Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-26

mittec, to examine Office of clerk Of SEN
ate. vice Graham Clayton.
The nominations were agreed to and the
| senate adjourned at l o'clock.
THE HOUSE
| There was a fairly good attendance Of
| members of the house when Speaker
Ryan called the body to order He was
| oN erprompt. the noon hour not having
| hceT struck. A roll-cal on a motion
showed the presence Of seventy-three
| members.
| There was no prayer ard no reference
To reading the journal. the body mme-
| Giately proceeding to business. There
were SIX or eight persons in the galleries.
! Including one lady, the only one present
| at the session.
Mr.. Blackburn Smith. of Clarke, moved
| TO discharge the committee on special, To-
| cal and private legislation from con-
| sideration of the local bill authorizing the
hoard CT supervisors to build a bridge
| The motion prevailed-73 ayes; no noes.
| The house committee on roads and In
! ternal navigation heard a report
! from subcommittee, recommending that
| Il sub committee be named to suggest
| changes in the statutes, necessary under
| the rev constitution, the work OF the
! first subcommittee to be revised and
| opened to amendment. This second sub
| committee is to report to the full COM
| T1IttGe.
| In the allotment of work for the COM
rljttecs yesterday by the conference Of
chalrnen. the general subject of fish,
| oysters and game was referred to the
| house committee on Chesapeake and it's
tributaries, of which S. Wilkins Mat
the~s. of Accomac, is chairman. Mr..
Matthews is one 81 the oldest men in tho
house in point of service, and is ever
uatchful of the interests of his people
and the fisheries industry.
TAKEN FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
Mr. Fulton, of Wise moved to discharge
the committee on special local and pri-
vate legislation from consideration Of the
Hartman anti-liquor law, and refer same
to committee on general laws. The mo-
ton prevailed.
Mr.. Fulton moved to discharge the same
committee from consideration of bill
authorizing the board of supervisors OF
Dickinson county to settle with the ex-
treasurer, but Mr. Boaz interposed the
new constitution as a barrier to such
action, whereupon the motion was with
drawn.
Mr.. Folkes, Of this city, stated that he
regretted very much to do So but felt
that il was his duty, to move to discharge
the committee on agriculture and mining
conlmissaries. 1t was the first time in
his experience. he said, that he had ever
! made such a motion, but the committee
had refused to take any action on the
measure.
Mr. Featherston. for the committee
explained that the bill had been passed
by indefinitely by the committee, and that
this action had been taken after hearing
both sides.
Then ensued some general but informal
expressions to the merits or dement's
of the measure. which Mr. Jennings cut
short by calling the pending question.
which was ordered The House. by a vote
Of So ayes to sc noes. refused to take the
bill from the committee. forty affirmative
votes being necessary to such action.
THE THANKSGIVING TURKEY.
Mr.. Waddy created laugh by moving
to discharge the committee from the
consideration of his bill for the protection
Of wild turkeys in Rocl1bridge, the mo-
ton being in the nature of a reminder of
Thanksgiving day. The committee was
discharged.
On Mr.. Bowman's motion the commit
tee was discharged from consideration of
his bill authorizing the town of Salem
to refund its bonds
AT this point in the proceedings the
members of the Senate filed in and the
ceeded to the execution of the joint order,
the allotment of terms, of the judges of
the various circuits of the State. I'M
mediately upon completion of this. the
House adjourned until noon to-day.
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
These bills were introduced and referred
to proper committees:
BY Mr.. Waddy: To amend section 40 of
the code Of 1887 defining who are colored
persons and Indians. The bill prescr!bes
that every person who is a descendant of
negro snail be deemed a coiored person.
and every person not a colored person
having one-fourth or more of Indian blood
shall he deemed an Indian.
By Mr.. Heermans: To amend section -
of the act to protect sheep and other
stock in this State. The amendment pro-
vides thai the repeal of any special dog
tax of any county of the State now hav-
Ing such special law shall operate to place
such county under the provisions of this
act with power in the board of super
visors Of such county to adjust claims
against said county under the said spe-
ca, law out of the funds derived from
the operations Of this act
BY D. B. Powers, Jr.: To empower
counties through the boards of supervisors
to tax the sale of liquor and prescribing
certain requirements for the granting of
licenses for the sale of same.
BY Mr.. Woodward: To create bureau
of banking, and to provide for the cleo
ton OF a commissioner Of banking, and
to regulate banks, banking houses, build
ing ana loan associations and similar in
stitutions