Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-03-08
THE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

10 the Sensts yesterday Mr.. Gold |
presented bill distributing the $780,
600 for pensions to Confederate soldiers
provided by resolution adopted by the
TWO houses. No soldier Ia entitled u
pension whose income amounts to SloO
per annum.
A special committee OF the Senate
will look into the expediency OF enact
lag legislation looking to the settlement
of differences between labor end capltSi
and report at the next session. -,
The second resolution, offered by Mr..
Hartman on Thursday, direct I'd such q
committee to report bill at the next
session. A substitute offered yesterday
by Mr.. McIlwaine, accepted by MIR.
Hartman and adopted by the Senst,,
merely provides for committee to look
into the matter. The resolution is rs
follows:
"Whereas the rights Of organized Ia.
Dor and organized capital are eDt tled
to the same equality before the law; and
Whereas it Is greatly to be desired
that all cases OF controversy or OF con-
fict between them should have speedy
and equitable adjustment,
Therefore be 1t resolved, That
com mittee of not less than three sens-
tors be appointed by the President,
who shall consider the question and re.
port at the next session OF the general
assembly by bill or otherwise"
Senator Wickham's bill allowing rail-
road companies 10 change the location
of their tracks for the purpose OF
straighteniDg or improving their lines
was perfected in the Senate yesterday,
ordered to be printed, and will bs dis
posed OF next Tuesday. The chiei de-
sign of the bill is to enable the Chess'
peako and Ohio to remove certain
curves between Richmond and Lynch
burg. The bill was amended 80 as u
provide that no village of 100 popula-
tioa shall be abandoned. 1t Ia
stipulated that DO road shall abandon
it's tracks and adopt those OF another
compan The bill will pass in its
present form.
Bills we're passed
To amend act providing for Stste
Board of Health.
For the relief of the Rsppahannock
Milling Company.
To amend act ID authorize aud en-
power Board OF Fisheries to employ q
surveyor.
To incorporat, the Alexandra and
Little Falls Railroad Company.
To amend Code in relation to col
lection of taxes providing for different
calculation OF percentages for county
tressurers. The present provisions
| put a premium on laziness and IN
efficiency, it Ia charged.
HOUSE.
The House passed the bill ID allow
the monument Of DIR. Hunter Mcclure
to be placed in the Capitol Squire 10
Richmond.
When Mr.. Caton's bill providing for
separate seats for colored people 10
cleo trio cars came up on the HOUSE cal
ender Mr.. Green, of Fauquier, asked
that it be recommitted, as he did not
think 1t had been given as careful con-
sideration as such measure deserved
After considerable discussion, the bill
was recommlt,ed. The large and in
flueu tial lobby OF street railway men 10
the hall indicated that tais substitute
measure will be fought with almost as
much vigor as was the original sep
arst car bill. Mr. Cation Insisted that
the measure had been given careful
consideration.
Mr.. Green offered bill to authorize
all electric railway companies to pro
vide for the separation OF white AND
colored passengers aud TO require pas
sengers to obey the instructions OF con
ductors.
A bill offered by Mr.. Powers pro-
hibits the obstruction Of the waters o.
the State by pound.or netpoles.
Mr.. Powers also presented a bill to
Incorporate the town of Bowling Green
In Caroline county.
Mr.. K. Il Lee offered bill providing
shat no new business should be intro
duced after next Thursday. Toe
paper was referred ct the request o.
Mr.. Huntley, who suggested that il
was best for the legislature not to t'e
its hands so far ahead. 1t Ia hardly
thought the work OF the session can be
gotten through with before the lst Of
April.
Mr.. Smith Introduced a bill to au-
thorize aud empower the board oil
supervisors of Clark county to build a
bridge over the Shenandoah river, 1t
or near Castlemsn's Ferry, and one
over the Shenandoah river at or near
Berry's Ferry 10 Clarke county.
A bill was passed ID incorporate the
Virginia Game Prot sctlv, Association
and TO define its powers. also to amend
tue code in relation to securities to be
deposited with the treasurer by foreign
and home insurance companies.
The fact developed indirectly In the
meeting of the Senate committee OF
roads last night that the Pennsylvania
Railroad will likely have large inter
est 10 the proposed tunnel between
Norfolk and Portsmout aud Berkeley, il
built. Mr.. Holt L. Page, In urging
this bill before the committee, said one
OF the great railroad corporation had
offered, in the event the tunnel was
built at q cost of 81 900, 600, to pay bal
that sum for the use OF it bCtween mid.
night and o'clock in the morning for
the passage Of their freight cars. Later
on Mr.. Page admitted that 1t was the
Pennsylvania that made this off r.
There was no action on thi0 or on the
Norfolk bridge bills, all of which were
discussed at length.
The joint legislative committee yes
terday evening, after long hearing,
decided to recommend that $4,000 q
year for the next two years be allowed
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