no address, nor tie resid,arc-
of the defendant and has not been able
III ascertain either after saen~"s,1n and
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